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did they have the right to use all thier data?

/s


the jump from windows xp to windows 7 was amazing

(yes i know there was something in between, but let’s not talk about that)


anyone else find this style of writing hard to follow?


Yes. Adding "narco-" in front of any previous leader or official the author apparently doesn't like doesn't do much to help with clarity.

Hard to tell what's going on from this article in that the author seems so biased against Prospera. Sounds like they made an agreement with one government that for various reasons lost power and that the new government wants to cancel the deal.


You can argue how often "narco-" should be used, but it's more than just someone "the author apparently doesn't like". The ex-president and his brother are literally convicted drug traffickers.


The actual statements from the parties involved - The Prospera ZEDE and the executive branch - are at the bottom and far more coherent and cordial than the rest of the article suggests.

The rest of the article is hyperbolic trash. “Immense bipartisan pressure from the US to maintain the Honduras charter cities” = “2 US senators writing a … letter”


It's typical for some journalists. They just mash words together to make something look suspicious, but they don't really have a point to make.


i think the readability would be improved if the author tossed in the prefix "crypto-" a few dozen more times.


all faith based stuff is like that

religion

politics

they work because people believe they work


make it so


engage


it’s shocking that product mix wasn’t slide on reporting

but marketing selects for positivity not objectivity

the facts and only the facts that support what they do


this is why i don’t take adderal

i dare not glimpse what i can be for to lose it seems like a terrifying fate


I have ADHD and I took Adderal for a while and it definitely does not make you smarter. It makes you more focused and there are plusses and minuses to that.


My experience with Adderall in my adolescence was that it made me more obnoxious towards my romantic partner and that when we did share affection while i'd want more things like my lips just felt numb. Doing more isn't always better.


For me, Ritalin came with attitude problems but not Adderall. My sons work better with Ritalin. Meanwhile, my sister has no access to healthcare so anything at all would work better.


I know a lot of people who are on ADHD medication and they're universally positive about it; nobody says they lost something. What they gained is mental silence so that for the first time in their lives they can think and focus clearly. Also emotional stabilisation.


It can be a mixed bag, and I personally don't take stims anymore.

But avoidance of medication just makes me thinks of the deaf people who oppose treatment because they worry they wouldn't be culturally deaf anymore.


> his is why i don’t take adderal ... i dare not glimpse what i can be for to lose it

Counterpoint. Each day I'm gifted some hours where I can think more like normal.


> Actually, more to the point, it was the sort of thing you should never think about other people, but this person obviously failed at both.

that seems such a dangerous mode of operation

you should allow yourself to think all the things


No, ask any psychiatric professional.

Brains have the capacity to produce an unlimited amount of absolutely repugnant possible thoughts that simply do not need thinking.

Without the ability to pre-filter thoughts, a person is unable to function.


i do get quite psychotic sometimes, but i’m pretty creative too

haven’t heard this before, but i’ve never been to therapy


I struggle a lot with intrusive thoughts because I have OCD, so the idea that there are people out here who think it's a virtue to think whatever you like is almost offensive to me haha.

Furthermore, I think we can go without the judgemental bullshit about people's age.


there’s no way to guarantee this


Well no. But you can set certain assumptions and require that any financial plan adheres to them.


Set by who?

By definition the current electorate is fine with what they have assumed so far.


not all bosses are like you


So alcohol has the added benefit of distinguishing competent leaders from incompetent ones?


Allowing your colleagues to ridicule you doesn’t make you a competent leader.


Being able to accept and adapt to criticism does.


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