Gupie

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by Gupie 10y ago
That is what lawyers get paid for, but no attempt to impeach Obama was made for accepting the Nobel peace prize which indicates any such argument would have no chance of succeeding, would not be valid.
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No, "Despite its members being appointed by parliament, the committee is a private body tasked with awarding a private prize" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Nobel_Committee
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1984 was a warning against totalitarianism of any kind, communism, fascism, nazism.
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee is not a "foreign state".
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>> Russia ... have no competing system Russia has GLONASS, China has BeiDOU, India IRNSS, Japan QZ
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by Gupie 10y ago
We could be in a "very troubling position" if we stay or try to remain. Anyway no one listens to "senior academics" anymore :(
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In what way? Article 50 can be revoked once triggered: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-article...
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by Gupie 10y ago
We need a second referendum on what is finally agreed with the EU. The people are allowed to change their mind.
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by Gupie 10y ago
Well, Trump definitely ousted the professional politicians and his cabinet is full of the very rich.
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Don't you get a lot more energy for a given amount of radiation?
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The election of an "Entertainer in Chief"
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Yes, an obvious and valid flaw, I don't know why you are being down voted. A car with a roof-rack word would prevent the bus passing, assuming the driver sees it. Not to mention cyclists.
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You need to be professional, keep learning, keep up to date and strive to improve your skills. Professionalism can't be faked, passion can.
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Any section of society that has power will use it to benefit itself, at the expense of the other sections, hence universal suffrage is the only form of democracy that works. Ancient Athens was a slave society rule by a small elite. Not a go
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"In a 52-48 referendum, this would be unfinished business by a long way." Nigel Farage, 17 May http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-farage-eu-refere...
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by Gupie 10y ago
Couldn't agree more, decisions about the Yorkshire should be taken in the Yorkshire: http://www.yorkshirefirst.org.uk/
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HAMNET — A large scale high speed radio network [pdf](tapr.org)
150 points by Gupie 10y ago|44 comments
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From [0], "Patients are being denied mental health care, new hips and knees, and drugs to boost their recovery from illnesses". Does this also happen in the US or does the market ensure that everyone get every medical treatment th
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by Gupie 11y ago
"users increasingly find all their news [...] via Facebook" Mind-boggling!
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Self driving cars – who controls the code(theguardian.com)
3 points by Gupie 11y ago|0 comments
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"the man" has won
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Nice image but in reality labradors, unlike wolves, don't have a innate fear of humans so feral labradors would be much more dangerous than wild wolves.
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by Gupie 11y ago
Even more puzzling to me is #7 "kitchen".
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As well as the $98.00 loan to Johnny they can also loan $98.00 to Sue, $98.00 to Jane, $98.00 to Dave etc, all from the original $100 deposit.
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Alexander Stepanov wrote it.
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The Red Cross report of building shelters for 130k people is mentioned 3 times in the article. No where does the article contradict this.
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>> people got tents and [the Red cross] pocketed the rest The red cross has a good accountability & transparency record: http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary... But no doubt some of the mon
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by Gupie 11y ago
$500M sound like a large sum. It is if that is you personal wealth. However for Haiti with a population of over 10M it is only $50 per head. According to the article the Red Cross built shelters for 130,000 people. The would be $384 per she
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Why I won’t be rushing to tell my cancer patients there’s a cure(theguardian.com)
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I don't see im3w1l's example as copying code for some particular functionality, it's copying boilerplate code needed to use a particular library. First the library is initialised, passing in a number of parameters to an initi

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