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by docdeek 2y ago
> To build a railway between Euston and Curzon Street in Birmingham, I need 8,276 consents from other public bodies, planning, transport, the Environment Agency or Natural England. They don’t care whether parliament did or didn’t approve
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by docdeek 2y ago
On the figures in the article: 62,000 seizures, half under $8800, total of $2.5 billion. Doing some rough calculations, assume 31,000 seizures of $8000 and that’s a total of $248 million. That leaves the other half of the seizures to make u
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Man Convicted of Sabotaging His Employer's Computer Systems and Deleting Data(justice.gov)
2 points by docdeek 2y ago|1 comments
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Channel Tunnel is rail only; 'road and rail' probably used here to mean both means of transport.
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The second example is surprising and doesn't seem to fit with the first story. > As a result, her family is spending thousands of dollars less per month than they did before, Harley said. Fortunately, despite these big changes to th
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by docdeek 2y ago
The article refers to results in animals which means it is probably years - maybe a decade - from being approved. Novo’s patent protection expires in 2033 [0] so it could be that the market is not yet worried about a potential competitor th
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by docdeek 2y ago
There’s a bit of a difference between a foreigner and a dual citizen (or a person with multiple citizenships).
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> It's quite strange why Americans tolerate that an unelected, and even unappointed foreigner would destroy their country piece by piece. The guy is certainly unelected but he's a citizen of the US who happened to be born overs
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When Did They Die?(whentheydied.com)
2 points by docdeek 2y ago|0 comments
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What other choice did Apple have? To ignore the law of a country where you operate just because you don't agree with the law is a terrible standard to set.
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Seems likely to be a poorly chosen word in the sentence - directive or regulation might have been better.
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I had to register (being a European citizen but not a national citizen) but, yes, it's all straightforward.
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I'm not sure if it is mandated but it is certainly relatively easily obtained. You will need a birth certificate and it will often differ in name for married women. The relative ease with which it can be obtained is important for votin
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by docdeek 2y ago
The western European country where I live demands ID for voting. It is entirely non-controversial.
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It’s nothing special. If I visit Google Maps (France) then the channel of water between France and the UK is labelled ‘Manche’. If I visit Google Maps (US) the same body of water is labeled ‘English Channel’. The real notable event is the o
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by docdeek 2y ago
Interesting list but note the footnote about the pages excluded from the list when they were mainly accessed by mobile devices: >> Pages with over 94% or under 10% (including everything with "XXX" or "XXXX") of mob
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by docdeek 2y ago
The American Journal of Public Health reported in 2019 that there were more than 500,000 medical bankruptices every year, and more than 250,000 medical expense related GoFundMe’s. In a country of nearly 400 million people this experience is
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by docdeek 2y ago
>> Whatever the reasons, 42% of adults living in America had no say in the 2024 election. The vote failed to represent everyone. The 2024 election had a turnout of about 59% of the voting age population. Since 1972, only one president
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by docdeek 2y ago
Not sure, but I understood this phrase to mean that maternity wards are in hospitals that almost always come with elevators. The same with end of life care, people will likely be in a building with an elevator rather than outside.
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What drama should I create in 2025? – u/photomatt(reddit.com)
2 points by docdeek 2y ago|0 comments
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by docdeek 2y ago
Hacker News Guidelines: Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon... If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.
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Teixeira Is Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison(nytimes.com)
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by docdeek 2y ago
> Ronald Graham, a fellow mathematician-juggler... I first read about Graham as a friend and collaborator of Paul Erdos in 'The Man Who Loved Only Numbers'. As well as his mathematical achievements, Graham was also at one time
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by docdeek 2y ago
Pretty sure that is an extract from (one of) public lawsuits brought by former aides to MM’s mother that were employed by MM.
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by docdeek 2y ago
Never heard of this company before. LinkedIn shows five employees, most of whom joined in 2024 and a company founded ding in 2023. Seems pretty unlikely that this group has identified a blowout that all the bigger and far more experienced p
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Freshman Enrollment Appears to Decline Since 2020(nytimes.com)
3 points by docdeek 2y ago|0 comments
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by docdeek 2y ago
> After this post, I will refrain from personally commenting on the WP Engine case until a judge rules on the injunction. Congratulations to the lawyer who finally made him realize that shooting his mouth off was a winning strategy.
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I imagine a reason that WPEngine has been relatively quiet is that they have competent legal counsel who have advised them to remain silent. While WPE has let their lawyers handle things, Matt has refused to shut up and, consequently, has f
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by docdeek 2y ago
I think the key is that these are trademarked for a particular domain. If I tried to sell software as Alphabet I'd be shut down, but my kid's teacher doesn't need a license to teach the alphabet.
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N= 1 but I’ve attended funerals in Australia and Europe and never once encountered the open casket/embalmed body that seems so common on US TV and in movies.

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