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by dnh44 5y ago
At the current moment I don't believe there is a problem so I would advocate for doing nothing. Maybe later I would change my view but in that case I would like to see a rational and fair approach rather than a vindictive one. For exam
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by dnh44 5y ago
That's one aspect of the universal health care argument that I've never heard get talked about until your comment. Universal health care is great for small businesses and entrepreneurs.
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by dnh44 5y ago
I seem to keep reading what appears to be this nugget of wisdom about building solutions rather than coding but I can't tell if I'm missing something or if I just consider the distinction to be sort of obvious. Can you please help
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by dnh44 5y ago
This won't be of much help to you but I moved to the UK specifically to start a business. Not having to worry about healthcare was nice. I do have private health insurance now with Bupa but it's less than $100 per month.
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by dnh44 5y ago
The way I see it is that the covid issue has been integrated into the blue vs red tribalism that started long ago but really came to a boil during Trump's administration. Additionally, media, both mainstream and alternative, are adding
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by dnh44 5y ago
Regarding the church tax, if you move to Germany you'll be ask what religion your are and unless you answer atheist you'll have to start paying a church tax and it appears to be quite a hassle to get out of it. https://
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by dnh44 5y ago
Oxford University has a covid risk calculator which might be compelling? However be careful it may backfire because if he is healthy then his odds of dying of covid will be way less than his odds of dying in a car crash this year. https:&#
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by dnh44 5y ago
It's not considered likely that he killed himself; he died mysteriously on his boat. The inquest ruled that it was probably an accidental drowning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Maxwell#Death
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by dnh44 5y ago
In the UK lots of companies shut down between Christmas and New Years. Some of our suppliers in Europe also shutdown for a couple weeks in August. I'm actually a bit surprised that you haven't come across it before because I'
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by dnh44 5y ago
We tried using Flexport a couple years ago and my impression was that they were a mediocre freight forwarder with a nice web app. They were also considerably more expensive. I have no idea how they are now; maybe we'll try again in a y
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by dnh44 5y ago
The Chinese government already has full access to all the data of Apple's China user base.
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by dnh44 5y ago
iCloud in China is already run by a state owned company so at least in the case of China nothing will change. https://money.cnn.com/2018/01/10/technology/apple-china-iclo...
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by dnh44 5y ago
>It's an artifact of wishful thinking. People will go to great lengths to avoid thinking about the fact that some people are better than others; it's the biggest "inconvenient truth" of our culture. I'm not sure
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by dnh44 5y ago
>but it isn't the one that makes me the most money and is not my 'favourite' OS Is it your favourite OS because it makes you the most money, or does it make you the most money because it's your favourite OS?
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by dnh44 5y ago
Just adding a bit more information about what the links are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan:_The_Great_Game_–_... I've not read the book or watched the documentary myself but I've had it recommende
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by dnh44 5y ago
I too thought of moving my business to Spain until I started speaking to friends and acquaintances that had businesses in Spain. Lots of horror stories.
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by dnh44 5y ago
Just an FYI but the minimise window animation can be changed in settings. As can the icon zoom and bounce.
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by dnh44 5y ago
I’ve got two macs, one from 2016 with 8gb of ram. Running a single electron app on that computer results in the rest of the system becoming totally unresponsive making any sort of multitasking impossible.
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by dnh44 5y ago
I'm not massively into the whole wsb thing but I found it funny so I got the emoji domain diamond-hand-rocket-moon.ws
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by dnh44 5y ago
If it's audio or text only and no real names I'd be interested.
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by dnh44 5y ago
The conversation in the thread is quite interesting and thoughtful I think. And it's relevant to everyone since we are all getting older.
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by dnh44 5y ago
Well, they could always try putting pressure on the tech giants in other places via other means in order to get them to acquiesce to these sorts of anti-privacy measures. Maybe via things like anti-trust measures which seem to be popular.
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by dnh44 5y ago
No it's not like building a bridge. It's like thinking you're building a bridge but then the client decides he needs it to be moveable so then you have to give it legs so it can walk. Then the client's manager decides he
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by dnh44 5y ago
The garbage collection business in NY is notorious for being run by the mafia. "Cleaning" is a euphemism for the hitman business, at least in movies or pop culture.
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by dnh44 5y ago
That's really depressing and I sort of wish I hadn't asked now but thank you for sharing.
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by dnh44 5y ago
The tech community has loved operating system flamewars since at least the usenet days. This blog post serves as pretty good bait to draw in contestants so I assume that people wanting to engage have upvoted it.
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by dnh44 5y ago
Care to share where you were when your mic was cut and what your questions were?
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It's not okay that he should need permission for such a thing I don't think.
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by dnh44 5y ago
Yeah it seems ridiculous doesn't it. Getting thrown in jail for giving a talk doesn't seem like something that should happen anywhere that considers itself as free. It's outrageous really.
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>In my mind there was weird post Soviet innocence in the 90s where the West felt invincible and many believe Western style democracy would take over the world within decades. This viewpoint was well described (and I think influenced) by

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