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+75 votes

12 posts

by yagz

10,000 times more Americans Are Killed From Medical Errors Than Terrorism

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by yagz

10,000 times more Americans Are Killed From Medical Errors Than Terrorism

http://hub.jhu.edu/2016/05/03/medical-errors-third-leading-cause-of-death/

A Johns Hopkins Study of preventable medical errors highlights just how stupid our society is in its priorities.

pk2

Is that both North and South Americans?

ho/ratio

It's The US so theres gotta be a money angle on killing these folks.

foster

Thus the way to fix this is to make a fear based business out of the technical solution. So if it's say "AI diagnosis to complement your Doctor's opinion" this will catch on and save lives.

1st National Dispensary 9.9/10

Yes if the doctors can sell it and big pharma markets the AI to the doctors.

Or we can just do it right.

h-mudd

"Mrs President during the last administration over 2 million innocent Americans died from a government controlled system that profits the largest political patrons in the country what are you going to do about it?"
"Next Question"
"Some guy in a turban ..."

thc in the uk 9.6/10

How many more will be killed by the Brexit decision than losing the "dangerous immigrants"?

hangover helper 9.7/10

jo cox would be the first

green hole

I dont understand your point mate

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Anderson's 9.7/10

I was just thinking that if we ignored terrorism but had generous compassion for the victims we'd save a ton of money and take a lot more piss out of the bad guys than we can with the military.

grave09090

Depends what you mean by compassion if you paid out the victims crazy dough then some beneficiarie$ might get into the game.

ho moley

http://www.politico.eu/blogs/spence-on-media/2016/07/le-monde-says-it-wont-publish-pictures-of-terror-attackers/

Le Monde is no longer publishing photos of terrorists

+41 votes

5 posts

by yagz

Who Owns Guy Fawkes Day?

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by yagz

Who Owns Guy Fawkes Day?

An increasing number of people around the world are remembering the 5th of November and each year the memories evoked diverge.

In 1605 (Guy Fawkes Day -1), a group of rebels including the famous one now on the mask, had an idea: blow up the English Parliament with King James in it, presumably to start over afterwards over with a government closer to the people. The "Gunpowder Plot" failed when Fawkes was discovered "guarding" his bomb.

James felt this operational shortcoming was further proof of his divine right to rule and it is the celebration of Fawke's failure that is the basis of the holiday. For 3 centuries it was mandatory to celebrate the squashing of rebellion and burn an effigy of Fawkes; the popular masks are actually a prop, part of the fun that surrounds an otherwise chilling reminder of what happens to rebels in England.

It wasn't until the 1980s that Alan Moore's V for Vendetta character started the backfiring of the intended celebration of Guy Fawkes day. As a modern day Guy Fawkes V exploded empty buildings and only shed the blood of those that had previously hurt him personally. The classic graphic novel was made into a film and in the 21st century Guy Fawkes masks were used by protestors as a means to build upon the emotions of the V character and achieve the anonymity that characterises the contemporary pursuit of freedom. Online activists Anonymous used the mask to transpose their characters from text to video.

When online rebels created the darknet as a new kind of haven, the symbolism of November 5th was brought along with proclamations and celebrations on the day itself (with free drugs replacing bonfires). The anonymity of V has become an even stronger symbol in this realm where anonymity is an existential condition. Then the King struck back.

On November 5th 2014 the darknet was struck by operation Onymous, with American and allied law enforcement shutting down sites, seizing bitcoins, and arresting de-anonymized participants. The rebels were virtually executed.

More than any other day November 5th is a living dialogue between people and government. It has evolved from England and gunpowder to worldwide networks and masked protestors.

There is no reason to believe anyone will ever forget the 5th of November.

Nicedreams69

Black cat fireworks company own it

doctor doc

Alan Moore might not own it but he helped bring it back to life with V for Vendetta

hypnogecko

It wasn't to start the government over, it was to replace a protestant monarch with a catholic one. The will of the people had nothing to do with it.

