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by davidgay 11y ago
> My name is Dave in every language, I assure you. My name is David in English and French. Which brings up the awkward question of whether it's Дъйвид or Давид in Bulgarian.
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by davidgay 11y ago
>If by feminism you mean not discriminating against (or in any way thinking less of) women, then practically everyone on HN is a feminist. And many –including myself– would argue that if that's what you mean by feminism, then the te
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by davidgay 11y ago
For extra fun: table-of-contents at the end is the convention for French books. Given that Kindle Unlimited is available in France (according to http://ebookfriendly.com/kindle-unlimited-ebook-subscription... ), I wonder wha
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by davidgay 11y ago
> > The ban on smoking in restaurants – which, let me be clear, I am wildly in favor of, being someone who can't patronize a business with cigarette smoking in it > Can't? Given that tobacco smoke contains no allergens, m
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by davidgay 11y ago
One of those doesn't belong before the /: Pheasant: from Old French fesan. (the current french is faisan).
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by davidgay 11y ago
Yes, keep up the propaganda! It keeps Rockridge nice and pleasant for the rest of us!
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by davidgay 11y ago
> Do you know what happens when real countries try to impose a limit on the price of bread? Starvation. The Soviet Union tried to establish a limit on the price of bread. Too simplistic. France had significant limits on bread prices unti
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by davidgay 11y ago
Most countries hold their elections on weekends to avoid that problem ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_day ).
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by davidgay 11y ago
To my mind, Universal Basic Income (UBI) is the most radical attempt to address the complexity that is introduced by trying to only give benefits to the "deserving": there's often a view that social benefits (food stamps, in
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by davidgay 11y ago
The article itself contradicts your first statement. It lists: - two heists were the perpetrators were not caught and the money not recovered - five were some or all of the money was not recovered
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by davidgay 11y ago
Though it did do ok paying Harrison Ford to (not just) show up.
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by davidgay 11y ago
Which are extremely likely to be the same occasions where calls/emergency calls are not getting through.
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by davidgay 11y ago
Sorry if I wasn't clear. This is not a legal argument, but a political one.
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by davidgay 11y ago
> though it is a bit like solving the equal access to education problem by banning all private colleges -- more than a little absurd. While one can definitely argue against this view, it's far from absurd: the basic argument is that
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by davidgay 11y ago
Sales tax varies by county in some (most?) states.
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by davidgay 11y ago
Well on the timeline of the development of large stadiums, I offer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_Maximus (and it's worth noting its size in relation to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li
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by davidgay 11y ago
The other place you'll see it commonly used is French ;) For instance, Noël. David Gay
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by davidgay 11y ago
Well that isn't exactly a surprise for anyone who has read the "GNU Manifesto" (or even just seen it's title) - and yes, of course, the FSF is not the whole open source movement, etc, etc.
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by davidgay 11y ago
In every way except rent, though. And given rents in San Francisco...
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by davidgay 11y ago
Sorry, but the people opposed to the veils and the minarets are not opposed to them because they represent patriarcal culture, they're opposed to them because they're foreign. In fact, patriarcal is more likely a good adjective to
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by davidgay 11y ago
Hmm. Calvin lived and preached in Geneva. Geneva is in fact sometimes referred to as "La Cité de Calvin", and on the whole is viewed quite positively there...
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by davidgay 11y ago
More like somewhere in between, really.
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by davidgay 12y ago
EA bought Maxis in 1997. The Sims was released in 2000. We're now in 2015. I don't think that timeline is compatible with your theory.
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by davidgay 12y ago
The use of "Britons" sounds tone deaf to me, and hence a rather bad choice given that they presumably actually want to stop this (British, but more confused than anything). http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com&#x2F
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by davidgay 12y ago
The usual solution to abuse of sick pay, mentioned in the UK link above, is to require a doctor's certification for any leave > X days (7 in the UK according to the link, I know it's 3 in Switzerland).
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by davidgay 12y ago
There's at least two countries, Bulgaria and Turkey, where there isn't any significant discrepancy in the rate of male vs female PhDs between the "Non-Science" and "All Science & Engineering" categories. Pr
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by davidgay 12y ago
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wing/publications/Wing87.pdf
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by davidgay 13y ago
Rather less silly, actually an atomic watch and close to wristwatch size: http://www.ablogtowatch.com/bathys-hawaii-cesium-133-atomic-... edit: grammar
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by davidgay 13y ago
So you get one part in 10 million (by mass)? Seems an expensive approach...
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by davidgay 13y ago
From one of those googlers with children: I have to say I read a bit of the classic "people with children aren't like us" here - likely not intentional, but you may want to reread what you write more carefully for subtext.

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