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New comment by fuzzbuzz in "China’s new ‘social credit system’"

fuzzbuzz — Mon, 20 May 2019 10:09:44 +0000

Norway has just landed some major deals for exporting fish to China. And nor the goverment or the majority of the population seem to bother what China is doing. Money talks, while human rights are censored.

New comment by fuzzbuzz in "Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a Year"

fuzzbuzz — Wed, 15 May 2019 07:10:05 +0000

Take this with a pinch of salt. Barbie™, Lego™, Paw Patrol™, Shop Kids™, and what not, have their own shows. Instead of watching a serie, with breaks of commercials, the kids watch 30 min commercials with some storie baked in it.

And then there is product placement in everything else.

Dont know if its better. It is deffinitly more "sneaky".

New comment by fuzzbuzz in "A little discussed effect of therapy: it changes personality (2017)"

fuzzbuzz — Wed, 08 May 2019 11:55:56 +0000

Imo no personality is ever wrong, except for when the brain/mind is influenced by a disease. I am not saying that the actions of a serial killer will ever be approved, but the notion that one "type" of personality is more good than any other is strictly cultural.

At the same time, I agree with you that it is not bad to change a personality, if it is the owner of that personality that initiate the change.

New comment by fuzzbuzz in "Julian Assange Deserves First Amendment Protection"

fuzzbuzz — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 08:13:13 +0000

Since USA invaded a country because they blamed that country had weapons of mass destruction, does that mean I can "invade" anyone on false accusations?

There is a huge difference between the state and the poeple. And they should be trated respectively.

What Julian Assange did was for the best of all poeple, not for the state.

It also follows that the state are made of the poeple, for the poeple. So anything that is "good" for the poeple, the state should do.

New comment by fuzzbuzz in "How Inuit parents teach kids to control their anger"

fuzzbuzz — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 09:59:48 +0000

I told my kids that the santa is real, but I have never threaten them with how santa is spying on kids to see if they behave and not giving presents to bad children. The funny thing is, my oldest daughter, to old to believe in santa and know very well he isnt real, "wants" to belive in him. She is prefectly rasional about it. It is the stories and the good feelings of exitement, fairytails, mysteries that she cheriesh.

New comment by fuzzbuzz in "EU to stop changing the clocks in 2019"

fuzzbuzz — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 12:49:29 +0000

Thanks. A nice read.

A pleuthora of pros and cons. No quantitative messure of what is best though.

New comment by fuzzbuzz in "EU to stop changing the clocks in 2019"

fuzzbuzz — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 12:40:32 +0000

Well, I still think DTS is a good thing.

New comment by fuzzbuzz in "EU to stop changing the clocks in 2019"

fuzzbuzz — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 07:20:48 +0000

I dont really think this is a good idea. It boils down to when do you want the sun to be up? 4 in the morgning to 21 in the night, or 5 in the morning and 22 in the night? Since the majority of the people like to be up later at night than waking up early, it is better for everyone to turn the clock one hour. Its better for people. Its wellfare.

The clock is turning an hour automaticly any way. Its not a big deal for the clocks, but it is a big deal for the poeple seeing less day light.

New comment by fuzzbuzz in "Power Worth Less Than Zero Spreads as Green Energy Floods the Grid"

fuzzbuzz — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 07:59:23 +0000

A banal long term way of storing energy is to pump water up to some high ground. Whenever you need it, use a turbine to get the energy back.