Accountants Of The Revolution 10/10

YES! The Gunpowder Plot was such a hit for King James that he was able to raise taxes because of it!

+35 votes

6 posts

by yagz

aldous huxley interviewed by mike wallace

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by yagz

aldous huxley interviewed by mike wallace

howzitsir

Whats up with the scary echo sounds back then?

1st National Dispensary 9.9/10

Sounds fucking cool, this stuff is creepy I didn't even realize Huxley was around at the time of TV.

Anderson's 9.7/10

Really enjoyed this, thanks

iceberger

Very fucking cool

Gladness

tldr: Emotion bating media manipulation will ruin democracy with help from pharma and nukes.

Decentralization is the only hope for freedom.

Huxley said this in the 1950s 25 years after writing Brave New World.

+36 votes

10 posts

by yagz

Activity Around Distant Star May be Alien Civilization

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by yagz

Activity Around Distant Star May be Alien Civilization

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/10/the-most-interesting-star-in-our-galaxy/410023/

The Kepler telescope has discovered a mass that isn't a planet and may not be natural at all.

Lankybastard

You're referring to a possible Dyson sphere around Tabbi's star. Scary stuff if it is. Any civilization that can build on that scale could wipe us out on a whim. I don't buy the notion that an advanced race would be benevolent. Neither does Steven Hawking. Just look at human history and what happened when a primitive society was introduced to an advanced one. See how that worked out for native Americans.

funwaystodie

Yes its all relative but that wasn't an advanced society that wiped out the natives in USA. You have to imagine you learn a few things on the way to Dyson sphere generation.

next eyes 9.7/10

either way the fuckers have evolved past us so why worry, we are in their hands.

latidos sin fronteras 10/10

Very cool, would I be too dumb for thinking something like this could be a gate that uses the power of the star to make a portal?

Lankybastard

Are you talking about a wormhole? Creating it and keeping it stabilized would require a massive amount of energy. A star would be a great source, although it wouldn't be enough. It requires more energy than the sun will put out during its entire lifetime. One question: How do they determine where they'll end up if they go into the hole? That's the bigger issue.

dr zaius

its a little bigger

nexus420 10/10

What's bigger a little bigger or a little bigger's baby?

smoker

That sounds like a great way to harvest energy from a star, maybe not for a portal but who the hell knows?

viennese

hell does know. it's for a barbecue folks.

+22 votes

4 posts

by yagz

1st Visit from Other Side of a Blackhole

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+22 votes

1 post

on {Economics}

AI So What. There will always be work.

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on {Economics}

AI So What. There will always be work.

This humble and intelligent professor explains how machine replacement of jobs works out for people; it's always in ways that are new and unimaginable. It is certain we are in for a great time with A.I. enabling us to to incredible stuff.

dejos

I totally disagree. AI is the continuation of the same pyramid model of which history has proven that it's bound to fail. The resources needed are of a scale that requires heavy (and never ending) financial investments. The food eaten by AI is data. The provider: humanity.

The larger the scale of data one can feed, the better the AI (and it's owners) can fingerprint, the more refined it's targeting.

Let's take an example of "AI" that we all know:

Software Antivirus:

Supposed to be the guardian that protects an operating system against 'threats' and 'threat actors using a variety of techniques to identify them. Pattern based detection, behavioural analysis and heuristics (an expensive word for: 'guesstimating' or an 'educated' guess). Your antivirus is part of a swarm that provides the antivirus vendor with data on new threats and their geographic impact.

However:

The data you provide is 'free', there is no reward or any form of renumeration for the infrastructure that you provided. A computer is not free, internet is not free, the power needed is also not free and although there are free AV solutions, most demand a subscription fee.

In return you get a product and service which does not provide any guarantees that it will adequately protect you against 'threats'.

In reality AV is becoming a relic.

Human intelligence has outsmarted AV and found ways to circumvent it using the 'Trojan horse' approach or by simple social engineering.

As there was no incentive to find or report security vulnerabilities, the data needed to feed pattern/behavioural dried up.

