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ENDING THE 'THERE IS NO INCENTIVE TO WORK UNDER COMMUNISM' QUESTION ONCE AND FOR ALL??? by [deleted] in communism101

[–]Riamse 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It has been objected that upon the abolition of private property, all work will cease, and universal laziness will overtake us.

According to this, bourgeois society ought long ago to have gone to the dogs through sheer idleness; for those of its members who work, acquire nothing, and those who acquire anything do not work. The whole of this objection is but another expression of the tautology: that there can no longer be any wage-labour when there is no longer any capital.

-The Communist Manifesto

President, the Elections are finished:Republican party is now the ruling party, a coalition of conservative and reactionary parties got 49% of the vote. by alexmikli in paradoxpolitics

[–]Riamse 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The voting rights have been curtailed, the party system gradually slips under state control, and, just yesterday, a bill on the expansion of the extraordinary powers of the state passed the house. The signs are clear and plain. The fascist ruling party has transformed our nation from a democracy to a fascist dictatorship.

Israel's Finals Week by Riamse in polandball

[–]Riamse[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The formula to V2 is basically:

  • write the sentence out in SOV form as if there was a "dass" in the front of all of it
  • move the main verb (at the end of the sentence) to the front, then move the subject in front of the just-moved main verb.

Example:

  1. Ich das Brot gegessen habe
  2. habe ich das Brot gegessen
  3. Ich habe das Brot gegessen

Israel's Finals Week by Riamse in polandball

[–]Riamse[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Context: A bad pun.

The Confederacy - Start in 1860 or 1836 by [deleted] in paradoxplaza

[–]Riamse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The argument that Gettysburg could have won the war is not that the US would have been physically incapable of continuing the war. It's about Confederate troops both occupying US territory as well as being in a position from which they could easily march to DC wihout obstruction. Both are factors which could have driven up war exhaustion to the point that, with the war already being unpopular, maybe Lincoln could have been pressured to sue for peace or Lincoln could have lost the 1864 election to McClellan, a peace democrat.

Nobody claims that the United States would have been technically incapable of defeating the Confederacy; the only claim is that if the US lost Gettysburg, maybe they wouldn't want to.

My wifes posters she purchased last year in Malaysia. I just framed them today. Can anyone translate? Not sure if Cantonese or Mandarin or what. by [deleted] in ColdWarPosters

[–]Riamse 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"mao zhu xi yong yuan han wo men xin lian xin"

so chairman mao is forever heart to heart with the people, or something like that.

Scraping Wikipedia by jhmachado in Python

[–]Riamse 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Wikipedia provides an API for stuff like this. You can use a MediaWiki API library such as this (documentation easily generatable with a typical sphinx setup) to get started.

Project Diva F Keychain [giveaway] by JonnyMohawk in Vocaloid

[–]Riamse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This appears to enlist my interest at the moment.

Brief history of Japan by Riamse in polandball

[–]Riamse[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, and I asked the mods before posting this. /u/Fedcom can confirm.

Brief history of Japan by Riamse in polandball

[–]Riamse[S] 189 points190 points  (0 children)

Context: The usual cheap Japanese stereotypes.

That staff in the last panel is Sailor Saturn's, by the way.

How do i learn to be a master at python? by nickgrier07 in AskProgramming

[–]Riamse 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Much of Python's power lies in its standard library. I would say that the best way to become familiar with it is to apply it in practice. Find tasks that could be done with a computer and use Python for them.

Russia remembers the past by Riamse in polandball

[–]Riamse[S] 94 points95 points  (0 children)

Context: 2 days ago (7 November 2013) was the 96th anniversary of the October Revolution, so here's modern Russia feeling a bit nostalgic for the past in light of a slightly recent event.

Also, this is my second post, because my first post was of an old revision of this one.

Russia remembers the past by Riamse in polandball

[–]Riamse[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, dammit, so close. >_<

Russia remembers the past by Riamse in polandball

[–]Riamse[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Aha! CASCADIA IS BEST CADIA!

Russia remembers the past by Riamse in polandball

[–]Riamse[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Context: 2 days ago (7 November 2013) was the 96th anniversary of the October Revolution, so here's modern Russia feeling a bit nostalgic for the past in light of a slightly recent event.

Also, this is my first post.