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by DominikR 12y ago
And the proof for these allegations is? I cannot see why the North Korean government should have such an existential problem with this movie since on the one hand they control anyways what kind of information reaches their citizens and on t
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by DominikR 12y ago
Sorry if anyone feels offended, but why exactly does this article have any relevance on Hacker News? I can understand people submitting pieces about their own apps or startups but why does anyone think that we need more "financial prod
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by DominikR 12y ago
Because of the catastrophic social and economic situation in those times. During these times there were parts of Moscow that didn't get any heating during winter, that's how bad it was. Many didn't get paid for months, some f
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by DominikR 12y ago
You cannot know what Musk is actually believing. I'm sure that he is very passionate about enabling colonies on Mars and so on but he is also a businessman selling a product while having to deal with competition.
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by DominikR 12y ago
I do not believe that it was done on purpose, I think it's in some way a reflection of general morals and ideas of dealing with terrorism floating around in the US society at that time, shortly after 9/11. Imagine you are the dire
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by DominikR 12y ago
Sure, that's something you would have to experiment with. But I still don't get the "transparency" argument. How is it more transparent to have products in your store where one customer pays the full price, another one p
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by DominikR 12y ago
> Importantly, this gives also buyers somewhat more transparency on pricing How? I'd try raising prices and allow offers, hoping that most customers don't even try to bargain for a lower price.
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by DominikR 12y ago
We do not get to vote on how other societies organise themselves. And on what basis do you even judge that some other culture is repressed and authoritarian? Just because you would feel oppressed under these laws? There are many different c
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by DominikR 12y ago
It's always a matter of the type of content you distribute and the reach you have. Take for example Anwar al-Awlaki. He was a US citizen and his content was extremist religious views that he distributed via Internet. Without a trial or
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by DominikR 12y ago
The issue here are the suicide instructions written in Russian language so it definitely is about "cultural sensitivities" and not about persecution of civilians by an authoritarian government. Just because it is okay in your or m
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by DominikR 12y ago
Well what did you expect to happen? Most Russians support Putin and especially his foreign policy and when Russia got sanctioned because of that policy many were personally offended. So they made t-shirts that referr to these sanctions, tha
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by DominikR 12y ago
Without immigration Europe would have already experienced a demographic collapse. A society needs on average a fertility rate of 2.1 children born per female. My country (Austria) has a fertility rate of 1.44, Germany even has a fertility r
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by DominikR 12y ago
The "West" could also stop placing hundreds of military bases around the globe like some colonial power that uses it's miliatry potential as a way to negotiate more profitable trade agreements.
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by DominikR 12y ago
In my view low birthrates are a result of financial insecurity and the fact that now both parents have to work full time to make a decent living while 50 years ago it was sufficient to have only one parent working. I just don't buy the
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by DominikR 12y ago
Hasn't Japans central bank started last week to buy 100% of all newly issued government bonds? I fear this will end very badly for them since the Yen doesn't have the status as a global reserve currency like the US Dollar. Also, t
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by DominikR 12y ago
Sometimes people lie so often that you will never be able to trust them again. I'd never trust a guy who signs secret kill lists, even targeting US citizens without having a trial. He even publicly joked about this, which is sign of in
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by DominikR 12y ago
I am distrusting him to such an extent that I'd even say he calls for open internet so his spying and subversion agencies have a better chance at creating unrest and chaos in other societies.
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by DominikR 12y ago
His administration literally started the process that will ultimately be the end of the open internet in the next few years. Now everybody is working on a national/regional "Internet", even the EU is going the first steps int
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by DominikR 12y ago
Actually, a very small part of every donation is mixed together with that of other donors to reduce the costs of testing if the blood is safe. Otherwise they'd have to make every test once for every single donation.
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by DominikR 12y ago
How exactly is Russia blackmailing Hungary? Are they preventing Hungary from doing business with the EU or USA? What threats are used? From what I read (even from your own comment), it's the other way around. The US doesn't want H
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by DominikR 12y ago
What kind of music apps are you referring to, and how big is the audience?
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by DominikR 12y ago
This is just your personal opinion. You cannot discount the fact that so many customers want buy phablets these days, that even Apple thought it makes sense to deliver a phablet iPhone for these customers. I had the same beliefs up until I
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by DominikR 12y ago
I do not see why it was mandatory to invade Japan. Their army was wiped out, so were most Japanese cities and industry centers. They were no threat to anyone at that time. And if we look at it from the japanese perspective: They never inten
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by DominikR 12y ago
> How many died because of the advance of Communism in Asia? How many died because the US fought the advance of Communism in Asia? And why do you believe that it is even your damn business to interfere in countries that are thousands of
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by DominikR 12y ago
I agree with you, but there is actually another country that is taxing foreign income of nonresident citizens: Eritrea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_taxation#Individu...
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by DominikR 12y ago
Russians or more generally Slavs do not value human life less than western societies do. Their societies and cultures are just more collectivistic and focused on the survival of the state and its people than western societies. (where indivi
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by DominikR 12y ago
His comparison of Googles high margins to those of a monopoly seems wrong to me, because Google doesn't actually set any prices for advertisement. Its customers set those prices by bidding on keywords. Not the other way around.
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by DominikR 12y ago
I do not like how Israel is always portrayed as some thug that is pulling the strings. Israel is a small satellite state of the US in a very important region, therefore Israel is very important to the US in realizing its goals to dominate t
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by DominikR 12y ago
A militarized police state, the state subjugating private businesses according to its needs, state intrusions into the most private spheres of its citizens, executions of US citizens without trial, kidnappings - it all looks like we are mov
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by DominikR 12y ago
I always enter absolute garbage in security question fields if I'm forced to use it. (for example: "ajscnuiwnoamcoebuifbaonauwbuifwbdi")

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