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by Kurtz79 7y ago
When a state trades in excess freedom for order, overriding due process, presumed innocence and human rights, it becomes itself a criminal actor. It's not an easy balance to achieve, but many modern countries manage to have a fairly l
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by Kurtz79 7y ago
Isn't it the same for every opinion poll ever, though? Even with a small sample(1100 according to the article at BI), does it really matter if it's 60% or 40% instead of 53%, to show that people would be worried of flying on this
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by Kurtz79 7y ago
Yup, the first thing I thought when I read the title was "well, we already had our own Mario". To be fair, it was a decent ripoff, but controls and levels were nowhere as good as NES Super Mario.
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by Kurtz79 7y ago
I enjoyed the first years of the Internet as well, but as fun and exciting the early web, IRC ad Usenet forums were, there was no Google Maps, no Wikipedia, no next-day shipping of almost everything, no Youtube... many things I could live w
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by Kurtz79 7y ago
Except that if you build something on a model that it is based on sound logic and math, it will have a much higher probability of working than otherwise. Also, specific to Engineering, there are countless tools that help making sure your pr
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
"That’s what Apple usually does: they keep roughly the same digits, and change the currency." It makes no sense comparing US and EU prices directly, as the former are always shown without VAT (which varies state from state), and i
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
It's a 11' thin and light laptop, it is easy to abuse of the portability and ending up using it in places such as on bed, sofa, moving it around the house, etc... Not saying that OP shouldn't be more careful with such an expe
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
It seems so : "(Moreno) He was nominated as the candidate for Correa's PAIS Alliance, a center-left, democratic socialist[1] political party, in the 2017 presidential election and won a narrow victory in Ecuador's second roun
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
"Why even offer asylum then?" The decision of offering asylum to such a controversial figure is clearly political, and Ecuador's president has changed since then... From what I read, since his election the current one (Moreno
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
"ウランは売らん (uran wa uran) Translation: I never sell uranium. Explanation: ウラン (uran) means uranium, and the second 売らん (uran) means "never sell"." While in the West we have Uranus puns.
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
Facebook IPOed at 38, went down to less than half of that 4 months after, now is at 166, after getting to 200+...
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
A few weeks ago I was in Basel, Switzerland, which is uniquely positioned at the cross of the Swiss, German and French borders. There are suburbs of the city that are in German and French territory: Basel trams and buses will get to either
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
It is not the same contracting it as a kid or an adult: "Most measles-related deaths are caused by complications associated with the disease. Serious complications are more common in children under the age of 5, or adults over the age
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
Of course not, there is no logic behind it, save for printing "walls" that line up with each other. It's a (neat) graphic trick.
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
I wonder if it's a cultural Europe/US thing? I would say in Europe open offices are pretty normal, and people do not hate them that much. I have worked in a classic "cubicle" environment in the US for a few months, and I
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
In Europe there has historically been an "Interrail" ticket, aimed to allow backpackers to travel in EU countries outside of their own with a single, dirt cheap pass, valid for a month or so on each country's rail network (of
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
France and Germany have the most members, but not nearly enough to take decision by themselves or have control of the agenda. Besides, the point is moot, because parliament members tend to group themselves based on shared political views, r
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
You could say the same about your own country's government. Do you get a vote over antitrust regulations enacted by your own government? You usually vote a party which might (or not) have a high-level guidelines over a few select poli
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
Most people are unable to discipline themselves even if it affects directly their own health (smoking, heavy drinking, lack of excercise, unheathy eating), color me skeptic if we are to rely on people willing to change their habits for the
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
For me, the "wow" moment was the first Raspberry Pi. A fully working computer, in the palm of your hands, powered by USB with Full HD video out and Ethernet, for 35 bucks? Mind blowing.
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
I saw this exposed a couple of weeks ago at the Vitra Design Museum near Basel: https://www.dezeen.com/2009/06/27/the-toaster-project-by-tho... The author tried, as an art project, to build from scratch a &lt
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
I'm 40 and I have been using a tablet for maybe 6/7 years (iPad and Android, for my uses they are mostly interchangeable), after buying an iPad almost as afterthought and ignoring it for the best part of six months. Now I cannot i
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
Not really, they are mostly around 100 bucks, some have integrated PSUs and might be >200, but 300$ seems like a lot to me. I'm using a Silverstone ML08 (about 100$ at the time), which is slightly bigger than a PS4 pro but fits a fu
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
You joke about it, but it is kind of scary that some obscure tweet or facebook post one did in their teens might be used against them when running for (whatever) public office...
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
Monthly salary is usually discussed after-tax (since you usually compare it with monthly expenses like rent/mortgage, utilities, etc), annual before.
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
They have nothing on Japanese bees though: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2174097-honeybees-gang-...
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
I have no direct experience with aviation software, but if it's similar to other highly regulated environments, a SW "patch" is not "simple", possibly it means weeks/months of regression testing and validation,
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
You are free to make your own choiche, not to impose it on me.
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
In Italy, Spain is used by just about everyone, not "some cliques", and the statment that has "replaced SMS" is a fair assessment. Can't say about other countries.
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by Kurtz79 8y ago
We don't "need" to do anything. It's nice to have choiches.

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