Comments by "HKim0072" (@HKim0072) on "VICE News" channel.

  1. This journalist is nuts. She goes to the most dangerous places.
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  2. 0:49 they must have used the wrong picture. Dude looked 40 in the mugshot.
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  3. It's ok. The Senator is a bit ignorant on the topic. Zero chance we can find enough qualified and workers that will take a cost effective pay for a mass amount of new Fabs. Taiwan via TSMC will dominate manufacturing in Taiwan still.
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  4. Dude - I went to college and took Korean for 1 year. Later, I had multiple private tutors. And my Korean still sucks and wouldn't make it on my own without help in Korea. And places in Korea don't hire anyone off the street for English teachers.
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  5. If CNN was smart, they should hire her in a second.
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  6. @squibbelsmcjohnson Wait, so you love her work on Vice. But, will hate it on CNN. Wait, what are you trying to say? She's going to work for Tucker / Elon Musk or RT? People are brain dead.
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  7. ROK is one of the most homogeneous countries on Earth.
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  8. I’ve traveled through Incheon airport many times and what is interesting about their screeners is their age. It’s staffed by mostly people in their 20s. A stark contrast to US airports.
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  9. We are really uneducated as a society. The full proverb: a few bad apples… CAN SPOIL THE WHOLE BUNCH. it’s exactly what is happening.
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  10. You are using the word “mission” very loosely. Dudes must have been high when they planned this.
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  11. They signed the withdraw agreement over a year ago. All troops were supposed to be out by May ‘21. The last admin didn’t want any refugees from Afghanistan. So, here we are.
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  12. Don't be obtuse and skirt the issue. The Mexican kids came here illegally while the Korean adoptees arrived legally and should have been granted citizenship (under current laws). And don't be a dumbass and use cap locks.
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  13. So annoying that small towns get a pass at ripping on the coastal cities.
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  14. My Dad was an English middle school teacher. Kids used to call my Dad at home to let him know how they were doing when they were in high school. There were a few kids where he taught multiple generations.
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  15. Hawaii likely has the highest % of mixed population of any of the states.
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  16. +medinalba Please don't conflate issues. This guy was legally adopted by US citizens and should have automatically become a US citizen, but his adoptive parents fucked up the paperwork. While I have empathy for "Dreamers", it is a completely different issue.
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  17. The dude didn’t want to go to jail. Didn’t think “lifetime” really meant lifetime. A dude like him was scared shitless to have to go to jail for 5-10 years. Lifetime probation is a gift.
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  18. We used to be so good at "soft" power and funding small projects like this to support democracy. (yeah, yeah. We've done a lot of shitty stuff as well.)
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  19. +Douglas Barr Learning languages is hard for some people. My math SAT scores were 50% higher than my verbal. And Korean is not like English. My Spanish is better than my Korean due to learning it when I was in middle school and being more similar to English.
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  20. 1- Speed cameras shouldn't be optimized to exactly the speed limit. Should be some variance allowed 2- The dude cares about his community and is just trying to make is safer. Bravo.
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  21.  qui chi  Staffing is the pinch point. You can't just build up qualified staff in 2 years.
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  22. This dude is good. I’ve always thought it’s a smart move to make health care an economic freedom issue.
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  23. Always feel sad hearing about stories of Native Americans. We always seem to screw them over.
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  24. Jesus gave out free food and healthcare. Hmm, which party does that align with.
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  25. Horrible analogy. Guns are legal and easy to obtain legally. You need a doctor’s permission for “certain” drugs and the rest are illegal. Alcohol vs Moonshine is the proper analogy.
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  26. You have to look closely, but the medical staff is double masking. It allows them to preserve the better mask and throw away the outside surgical mask.
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  27. I’m shocked the Russians haven’t been able to take the cities close to the border. And, it does look like they are nearly surrounded. (Thought it would be Isobel. Googled, and she’s in a different city.)
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  28. Can't pump out this stuff all the time. This 16 min clip probably took 100+ hours to produce.
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  29. lol, war? HK is part of China. They would be wiped out in seconds by the police / army.
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  30. Whoa, I'll take a 1 secular dictator over a zillion religious fanatics any day of the week.
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  31. There are 2 ways for companies to increase profit (and it’s the same in your personal life). (1) Increase revenues: more customers and / or higher prices (2) Spend less: on materials and / or SALARIES
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  32. Geez, you’d think the Defense Language School in Monterey could create a secure learning app for service members.
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  33. The military is training people to kill other people. Yes, it’s going to attract a certain type of individual.
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  34. umm, seriously you are Dutch? And are clueless of your biggest company in your country? It seems like you have no idea what ASML does.
