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The reverse scenario happened here in Singapore. It was the first in Asia to introduce DAB in 1999. The national broadcaster MediaCorp then decided to cease DAB transmission in 2011, forcing those who've invested in new DAB equipment to throw them out the window (while many are dual-FM/DAB sets, some more affordable ones are exclusively DAB-only). Interesting that the decision was made to go backwards in technology, likely motivated by economics.

I haven't been near death, even though I was previously involved in a serious motorcycle accident (I was a pillion rider) as a kid, where I completely blanked out. Don't have any memories of the actual accident at all.

What I want to say however is that anyone who wants to make conclusions regarding whether there's life after death cannot do so without invoking the spiritual realm as well.

I've personally had a spiritual encounter whereby the holy spirit entered my body (I could actually sense the lifting of my skin in my chest and His entry into me). That experience changed my life forever.

The point I'm trying to make I guess is that there are many things about this so-called life that we still don't know about, in particular the dimensions we can't see and which science refutes because they can't be tested.

Perhaps that's why religion is often about having faith?

I suffer from depression and extremely low self esteem.

The problem with social media is that the entire world becomes a source of envy and comparison.

Yes, even with traditional media, I would look up to the few selected celebrities and feel inferior to them.

But now, it gets worse when I see that even the boy next door is better looking than I am, which makes me feel less than average and unworthy of being alive.

mine's deployed as a RIPE Atlas probe! https://atlas.ripe.net/

it earns credits by being online, and allows me to in turn measure other probes around the world to check for traceroutes and other networking stats.

Isn't this what De Beers does with diamond? Creating artificial scarcity.

LOL in Singapore, some of the cables are shown to terminate at a prison complex! Completely inaccurate.

It's a series of words and phrases that will trigger censorship by the great Firewall. Typically used to sabotage someone's post and prevent it from being seen by those in China.

doesn't work on mine either. just click to chat with a support agent and they will settle it for you.

Starlink requires dedicated equipment. They could just ban the import of that equipment.

well clearly they're never going to allow that to happen, even if it means using underhanded tactics once again.

they're already at work, trying to minimize damage from the lawsuits in Indonesia and Ethiopia. you might say it's just a form of corporate survival. sure, but what makes this decision any different from when they chose to hide MCAS from pilots? It's all about the money.

https://www.businessinsider.sg/boeing-737-max-cases-worthles...

the F-35 is only supposed to be sold to close allies anyway so I doubt secrecy from the US is on the top of buyers' minds? conversely, they'd likely engage in joint exercises with the US.

nope. the design of the plane was already flawed from the start due to the placement of the engine, and that's why they needed MCAS to fix it.

if MCAS is taken away, the plane goes back to being flawed. but since MCAS itself is a flawed solution, it's a lose-lose situation.

I wouldn't fly in a MAX 8 if you paid me to.

“Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.” - Dalai Lama

I like the quote but sorry the Dalai Lama never said it: http://thedamienzone.com/2011/10/12/dalai-lama-quote-on-face...