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by amag 9y ago
It's very much different from the times the song has been sung in the US by the civil rights movements. I understand it may be difficult without enough context. I'll try to add some. Rinkeby is a district in Stockholm known for a
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by amag 9y ago
'We Shall Overcome' was unfortunately forever destroyed for me by a Swedish politician (Birgit Friggebo) who suggested it once in a meeting with a lot of agitated people[1] in order to "lower the mood" (sic). As stated i
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by amag 9y ago
It reminds of when I as a Swede hear a Dutch person speak. My brain tells me that I should understand but I don't.
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by amag 9y ago
Wow! It looks like an ad in a dystopian futuristic movie.
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by amag 9y ago
> Also, 21 exclamation points are a bit much. Yes, 17 is the limit!
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by amag 9y ago
Superseding us in what way? The machine is already better at chess and Go, clearly not at classifying images[1], but the issue here is that the author argues that there is no such thing as a general intelligence. It's all situation
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by amag 9y ago
But there's another reason to save: early retirement. It may not seem interesting to you now (I know it didn't for me at 26, I was programming and was getting paid for it!) but when you're 40 it's far more appealing. Unf
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by amag 9y ago
My wife has at times earned more than me but that's never felt threatening. After all, I benefit from her increased income. In fact I would love it if she'd earn enough for me to be a stay home dad without us needing to cut expens
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by amag 9y ago
> if that share price takes a huge hit it becomes very hard to attract and maintain talent/future investment/etc. OTOH, by paying taxes you make sure there is a talent pool to recruit from in the future.
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by amag 9y ago
This surely is comparing apples and oranges. When communist death tolls are discussed the meaning are those who are killed when communism is implemented or re-enforced (e.g. The Great Leap). When capitalism is implemented there is no need t
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by amag 9y ago
Let's not forget Mao, he sure killed quite a few people as well.
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by amag 9y ago
Uhm, well, given that 1kg farmed salmon needs 2kg wild caught fish, there may still be a shortage of fish...
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by amag 9y ago
The problem with farming salmon is that the food pellets salmons eat are made out of wild caught fish. Typically, for every kg of salmon you need 2kg of wild caught fish...so not really sustainable.
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by amag 9y ago
When I was in school Internet wasn't a thing yet. However, me and some friends "hacked" the program that blocked virtually everything interesting unless you had the password on our school computers. The first thing we did was
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by amag 9y ago
TL;DR; A foreigner is by law not allowed to own stock in unlisted Chinese companies. Some Chinese companies will use foreigners' ignorance of this to pay less but offer worthless stocks instead.
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by amag 9y ago
> Singapore is surrounded by far more corrupt countries It's funny you say because I have my favorite counter-example from one of those surrounding countries. I was in Thailand when Thaksin Shinawatra with his ThaiRakThai party was
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by amag 9y ago
Absolutely, he's one of the few who ever got outsourcing to work!
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by amag 9y ago
sudocide
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by amag 9y ago
Me too. The very few design specs I've seen during my 15+ yrs as a programmer are typically high-level enough to be the mechanical equivalent of "cogs needed here, and springs!". What kind of cogs, e.g. diameter, teeth count,
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by amag 9y ago
> btw there are amazing Indian coders, but you generally won't find many of them in these software houses producing the run of the mill code My favorite story is when, at a company I worked, the maintenance of a security product wit
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by amag 9y ago
Oh, this is very interesting! Please keep us posted!
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by amag 9y ago
Yup, it's interesting that the two things Jesus seems to preach the most about is (paraphrased somewhat) do not judge others and do not be a rich dude.
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by amag 9y ago
As a Swede I regularly feel we're missing out on a lot of cool stuff only available in North America, but when it comes to pain-free easy payments I think we've got it right with Swish ( https://www.getswish.se/ ).
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by amag 9y ago
With the abundance of fonts available today, I can't see any reason for the existence of a programming font that doesn't properly differentiate between 0/O and 1/l/I/|.
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by amag 9y ago
> Marriage is not a pre-requisite for going through the up and downs of a relationship. Never claimed as much. I said that sometimes the promise made is the thin string that holds the relationship together at that point in time. Sometime
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by amag 9y ago
> The "not feeling loving" doesn't last real long when both sides are committed to doing good to the other. This. This is the key that I think many people completely miss. Today it's so much about "me, me!"
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by amag 9y ago
But when children are involved, does it really matter whether it's called a divorce or just a break-up? From the child's perspective, their safe, loving world with two parents living together is now drastically ripped apart. The
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by amag 9y ago
In this modern day you're not "stuck in a contract", you can get a divorce. If you have a prenup it may even be (almost) free. So all those things you ask for are there, it sounds to me like you want to reinvent the wheel.
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by amag 9y ago
It sounds like you agree with the concept but disagree with its name.. All relationships have their ups-and-downs, and there may come a time when the only thing holding it together is a promise that was made in front of other people. You ma
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by amag 9y ago
Ah, it was hard to read because of all the soot in my eyes.

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