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  35. If there wasn't religion, poor people would revolt against the rich. The old "this life isn't as important as the afterlife garbage". Yes, it's used to control the masses.
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  36. Advanced chips are all about American companies: Apple, Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom etc. Basically, the biggest companies on the planet.
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  37. Good journalism costs money. Vice has no real revenue streams. And, this new generation doesn't like to pay for news. It's not an accident that a boomer newspaper like the NYT is the only real newspaper making money.
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  38. In Korea, I lived in a building where everything had to be recycled and you had to "buy" a special garbage bag from the store. The only thing I put in the garbage bag was used tissue / paper towel, cig butts, dirt / dust. It would take me months to fill up 1 bag.
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  39. Dude - lots of smart people are trying to research it.
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  40. lol, you realize what it takes to build the low nm fabs?
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  41. Isobel has been in way worse situations than this.
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  42. Kinda ironic. We threw the Native Americans on lands we thought were terrible and had no value.
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  43. The war ain’t about Russia’s security of their homeland. It’s about the natural gas pipelines that run through UA. It’s about the natural resources that UA has under the earth. Putin is a two bit thief.
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  44. I can’t imagine they let hair dye in prison. Surprised the dude is almost 50. His time in prison didn’t age him much.
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  45. Israel is going to let Iran get nukes because they can’t make a few concessions with the Palestinians. Could have easily undercut Iran with a softer hand toward Palestine and given credit to the Saudis and establish relations. Israel is making massive strategic blunders now.
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  46. I think people that appreciate Zen and Eastern philosophy understand the draw of Marie Kondo. There is a calmness mixed with appreciation which is very different from American culture.
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  47. Bad mask wearing > no mask wearing No one mitigation strategy is 100% effective. The hope is that combing strategies, it limits the infections. I’m torn on the temperature thing: worst case scenario is it’s a waste of time. Best case is that it weeds out a few sick people.
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  48.  @PherPhur  Japan is having a much more successful implementation. But, they are having a severe worker shortage as well.
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  49. Cuauhtemoc The president had 1 shot at getting something big + controversial passed and he bet on healthcare.  Unfortunately, that's how politics works. Dream act almost passed, but blocked by republicans.  Republicans want no part of hispanic immigrants, so you are barking up the wrong tree.  Obama / Dem policies tend to help people of working class backgrounds which includes the hispanic community. Where are you getting that data on more muslims starting to migrate to the US?  Hmm, let me guess -- Fox news?
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  50. One of the few subjects that I probably know more about than the piece. It's a decent very very high level summary, but barely digs into the topic properly.
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  51. Rancher dude is very confused. 1- Unless you make highly punitive laws on employers ie 10 year prison terms for business owners and CEOs, enforcement of existing laws is nearly impossible 2- Strict enforcement of undocumented workers without an overhaul of the immigration will cause food prices to skyrocket. Americans aren't going to staff farms and slaughterhouses.
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  52. lol, it's both sides of the coin. CCP China would never invade Taiwan now if they didn't dominate the chip market (TSMC).
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  53. It’s pretty obvious what is happening. Nefarious people know the loopholes and lack of cameras. They are being targeted.
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  54. Americans need to tattoo in their minds that CORPORATIONS DO NOT WANT TO GIVE EMPLOYEES MORE MONEY. It’s anithetical to their core motto of increasing shareholder value.
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  55. Producing content for broad based "liking" doesn't seem like a Vice thing.
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  56.  @JallyJam  JFC. A ghost gun isn't legal to carry either. You were not on your high school debate team. (and, the UK has not banned guns. They are highly regulated.)
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  57.  @JallyJam  1- you deleted your original comment which you said guns are banned in the UK. Whatever. 2- the murder rate is lower in the UK
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  58. Norway has a sovereign wealth fund, but it’s funded by oil profits. 1MDB was funded….by borrowed money (bonds).
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  59. It’s a really nice beach town. The bar area is not that big.
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  60. Doesn’t work like that. He can sue the state civically, but there is no evidence either way. Dead case.
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  61.  @gumbyy  There is no evidence the dude committed a crime. Also, there is no evidence that the police officer did anything wrong. No evidence means its a dead case for either parties.
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  62.  @gumbyy  There is no evidence the dude committed a crime. Also, there is no evidence that the police officer did anything wrong. No evidence means its a dead case for either parties.
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  63. Just a reminder: we had to exfil our best Russian asset in the Kremlin due to security concerns after the former POTUS leaked Israeli intelligence to the Russians.
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  64. JFC, they are kids. You can't abuse kids.
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  65. This is why Poland is arming themselves to the teeth. Can’t rely on these corrupt countries influenced by Russia for all these years. Baltics and Poland are on the firing line. Just terrible.
