JustinVx

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by JustinVx 3y ago
Unless it’s some utopian value-based family company, the goal of any company will ultimately become to maximize profit and/or growth because that is what shareholders want.
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by JustinVx 3y ago
It's a very interesting episode, If you're curious I would advice to listen to it in full. On this topic I perceived 'western' as a proxy for individualistic societies. The argument is indeed that these very collectivist
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by JustinVx 3y ago
Those exist: https://www.bol.com/nl/p/automatisch-roterende-blauwe-parkee... They are of course illegal.
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by JustinVx 4y ago
Well it’s different as in this case it’s translated from a Cyrillic alphabet. Also, I would be surprised to read Köln in English as an English name exists for the city: Cologne.
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by JustinVx 4y ago
> But I just don't understand what I would use it for. Isn’t that clearly stated in the name of the post: It “helps you remember shit you are interested in.” Personally I run into interesting things all the time, and it seems great
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by JustinVx 5y ago
Nuclear doesn’t produce any greenhouse gasses, but with the radioactive waste it generates it of course isn’t really clean. It’s also expensive and takes decades to build.
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by JustinVx 6y ago
I think it’s mostly liberals that have been spreading this statement. If you take a look at for instance Glenn Greenwald’s latest tweets or statements from the ACLU you’ll be hearing something very different.
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by JustinVx 6y ago
Yep. They are an important indicator of how to pronounce a word. I thought the same thing was true in English, but now I’m not sure..
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by JustinVx 6y ago
The only way it can change is if the EU forces Apple to do so.
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by JustinVx 6y ago
You’re making a value judgement based on skin color. That’s racism. Even if you don’t have bad intentions, the black person in your example suffers because of it.
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by JustinVx 6y ago
This is beautiful and also a bit depressing.