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by Svip 7y ago
With context it is clear. But the way the author takes « des territoires » out of context, makes it look like it's the indefinite article. They should have translated it to 'of the territories'.
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by Svip 7y ago
> In the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 242, the French text instructed Israel to withdraw from ‘des territoires’ (the territories) it occupied during the 1967 Six-Day War. The English text, however, merely read ‘terri
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by Svip 7y ago
It's still a lot of paperwork to file, just to get told you don't have to pay anything. And that's paperwork in addition to the paperwork you have to file in the country where you are earning your money. Though, I am curious
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by Svip 7y ago
That's not entirely true. Having the Whip removed was a very unusual move by PM Johnson, which is why it gained so much attention. The US Congress is based on the Westminster system. In effect, MPs are allowed to vote however they f
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by Svip 7y ago
I have no experience with Hello Fresh, but Aarstiderne in Denmark strives on making their offerings uncommon. They arrange their subscriptions by how difficult they are. Of course, there is no 'chef' level, so to speak, because
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by Svip 7y ago
It's the same reason, I sometimes still like to watch classic television; rather than choosing specific programmes to watch, I want them curated for me. And while television channels offer a mediocre experience on average, watching so
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by Svip 7y ago
I am more impressed to hear that California apparently have incredibly smooth roads. I mean otherwise, they'd need some suspension that would relinquish all control of the bus itself. Or are they only referring to the seating? I mea
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by Svip 7y ago
Except in real estate, employment and business, you are usually only talking about a single contract during negotiations. There is little either party can offer the other outside of that contract. In diplomacy, there is so much going on b
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by Svip 7y ago
The current US President approaches diplomacy likes real estate deals. A good approach - in real estate markets - is to threaten to walk away from a deal. Unfortunately, it doesn't work quite the same way in international diplomacy.
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by Svip 7y ago
Have the USPS decided which UPU member they would route their international mail through?
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by Svip 7y ago
In Copenhagen's Metro, bikes are not permitted during rush hour. They are at other times of the day, but require an additional ticket. The S-Train, which spreads out into the suburban area, bikes are free to bring aboard, and allowed
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by Svip 7y ago
> In Amsterdam for instance, most trains/trams/busses would have a dedicated place where to put bikes Does that include city buses? In Denmark, it's about the same, except city buses have no room for bikes. Coaches - i.e
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by Svip 7y ago
To be more specific, I live in Denmark. Last time I had to transfer my number, it was quite a hassle. I had to show up physically in a store, and they needed to scan two ID cards of mine. In addition, because I have a legally hidden addr
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by Svip 7y ago
I think it works like this; people buy a SIM card from the same carrier, and call that carrier and ask them to move the victim's phone number to that SIM card. I know T-Mobile in the US allows you to buy a SIM card in any of their sto
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by Svip 7y ago
Does anyone know how common or easy SIM swapping elsewhere in the world? The SIM swapping stories I've seen on HN mostly focus on US users. I remember reading an article years ago, about banks combating SIM swapping in Africa, where
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by Svip 7y ago
Radio Free Europe worked (works?) on the same principle.
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by Svip 7y ago
This is actually one of my favourite things about road tripping around Europe; you can just pull in at a random service station and get affordable, convenient half-decent sandwiches (sometimes even decent ones!). In my experience, the only
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by Svip 7y ago
Can't you just log out? Or are you IP blocked?
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by Svip 7y ago
> The phrase "det bedste ir ikke for godt" (roughly "only the best is good enough") has a long history in the company. Just for the record, the phrase is »kun det bedste er godt nok«. Your phrase would translate as &#
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by Svip 7y ago
Which would still put the local government out of the loop. When you have a currency crisis like Zimbabwe did, it kind of make sense, they would eventually abandon their own and allow foreign ones instead. But it was not without deep relu
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by Svip 7y ago
But if you abandon cash, people would themselves find an alternative means of bartering. A means of which the government would not be in control. Even if only a miniscule of transactions are done with cash, surely the government would lik
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by Svip 7y ago
You put a lot of trust in the people developing that algorithm. Do you get to vote for an algorithm replacement every four years?
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by Svip 7y ago
I cannot really find a standard definition of pico hectares, but am I correct in assuming we're talking about 0.01 mm²? Or 1 square hecto-micrometre, I guess.
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by Svip 7y ago
OK, you're right. I should have clarified my statement; there have been no serious incidents on LGV tracks while in service. Level crossing accidents and collisions take place outside the LGV tracks, when the TGV run on standard rail
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by Svip 7y ago
Drivers are still a lot better at spotting pedestrians on tracks than autonomous systems. Autonomous train systems already exists, but those are completely enclosed systems, like a city metro system. Not a system where speeds reach 200 km
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by Svip 7y ago
This is why the TGV has no signals. Instead it uses a radio communication system. If no radio signal is received within a time frame, the train will warn the driver, and eventually stop. If a train has to perform an emergency stop, all o
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by Svip 7y ago
As someone who has watched Firefly quite a few times, I don't recall this episode. The only thing that comes close is "Ariel", where they steal medical supplies off a core world hospital, but that's straight up theft.
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by Svip 7y ago
Two people already are: Bill Weld and Joe Walsh. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/its-hard-to-know-what-k...
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by Svip 7y ago
> And fwiw, the literal translation of terra nullius isn't "nobody's land" it's "empty land". But isn't terra nullius a play on res nullius , which in Roman law meant a thing nobody owned? Perh
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Hong Kong protesters use laser pointers to scramble facial recognition(cbc.ca)
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