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Aggressive_Ris t1_jdgmwaf wrote

Reply to comment by Avicennaete in [OC] Microsoft Bing: A forgotten $10B+ business by jtsg_

Sign up for Microsoft Rewards and you'll feel smart... it's free money for using a search engine. I get about $200 in Amazon gift codes through it every 2-3 years after letting my points build up. Its a search engine that literally pays you to use it with no gimmicks or strings attached.

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Aggressive_Ris t1_jdgmnaf wrote

Reply to comment by soldforaspaceship in [OC] Microsoft Bing: A forgotten $10B+ business by jtsg_

Im in the US an use Bing because of Microsoft Rewards. I just let my point build up and every 2-3 years redeem like $200 in Amazon gift codes.

If you set your desktop and mobile search engines to it then it's actually a nice little way to basically make free money (well, 'money' in gift cards they have or other stuff on the Microsoft store or their products...).

I highly reccommend it if you enjoy free stuff. The search engine itself is good too, I don't miss Google or any of its functionalities at all, it's basically the same in a different UI.

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Aggressive_Ris t1_j9ktlqe wrote

Reply to North Korean state media urges rejection of 'poisoned candy' foreign aid despite food shortages | World News | Sky News by rmaccr

Usually his father and grandfather would offer concessions for aid, they'd also not go crazy into weapons development but instead just used it as a saber rattle to get the international community to help them out when things got tough.

Fatty Kim the Third however is developing weapons regardless of consequences. Perhaps the time has come to end all aid. I believe that at some point this regime must be allowed to just collapse entirely.

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Aggressive_Ris t1_j9ksqoh wrote

Reply to comment by bewarethetreebadger in North Korean state media urges rejection of 'poisoned candy' foreign aid despite food shortages | World News | Sky News by rmaccr

The previous Kims used to do the same saber rattling about developing weapons but didn't actually follow through for the most part, or would offer concessions on what they had done in exchange for aid. The current Kim just keeps pushing forward with weapons development and the international community has not quite responded in kind to it yet.

Trump tried to reset relations with them (a worthy attempt I thought, even if I hate Trump) but it produced nothing. Biden hasn't really done anything about them (foreign policy for the US has been pretty distracted from NK lately).

What's the answer? More sanctions? Just let their people starve until they rebel or the nation collapses? I don't think there are any good answers. I suppose the best might be that China reigns them in somehow but I don't think even they have the pull necessary to do it.

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