WinstonSmith84

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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
Some pharma companies in the EU come up sometimes with good ideas (famously BioNTech), but it's the US and its money, building on that or just simply coming on top in most cases and ripping off the benefits. But let's not forget,
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
Yes, she dedicated her prize to Trump, and that's easy to understand. It's a way to flatter his ego so that: 1- He doesn't turn against her or try to undermine her (he certainly would otherwise) 2- He publicly supports her ca
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
The most shocking is that there are 13 banks out of 2,025 in the EU, which have so few cash, that withdrawing only 3,000EUR (per person) is enough to bankrupt them. How fragile it all is .. That's not going to end well
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
It was a MAGA talking point from the start, meant for MAGA ppl... The chance he got it was 0%, because: 1- The Nobel Peace Prize is chosen by a committee of 5 Norwegians. Having Russia or Israel expressing support doesn't help, it&#x27
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
it's very easy to setup your own VPN on your own server. I'm using AWS Lightsail because of virtually unlimited bandwidth and the locations I like, but any VPS would work well. I used to have my own scripts but I found this lately
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
Patriotism is funny to see. A lot of people are so proud of their country, yet they are just pawns in a game played by the state and their leaders. If one can think rationally, it's best to be born in smaller countries like Switzerland
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
did you write this message with ChatGPT? > .. like smaller, less traceable bombs, or chemical weapons that are easily accessible and lead to higher casualties .. it's very easy to build a bomb, you just need to "google" an
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
Gaudi makes Barcelona interesting to see but Barcelona itself is overhyped with little to see beyond Gaudi's works. In the whole of Spain, the south has a significant history with a lot of historical buildings and very old city centers
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
Yes, Germany is very hypocritical, a lot of people have short memories. On another hand, Germany is on the spotlight because it's the country which is going to decide at the end. Less critics about the usual suspects who love to restri
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
> diving to a depth humans can dive to No, "normal" humans don't dive to 80m deep, where the explosion occurred. Any diver, whether professional or recreational (which is my case), will know about this. I don't have a
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
in a country riddled by corruption, it seems like a really good idea. It's of course questionable how well it's been implemented but LLMs are certainly good enough to handle these kind of decisions (which company is the best place
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
What are the alternatives?
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
it's about the interests of each party. The interest of a government is to control its citizen, either now or at some point in the future. The interest of a private company is to make more money. Between the two, I certainly prefer a p
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
good questions - and your questions are, or could be, actually rhetorical. Yes, they are the validator and thus they control the transactions. It could be as simple as having a Database at the end ... Well I can think of two things: 1- they
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
For what it's worth, politicians are excluded from this law (it's not a joke)
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
Okay that's maybe dramatic, but on another hand, that would be quite fascinating to experience. Maybe, for those of us living long enough, we are going to witness a net migration not from Africa to Europe, but from Europe to elsewhere,
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
you can find that processor in the 14" HP Zbook Ultra G1A (which is also Ubuntu certified). There is also the Asus Z13, though I'm not certain it's working well with Linux
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
1- might make the (waterproof) case harder to build 2- finding the right dead battery among 18650 batteries is requiring more hints than just "something is wrong" 3- marketing / convenience and probably you can order your dea
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
"kinda unreal" and still real - that's what's wrong with European countries in general. It's a lifestyle Europeans have chosen where you don't need to work a lot, everything is paid for you but don't expec
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
Maybe these economies shall try to attract the wealthy before trying to tax them ... Or is that so that because of past fiscal policies, the wealthy are gone and are now missing out to the economy? :-) The reality is that many (other) count
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
no, it's not wrong. I went to this airbnb some months ago: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/5656702 - it's written that linens aren't provided I went another time to France some years ago and there wasn&#x27
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
So many bad takes, I'll put that on ignorance: > I’m writing to you from a home rental in France where we had to rent our sheets and towels. Yes, that's a French thing, always has been - sorry if that's the first time the
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
That's what it is about. If it were securities, that would be practically irrelevant. The gold is stored in Manhattan, in the Fed Reserve Bank of NY.
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
you're mistaking journalists for propagandists. It's an easy mistake to do though, true journalists are rare in the world. Scientists are a problem to authoritarians simply because they are educated and will likely refute the bs o
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
> the Fed itself will start issuing stablecoins and out-legitimize everyone else That's doubtful everyone else will be out-legitimized ... because ultimately the Fed will issue coins they can fully control (freeze, delete, etc. when
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
I just quoted the definition of a Ponzi scheme, hence the word "fraud". The definition of a fraud is "... fraud is intentional deception ... to gain from a victim ... unfairly" https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
> wouldn't you characterise any tax scheme as a ponzi scheme? No, not exactly, that's different. > unemployment benefits, healthcare etc? what makes them different from pensions? That's certainly contributions I don&#x2
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
maybe you don't like it to be called a Ponzi scheme, but the reality is that it is one. Definition of a Ponzi scheme: A Ponzi scheme is an investment fraud that pays existing investors with funds collected from new investor. Ponzi sche
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
Typically EU countries implement the 3 options together - option 1. btw is meant to make the pension irrelevant. It can't happen from one day to the next, but there is a shift happening where people contribute more and more towards pri
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by WinstonSmith84 1y ago
In many EU countries, retirement age increase while the value of the pension itself decreases. It's about demographic of course but it's also the signs of a failed system. People understands this and are contribution more and more

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