akarpenko

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by akarpenko 9d ago
Krugman :'D Why not post a reference to the argument?
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by akarpenko 9d ago
What money? Their economic growth is half of the US and with strong headwinds. EU GDP is also smaller than the US by far.
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by akarpenko 6y ago
That makes no sense for a satellite in orbit around the earth outside of the atmosphere. It would never point at the sun. The only issue is that the earth would periodically occlude the area of observation.
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by akarpenko 6y ago
The Hubble telescope is not a deep space probe being so close to earth and doesn't use the Deep Space Network to communicate.
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by akarpenko 12y ago
I keep reading it as Recluse Center...
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by akarpenko 13y ago
Or University of Waterloo
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by akarpenko 14y ago
The right solution would be to get women interested in technology from an early age, not by raising the numbers artificially by creating a sexist scholarship.
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by akarpenko 14y ago
It's the original role and the most important one. However it has evolved into more roles, obviously. Regarding your second point, the assumption is that the government is rational. Adult-like and not child-like.
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by akarpenko 14y ago
OK, looks like we need to look at it from another level. Once upon a time there was a group of people. They had common interests, but it was hard and inefficient to make decisions as a large group. So a government was formed to represent th
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by akarpenko 14y ago
Not quite the same thing, is it? We are comparing huge monopolistic corporations who use an anti-competitive, anti-capitalist technique with selling a primitive mechanical device that doesn't require a network to operate.
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by akarpenko 14y ago
Are you saying that there is usually no government interference in private contracts? Or that there should be no government interference just when the consumers rights are being violated?
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by akarpenko 14y ago
Nice petition, but it didn't go far enough. Why should locking phones be legal at all?
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by akarpenko 14y ago
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by akarpenko 14y ago
1. How can they have very high standards if they cheat? Stress is no excuse for cheating, spend less time getting drunk. 2. It's always mentioned that cheating is not acceptable at the beginning of every term in every class. And isn't it ob