africanboy

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by africanboy 6y ago
the place were the race is taking place is called EUR (Esposizione Universale Roma Universal Rome Exposition in English), the neighborhood that was built for the universal exposition of 1942 that never happened due to World war 2. https:&#
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by africanboy 6y ago
> Unfortunately for him, the back-then Prime Minister, Renzi, decided to drop support for him I think this narrative has spread too much and has become one of those lies that repeated indefinitely become truths. Marino had a problem: he
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by africanboy 6y ago
Roman here, living in the area near Colosseum: the road still exists but has been pedonalized by Marino and it made the archeological park completely different. Now people can safely walk around, the only allowed vehicles are public buses a
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by africanboy 6y ago
sorry, I don't get it you buy phone credit and that phone credit it's money you don't need crypto for that mobile payments have been a thing in Africa since the 2000s a digital currency doesn't have to be crypto to work
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by africanboy 6y ago
Foreign aid worked and the stability of Senegal it's proof of that. USA military intervention is what did not work if you ask me. Also USA support to Riad regime is not exactly for the good of middle east. Having said that, Senegal lea
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by africanboy 6y ago
> isn't that a socially accepted thing? not where I come from! > You don't see people protesting doctors being corrupt? You don't? Really? > Quite the opposite, people praise them Because the vast majority of them he
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by africanboy 6y ago
> I dont see something wrong with startup cities. They are not for everyone nor advertised as such. Well, if you are building one where The economy of Senegal is driven by mining, construction, tourism, fishing and agriculture, which ar
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by africanboy 6y ago
are you saying that startups are the equivalent of SoDoSoPa or that NASA didn't work? for example I've read that Akon financed renewable energy plants in Senegal. That's a great way to help! Building an entire new residentia
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by africanboy 6y ago
difference being you can't buy or sell satisfaction.
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by africanboy 6y ago
> economy based on math and pre-defined rules, not the whims of corrupt politicians how is a cryptocurrency made by an American singer after his name, to run (quoting) "a residential and commercial hub, complete with resorts, toweri
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by africanboy 6y ago
I don't It's bitcoiners that do that. if they said there are 6 millions addresses but it's actually a couple thousands entities holding them, it would be too obvious that bitcoins serve an insignificant portion of the society
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by africanboy 6y ago
It's true, but it's not so simple. Imagine that you live in Italy, where only 24% of the population lives in cities with a population equal or larger than 250 thousand people. Half of Italy is not flat and it's very hard usin
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by africanboy 6y ago
> we care little about where we take cars off the road. as someone who almost completely abandoned the car, even though I live in Rome, one of the most car crowded cities in the West (and probably the World), if we care about taking cars
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by africanboy 6y ago
Netherlands is not a good benchmark for the rest of the World where altitude it's a thing > The Vaalserberg is a hill with a height of 322.4 metres (1,058 ft) above NAP and is the highest point in mainland Netherlands before anyon
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by africanboy 6y ago
> the quality distribution is such that the overwhelming majority of the items are below average ("long tail distribution"). > your claim is very different from mine: where the overwhelming majority of items is around It&#x2
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by africanboy 6y ago
> The more those things are shared and become a common heritage the more they come to form a shared culture. I only argue that we already had that kind of sharing. I know about Monthy Python since late 80s, I was barely more thank a kid.
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by africanboy 6y ago
> In other words, if paying taxes was optional - I wouldn't pay. well that's kinda true for everybody, I guess... > At least, I wouldn't pay the amount I currently do. I pay a global 43% on my salary which is not even i
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by africanboy 6y ago
I like to be polite in public, but what you described is the unpolite version of what I think of Netflix lately. In other words: primevideo is cheaper and has a much better catalog. My ISP also offer the same things I can find on Netflix fo
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by africanboy 6y ago
> Freedom of movement, sure, but that is separate from Schengen. True, I meant Bosman not Schengen. > And I think dismissing light entertainment as not being culture is pointlessly elitist I am sorry if it came out that way, what I me
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by africanboy 6y ago
because the housing price bubble already hit hard Ireland in the recent past and it's gonna hit again soon if nothing changes. low corporate taxes have made Ireland a tax heaven, with all the drawbacks you can imagine Expensive housin
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by africanboy 6y ago
Not to disagree with what you said, but my point was that Netflix is not "creating a common European culture" it's simply broadcasting content, more than it was possible before, but it wasn't something unheard of in Euro
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by africanboy 6y ago
> Why are you even using the US' homicide rate and applying it to Norway? because they are considered simarly developed countries, but as far as violence stats go (especially gun violence) USA is more comparable to developing countr
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by africanboy 6y ago
Italy has similar homicide rates: 5 per million. But also a population 12 times larger than Norway (60 million people). Los Angeles and Norway have a comparable population, in Los Angeles in 2020 there have been 300 homicides, a 20% increas
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by africanboy 6y ago
Of course! It was never as popular as Derrick, but it became so popular in the 90s that in Italy a remake of 8 season was produced. Also Der Alte (different seasons had different names in Italy) with over 400 episodes.
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by africanboy 6y ago
Thanks for the correction! I got the copy/paste backwards. I've watched Äkta Människor and loved it even though I've watched it in Swedish, without subtitles. Highly reccomended.
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by africanboy 6y ago
isn'it a bit of an exaggeration to claim that Netflix is creating a common European culture? First of all Netflix productions are not great in general, there are a few very good ones, the rest is just mediocre. Secondly, Netflix is not
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by africanboy 6y ago
same reason why education has not prevented covid-19 from spreading.
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by africanboy 6y ago
> I don't agree that they should take my money I'm not American so I can be mistaken, but isn't it written in the American Constitution that government has the power to tax citizens? In that case it's the price to pa
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by africanboy 6y ago
they would defend your right to say it, not to put your idea into practice. if you ask me I would defend your right to express that opinion, but I would also expect that if you ever come close to having the power to make it real, you would
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by africanboy 6y ago
Italy use a similar system, it's called SPID (Italian acronym for Public System for Digital Identity) https://www.spid.gov.it

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