Kretinsky

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by Kretinsky 3y ago
It's the richest country because everyone is in survival mode and has a strobg pressure to get their head above the water. In socialist euro countries you can go with the flow created by the welfare state.
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
Sorry, but Boomers are the main landlords in the US (and the western world). https://archive.ph/G3br6 Also, if you look at local democracy, it's mainly boomers voting.
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
How is France forcing those countries to use the CFA? Some are leaving, I didn't see any friction: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/west-african-countries-to-st... In general, the CFA caused lower interest rat
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
This is why we need cash, encryption, and strong privacy laws.
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
This happens in any African country, whatever the colonizer. For instance, Nigeria is hardly dominated by foreign powers, yet it is a prime case of crony capitalism.
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
It's not the rank that counts, but the overall share. Niger's uranium ore can easily be replaced with Australian or Canadian ore in the next years. The price of ore in the final electricity cost is meaningless. Niger is the top re
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
Price of Uranium is meaningless in nuclear electricity production. Even if there is a shortage, the French can recycle fuel: https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-c...
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
Graft from the elites is the reason, not supposed unequal contracts from western companies. Also, wealth of nations comes from production, not just mere exploitation of ressources. Countries like Germany got very rich early by producing val
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
Niger represented on average 17.9% of the french Uranium ore imports, between 2005 and 2020. Hardly a strategic supplier - Niger could actually be replaced overnight, we're talking about <1bn$ amounts here. Uranium ore is easy to fi
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
Nigerien women have, currently 6 children, on average. This means that the population doubles roughly every 20 years. You have to rebuild 100% of the country's infrastructure every 20 years, just to break even. This is the problem. Fra
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
What is the resell value of the parts for a whole phone? It can't be more than 1/10th, even less when factoring the time spent dismounting the phone. Another solution would be to have a database of parts, and a repair using a stol
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
France is a bit different as the State has a lot of power there, and has had for a very long time. There is a strong culture of adding new laws and requiring the State to solve every minor problem through repression and incentives. This cul
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
What prevents you from buying those separately and mixing them? You can also find nuts and dried fruits.
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
You can totally find unsweetened oats in France, just head to the organic department. Carrefour has some pretty ok oats for instance. Here, the cheapest kind: https://www.carrefour.fr/p/cereales-flocons-d-avoine-carrefo
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
Unsweetened, natural oats with yogurt isn't so energy dense, is full of fiber and proteins, which will guarantee you with 4h+ of satiety. You can also add fruits and/or peanut butter if you want a bit of variety!
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
So international waters are lawless? How about exploding test atomic bombs there, is that allowed too?
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
Is it working? San Francisco (and other cities) has been running such "experiment" and clearly it's becoming a frightening drug hot spot (among other problems).
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
On the contrary, it's much better to have very clear text, otherwise it will turn against the citizen. Imagine that you have an income tax where "income" isn't clearly defined. Someone will end up with an audit and a law
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
It really depends on how you frame your app. In the case of OkCupid, I did buy the premium offer, and used the possibilities (mainly see the answers to the quizz, and filter people) to make a profile that would show 99% match score with the
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
France is becoming less and less democratic, and more akin to an authoritarian regime, similar to what you would see in Singapore or Russia. France was already on the top of the list for the countries banning content on Twitter[0], it recen
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
I cycled to work for 3 years in Paris. Cycling on fresh snow isn't so dangerous, but on ice it is as you won't be able to brake. Also, cycling by -20°c is a very uncomfortable experience and increases a lot your chances to die if
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
Rural towns if you want.
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
People live in rural areas for a multitude or reasons. Not all rural towns are like in the US, some have streets, some are dense. In Europe, a lot of the small towns are pretty dense, due to the historical need to preserve agricultural land
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
Just like for road accidents, death is a wrong measure, as it really depends on your health, i.e a 20 years forager will survive whereas an 80 years old one would die. Many mushrooms are liver-toxic, so if you already have hepatitis (very c
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
Read the article, he has been sick for two weeks before dying. This looks a lot like regular shroom poisoning, he wasn't too young either, and I guess that, at >70 years old in Russia, you start to be more vulnerable. I guess that p
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
This is a chicken and egg problem. Reduce public services in rural areas, get population outflow, reduce public services even more. You can stop the vicious circle by increasing the services back to make it attractive and at the same time d
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
It's not only about climate change, most of the effects are to be seen on the biodiversity, the beauty of the countryside (yes, it's important), agricultural production and water supply, as concrete reduces a lot water absorbtion.
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
While we could have more housing, construction is a problem, as, and especially in the US lately, it takes the form of faceless suburbs with an extensive sprawl destroying natural and agricultural lands. It also promotes a car-centric and c
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
It's likely a government honeypot with backdoors, the French have reportedly access to the convos: https://archive.is/1LGkG In french but you translate it. It can also be a case of convenient incompetence from the tele
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by Kretinsky 3y ago
Or a Ukrainian unit could get access to a Russian telegram account and then send malicious requests.

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