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nicgentile

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  • has the cia ever been the goodguys?

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  • Depends on the context. Covert operations and operators usually means that someone is bound to be negatively affected for the positive outcome of someone else.

  • What are you looking forward to in the near future?

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  • Moving to spend the rest of my life on the beach. So close...

  • Is it a common thing for people who have left authoritarian countries to still feel the fear of their now-former country?

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  • Yeah. I have seen this in my community. I even know some of them.

  • Is it a common thing for people who have left authoritarian countries to still feel the fear of their now-former country?

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  • No. But I would never ever openly admit to my country of origin anywhere.

  • Is it a common thing for people who have left authoritarian countries to still feel the fear of their now-former country?

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  • In some ways yeah. My country pivoted from semi-dictatorship to dictatorship to democracy to democracy and finally back to dictatorship. I was born under a dictatorship and for the first 21 years of my life, there was only one president, a crazy murderous dictator.

    I just emigrated to the US so it's crazy seeing the same stuff I run from all over again. My county's president is aligned with the current US right wing policies, so yeah, though minute, I'm a legit target, so I do not talk about my country's politics or government.

  • Years and Years (TV series)

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  • Thanks for this. Certainly in my radar. Reading the synopsis and episode information and given today's climate many things there feel like they can happen.

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  • Medical distributor (last mile) in Texas. We are laying off people. I am likely on the chopping board come the next round. We had a lot of govt contracts that have gone.

  • Humans can no longer beat the machines, but they can watch and learn

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  • How did you get that effect?

  • Now that Trump is getting real friendly with Putin where does that leave China?

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  • Devil's advocate opinion.

    After spending a fair bit of time in China, I've come to understand one thing. A weaker America is good for China, but, China does not want to lead the world. Sloppy seconds works better from China.

    Many years ago, Richard Branson, wrote that in his fight with British Airways, he actually preferred being second. This because nobody is gunning for you. Everyone always guns for gold, but a silver is not a bad thing either but nobody is in the race thinking, golly, I'm going for silver this time.

    So, China has no real interest in the liabilities that come with leading the world. It's a headache that does not benefit them. Own the infrastructure, mine the planet, sell plastic crap, that is fine, but rule the world, problems. Everyone turns to you for solutions or is trying to bring you down. Better to just chill.

  • What hyped thing did you fall for that you now regret and have to live with?

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  • Oh I do. Friends remind me all the time how all in I was.

  • What hyped thing did you fall for that you now regret and have to live with?

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  • I used to preach Reddit. Like the gospel. If you called me on the phone about an arbitrary subject, at some point I would have said, 'Well, on Reddit...'

    I was so in, there was a sub of one of my favourite tv shows I was hot on and I ended up being mentioned in a newspaper in the UK.

  • What hyped thing did you fall for that you now regret and have to live with?

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  • Our mom. Why deny our Alabama living?

  • What hyped thing did you fall for that you now regret and have to live with?

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  • Twitter/Reddit.

    I was all in. Quit Twitter around 2015 when it started getting ultra toxic. Quit Reddit when 3rd party apps were killed.

  • What's the biggest red flag/warning sign you have seen at someone's wedding?

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  • Was a +1 to a friend from when we were in primary (grade) school. It was her cousin getting married. When they walked in for the reception, the groom seemed off. The suit he wore, how he wore it, the whole setup seemed off. My friend was a bridesmaid.

    When finally they could mingle, she came and sat with me and asked me what I thought. I told her something was off. Now, you need to understand, me and my friend are frank with each other and hold no punches.

    She scrutinized the setup and disagreed with me. We agreed to disagree and enjoyed the rest of the party

    The couple divorced 6 months later.

  • Europeans of Lemmy, is American beer really that bad?

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  • Not a European, but a well traveled person who has drunk beers in Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, Botswana, Senegal, UK, Poland, China, and the UK, as well as drunk beers from Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic etc, I stopped drinking beer when I drunk American beer. Sure, there are some good microbrews, but holy moly, there are some questionable things that pass for beer in America.

  • Hat rule

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  • Privacy Respecting OS on BlackBerry Key2

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  • Thanks for the link. Keeping an eye on it as well.

  • Privacy Respecting OS on BlackBerry Key2

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  • I've been using a Unihertz Titan Pocket. I've been too lazy to flush the ROM to LineageOS. I actually will buy a second one as a backup for the future until I can figure out something else.

  • What's the most effective at helping you sleep at night?

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  • I came across c/futuramasleepers when it was on Reddit and being a Futurama fan, it worked like a charm. Effect, I wore out Futurama for myself.

    So I switched to downloading Family Guy funny moment videos onto my phone. They are usually 1h long, but 20 minutes or so in, I am knocked out, with a laugh to boot.

    Before, when I lived alone, I used to put on tv shows, switch off the tv and let the home theater on very low sound do the heavy lifting.

    Also, the guy on YouTube, City Planner Plays has been a tremendous source of sleep for me. Put on one of his YouTube videos and bang, out like a light.