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by docdeek 6y ago
If I understand the article correctly, the equivalent here would be that the bank owed you $3 million to be paid over the next 10 years but paid it all to you today in one lump sum. Now if they had paid you $5 million, that might leave you
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by docdeek 6y ago
My first thought was that Google would do as per Spain and just stop linking Australian news outlets. However, I was under the impression that the Australian proposition does not allow Google to treat foreign sites differently. Hence, if th
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The Covid-19 Crisis Has Wiped Out Nearly Half of Black Small Businesses(forbes.com)
1 points by docdeek 6y ago|0 comments
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by docdeek 6y ago
This was less a strike than a forced government shutdown due to COVID-19. amazon couldn’t satisfy the French government that the French warehouses and fulfillment centers were going to be safe for workers, so they were shutdown. I assume th
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by docdeek 6y ago
> Initially, Swedish and Nordic clients will be mainly served from German warehouses — known as fulfillment centers in Amazon-speak — with trucks driving up to Sweden through Denmark, and a fulfillment center operated by local partner Ku
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by docdeek 6y ago
I don’t think it is quite that bad. As I understand from their site, while you can trade euros for the local currency at a rate of 1:1, you cannot trade your local currency for euros. They have a FAQ [0] (in French, sorry) that states that
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A human F-16 pilot will fight against AI in an upcoming contest(c4isrnet.com)
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by docdeek 6y ago
I didn’t know - and I hadn’t considered it, to be honest - but a dig on the website suggests that the government treats it as something akin to bartering or donation of services. As a result, it is exempt from VAT (TVA in French). http:&#x
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by docdeek 6y ago
There’s a local currency in use here in my city [0] and it seems to have a lot more support than the approx. 10 local businesses accepting the Time Credits mentioned in the article. I see the stickers in the windows of shops that accept the
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by docdeek 6y ago
From the FAQ on the site it seems you can nominate 5 but make a rule that only 3 (or 2 or 4 or whatever) need to agree. It's a balance between security and speed of access.
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Ransomware feared as possible saboteur for November election(apnews.com)
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Quartz Crisis(en.wikipedia.org)
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by docdeek 6y ago
Leaving their permanent seat on the UNSC would be the last thing the UK would do if they were committed to control and sovereignty.
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by docdeek 6y ago
Wouldn’t most countries experience this reality? Upper limit on members of a parliament is probably a couple of hundred, and lobbyists would almost always outnumber them.
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Amazon to list Marketplace seller names and addresses to combat counterfeiting(theverge.com)
2 points by docdeek 6y ago|0 comments
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by docdeek 6y ago
I don’t use Facebook or Spotify but it seems the people who coded the NYT Crossword app do - crashing for the last hour or more. Frustrating...
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France to introduce controversial age verification system for adult websites(politico.eu)
193 points by docdeek 6y ago|258 comments
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by docdeek 6y ago
France is strictly three months, though it can be negotiated.
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by docdeek 6y ago
My understanding (IANAL) is that being aware of a high profile case from media reports or documentaries or such things is not by itself disqualifying. It comes down to whether the juror can maintain an open mind and base their vote fairly o
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Lawsuits Against God(en.wikipedia.org)
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by docdeek 6y ago
I've never heard a stereotype that suggests only women are mean. Perhaps it's a cultural trope?
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by docdeek 6y ago
The article also states that "People are also being charged more when getting picked up in areas with more expensive homes, according to the study." It's likely an article focused on this correlation and headlined 'Rich
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by docdeek 6y ago
Planet Money’s podcast this morning covered just this topic RE: Hertz.
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PRC Military Doctrine, Plans, and Capabilities for EMP Attack(scribd.com)
2 points by docdeek 6y ago|0 comments
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Study: Head Is Older Than Your Feet (2010)(theatlantic.com)
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by docdeek 6y ago
"Guilt is, like innocence, not collective, but personal...The vast majority of today's population were either children then or had not been born. They cannot profess a guilt of their own for crimes that they did not commit. No dis
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by docdeek 6y ago
It does seem weird. Maybe in Canada the vacation pay needs to be put aside in an account as time off is accrued? If this was the case they might be being paid out of cash that is on-hand and reserved for vacation payments. The company would
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An 8-Year-Old Boy Tried to Pay with Toy Money. It’s Now on a Swiss Police File(nytimes.com)
2 points by docdeek 6y ago|1 comments
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by docdeek 6y ago
You're right on the capacity to ban/control discussion around any word. However it is probably notable that Facebook chose to highlight 'unionize' and not 'football' or 'American Idol' in their sales
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by docdeek 6y ago
One reddit thread suggests it is already heading that way. https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/h077uv/raz_simone_...

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