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by comrade1 12y ago
By scraping by, I mean working 60+ hours per week for those wages. Here in Switzerland we work a normal workweek (45 hours) for an average wage 2x that plus a better quality of life. Germany and London pay much less though but experienced d
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This was in the 1960s. Imagine the projects being conceived now for targeting individuals and population subsets to change opinion, mood, etc. using things like social media, targeted communications, etc. The US then and now was totalitaria
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Yeah! That's it. Thank you. I would bet that the sounds and smells of riding a camel across the desert in China are similar to riding a rich old fat guy in a hotel room in New York...
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by comrade1 12y ago
The voice in this article is very familiar. Is this the same author of the woman that wrote about high-worth dating in New York? Living in a hotel room with multiple women while going on dates with rich guys... I can't remember the det
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Just basing my statement off of American pop history. But I do believe it. My brother was a test pilot and I've also met some true patriots in my professional work.
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by comrade1 12y ago
Part of me can understand why test pilots in the 50s, 60s, 70s, etc did what they did. American test pilots and early astronauts did it for country first (in the context of the cold war), humanity second. I have a hard time understanding wh
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by comrade1 12y ago
Yes, you're right, it's corny. Not to offend, but this is typical of HN contributors, to equate a completely mundane Experience with something much deeper and interesting and for no one to call you out on your pap. Someday once sp
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by comrade1 12y ago
Who's talking about killing or abusing animals? Only you are. I'm talking about eating eggs, butter, and for the few cultures that eat it, cheese. Even in the u.s. you can eat animal products where the animals lead healthy lives.
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We're having multiple conversations here... I think western wealthy vegans don't have particularly strong morals or ethical values and are vegan for other elitist and classist reasons. I think if they were exposed to the real worl
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by comrade1 12y ago
Are you equating eating eggs and animal fat with having sex with twelve year olds? Are you going to Godwin the conversation next?
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by comrade1 12y ago
We're talking about veganism, not vegetarianism. You obviously didn't read the link you posted. Edit: I'm responding to your recent edit. No, eating insects is not vegan. Why would you think that? Crickets and cockroaches are
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On the contrary. And your comment supports my premise. You have the luxury of being vegan. I know I'm assuming, but like many wealthy westerners you probably travel to poorer parts of the world. Believe me, you were consuming animal pr
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I'm surprised a Swedish prison doesn't provide a vegan diet. Prisons in California provide a number of different diets, although I'm not sure about vegan. It's a large expense for them. But that said, I think there are t
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by comrade1 12y ago
What's probably just as infuriating to some is that I notice as my wife and I get older and get higher and higher incomes and assets it becomes increasingly easy to spend less money. As an example, we just bought the company car my wif
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by comrade1 12y ago
And it tastes so so sweet... When my friends and I were children we found pieces of lead while dumpster diving. Probably 5 pounds of it. We taught ourselves how to make plaster-of-paris molds and tried to counterfeit the most important thin
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by comrade1 12y ago
It's kind of hard to take the article seriously... This topic - government held keys for encryption services - is an old debate. If I remember, some countries even implemented key escrow. The He-Man picture lets you filter out the arti
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by comrade1 12y ago
Started reading. Sounded interesting. Saw picture of He-Man. Closed window.
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I know it's anecdotal. It's just based on personal observation of my relatives whenever I travel back to the u.s. The oldest and the youngest seem to be the most paranoid about making information public and I think for different r
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by comrade1 12y ago
The privacy push by Apple will benefit their healthkit and related apps. Apple has always been a hardware company and this gives them some competitive advantages over google and facebook who can only make money by ultimately selling your in
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Poland? Wasn't there political fallout from that?
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What problems, btw? Surely nothing even close to the scope of the u.s.
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I think the u.s. Has been at war for all but 21 years of its existence. I could be wrong - it was a stat from a website with an agenda.
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Which was long after 9/11, but right around when the occupy movement and tea party we're coming into being.
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Btw, yes I know that it was reported to the Red Cross anonymously, not officially.
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What are you doing to change the system?
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by comrade1 12y ago
You're just plain wrong. Not about the sushi. Europe doesn't have the means nor the corporate-government cooperation that the u.s. has for spying. It happens in Europe, even Switzerland, but for good, not evil. For example, Switze
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by comrade1 12y ago
I wish there was a way to post anon here. I create a new id every now and then and post but no one sees the posting because it's new... I wish more people would be outraged by where the u.s. Is going and just leave. If you're educ
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I see him in Gstaad every year. He's a tiny guy.
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by comrade1 12y ago
Here in Switzerland it's usually pretty quiet, but Sunday is exceptional. No work is allowed - no cutting your grass, no washing your car, etc. The museums are open, and it's also a hiking day (Saturday too).
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by comrade1 12y ago
Did he not have a sex drive? I just can't imagine an existence like that, without sex. I'm about 1/2 through the article.

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