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Something annoying about Facebook in Japan is that a lot of people use it for work related relationships. At the beginning it was a bit inconvenient for me because I use it mainly to communicate with family and friends, but I solved this pr
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> Train stations are in prime locations In Japan, in general, the closer your land is to the station, the more expensive it is. So, therefore, the stations are on the most expensive land of each area. ;) Population density is also propor
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A couple of years ago, I bought a year subscription to egghead for about $100. The other day I wanted to refresh a bit my knowledge about react and, when I checked again, it was $200. Maybe the content is really good, but I finally found wh
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Having 11.000 Spanish policemen in Catalonia, including the ones in the Lonely Tones ship, costs 33M EUR a day.
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> Most people in Spain are not nationalists of any kind. So, according to your point, the people who wants Catalans stay Spanish at any cost and tries to deny their right of a referendum are the "non nationalist". And the ones
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Pictures are easy to manipulate. Videos, not so much: https://spanishpolice.github.io/
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I will just leave this here: https://spanishpolice.github.io/
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> it seems can either turn into a civil war When only one of the sides have weapons, there can not be a civil war, only a genocide. I am convinced that there is a limit on the violations of Human Rights that Europe will be able to tolera
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The issue of the Catalans is quite complex and I don't think that anybody will be able to make a short summary in a forum comment. The Wikipedia entry about Catalan Independence contains a lot of information but I would say that does n
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And the sovereignty of the government comes from the social contract. When a big part of the citizens feel that they are not represented by the government, the social contract is broken. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So
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Also, when my parents voted for the constitution, the other option what to go back for the dictatorship. For them, not being beaten by the police for speaking Catalan, was a huge step forward in terms of human rights.
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Wow.... You just put Independence next to treason, rape, pederasty, murder or canibalism. That's a solid argument.
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Is there any country where secession is legal?
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> As for the voting? That's a bit more tricky. They are voting to commit an illegal act Referendums are, by definition, the tool to change the law. In this case, to make legal something what was previously illegal. Other than that,
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Catalonia has a population of 7.5 million. In the EU, there are 13 countries that are smaller than Catalonia. Some of them, like Denmark or Finland are doing pretty well, and have some of the most advanced democracies in the world.
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In Turkey they arrest journalist following the rule of (their) law. In Spain, the paramilitary police injured 800 citizens who wanted to vote. Following the rule of (their) law, of course.
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They didn't even tried to campaign for the NO.
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Being a self-sustainable, and relatively wealthy region is what allows the Independence movement but, as you said, it is not the cause.
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> On the other hand, isn't "Unionist" a peculiar word to refer to your neighbours? Independentist is the person who would prefer Catalonia being an independent state. Unionist is the person who wants Catalonia to stay unit
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A problem that I usually have with Google Maps is that, when I am driving in (or next to) an elevated highway, the GPS usually does not know if I am in the highway or in the road beneath it. Knowing the lane of the highway you are may be us
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> right to educate their children in Spanish This is the kind of nonsense Catalans need to read every day from Spanish media. 100% of the children who finish secondary education in Catalonia are perfectly fluent in Catalan and Spanish. W
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At this point, what is happening in Catalonia is not a fight for Independence; it is a fight for Democracy and against the authoritarianism of the central government. Catalan institutions have been raided, Catalan members of the government
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War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength, Trying to organize a Referendum is Antidemocratic.
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Is there a reason for defaulting to Rails 5.0.5 rather than 5.1.3?
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For what I've seen, whereas Node projects tend to the fragmentation, Rails projects usually tend to the convergence. For each problem, there tend to be one, or maybe two, widely accepted solution and developer tend to maintain existing
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300 years ago, 80% of the population had to work in agriculture just to keep the country fed and alive. Now, less than 5% work in agriculture and we produce so much food, that supermarkets have to throw more than half of what they buy. Prod
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Amazon is de-facto a monopoly. The "invisible hand" does not apply here.
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I don't know your field, but developers in Tokyo make (in USD) between 50k and 100k a year. This is a salary equiparable to what could be made in Europe and most parts of the US. It's even quite higher than what is paid in South E
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Japanese people are, in general, extremely pragmatic when it comes to relationships. And the pursuit of stability is a really important aspect in japanese lifes.
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I would love to use Elixir and Phoenix for my next personal projects, but I would not use it at work. Elixir and Phoenix developers are much more expensive and scarce than Rails ones. I would only start to use Elixir and Phoenix in my compa
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