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  66. I know very little about computers, but sure seems like computers should be partitioned. Have the internet browsing / email in a partition and the other network related stuff in another partition.
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  67. 99.99% chance these walls will fall down in the next 10 years. These companies ripped us off.
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  68. Unfortunately, the younger ones will likely be brainwashed permanently. The older ones will find a way to survive and bury their feelings for now.
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  69. Wait, so why aren’t the refugees staying in Belarus?
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  70. Vice does more international pieces than any American based “news” media.
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  71. Take the JNJ vaccine then. Or the NVAX one that will get approved soon.
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  72.  @LS5D  lol, you are silly. Lithography is only one aspect of a FAB. Very important, but only 1 part.
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  73. Very unfounded rumors, but the very expensive FABs would get destroyed by the US military if CCP China invades. Won't let CCP China get their hands on the manufacturing tech to use / hold hostage.
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  74. The robot overlords will be taking these jobs as well.
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  75. It's pretty amusing that countries still allow Isobel in the country. Obviously, they have sh** research teams.
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  76. Finally, Isobel in another war zone.
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  77. Sadly, a sliding doors moment for Russia. Nemtsov would have lead the country in a different direction and possibly help tap Russia’s potential. Will take many many decades after Putin for another chance.
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  78. The Arabs used to be one of the most scientifically advanced societies in the world. “Something” happened.
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  79. Look, it comes down to this. If you are uneducated and have zero scientific background, its much easier to understand conspiracy theories than the actual science. Understanding science is nearly impossible for lower educated people.
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  80.  @karlperrault5930  Bullshit. Einstein had trouble understanding quantum mechanics. Fucking Einstein.
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  81.  @karlperrault5930  I consider myself well educated (no advanced degrees). Both of my parents had Masters degrees (non-science). I have educated myself about mRNA vaccines and its a struggle for me to understand fully since I have only a 9th grade biology class education. It's nearly impossible to dissect if you don't have an advanced biology background.
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  82. What is fucked up is that the US has the worst mitigation strategies and is opening up the fastest. It would be one thing if the country had 100% compliance on mask wearing and everyone stayed home for 3 weeks, contact tracing / quarantined the sick. But, here we are.
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  83. Fucking worse than the CCP.
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  84. I feel like with a 1 hour conversation, I’d be able to change this dude’s mind. Feels like he’d be open to listen to rational policies.
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  85. JFC. No wonder the oceans are dying off.
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  86. Democracy is a first world problem. A relatively uneducated poor society prioritizes the basics and could care less about the system of government.
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  87. They are all fucking corrupt.
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  88. Imagine this: Korea and the Philippines had the same GDP in 1960. Both had dictators for nearly 20+ years. Investing in infrastructure and minimizing corruption was the game changer for Korea.
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  89. Dashcams. Need something that is recording the front, back and inside. Sadly, this is the only piece of insurance that will work.
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  90. TSMC. The CCP wants to control TSMC and the high end chip manufacturing. It would be seized and become property of the CCP.
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  91. We are a big country + we have a labor shortage. No better time than now to accept refugees.
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  92. Always weird to see societies regress or maybe I just assumed wrong since Benazir Bhutto was PM that Pakistan was starting to liberalize / have equal rights.
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  93. BBC is doing the same.
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  94. Robots. When robots are cooking and serving the food, we'll find an efficiency model.
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  95. Boggles my mind that people will ever think a dictator will do something for the benefit of the people. It will always be a zero sum game with dictators.
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  96. Bellingcat is really underrated.
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  97. She's much better at interviewer now. Seems a bit more comfortable and she goes to totally f-ing crazy places.
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  98. lol. They had a civil war for 15 years.
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  99. This is really really Northern Cali. Didn't even know it was a county.
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  100. I'd bet my life that Nancy is more religious than Trump.
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  101. Yeah, nearly every single bit of tech these people use everyday is...invented and created out of California or Washington State.
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  102. I feel bad... for the doctors and nurses.
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  103. Man, we are assholes. The things we do for cheap products and corporations.
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  104. Worst strategic mistake ever by invading Iraq.
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  105. Grandma speaking the truth. The big Trump / GOP scam is the deficit increased $400B in 2018-19. That's basically 1% GDP growth. The GDP (pre-covid) sucked without juicing the deficit.
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  106. NY has the strongest case. There are bank records and tax records that show 2 different numbers.
