Yeul

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811.
by Yeul 3y ago
Big retail chains in my country used to have their own agents in Hong Kong that bought Chinese products by the container load. They then put a nice profit on it in their stores. The internet just made people aware how much they were overpay
812.
by Yeul 3y ago
I wonder if these people watch Blade Runner on videocassette or if they opt for the blueray release.
813.
by Yeul 3y ago
Videogames as a medium are entirely reliant on technology. There are many games which were let down by the shitty state of it. Yes I can play them as teenagers used to back in the day: cheap tiny Panasonic CRT and terrible English voice act
814.
by Yeul 3y ago
The "only the president can launch a nuclear strike" myth. If it was that easy you'd only need to blow up the White House with one nuke and take out America.
815.
by Yeul 3y ago
Back then there was no regulation. At least we have moved beyond the "Silicon Valley tech bros are good guy hippies" phase. No wonder libertarians hate the government it's the only thing that can stop them.
816.
by Yeul 3y ago
Actually it can make things worse. In India they now have the death penalty for child rape. So criminals are panicking and trying to erase evidence.
817.
by Yeul 3y ago
Trust me if I was a defendant I'd prefer a jury system too because I know that people can be skillfully manipulated. But such a trial has nothing to do with justice. It relies on the dark arts of psychiatry.
818.
by Yeul 3y ago
In my country you can usually appeal a decision and a new judge takes that case. Mind you a judge is probably smarter and less "fallible" than the average guy/gal on the street. We don't drag someone off the street at ra
819.
by Yeul 3y ago
Is it any surprise? What if someone made their political career on this conviction. That would be embarrassing.
820.
by Yeul 3y ago
If the US didn't have the death penalty he'd just be sentenced to life in prison and nobody would care. Another argument against corporal punishment I suppose.
821.
by Yeul 3y ago
I know someone who is paying through the nose for a 50m² apartment in Amsterdam. The housing situation is bad in the Netherlands but you can still find something better outside that hellscape of a city. I told her there are other cities in
822.
by Yeul 3y ago
Websites that take their reputation seriously do vet their online ads. Facebook just isn't one of those I guess.
823.
by Yeul 3y ago
I can ride a bicycle in the Netherlands (haven't crashed since I was a child) but you couldn't pay me to ride in London.
824.
by Yeul 3y ago
I once read an interesting idea that communism could have worked if implemented with modern information technology. Or at least the supermarkets wouldn't have been empty.
825.
by Yeul 3y ago
Ah indentured servitude. We're running backwards into the 19th century. Unions aren't perfect but they care more about you than some capitalists.
826.
by Yeul 3y ago
Summers in my country are getting hotter and sunnier and they've had an impact on my screen use (I hate glare!).
827.
by Yeul 3y ago
Early adopters get to show off their conspicuous consumption to everyone. That's the product they bought.
828.
by Yeul 3y ago
Affluent people in my country are already pivoting to Sweden for their wintersport vacation. They'll go to Antarctica if that's what it takes.
829.
by Yeul 3y ago
You underestimate how cheap tapwater is. I'm paying €1.21 for 1m³ and that includes taxes.
830.
by Yeul 3y ago
They call trains traveling at 200Kph "high speed" in my country but the Japanese run them at twice those speeds. It's a tiny country so it doesn't matter that much but if in the future we want to replace airplanes we nee
831.
by Yeul 3y ago
How many people do you think won't have access to high speed internet in 10 years? It's a dying business.
832.
by Yeul 3y ago
No cure no pay lawyers fix that. Some ambulance chasing law degree scumbag will take the bet.
833.
by Yeul 3y ago
In the Netherlands we just let dumb foreigners use their creditcard instead of making things complicated for them. You'll be charged an arm and a leg for it though but if you stick to the approved tourist areas your Visacard will be ac
834.
by Yeul 3y ago
It was an American called Henry Ford who realised that if you pay your workers enough they will also buy your products. I consider wages to be a feedback loop system in the consumer economy that America is.
835.
by Yeul 3y ago
Really? Every company I do business with has replaced its customer service with a chat bot.
836.
by Yeul 3y ago
In many countries university is free. An investment incurred by society.