Erikun

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by Erikun 2y ago
You are wrong, there is no such law in Sweden. But the person you’re replying to isn’t really correct either. Electioneering ramps up slowly over the calendar year but since the election always is on the second Sunday in September there is
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'A diagnosis can sweep away guilt': the delicate art of treating ADHD(theguardian.com)
15 points by Erikun 2y ago|0 comments
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by Erikun 2y ago
” But how do you tell the time? With great difficulty.”
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What Should You Work On? (Assuming You Want to Make a Living at It.)(gurneyjourney.blogspot.com)
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by Erikun 3y ago
Sounds like it wouldn’t be any different from home ownership or renting in any other part of Vancouver then.
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by Erikun 3y ago
It’s a pretty interesting development. I wonder what the legal framework for someone living there will be if they’re not a First Nation citizen? From the article: “ But Indigenous nations are accountable, first and foremost, to their own ci
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by Erikun 3y ago
This was my thought exactly (I’m Swedish). It sounds so brutal, and it was not just her own but her entire family’s!
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by Erikun 3y ago
I had a bit of a bet as to whether the first comment would be about nuclear. I won. :)
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UK use of gas and coal for electricity at lowest since 1957(theguardian.com)
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by Erikun 3y ago
Not directly, Sweden is a net exporter of electricity.
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Nitrogen wars: the Dutch farmers' revolt that turned a nation upside-down(theguardian.com)
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Clickbait Pandemic: YouTube had a fake trailer problem(popgeeks.com)
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by Erikun 3y ago
It might be from the great book The Idea Factory by Jon Gertner (p 135). 'In the midst of Shannon’s career, some lawyers in the patent department at Bell Labs decided to study whether there was an organizing principle that could ex
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by Erikun 3y ago
I see the upsides, but am weirded out by the idea of being contractually obligated to remain ignorant of what the customer is paying for your services. Naively I'd imagine a competitor to Toptal could disrupt them by providing transpar
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by Erikun 3y ago
Am I the only one confused by why anyone would want to go with Toptal considering what is written in the article?
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by Erikun 3y ago
It's Twitter International Unlimited, headquartered in Ireland. Still operational it seems, https://www.solocheck.ie/Irish-Company/Twitter-International...
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Will Actors Be Replaced? (VFX Artists Explain) [video](youtube.com)
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by Erikun 3y ago
It's not the tool that is dystopian, it's the mindset expressed in the post.
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by Erikun 3y ago
This is a level of dystopian helplessness I have a hard time wrapping my head around.
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AI art – automation. A working artist's take [video](youtube.com)
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Could decriminalisation solve Scotland's drug problem?(bbc.com)
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Extreme heat in July 2023 made much more likely by climate change(worldweatherattribution.org)
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Why Clif Bar Dropped Athletes in Dangerous Sports (2014)(npr.org)
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by Erikun 4y ago
I'm a little curious, is there a reason why the ultra rich, once they've cashed out, create foundations that hand out grants? Is it because they suddenly find themselves wanting to do something good for society with the money or j
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by Erikun 4y ago
Did they suffer a run due to the name?
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by Erikun 4y ago
Terrifying disease.
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by Erikun 4y ago
It feels like every federated network will be judged by the worst actor in that network, whether or not they are isolated from each other. As a result it doesn't matter (for public opinion) if there are strictly moderated mastodon inst
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by Erikun 4y ago
Be My Eyes has been posted a few times, but was mentioned in the post about John Boyer, a deaf and blind software engineer, passing ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34931387 ). So I thought it was fitting to post it aga
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Be My Eyes – connects people needing sighted support with volunteers(bemyeyes.com)
2 points by Erikun 4y ago|1 comments
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by Erikun 4y ago
The area around Viborg was lost to the russians in 1721 and 1743. The western part of that, Lappeenranta and part of Kymenlaakso, are part of Finland today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Finland

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