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  107.  @adriel7540  Sometimes, we have to deal in practicality vs theory. You can't compare a high level hospital PPE vs the average person mask wearing protocols. America is facing unique challenges since a large portion of people don't believe or will be compliant with proven virus mitigation strategies. In fact, some of them are illegal in the US. Korea has a contact tracing program that gets results in 10 mins. Problem is that it uses your phone data. Illegal in the US. Mandatory quarantines are probably not legal in the US as well. So yes, you try to implement several steps and "hope" they will be effective. The US will have the worst of this vs the world due to the distrust and plain ignorance of its citizens.
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  108. Population has doubled in 30 years.
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  109.  @bobwalton3926  The majority of drunk drivers don't kill people.
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  110.  @organizedchaos4559  lol, your bias is impacting your viewpoint. I've got no dog in this fight. Religion is annoying to me. She's being a reporter and asking the tough questions.
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  111. Unfortunately, this isn’t just a Putin problem. Too many hardliners in power.
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  112. Not that exciting. I've eat different ones in Asia. Still taste like bananas. Maybe a bit sweeter.
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  113. They don’t get paid that much and go to some weird places. I have a bit of empathy for them.
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  114. Science > Religion
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  115.  @FreakMeat74  Even using the term "inventor" of mRNA vaccines is inaccurate. Thanks.
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  116.  @susettehorspool2646  NVAX is piggybacking on the HepB methodology of vaccines. Coming out of trials soon.
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  117.  @FreakMeat74  Falsus in uno falsus in omnibus. If the dude is going to use a “stretched truth” self title about himself, that gives me pause immediately about what follows.
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  118.  @FreakMeat74  Dude - they ran massive trials with a huge population. Its the exact definition of unbiased if you understand how to read the data. Regardless, I can see why people might be hesitant of the mRNA vaccines. No real long term analysis done. But, the JNJ vaccine is using tried and trued methodologies for decades. There should be no hesitancy in taking that vaccine.
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  119.  @FreakMeat74  Dude - our life expectancy has doubled in nearly 100 years. That's due to modern medicine. Would you like to live in the 1800s? I don't think so. Every industry has its faults, but this is one time where big pharma has the best intentions.
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  120.  @FreakMeat74  PFE is making 20-30% margins on the vaccine. They aren't gouging us. JNJ stated they aren't making a profit on the vaccine currently - possibly in the future. MRK failed on their vaccine. SNF GSK are still in trials (earlier results sucked). BNTX MRNA had no real revenue stream before this. It's a big deal to them. (I'm a big pharma hater too. Some of the drug prices are outrageous and is jacking up healthcare prices for all of us.)
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  121.  @FreakMeat74  Dude - give some recent examples of fuckery. I'll give you one: opioids. There is always a fine line of companies trying to make money and a company spinning the effectiveness of their drugs. And, then there is flat lying. IMO, this isn't that type of situation. Being a skeptic initially is ok about stuff, but being a skeptic about everything isn't always prudent. Focusing entirely on the missteps of the industry isn't totally fair either. There have been major successes.
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  122.  @FreakMeat74  I don't disagree with you. But, our system that we have adopted is a capitalist society. Even with its faults, objectively our system turned out better than the Russians (obviously not perfect). In general, I am not a fan of all the things you listed. I'd prefer smaller competitive businesses than a huge few. But, many times I don't follow through. * Is big tech bad? Likely, but life pre-internet was pretty annoying * Are huge chemical companies irresponsible? Probably, but I also enjoy using teflon frying pans * Are there downsides of corporate farming? Tons, but we all benefit from lower food prices * Is it bad for our economy that manufacturing moved offshore? Yes, but I buy cars from foreign companies Back to our main point: HIV was a death sentence 40 years ago. Hep C is very treatable and curable now. Hep B cases are down 90% since the 1980s. The system does work (at times).
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  123.  @FreakMeat74  Technically, no one is forcing you get the vaccine. Depending on where you live and work, employers and private businesses may and can put vaccine requirements. This is based off a 1905 Supreme Court case. I'd imagine it will be an extreme inconvenience if you don't get the vaccine (depending on your location). Not sure what school you attended, but my public schools required us to get vaccine shots as did my public 4 year Uni.
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  124. Dude - that's a whole different set of doctors. These are critical care doctors. They don't see regular patients.
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  125. Totally agree. This is why government regulations and taxes are required. People are making money and not investing into the infrastructure needed to sustain the area.
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  126. Fucking crazy. We needed the courts to make this decision and it was only 50 years ago.
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  127. Glad we are investing $1 TRILLION into the F35 program. Ugh, we suck.
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  128. Man, we are the worst. Other countries just comply and wear a simple mask. We always have to take things to the nth degree.
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  129. The Ukrainians should have contacted the Koreans about Subways. In Seoul, it’s basically an underground shopping area + a subway system.
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