Heuristics is gambling with historical data, if that data is worthless so are heuristics.

And so is any form of AI hence all media and marketing efforts to portray it as the next best evolution. The driver: more profit less people.

The touted theories about a minimal wage without having to work for it are a continuation of AI Utopia. It would make people dependent on their nations through a socialist measure.

That spells national socialism and fascism.

Think twice before you give out data for free in exchange for a freemium service.

+15 votes

1 post

on {what happened to the usa?}

did world war 2 merely stall an inevitable trend of fascism?

Even Eisenhower, the General who defeated fascism …

on {what happened to the usa?}

did world war 2 merely stall an inevitable trend of fascism?

Bolivar

First thing to do is find out what "fascism" is. Most people are clueless about that. One excellent example of a fascist organization is Antifa (what an ironic name). Their goal is to shut down opposing ideas by force, and that's what fascist governments do (again, look up the word in the fucking dictionary). If you're going to accuse someone of being fascist, you need to show examples of fascist behavior. Guess who I'm vaguely referring to here...

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Jackson 5 Channel

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/world/europe/rise-of-donald-trump-tracks-growing-debate-over-global-fascism.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&

When I 1st read this topic I thought it was silly but now Im reading it the New York Times

Bolivar

And what does that tell you about the New York Times? That it's lying about Trump? Or is it just trying to mislead its readers by implying stuff that it has no evidence of... Do the same examination of other rumor-spreading fake news organizations and make your own determination, folks. See which ones allow readers to comment on their "stories" and articles. See which ones never present both sides of an argument. Decide which ones can be relied upon for actual news (all of it) and which ones actually suppress news.

chelseabolt

Fascism isn't inevitable if people get off their asses and vote.

Bolivar

That's what happened in 2016, and it's a good beginning. More people are finding out that they've been lied to, and the liars are in full panic mode at this point.

wood 9.9/10

Ha this really looks funny now - people have since voted almost exclusively for fascism!

transgender james bond

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/09/28/world-war-i-when-dissent-became-treason/

World War I was a fascist nightmare in the United States with Wilson and his cronies using it to attack all of their domestic enemies: African Americans, organized labor and immigrants. It was all documented by the media and no one cared. Helped us get where we are today as much as anything.

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all anx

What good is voting if the legislature is alfeady bought and sold?

Paine's Pamphlets 1/10

Forget Ike, Benjamin Franklin saw what would happen after helping write the constitution. He saw it as a temporary document that would require re-writing.

"it is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in Despotism"

As if it to prove the words they have been suppressed since he wrote them.

+10 votes

1 post

on {cannabis}

What is the best DIY bong?

If you mean best and don't mind finding some tubin…

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on {cannabis}

What is the best DIY bong?

In a fucked up town w zero head shops so I gotsta ask...

Jimbo007

Cut the bottom off a 2 litre bottle of pop, stick it in a bucket of water, use a milk bottle foil cap to to make a cap and fill with weed. Light it and pull up. Make sure you press down as you inhale.

funk shway

The bottle and small pipe combo is the most quality and convenience I have ever had the high honor to imbibe.

You take a real simple weed pipe, metal or glass, and stick it in the mouth of the bottle.

If the bottle is plastic use any sharp object to stick a hole at the base.

Hold the bottle horizontally, put a straw in that hole and prepare for a monstrosity of a hit.

If it's a glass bottle you need something super sharp for the hole at the bottom, the tip of a strong knife or an ice pick does the job easily.

Water is optional, you don't need and its hard to balance. The best part of this is no cleanup, chuck the bottle when you are done, imagine a bong with a disposable chamber, that's what you got now bro.

Ruben Dianza

I think what you have there is a DIY steam roller, I had one of these and loved it, yes water is totally optional its the expansion that does the magic and water is almost guaranteed to make a mess.

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mj3b1 lewis

The Pen Pipe! Just turn the metal tip into a bowl brah

whywhywhy

Holy shit! Did that in school 15+ years ago. Do kids even have pens at school anymore!?!?!

