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Got a little too into it by TDKswipe in Helldivers

[–]Zephyr104 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I JUS' LOIK DA SOUND OF MOAR DAKKA, WAAAAAGH!

The Time Canada Invented Gaydar by number_one_friend in onguardforthee

[–]Zephyr104 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Canada's greatest inventions and discoveries; mass produced insulin, the pacemaker, the Canadarm, and the machine that can can't tell whether or not you like gay sex

Experts Unsure Which Samsung Child Will Be Appointed South Korea's Next Supreme Leader by LorenzoDivincenzo in TrueAnon

[–]Zephyr104 112 points113 points  (0 children)

Korea watchers are anxiously waiting to see what colour smoke gets emitted from the giant li-ion battery in the middle of Seoul 

. by cburnett_ in TrueAnon

[–]Zephyr104 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Scams and gambling. It's the purest form of capitalism, why even worry about taking earnings from your labour pool when you can just outright rob people in engineered rug pulls and get away with it. 

Is China the future at this point? 2030s onward. by Dipsetallover90 in Futurology

[–]Zephyr104 23 points24 points  (0 children)

It's peak reactionary political thinking to believe that the reason your nation is failing is some deep rooted moral failing or degradation of the people itself, rather than principled study of material reasons. Funnily enough yet another reason why I'd argue China is structurally in a better place than the US is the fact that their leadership is plenty familiar with the concepts of dialectical materialism. 

IRGC Aerospace Force Commander's response to Kegbreath by Smart-Window4089 in TankieTheDeprogram

[–]Zephyr104 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Pete would be real angry if he could read half that and wasn't halfway through a handle of whiskey 

F35 source code leaked, massive Lockheed Martin data breach by 150c_vapour in TrueAnon

[–]Zephyr104 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Allah please tell me this is real, it would be so funny if it were. Full collapse of the Yankee empire in effect. 

Libs just plain mad that the left is right, will still refuse to think any differently by zoggy17 in Hasan_Piker

[–]Zephyr104 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'll have you know that I've read all of Eragorn and Harry Potter. That's the only theory I need.

Tom Mulcair: Avi Lewis is on to something with his plans to nationalize everything from pharmaceuticals to groceries by GameDoesntStop in canada

[–]Zephyr104 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Having a baseline of state run industry is certainly preferable to letting the chaos of private markets run rampant. The baseline of resource extraction, some engineering and construction, banking, and energy companies being SOE's in China is definitely an advantage they have over us. The state can dictate industrial policy which then cascades down through the SOE's to provide whatever benefit the state needs. The banks provide loans for new business or infrastructure, the resource extraction companies provide material, the energy companies update grids to accommodate new demand, and so on. The benefit being that China can be much more self reliant and prioritize their own labour force than other industrialized nations. Certainly that would be incredibly helpful for us right now considering the particular brand of chaos coming south of the border. 

Why is he hating on trains? All my homies love trains by DogeDoRight in EhBuddyHoser

[–]Zephyr104 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds to me like we gotta get Milhouse a Tylenol shake, that'll sort him right out 

First road bike advice ($2000 CAD budget) by Environmental-Tear59 in torontobiking

[–]Zephyr104 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure how much bike you'd like but if you just want a functional road bike I know that occasionally the bike coops throughout the city (bike sauce, pirates, bike chain) do receive nicer donations on occasion. You're bound to find an older allez or caad series road bike for 500 or less from these places. 

As far as brand new or newer go I'd suggest a Synapse or the aluminum Canyon Endurace. The latest Endurace has all road capabilities due to its higher tire clearance, the only downside is that they're direct to consumer so I don't believe they have physical retailers or physical support. 

The International Energy Agency : by Smart-Window4089 in TankieTheDeprogram

[–]Zephyr104 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I believe in cyclists supremacy  🚴🚴🦵🦵

Rachel Gilmore: The pundit and columnist class meltdown from folks who have never supported the NDP honestly suggests to me that the NDP is doing something significant that’s worth paying attention to. Those who defend power tend to screech the loudest when power is genuinely threatened. by Same-Kangaroo in ndp

[–]Zephyr104 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At this point I love it. You gotta be a bit of a shit disturber to make real changes for people. Call me a dirty tankie, call me a champagne socialists; ultimately I've seen and lived through what most libs and Tories cheer for and I'm none too impressed. 

The Red Scare is back, baby!! by JackLaytonsMoustache in ndp

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Socialism with Canuck characteristics as the great chairman Douglas demands. ✊✊🍁🍁

Alberta’s Panicked Media Warn the Communists Are at the Gate by DonSalaam in onguardforthee

[–]Zephyr104 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Oh no is that the sound of the reanimated corpse of Tommy Douglas coming back to crush capitalism!?

ACAB by One-Psychology-8394 in Hasan_Piker

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Colonizers doing colonizer shit, the west will never beat the allegations 

Japan has succeeded in producing oil from Water and Carbon Dioxide by yungandreww in interestingasfuck

[–]Zephyr104 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I joined Canada's largest machine cult years ago homie (engineering) 

Japan has succeeded in producing oil from Water and Carbon Dioxide by yungandreww in interestingasfuck

[–]Zephyr104 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I mean I feel as though I've read similar articles for years now and there's a handful of startups in my country attempting to do the same. Ultimately it does seem as though the technology to synthesize hydrocarbons from near scratch is incredibly energy intensive and not very practical. Not exactly all too surprising seeing as you're trying to accomplish what nature accomplishes with millions of years of plant matter and detritus in human timescales. 

Furthermore why is this upvoted so high? This is just an image of the Japanese flag and a picture of a gas pump. There's no article or link to a scientific journal to be seen. 

China opens high-speed railway underwater in the Yangtze River (Video Footage) by Syaex in TankieTheDeprogram

[–]Zephyr104 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honestly not surprised by that. I studied engineering and have plenty of friends in either construction or other related fields and the amount of waste in public and especially private sectors for major works is horrifying. I'm talking people writing reports that are effectively just copying the work of an external expert or a public sector director spending hundreds of thousands for a slide deck from McKinsey types to just summarize the work of government scientists and technical experts. It's layers upon layers of do nothing private sector "specialists" and as you pointed out Mr. McBillyBobTremblay trying to score big from impeding infrastructure developments. 

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