cowvin
cowvin t1_jc5frhf wrote
Reply to comment by Mr_ToDo in Twitter’s $42,000-per-Month API Prices Out Nearly Everyone | Tiers will start at $500,000 a year for access to 0.3 percent of the company’s tweets. Researchers say that’s too much for too little data by Hrmbee
How much you want to bet that right-wingers will still have access but left-wingers will have to pay?
cowvin t1_jaa8nxl wrote
Reply to comment by swisscriss in CIA head: China is unsure whether it can invade Taiwan. by agonhaziri
Sure, there are similarities between many groups of people in terms of appearance, culture, language, etc. However, here are some interesting facts about Taiwan:
Taiwan has its own language, Taiwanese, that is slowly being pushed out by Chinese. Additionally, Taiwanese people who read and write Chinese use traditional Chinese characters rather than the simplified Chinese characters (introduced by the Communists).
Taiwan is the global leader in manufacturing computer chips because their manufacturing processes are years ahead of anyone else (for more info, look up TSMC).
Taiwan is a very modern democracy and they deserve to be recognized as an independent country.
cowvin t1_j9utsnv wrote
Reply to comment by Valash83 in Pueblo deputy awarded Purple Heart for injuries suffered during shooting of Richard Ward by Drablit
It's not that they give them out for "about anything." You can take a look at the requirements here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Heart
In the example you described:
Type of injury: caused by shrapnel, so qualifies
Severity of injury: required medical treatment, so qualifies
Source of injury: This is the only real question. The description says that the injury may be caused by an enemy or friendly fire that was intended to harm an enemy. This definitely fails the requirement for friendly fire intended to harm an enemy, so we have to evaluate if the drunk soldier was considered an enemy.
I would say intuitively no, but who knows what they were thinking at that time.
cowvin t1_j93j89j wrote
Reply to comment by PlaguePA in Nurse accused of cutting off dying patient’s foot without permission pleads not guilty by bigmilker
No, it's in the article. His foot was already destroyed by frostbite:
> The man had been admitted to the nursing home in March after he had fallen in his home when the heat went out, and he suffered severe frostbite on both of his feet.
> Other nurses interviewed by investigators said that Brown removed the foot for “compassion and comfort” as the foot was necrotic, had begun to smell, and was barely still attached to the man’s body.
cowvin t1_j6lwf0l wrote
In case you're wondering why Japan keeps on killing whales for meat... It's mostly political, it seems:
https://www.wired.com/2015/12/japanese-barely-eat-whale-whaling-big-deal/
cowvin t1_j664t9y wrote
Reply to comment by a_lonely_trash_bag in Rihanna’s ‘Umbrella’ Was Used As A Weapon Of Torture In Hell Claims A Michigan Priest Who Allegedly ‘Died’ For Some Time: “Demons Were Singing It” by Retloh
yeah, i've experienced plenty of racism from both white people and black people. i'm not white or black. lol
cowvin t1_jdgqnm0 wrote
Reply to South Carolina's comptroller quits after a $3.5 billion accounting error by kangarooturd
For people who didn't read the article:
> Eckstrom has said the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report exaggerated the state's cash balances for a decade by double counting the money sent to colleges and universities. The mistake went unsolved until a junior staffer fixed the error this fall.
This sounds like straight up incompetence.