Lankybastard

I bought a device on eBay that screws onto almost any bottle, turning it into a bong. When the bong water gets nasty just throw the bottle away and attach it to a new bottle. It's not completely DIY but it still has some merit nonetheless. Besides, nobody likes dealing with bong water and it's easier to hide when compared to a regular bong.

1620

People we need to turn our bottles into bongs!

bluiprincess66

where were you . Back in the day I remember so many times we could have used this. why didnt we ever think of this. lol.. love it. thankyou

the Kushans

https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Simple-Bong

When we were little the wikihow salesman used to come door to door with books like this

sani king

Not a bong

$987Dee

Russian Bot

howlateisnow

and this is not the Hacker News, chill.

fan4

At least he didn't downvote and turn it all grey

+11

PGP pimp 10/10

Consider the Apple Bong.

cancer is my bitch 9.6/10

Dude if Apple made a bong...

Marleys Ghost UK 9.7/10

The Genius Bar would suddenly make sense.

Kushmaster

It would be the most overpriced worthless bong. Haha

+3.2

It would cost 500 bucks and be worth it

+13

cleangreenandnotsomean

Toilet paper bong is the other end of the market

RNCIN2012

That they would sell newer versions of there Bong every few months. That cost more then the last one and has miner improvements. Auto makers found it didn't work for them but it has worked for Apple

ben

Dude I thought this but you gotta see the new green one

00eleven

Haha awesome

Try, a 500 ML soda bottle + a few inches of garden hose + cake icing socket... voila !! Homemade shotgun bong

howlateisnow

Shit that works!

Kushmaster

Similar to what we done back in the day!

+7 votes

1 post

on {before the singularity}

Leading Venture Capitalist is an AI

started topic

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1 post

on {Economics}

When will AI replace every job?

This. The whole idea of humans working for money s…

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on {Economics}

When will AI replace every job?

https://medium.com/basic-income/deep-learning-is-going-to-teach-us-all-the-lesson-of-our-lives-jobs-are-for-machines-7c6442e37a49#.ba53ftvvg

Seems there are more articles like this every day and that AI is accelerating faster and faster. If AI is better than us at everything what are we going to do all day and how are we going to earn money?

Hufflepuff 9.9/10

Why bother when muggles are already willing to work for it?

Eph 6:12

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gJwsqvUn-xk9XxT9VCK-e4Et6Kv8aDE-/view?usp=sharing

To understand that, you first have to understand who have control of the world. eventually you find the source being that of the "Red Shield" family. which then gives you their agenda, they see the rest of us as "goyim" having a belief we are to serve them as upgraded animals. So, they have to destroy the existing system to usher in a new having what we term "image of the beast" possibly representing AI as the brains behind their new agenda. We, therefore will enter a stage where the elite/red shield family give a choice to either obey and conform to them or to be hunted down like sheep for slaughter. The ones who accept will receive a mark to accept credits. China recently started this endeavour which fits perfectly with their zionist regime and called it "Social Credit" http://uk.businessinsider.com/china-social-credit-system-punishments-and-rewards-explained-2018-4?r=US&IR=T, however, those who have understanding will flee from their demise into the wilderness for this has been written already. They call themselves Jews but are not (Revelation 2:9) thus the third temple will not be as they claim, possibly even having AI rule over the population whilst the AC rule over their temple.

loveremovalmachine

If any AI and robots do the work without getting paid it doesn't sound like we need a whole lot of money.

hangover helper 9.7/10

I think his graph answers your question: Pretty Fuckin Soon

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Bit Cromwell 9.8/10

Whenever I see a graph of impeding economic doom I take it with a grain of salt. The trends people extrapolate always miss the same thing: innovation. In this case were probably not able to see what all this labor replacement enables for humans, and whatever it enables is likely to create a new economic opportunity we dont see yet.

howlateisnow

They can have my job :)

+1 votes

1 post

on {Economics}

Financial returns of fascism?

We need to read people's hats in order to protect …

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on {Economics}

Financial returns of fascism?

