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by ddnb 7y ago
Exactly the same experience here in Belgium, only the doctor visit costs are way higher. Instead of €2 it's more like €25 per visit or I think €35 for home visits. I don't have experience with costs abroad so can't comment on
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by ddnb 7y ago
Is the US regarded as a "strong democracy"? Surely some can argue just how strong, especially with the effective 2-party system. It gets repeated a lot, the US being the greatest democracy and all, but that doesn't make it tr
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by ddnb 7y ago
I disagree. If somebody asks you "would it be okay if you could do X?" it's easier to say that it's a bad idea, or if it's not a priority, or there could be alternatives, or if this needs to be talked about with the
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by ddnb 7y ago
>> (we don't have mountains). Woah, you forgot about the Vaalserberg?
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by ddnb 8y ago
In comparison, Stardew Valley, a small indy game, also released in 2016 has 4x as many playing but had almost no marketing budget, didn't appear on national television in interviews and certainly didn't get the same hype, but did
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by ddnb 8y ago
I paid €600 a year for my bachelors in Belgium. Where did you get a student debt of $50k?
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by ddnb 8y ago
I'd suppose governments with a socialised healthcare system would push and invest heavily if it means to lower the cost. Just like most (?) push for affordable medicine in one form or another.
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by ddnb 8y ago
Communism in itself doesn't advocate racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia.
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by ddnb 8y ago
Does this perhaps coincide with services like netflix gaining in popularity?
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by ddnb 8y ago
> and everything else sucks even worse That's why it's not the end.
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by ddnb 8y ago
Made a Pokemon fan site, must have been 9 or something, I didn't know how to link to other pages, so everything was one page and links worked via anchors...
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by ddnb 8y ago
Going to try it right now, thanks!
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by ddnb 8y ago
If anything, nature strives for balance and equality. If the market is as you claim it should be working towards an equilibrium.
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by ddnb 8y ago
TLDR: Not every boss appreciates an employee with a Ph.D. If you want to go your own way, start your own business, otherwise you are expected to follow the lead of your boss.
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by ddnb 8y ago
He gets downvoted because it mainly falls in the same category as homeopathy, so if it has reproducible effects it no longer falls under homeopathy or 'traditional medicine' but just as regular medicine. People have to stop puttin
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by ddnb 8y ago
How are these arguments even valid. If we stay on earth we could just as well kill each other. Nothing changes with going to outer space.
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by ddnb 8y ago
Exactly. Not to mention the Soviets were able to beat the US in almost all steps of the space race, starting with the first satellite as soon as 1957! I'd say what the soviet style of economic development was very good for was rapid in
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by ddnb 8y ago
Are you talking about the refugees? I was wondering if you have any numbers or sources about them setting out to rob, kill and rape. Here in Belgium you hear about them looking for jobs and learning the language and stuff, never actually me
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by ddnb 8y ago
Safety. When people see no other way out they can do anything. Making sure everyone's basic needs are cared for makes it a safer and more stable society for everyone.
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by ddnb 8y ago
> Without envy, there is no point to socialism; if I don't care what my neighbour has, why would I ask the state to enforce its redistribution? I don't agree, you can ask for redistribution so the weakest in society are helped.
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by ddnb 8y ago
> Where people are essentially born with different values, customs, and ways to behave in society. When I went to school there was a pretty high number of second generation muslim immigrants, but even there you already saw their strict v
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by ddnb 8y ago
Are you trying to say the place of birth somehow decides what capabilities you are born with as a human being? Are you saying people born in third world countries are different than people born in first world countries? Because that seems t
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by ddnb 8y ago
This made me wonder, what fucked up shit is being hidden from me?
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by ddnb 8y ago
If there's not enough rain to sustain a forest, then even should they have been left untouched in antiquity they wouldn't be there anymore now either right?
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by ddnb 8y ago
Wait, you can't open your door with keyless cars? What about in winter when your car is running to heat up and you get out to clear your windscreen?
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by ddnb 9y ago
Or blow some air on the plants, rustling the leaves, sensors picking up any red between the green then going in to pick the strawberry.
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by ddnb 9y ago
Exactly, was reading hacker news for a while before starting my "tie shop" web agency business. Don't mind that guy, nothing stated only fancy new stuff can be talked about, and yours was an interesting read nevertheless.
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by ddnb 9y ago
Ofcourse this would be automated, you don't see a person hauling jerrycans to fill up his car in gasstations do you?
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by ddnb 9y ago
Oh god, I hope no Germans are reading this, it would be their perfect time to strike...
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by ddnb 9y ago
Are you saying it's kids that make a neighbourhood unsafe?

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