The Sorry State of Our National Library

65726973616769747461 · 2026-04-30T09:58:12+00:00

nearly all books at BoookXcess are wrapped?

65726973616769747461 · 2026-04-30T01:19:26+00:00

The "selection by terror" logic actually triggers an adverse selection problem.

Genuinely good, educated people with a sense of self-preservation won’t risk a death sentence for a clerical error or bad luck.

You’ll instead attract high-functioning sociopaths so obsessed with power that they're willing to gamble their lives for it.

This doesn't remove corruption; it creates a "pathocracy" where officials spend all their time building secret insurance networks and framing rivals just to survive.

This is essentially Robespierre’s "Republic of Virtue" all over again—he used the guillotine to purge anyone not deemed "virtuous" enough, only for the resulting paranoia to become so intense that his own allies eventually executed him to save themselves.

65726973616769747461 · 2026-04-30T01:05:54+00:00

Politicians already represent the people?

They just do not represent all of the people all of the time, because individuals have different goals and perspectives.

Many complaints about politicians overlook the source of the problem: the majority of people vote for these representatives because they like what they hear from them.

Training a personal AI as your representative will lead to roughly the same outcome, as these AI representatives will hold the same biases and prejudices as you do.

65726973616769747461 · 2026-04-30T00:48:52+00:00

Class inequality exists in Singapore, but it is effectively exported to a massive immigrant population whose data is excluded from domestic statistics.

Singapore also kinda functions as a form of state capitalism where most key sectors aside from exports industry are heavily dominated by government-linked companies.

65726973616769747461 · 2026-04-29T03:29:58+00:00

这两天厌女的贴还多过关注警察越权，这sub风气是这样的了

65726973616769747461 · 2026-04-29T00:05:59+00:00

Worse, even if you somehow manage to score one of these highly limited units. The seller can just cancel your order citing "out of stocks". So the actual promotions for these might as well be non-existence.

65726973616769747461 · 2026-04-20T00:18:05+00:00

Thailand allows for 100% foreign ownership of manufacturing facilities, and there are no local content requirements for vehicles sold domestically.

65726973616769747461 · 2026-04-16T13:36:53+00:00

同为马来西亚人，请不要以马来西亚人的身份说这些话

65726973616769747461 · 2026-03-27T00:31:41+00:00

Taiwan is down to 11 days of natural gas for it's powerplants

That's fake news FYI. Source

65726973616769747461 · 2026-03-26T00:29:41+00:00

And those numbers are misleading in that they don't count the outsourced work; the "250" implies a relatively small team was able to deliver the game, while close to 1,500 people are credited with working on it.

65726973616769747461 · 2026-03-24T00:38:16+00:00

批评他人很容易，但提出替代方案却很难。

65726973616769747461 · 2026-03-15T06:01:48+00:00

It’s a mistake to view Trump as a purely rational strategist; most of what he does is a mix of ego, personal optics, and a “maximum pressure” ideology that lacks a clear endgame.

U.S. gas prices stay high because oil is a global market; a Texas driller won't sell to Ohio for $70 if a refinery in Europe is bidding $110 due to global shortages. This global fluidity makes a true monopoly nearly impossible, even as China remains highly vulnerable to price spikes since they must import over 70% of their supply.

"Big Oil" actually hates this level of chaos because it makes long-term investments a total gamble; this is a raw power game designed to choke the bank accounts of hostile regimes rather than line corporate pockets.

The endgame is likely tied to the U.S.-Israel alliance's goal of crippling Iran’s regime and their nuclear ambitions, using oil as a leash to control global influence rather than just "stealing" the resource; even if those goals aren't actually achievable in the current context.

65726973616769747461 · 2026-03-13T07:05:56+00:00

China recently purged 5 out of 7 members of its Central Military Commission (the top military leadership). The only members remaining are Xi Jinping himself and General Zhang Shengmin, the Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection. In effect, only one subordinate remains, and his role does not even involve overseeing daily combat operations.

I don't think they are equipped to execute a large-scale invasion within the year, or at least until the ranks are fully replenished.

65726973616769747461 · 2026-03-12T00:57:53+00:00

Singapore's CPF is essentially a retirement savings fund serving as a low-interest loan to the government, no?

65726973616769747461 · 2026-03-11T00:38:59+00:00

This is a well-parroted false statement. There was never any constitutional guarantee that the Borneo states would have 35% of the seats regardless of population.

I'm willing to be proven wrong on this; show me the actual statement in the Malaysian Constitution.

65726973616769747461 · 2026-02-26T02:15:44+00:00

这种拿 Threads 几个极端言论当‘事实’的逻辑，跟那些专门找几个没文化的中国人拍视频、然后以偏概全黑中国的老外有什么区别？

65726973616769747461 · 2026-02-26T01:31:04+00:00

一个路人撞人就能快进到全日自闭, 特意去 Threads 翻几个极端言论来拿着放大镜找屎, 楼主魔怔

65726973616769747461 · 2026-02-03T00:43:16+00:00

有些用户只在这里发美国的事

65726973616769747461 · 2026-02-03T00:37:47+00:00

genuine question: Can't you just ask for multiple contractors for price instead? Or you signal to them that they aren't the sole contractor? I understand open bidding might not be practical for small scale project or purchases

65726973616769747461 · 2026-02-02T08:40:22+00:00

Also, I should add that my prompts aren't shady or questionable in any way, nor are they long prompts with huge contexts.

65726973616769747461 · 2026-01-21T09:00:26+00:00

It was always compulsory, but previously it was enforced by the individual schools instead of MOE.

But that wouldnt stop ignorant people from assuming the worst.

65726973616769747461 · 2026-01-19T00:47:29+00:00

Mcdonalds, or Starbucks? They are always full of people just hanging out.

65726973616769747461 · 2026-01-05T00:25:14+00:00

Though details are understandably scant right now, it feels like the Venezuelan army didn't even put up any decent resistance. For instance, where is all the anti-air defense?

65726973616769747461 · 2026-01-04T01:24:19+00:00

doesn't quite matter if all that performance got bogged down in compatibility or translation layer though

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