UVB-76

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by UVB-76 11y ago
Perhaps, if an individual doesn't want to be a victim of resentment and stereotyping, they shouldn't drive a $150,000 car? Especially at an age where it's extremely unlikely for that individual to have accrued the necessary w
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by UVB-76 11y ago
For what it's worth, being featured in these documents is not in and of itself evidence of any wrongdoing. There are entirely lawful and legitimate reasons for making use of offshore company structures.
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by UVB-76 11y ago
The Chinese middle class are all about status. The iPhone is a status symbol.
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by UVB-76 11y ago
Far too many websites rely on JavaScript now for this to be a real workaround.
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The situation in London is complicated by a large influx of workers from elsewhere in the EU, who are willing to live in sub-standard conditions (many to a room, sharing beds, sheds in back gardens, etc.) and work for minimum wage, or even
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by UVB-76 11y ago
Uber worked because it disrupted and undercut taxi monopolies, and a minicab industry with various usability/availability/safety issues. Uber is not only more convenient, but cheaper than the established players. Few other industr
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by UVB-76 11y ago
Shoreditch and Hoxton lost the battle to gentrification a long time ago. None of the creatives who reinvigorated the area can afford to live there anymore. Also, London does not have uncontrolled urban sprawl. It is constrained by the Green
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by UVB-76 11y ago
Everything and everyone has a price. It's only if we don't record the data in the first place, it can't have a price applied to it.
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by UVB-76 11y ago
Council tax in the UK is not really comparable to property taxes in other countries like the US. It's a highly regressive tax, and utterly negligible when considering prime real estate in areas like London.
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by UVB-76 11y ago
In the comments the author acknowledges the term is not gender-specific, but claims the term is "generally exclusionary" A "microaggression" not aimed at excluding anyone in particular. Not even an aggression of any kind
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by UVB-76 11y ago
I think your view of car ownership and the suburbs is the wrong way round. In my experience, people in the suburbs own cars because they have to in order to live in the suburbs. They don't move to the suburbs because they own cars, and
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by UVB-76 11y ago
I think self-driving cars could more than double road capacity, and almost eliminate congestion. There are so many exciting permutations. Major causes of congestion could be almost entirely eliminated (breakdowns and accidents) Vehicles cou
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by UVB-76 11y ago
Exactly. Self-driving cars will be the suburbs' renaissance.
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by UVB-76 11y ago
It's down to the retailer if they want you on their property, and that's how it should be. If they opt for a stricter system (which would cover the edge cases you describe) that loses them some genuine custom, that's their lo
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by UVB-76 11y ago
As long as there are adequate safeguards for incorrect data (as should be provided by the DPA in the UK), I don't see any problem with this. It's no different to companies choosing not to do business with people based on credit hi
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by UVB-76 11y ago
I was under the impression we don't have international blacklisting, so there's still money to be made shipping handsets abroad?
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by UVB-76 11y ago
Most of what you describe can be subcontracted to a property management company, and you can still make a healthy return. One of the problems with the rental market in urban centres like London at the moment is that even totally inept landl
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by UVB-76 11y ago
Many of those costs are internalised by vehicle taxes, which were likely taken into account.
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by UVB-76 11y ago
It's worth mentioning the source data for this is not a complete record of property transactions [1] All commercial transactions are excluded, for example, so the massive distortionary effect of speculative overseas investment in Londo
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The Detroit Graduates(nytimes.com)
1 points by UVB-76 11y ago|0 comments
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by UVB-76 11y ago
The dynamism of cities is one of their primary draws. Most people don't want to live in an environment they fully understand. They want to live in one that is constantly developing, progressing, and providing fresh stimuli.
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by UVB-76 11y ago
This was the only thing stopping me moving over to FastMail, so delighted to hear this!
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by UVB-76 11y ago
More likely is that the Snowden documents have been widely distributed in encrypted form (as one of the Wikileaks insurance releases) and Russia/China have managed to brute force the key.
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by UVB-76 11y ago
Indeed; also note that traits like intelligence and motivation are highly heritable, so the lottery metaphor is not as outlandish as it might seem. More to the point, though, when did we all agree on a single definition of "productivit
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by UVB-76 11y ago
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787_Dreamliner#Incident...
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by UVB-76 11y ago
See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVB-76
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You are a Gmail user(boingboing.net)
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by UVB-76 11y ago
A cautionary tale for those espousing the 'If you have nothing to hide...' line on privacy issues. Mere suspicion of having something to hide is all it takes for prosecutors to file charges, and ruin your life.
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Snoopers' charter set to return to law in UK(independent.co.uk)
14 points by UVB-76 11y ago|1 comments
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by UVB-76 11y ago
Neither of these are true alternatives until they have a critical mass of users. Unfortunately Twitter has a near complete monopoly in the microblogging market.

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