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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Aren't ads dispersed throughout the discussions? If not, then why not?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Am surprised to see Australia rates highly. 40% of students don't know it takes about a year for Earth to orbit the Sun.

I would guess that half the population doesn't understand compound interest.

I would also guess only 5% could describe the scientific method, 1% could describe the use of normal distributions.

I would guess that 20% of locally born Australians would not know how to use punctuation or grammar for clear expression.

Is this a worldwide trend? The rise of flerfers suggests it is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I prefer promotion of humility and a lifestyle which puts the emphasis on values relationships, nature, personal time etc, for instance...

In August 2020 the Chinese government launched "Operation empty plate", a campaign to stop food and beverage waste and cultivate frugality.

However banning materialist fetishes will probably do more good than harm anyhow. Slippery slope though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In my quote the claim was that Australia was there enforcing the UN resolution. That resolution was made a long time ago, well before China took sides in the Ukraine war. Too late to veto the resolution now.

PS Admittedly my quote is not from a credible source. I haven't time to test its veracity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

The "you came close to your airspace so we scare you away" response seems like regular old territorial bullying to me.

See my other comment about the EEZ.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Which UN Security Council Resolutions do you think he was referring to if not the NK sanctions?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Shanghai Daily columnist Andy Boreham pointed out... "the area they claim the incident happened is within China's EEZ... Innocent passage is allowed but military aircraft do NOT constitute 'innocent passage"

Kind of like the many Chinese military incursions in the airspace of the Taiwanese EEZ, eh Andy?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Your doubts are incorrect.

Asked about the incident at the daily Chinese foreign ministry press conference, spokesperson Lin Jian said: "What truly happened was, an Australian military aircraft deliberately flew within close range of China's airspace in a provocative move that endangered China's maritime and air security in the name of enforcing UN Security Council resolutions."

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

Is this China bullying in international waters or are they supporting North Korea against UN Security Council sanctions which Members unanimously voted for?

If NK is still shipping munitions to Russia then this could be China helping Russia while pretending it is about water territorial rights.

Member state.. authorized to:

Inspect North Korea cargo on land, air, and sea, if the state has reason to believe that it contains prohibited items and seize any prohibited materials or technologies

https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/UN-Security-Council-Resolutions-on-North-Korea

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Yes on Android I can do split tunnelling too as well as 4G. So a total of four IP's (not three).

It is annoyingly inconsistent that the Android app split tunnelling is done via an exclusion list but the laptop app does it via an inclusion list.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

But you only get two IP addresses on each device, right?

"Split tunnelling" lets you use your regular ISP for some apps but Proton for others. So you can use different browsers to appear to be two different people on a single web site.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

So I looked it up....

Soulism is a school of anarchist thought which argues that reality, the laws of physics, and the limitations of our bodies are unjust heirarchies which must be abolished.

https://www.reddit.com/r/serioussoulism/

I think I am done chatting with this person after mistakenly embarking in good faith. You spotted the evangelical kookiness quicker than I did.

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