I haven't been able to find much about this besides state monopolies and war shit. I'm wondering how things play out in a modern technological based economy.

los

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BASEBALL HATS I PROMISE YOU

raul jewel

It's the people not wearing hats we need to watch

cmsTM

Invest in hat monitors

los

THESE HATS ARE LIKE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HATS I KNOW HOW TO DO THIS

Madame Deal 9.5/10

nonsense like 50 different people are suing you over how bad these hats are

los

JUST BUY THE HATS I PROMISE YOU WILL FEEL GREAT WHEN YOU SEE THE HATLESS HEADS ROLLING IN BLOOD AND STARING IN SHOCK, TONGUES EXTENDED UPWARDS, POINTING AT US IN OUR HATS.

elvis prescott

Space programs?

+15

pee brain

Fake space programs are a better investment

World of Weedcraft 9.6/10

Let's do this! Im thinking it some kind of crypto mining expedition where we are headed out to Mars for processing power.

+5 votes

1 post

on J Swift UK 9.9/10

Hyde Park 420 Cloud

what will you be wearing?

+2 votes

1 post

on {Economics}

how hard is it to get skills anymore?

There are 2 ways for a society to get power over a…

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on {Economics}

how hard is it to get skills anymore?

the growing divide between rich and poor, the loss of jobs to immigrants and robots, youth unemployment, nearly every economic problem is caused by a lack of value producing skills.

but why? nearly everything you could do in this world can be learned for free with this little invention called the world wide web. i think you have heard of it even if you don't have an expensive computer.

a p.o.s. android phone and free wifi has you in many of the finest classrooms on earth, you don't need a wing named after your grandfather anymore.

if you don't have the patience for this there is a youtube video for 21st century dummies on nearly every lesson on earth, pause, rewind, learn at your own pace for free.

yeah sorry, the assembly line that paid for 3 weeks off isn't hiring anymore, neither is the lord's farm or those stone hauling gigs down in egypt. things have changed - for the better.

mj3b1 lewis

This is true from the perspective of individuals, but what about societies. Societies like governments take most f our resources under the auspices of producing better outcomes.

If society says yeah anyone can do anything if they play the game right that's a fail. It should be a matter of course that an honest and motivated person is going to do well but that's not what we have. The only sure thing in our society is access to power.

4t2

True but I'm not sure about "anymore". It's always been possible for motivated people to acquire skills, it's easier now but I don't think that is going to change the dynamic. People are afraid and or lazy when it comes to pursuing things that aren't right up in their face.

Leslie Wagner

So then it becomes a kind of responsibility to put it up in their face.

The L Grow Collective 9.5/10

It's yo mommas responsibility.

reductionix9

Reduced to
DOES SOCIETY GET POWERS OVER INDIVIDUALS?
If so responsibilities come with these powers.

+3 votes

1 post

on {buy help}

It seems that if I use the anonymous purchase options then the seller doesn't know who I am if something goes wrong, no?

Look at your messages or orders, they all have exp…

on {buy help}

It seems that if I use the anonymous purchase options then the seller doesn't know who I am if something goes wrong, no?

Gladness

Actually it's quite a bit worse than this, you basically have no reputation if things go wrong and are throwing away value by going anonymous. As for security it is piss all, a made up name is the only additional record, make it unique to your other accounts and that's all you ever need.

Original Discount

it depends what you mean by "something goes wrong". if we ship to you we simply need your address but decent "agorist type" sellers dont keep records beyond their immediate need.

blurrrrrrd

what does "decent agorist type" mean? does this site keep records of purchases?

The L Grow Collective 9.5/10

for 45 days, longer if you press the extend record button.

+6 votes

1 post

on Well 10/10

Should I Get a Genetic Screening Test?

