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by arrowsmith 4mo ago
Which led to a British journalist holding an "offensive poems about Erdogan" contest, which was won by Boris Johnson: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/19/boris-johns...
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by arrowsmith 4mo ago
In the UK, employers pay a stealth tax of 15% (recently increased from 13.8%) on top of the quoted salary minus the first £5k (recently decreased from £9,100.) So your "£50k" salary actually costs your employer £56,750, and that&#
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by arrowsmith 4mo ago
See also: Germany's leader filing hundreds of criminal complaints against people who insult him on social media: https://rmx.news/article/germany-chancellor-merz-quietly-fil...
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by arrowsmith 4mo ago
Don't forget Futurama's: https://futurama.fandom.com/wiki/Old_Freebie
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by arrowsmith 4mo ago
ZIRP will never happen again
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by arrowsmith 4mo ago
29 isn't remotely close to too late, dude.
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by arrowsmith 4mo ago
How do Poles answer "how are you?" differently to Brits?
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by arrowsmith 4mo ago
"To whatsapp" is a common verb, but I have never heard anyone say "apping". Where do you live where "apping" is understood?
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by arrowsmith 4mo ago
> if Netherland has some information-sharing agreements with … Fourteen Eyes Probably a safe assumption, since the Netherlands is a member of the Fourteen Eyes
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by arrowsmith 4mo ago
So the “anti-separation” petition was a bad faith move by pro-separation forces? Am I reading you right?
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by arrowsmith 5mo ago
I don’t remember anyone before the referendum saying it would be the first of two. A lot of people pushed unsuccessfully for a second referendum after the first one but that was never based on any pre-existing legalities or precedent, it
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by arrowsmith 5mo ago
The Brexit referendum was non-binding for important constitutional reasons. Legally, leaving required an Act of Parliament. To hold a binding referendum, they would have had to pass an Act that says "here are the exact details of how w
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by arrowsmith 5mo ago
Why not just wait until the court case is resolved?
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by arrowsmith 5mo ago
I don't get it. They're having a referendum on whether or not to have a referendum? Why bother with two steps? I googled the Clarity Act and it appears to be recently-passed US (not Canadian) legislation about regulating cryptocur
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by arrowsmith 6mo ago
This thread? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47783940
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by arrowsmith 6mo ago
Where's the contradiction? I'm not auditioning to play guitar for Metallica but I'd take the job if they offered it to me.
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by arrowsmith 6mo ago
I'm not sure what point you're making but there's nothing satirical about the second headline. The UK really did just legislate to decriminalise abortion up to the point of birth. I don't see how that's a laughing m
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by arrowsmith 6mo ago
It’s illegal in London but you wouldn’t know it from the smell. That city stinks of weed.
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by arrowsmith 6mo ago
I didn't say that violence is never okay in any circumstance. What I'm objecting to is cowards who couch their support for violence in mealy-mouthed caveats: "of COURSE i don't condone violence BUT ackshuaaaaally when yo
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by arrowsmith 6mo ago
Give the latter a nuclear bomb and see how true that stays
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by arrowsmith 6mo ago
I’m not indifferent to either of them, but if you equate American tech executives with agents of the Iranian nuclear programme then I don’t care what you have to say on any subject ever
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by arrowsmith 6mo ago
I'm not famous, high-profile, or the billionaire founder of a controversial company, but I can easily imagine situations in which I'd be cautious of random strangers. Have you travelled much?
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by arrowsmith 6mo ago
"I'm not saying violence is okay, but violence is okay"
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Goodbye Bloop(vibekanban.com)
4 points by arrowsmith 6mo ago|0 comments
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by arrowsmith 6mo ago
The protocol isn't what determines how much a coin is worth
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by arrowsmith 6mo ago
Why shouldn't energy be cheap and abundant?
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by arrowsmith 6mo ago
I’m sceptical about this idea but, to give it full credit, it’s a custom piece of hardware that would presumably be more accurate than previous software-only attempts. Maybe it will actually work this time, idk, although I still don’t reall
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by arrowsmith 6mo ago
You’re getting a negative reaction from others but I share this feedback in good faith: I don’t understand what problem your product is supposed to solve. Yeah I guess the cryptographic stuff sounds vaguely impressive although it’s been a l
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by arrowsmith 6mo ago
It’s a product for people who need help telling whether text was written by AI. Maybe they deliberately write it like that, to filter out people who aren’t the target market?
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by arrowsmith 6mo ago
From their “how it works” page: > The server stores an encrypted blob it can't decrypt. We couldn't read your messages even if we wanted to. That's not a policy — it's math. If you can’t tell that this is AI slop then

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