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by Ras_ 13y ago
I've seen many similarities with the group of friends I grew up with. Did we grow up and become more like each other or was our similarity (temperament, values) something that brought us together in the first place? For example I was t
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by Ras_ 13y ago
"Canada does not have a single port along the Northwest Passage but that Russia, by comparison, has 16 deep water ports along its Arctic coastline." The article seems to end by identifying Canada's first major problem. Then y
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by Ras_ 13y ago
Encarta, Britannica and Citizendium have already proved many other approaches and/or management styles substandard. Getting rid of notability: Are you talking about something like Wikia? Currently the largest network of gaming sites (3
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by Ras_ 13y ago
This was also an underlying factor when I tried to find why Russian tourists used to spend crazy amounts of money right across the EU border. Few of them told that looking back, it's possible that things might not last, so you mind as
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by Ras_ 13y ago
FRA is one of the reasons why Finland is very close to building another cable to Germany via the Baltic Sea, bypassing Sweden. It's politically very high on the to-do list. Follow-on project would be to connect it to Asia via the North
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by Ras_ 13y ago
Makes sense. In Finland the only constant between parliaments seems to be the Swedish People's Party. One or two cabinet seats since 1979 (support ranging from 4.2 to 5.5%). They basically exist to maintain the Swedish language's
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by Ras_ 13y ago
They matter if they pass on good word of mouth.
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by Ras_ 13y ago
In Finland the operating costs are nationally averaged to make up unit rate (google: yksikköhinta). Majority of state funding can be then traced back to Unit rate x number of students.
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by Ras_ 13y ago
Great stories in the blog comments.
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If hunger doesn't kill you, it doesn't make you stronger(nature.com)
2 points by Ras_ 13y ago|1 comments
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by Ras_ 13y ago
Cross-European medical tourism could explode next year, after 2011/24/EU: Directive on patients' rights in cross-border healthcare enters into application. The directive created a legal framework for patient’s right to seek h
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by Ras_ 13y ago
Finland: Yes, perfectly normal. I'm sure that our custom of including a line about military service would raise more eyebrows around the world. Yes, it's mandatory, but can't really be related to if the target country doesn&#
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by Ras_ 13y ago
Yes, I believe another Finnish Swede active in this scene is somewhat more culturally Swedish - Monty Widenius, founder of MySQL/MariaDB. On the other hand Linus' father is a Member of the European Parliament for Swedish People&#x
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by Ras_ 13y ago
I believe that this Israeli-Finnish mentality of informality and "to the point" attitude has something to do with both still having military draft, besides the usual being small, educated, remote and history of living under threat
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by Ras_ 13y ago
Few posts later, what might be the crux of the matter (first four paragraphs): http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=137391223711946&w=2 Linus really has only a few tools at hand to restrict otherwise almost unlimited
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by Ras_ 13y ago
Most likely because Red ochre paint is also easy to make. Around here (Finland) every other paint is bought, but Red ochre is occasionally boiled on site for painting out farm buildings and summer cottages. Partly for economic reasons, but
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by Ras_ 13y ago
You don't always have to specifically dig uranium. Plenty of other mining products produce a side stream of uranium, which can be utilized. In larger picture these side streams don't matter much. What happens in Kazakhstan's (36% of all U p
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by Ras_ 13y ago
page 55: USA has the most First-day deaths in industrialized countries page 69: 2013 Mother's index rankings, first six includes all Nordic countries plus Netherlands. Canada #22, UK #23, USA #30. Besides child mortality, too few women in p
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State of the World's Mothers report(savethechildrenweb.org)
1 points by Ras_ 13y ago|1 comments
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by Ras_ 13y ago
Don't forget that even though en.wikipedia is the most important, each language version is independent. Some of those have distinct characteristics. Many things are carried off from the largest one, but for example governance can include un
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by Ras_ 13y ago
Can you really build efficient/reliable mass transit systems and other related services without zoning? I agree that some part of zoning is pure conservation (skewed towards status quo and the interests of the majority of current owners) wh
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by Ras_ 13y ago
Linus Torvalds: "Q: How do you know you are in the middle of nowhere in Finland? A: Sometimes your cellphone downgrades from HSPA to 3G." https://plus.google.com/+LinusTorvalds/posts/LuhjmWpAgVi
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by Ras_ 13y ago
Welfare states are quite fault tolerant, but could they handle unlimited immigration? It isn't just money. Societies with high level of trust would change psychologically if too many people from states in disrepair would arrive at once. How
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by Ras_ 13y ago
Here's Swedish taxi fare sticker for comparison: https://www.arlandaexpress.com/files/bilder%20integrerad%20s...
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by Ras_ 13y ago
Another good development path is to write Wikipedia articles. You get to see someone "kill your darlings" and perhaps learn from it. Plenty of readers too. But there is no opportunity for blog-like self promotion. You only get better writin
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by Ras_ 14y ago
Unwittingly in this attempt to legislate, they might have found the best way possible to raise moral justification to do farm tapes in the first place.
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by Ras_ 14y ago
Thailand & co. already excel in it. Research common search result stories like this: http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/10/11/125413/89/travel/Tra...
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Americans Receive Half The Amount Of Vacation Time Of Russians(press.hotels.com)
7 points by Ras_ 14y ago|2 comments
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by Ras_ 14y ago
Did you know that Sweden (which included Finland) had effectively 100% reading ability as early as the first part of 18th century? This was due to a decree (Church law of 1686) by Charles XI which required reading skill in order to be allow
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by Ras_ 14y ago
No demand. Our university education is not based on liberal arts, which makes the likes of Latin effectively vanity subjects. Also not having any Catholic tradition lessens the appreciation of Latin.

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