I have researched this one a bit. 23 and me is pre…

on Well 10/10

Should I Get a Genetic Screening Test?

viennese

Yes but just for entertainment value at this stage.

cairns

Too right I recently got the result that I have a "32 percent increased chance” of developing Parkinson’s disease. Freaked me out for some time till I learned that means I have a 2% chance of getting the disease.

foster

http://www.personalgenomes.org

You don't need to bother with 23andme and their prices (several hundred bucks if I recall). If you are willing to share the data (and let's face it that's gonna happen anyway) you can get a free sequencing from the Personal Genome Project.

+6 votes

1 post

on {shade}

reddits new tracking:( and how to turn it off:)

started topic

+1 votes

1 post

on {littlebiggy initiatives}

initiave: eliminate anonymous purchases

I am for the idea but I have to vote against the i…

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on {littlebiggy initiatives}

initiave: eliminate anonymous purchases

{littlebiggy initiatives}

Arguments Against (upvote here against the initiative)

bit poppa

It makes people comfortable for their first transaction. Yes to keep buying this way is stupid and I understand the argument for preventing it, I just think it's a weaker argument.

blurrrrrrd

This was voted down a while back, the consensus was why not let people do what they want.

blanc banc

when you post on little biggy or vote or list an item you are adding content to little biggy. buying on the other hand does not happen here but rather at a payment processor. apart from anonymized reputation there is no permanent content and thus no owner to assign the data to.

+6 votes

1 post

on {Space Travel}

Meet Light Sail 2

started topic

+0 votes

1 post

on {robots}

Luggage Robot Follows You

started topic

+4 votes

1 post

on pathiopath 9.9/10

A fungus can reduce resistance to antibiotics

started topic

+2 votes

1 post

on {trans humanism}

What is post-humanism?

It's a bit vague if you ask me because it means *e…

on {trans humanism}

What is post-humanism?

huggsins

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/lagrandeur20140729

Post Humanism means information tech based evolution whereas transhumanism means the "everything"

denofsim

*When* is post humanism?

Acuity 9.7/10

That's a lot like the question "When is the Singularity?" the moment that artificial intelligence passes humans'. A lot of people laughed at Kurzweil's predictions for this happening in the 2020s, but with all the progress in the last year and the exponential curve this is following he might be right.

+4 votes

1 post

on {modafinil}

Decreased Brain Plasticity from Modafinil

Doesn't matter who funded it, we count an adversar…

on {modafinil}

Decreased Brain Plasticity from Modafinil

http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnsys.2014.00038/full

tldr: Excessive use of modafinil in young brains (<30 years old) may decrease brain plasticity. Further study is required for scientific proof.

Well 10/10

This is basically a send up on anything that can be considered a "cognitive enhancer" - except for some reason amphetamines. I wonder who funded this study.

caringv

Sorry, what is brain plasticity?

foster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroplasticity

Its basically the progamability of a brain

+1 votes

1 post

on little biggy currencies

how can I buy bitcoins?

You can only buy with a bank wire, I think a high …

+0 votes

1 post

on María Magic Mushrooms 8.7/10

María De Oaxaca Magic Mushrooms - 1 Ounce discussion

Seems anything Cosby related is getting discredite…

on María Magic Mushrooms 8.7/10

María De Oaxaca Magic Mushrooms - 1 Ounce discussion

kgreeen

ordered these. They never arrived. Got full refund. Took two months. Ordered again from same vendor. Will report outcome.

kgreeen

Paid for this two weeks ago, havn't heard anything. How long to arrive. Starting to get concerned.

kgreeen

two weeks to arrive with other purchase with vendor. He is good to go.

seanmbmorgan

I 100% call bullshit on this vendor, look at all of these fake feedbacks.

mikep

+1 Nice work adding the photo I'm reporting this now.

{life extension}

how can it be 0 days to arrive?

Leo Van

This isn't at all incriminating in itself, if you've ever bought anything here you are asked for feedback right after you order and lots of people do this even before they got receive order in the mail. They are either experienced with the vendor, trying to put pressure on him by stating they are waiting or just shmoozing.

However I don't see anything here that looks encouraging about this vendor, especially his/her lack of response. If I don't see anything from them in 24 hours I will downvote them.