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  • The 80% figure I mistook for the one of Qatar originally

    No you don’t, you’re just ignorant. Next you gonna tell me south korea is a dictator state and then whoops, you confused it with north korea.

    Every service you pointed out leaves immigrants without access, 40% of Saudi population not having access to healthcare is exactly my point.

    You first say poor people, now you change it to immigrant. How many time do you wanna move the goal post?

    Wikipedia explicitly says this healthcare is for citizens, and when 40% are non citizens, it’s a de-facto apartheid state with half the population being immensely exploited

    Wikipedia also stated:

    “Sponsors/employers are responsible for paying for an extensive package of services for private sector expatriates.”

    Why are you running defense for authoritarian monarchies in the Middle East?

    Is this supposed to be an attack on me or defence of your own ignorant? I see you spitting bs that can be easily debunked via a simple search, so i debunked it via a simple search. And why are you defending dictator state of north korea?






  • I don’t doubt this, but you could have said the same about Queen Elizabeth before she got in a box

    I can also say the same for all prime minister and president in country without monarch and with constitutional monarch. That is exactly what a leader of the country are. What is exactly your point here?

    This requires more evidence. What’s your evidence for this? What material reasons do you have to believe that the decisions come from Kim personally and not from the communist party?

    Let me do one better: what is your evidence that say otherwise?


  • Firstly, to say that Kim family is merely ceremonial mean you have to proof that someone else is running the show, that hatched all the plans, that have the final say. We don’t have that information. What we have is he is the single most powerful person in North Korea, that rule and guide the country, that inherited the power from his father.

    Of course, a king need a general and a treasurer, whether they are the one in control or not is not a known fact, and that will remained a mystery until someone close to them speak.

    So yes, with the information the world have, we can safely say North Korea is run by a single family.



  • acrylamide, an organic compound formed during cooking methods above 120°C (such as frying or roasting).

    Sous vide, steam, and soup going forward.

    Did some search and apparently it’s formed by sugar and amino acid, which is everywhere. And it’s formed on browned and burned part of starchy food from cooking in high heat, which also include bread and biscuit.

    And here’s a catch: it’s merely a media scare, because according to Cancer Research UK, it will only cause cancer in very high dose, which is how the researcher originally found out on animal study and we will likely not getting anyway near those dose. It’s like drowning rat with water and then proclaim that water is a harmful substance and human should avoid it.



  • Constitutional Monarchy are very different and limited form of monarchy, where the monarch have very limited power or are simply there for ceremonial purpose. The king doesn’t command the parliament, and cannot make policy, and at most can suggest it.

    I live in a country with constitutional monarchy and they mostly just there, occasionally making remark and have their opinions. They however still have the power to veto bill and reject project, but it happen very very rarely. They’re mostly there as religious leader and political weapon for some.

    So to answer your question, yes, Netherlands and Denmark both practice constitutional monarchy, hence they’re still considered democracy.




  • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.ziptoTechnology@beehaw.orgSmart Homes Are Terrible
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    You shouldn’t need a tech tour and an app (or five) to turn the heat down or clean the dishes. You shouldn’t have to worry that pressing the wrong button will set off a chain of events you don’t know how to undo. All these powerful processors and thousands of lines of code have succeeded in making everyday things slower, harder to use, and less reliable than they used to be.

    Kinda really sound like a skill issue? Seems like the author went in over-zealously without research and then regret it. There’s tons of useless smart device that have no busness being smart device, but there’s also tons of IOT device(specifically those simple one) that made my life easier.




  • I hope this is just american whining about cultural appropriation again. Food evolved based on which culture cook it and that country’s flavour, and chance is, some of your favorite food that you think is originated from one place is actually a fusion of another food. As a chinese that isn’t originated from china(and not from the west), the chinese food i loved the most is actually just fusion made using local ingredients for local tastebud, not because some people decided to ruin someone else culture.