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by docdeek 10mo ago
Intermarche have done some other great Christmas ads on a simialr theme of eating better. Their 2019 ad had a kid realizing that Santa was too rotund to fit down their chimney, so the kid spent the season visiting him at the store and handi
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by docdeek 10mo ago
FTA: The authoritative World Inequality Report 2026, based on data compiled by 200 researchers, also found that the top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90% combined, while the poorest half captures less than 10% of total glob
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Going direct: notes on Eli Lilly at a trillion(atelfo.github.io)
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Authors retract Nature paper projecting high costs of climate change(retractionwatch.com)
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by docdeek 10mo ago
Thanks for this. I work independently (no CDI or CDD) so I don’t get the paycheck/payslip. I imagine it is broken down somewhere in the different taxes I pay, but unfortunately I don’t get the monthly reminder.
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by docdeek 10mo ago
>> In your case you believe your cost is only 1200€ a year, because your government has not made at all clear to you how much you’re paying from your other taxes into the healthcare system. I absolutely do not believe my healthcare co
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by docdeek 10mo ago
I was under the impression that German healthcare was essentially free (government funded) at the point of delivery, with additional top-insurance carried by most people similar to how it is in here in France. Here I am self-employed and pa
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Don't Buy Your Kid a Crappy Bike for Christmas(velo.outsideonline.com)
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by docdeek 11mo ago
This runs into trouble when the older people rely on the younger ones to pay for their retirement and government services. Having fewer children means fewer people to pay taxes, so while a lower birth rate might address environmental and au
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by docdeek 11mo ago
Absurdity aside, in thie specifc example Wikipedia doesn’t cite any sources. The article (in English, anyway) is a summary of the plot of the book and there is not a footnote nor any external reference - and why would there be? It’s a summa
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Norway Suspended Wealth Fund Ethics Rules to Avoid $230B Tech Sale(bloomberg.com)
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by docdeek 11mo ago
Polling suggests that independents don’t “overwhelmingly" blame the GOP. It’s split 48/32/14 GOP/Dem/Equal "Democrats and Republicans hold each other's party more responsible for the government shutdown. A
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by docdeek 11mo ago
I'm not from the US but as I understand it, if the Democrats voted to reopen the government, wouldn't that also release the funds for SNAP and bring Congress back in session so that the Epstein files vote in the House could take p
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by docdeek 11mo ago
The author proposes three solutions: the GOP could change Senate rules to fund SNAP, the Republicans draw on the $5B fund that can sustain SNAP at least temporarily, or they can pass legislation in the House to fund SNAP. Of course, a handf
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by docdeek 11mo ago
Interesting, though before clicking I thought the headline might be referring to a very poorly paid presentation about Marvel movies.
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by docdeek 1y ago
This seems like a bad decision to me. Not only does it seem not to be in the spirit of the law (you can still report but not as easily now) but it's not clear why they shut it down at all. Cost? Inefficiency? Just wasn't getting u
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by docdeek 1y ago
Here in France the presidential candidates who make it to the second round are limited to spending €22.5 million over the course of the entire campaign (first and second rounds). About half gets reimbursed from public funds, so you 'on
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by docdeek 1y ago
The site is linked in the article but adding it here: https://fightchatcontrol.eu
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by docdeek 1y ago
€10K seems high to me. In France it would be lower than that, I think, save for maybe a handful of outliers. Google search suggests top earners in physics in academia in Germany is probably between €80K and €90K, or maxing out at €7.5K a mo
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by docdeek 1y ago
Man’s inhumanity is something terrible to behold in figures like this. - Holocaust (שּׁוֹאָה) 5.5M-6.2M Jews, 200k-2.2M Romani, 5k-100k LGBT, 10k-35k political Would the LGBT and political prisoner figures be sub-sets of Jews/Romanis?
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by docdeek 1y ago
If this is the case, do France and the UK even have a nuclear deterrent? They have just over 500 weapons total between them - is there any chance that they are able to “ensure that they aren’t immediately anihalated” by a Russian response?
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by docdeek 1y ago
Exactly. The size of the Russian arsenal is such that - even if 80% of it is broken and entirely useless - it still has about twice as many warheads than the two European nuclear powers, France and the UK, combined.
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by docdeek 1y ago
> But what I can tell you is that if I were someone on Wall Street looking at this situation, I’d be doing a solid double-take of Strava’s leadership right now. You’ve just poked a bear that virtually never loses patent disputes, and don
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by docdeek 1y ago
> Hegseth is telling top brass to prepare for war... Hegseth said, "To ensure peace, we must prepare for war. From this moment forward, the only mission of the newly restored Department of War is war fighting. Preparing for war and
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by docdeek 1y ago
As I understand it as a foreigner, some/many Democratic primaries are decided by registered Democrats voting for their preferred candidate. While the vote at the general election might see most voters already decided, the candidates th
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by docdeek 1y ago
HN guidelines state that if it is a story that will be found easily on a mainstream news site, it is probably not a good submission for HN. I flag political posts fairly regularly because there are plenty of other places to have those conve
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by docdeek 1y ago
The headline: Meta exposé author faces bankruptcy after ban on criticising company. The article: “Meta has served a gagging order on Sarah and is attempting to fine her $50,000 for every breach of that order. She is on the verge of bankrupt
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by docdeek 1y ago
Some examples of Obama criticizing the Bush administration here: https://www.gbtribune.com/opinion/columnists/five-years-late...
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by docdeek 1y ago
The topic of censorship is definitely relevant. However, HN submission guidelines suggest that if it’s something that you’re going to be reading about in the mainstream press or catching on the TV news, it’s probably not for this forum.
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by docdeek 1y ago
What would be an example of such criminal charges being brought by this administration? Is there a case that stands out as clear retaliation? Edited to add: I can think of the mortgage fraud cases being discussed/brought against some h

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