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by bojan 3y ago
> The Ottoman's purpose was to destroy any marker of civilization in the land they had invaded. This demonstratably isn't true. They were destroying cultural artefacts, but occasionally so and often as an act of retribution. So
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by bojan 3y ago
The USSR held back a huge part of the world. The Baltics, the whole of Eastern Europe, East Germany, all suffered immensely under their influence, and are still feeling the consequences. The USSR created ruthless regimes all over the world,
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by bojan 3y ago
Considering the massive government subsidies the farmers in the West are enjoying, I would say the answer to your question is, quite a few.
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by bojan 4y ago
That dubious take, even if true, doesn't give them the right to destroy nature of the entire country. Among other things, their influence on the water management policy has an effect of private homes literally sinking in certain parts
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by bojan 4y ago
It will be heavily subsidized. Nobody will get into trouble for not being able to afford insulation. That's not how the law in European countries works.
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by bojan 4y ago
Except in the Netherlands, where urbanization is actually losing from agriculture. We have a structural housing shortage while 54% of this tiny land's surface is used for agriculture, and then mostly for those disastrous monocultures.
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by bojan 4y ago
As an owner of an e-bike (Pegasus Siena E8F plus) I have to say that it's surprisingly low maintenance, especially considering how useful the thing is.
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by bojan 4y ago
You only think the conflict is dragging on for tomorrow long time because of the media hype that one of the sides is going to win... any day now! The fact is that most wars tend to drag on for years.
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by bojan 4y ago
What helped me is brushing teeth a quarter after what is supposed to be the last meal of the day. Then I know that, if I get a snack, I'll have to go through the teeth cleaning routine again, and the desire to not have to do that is st
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by bojan 4y ago
The tax systems are national responsibility, and building a bespoke app for a given tax system is cheaper than supporting 27 widely different tax systems in a single app.
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by bojan 4y ago
> VP of the European Union There is no such thing. The corrupted person was a VP of the European Parliament, one of the 3 governing bodies of the EU.
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by bojan 4y ago
Looking from outside, it honestly doesn't seem that's what's going on. Here in the Netherlands we have proportional representation, and while our democratic system does show signs of decay, it still feels way more healthier t
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by bojan 4y ago
Very reluctantly, and probably against his own better judgment, at least that was the impression he created.
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by bojan 4y ago
Out of those 45 million, how many of those unwanted kids would end up getting enough education that they can participate in a modern knowledge economy? And how many would end up needing society's support to make ends meet? Restricted a
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by bojan 4y ago
> I test my fluency by attempting to pass off as a native speaker on the internet. If anyone ever suspected I'm not a native speaker, they never told me. How does this work exactly? Do you explicitly say you're a native speaker
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by bojan 4y ago
> Any suggestions on how to do this in a way that is sensitive / not-offensive? Offer him a course or private lessons paid by the company (with the company investing ideally both money and time). They are probably aware of their acc
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by bojan 4y ago
Precisely. As a kid you have time to go through all the menus, read the hints, and experiment. Kids today have time to try out all the gestures on all the apps they care about. They might end up having issues adapting to desktop enterprise
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by bojan 4y ago
I don't remember WhatsApp being less stable before it was bought by Meta. And it was just as essential back then too.
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by bojan 4y ago
Genuinely curious, what do you need a 700sqm house for? Do you have a very large family, and/or hobbies that require a lot of space?
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by bojan 4y ago
I wonder how many of those printers are actually still functioning. There was a time once where you actually had to print stuff (anyone remembers MapQuest maps?), so I'm guessing there are still a lot of printers from that era collecti
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by bojan 4y ago
Same here, and even better, I'm not sure if I'm not able to do what I want because I don't understand how it should be done, or because the site is broken due to the sudden spike in traffic it is experiencing.
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by bojan 4y ago
I'd like that as well. Possibly scaling (=funding) issues?
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by bojan 4y ago
It's not a "Ukraine conflict", it is a Russian invasion on a neighbouring sovereign country called Ukraine. It's as much a "Ukraine" conflict as certain events of 1939 were "Poland conflict". How do y
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by bojan 4y ago
Any time I read a comment like this, I have to ask, when do you get time to do things with your partner? When do you do chores? For most people it's the evening, which you don't have, and in the morning you do your own stuff. Or a
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by bojan 4y ago
iGoogle is also present in the analysis. I really miss it, and now, years later, I still haven't found a good replacement.
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by bojan 4y ago
Retirement homes in Western Europe are probably not the sort of thing you imagine. They are well regulated, and residents have a good mix of privacy, care and social interaction. I prefer vastly to end up in one of those one day then living
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by bojan 4y ago
I'm not sure if this will go to Ireland's or the EU's budget. But if it goes to the EU's, it is pooled towards the countries' contributions - meaning the member states will have to pay that much less into the EU&#x2
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by bojan 4y ago
Have you considered getting legal insurance? Here in the Netherlands they are €10-15 a month, and in these times of chatbots, shady webshops and all kinds of services failing, they are sure to pay themselves out.
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by bojan 4y ago
This makes no sense whatsoever. 8 billion is too many, for what, for whom? Next to 8 billion of us, we also take the luxury of keeping and feeding billions of animals, which is enormously expensive and horrible for the environment. Let&#x27
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by bojan 4y ago
Why would they need their own app when they have good APIs and enough people to create perfectly good third-party apps for them? The only reason I can see is monetization, with your own app you can control the user engagement better. I spec

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