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by drumhead 4y ago
Its likely that they're a front for money laundering. It used to be Souvenir shops until that scam was broken up by the police and HMRC. Before that it was the auctions scams and the closing down sales shops. These shops are probably b
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by drumhead 5y ago
He was hung for trying to get German aid for the Easter uprising in Ireland during WW1. Literally Treason.
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by drumhead 5y ago
A lot of CCP in this thread.
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by drumhead 5y ago
You can do that pretty much in Saudi Arabia as well.
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by drumhead 5y ago
They've worked spectacularly well at preventing death. It means health systems arent being overwhelmed even when the disease is infecting people at record levels. Chinese vaccines may not have been particularly effective so that why Ch
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by drumhead 5y ago
They dont seem to be able to organise a lockdown properly do they?
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by drumhead 5y ago
Zero Covid policy, their own vaccine isnt very good and many people especially in high risk categories havent been vaccinated and not much natural immunity in the population. But primarily the Zero Covid policy.
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by drumhead 5y ago
The OG ERP
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by drumhead 5y ago
Interested to know about what.
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by drumhead 5y ago
Are you saying they'll miss out on a multi billion dollar profit opportunity because "it's not a short drive". Many VC firms have European offices, there's Zoom or a plane flight. Cross border investment is not a ne
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by drumhead 5y ago
Why aren't they investing their "dumb money" in EU web start ups then?
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by drumhead 5y ago
What does a pivot to Asia mean? Culturally they have nothing in common with the nations there, economically it makes more sense for them to diversify towards somewhere more stable and friendly like Europe.
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by drumhead 5y ago
Thats partially the reason for Russia wanting to "get the band together again" with the reformation of the USSR, or a Greater Russia. You do get the feeling that the Stans are the next set of nations to experience a post USSR ansc
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by drumhead 5y ago
Which system would you trust? SWIFT or something controlled by China? I have a feeling the China based system would be used far more often politically than SWIFT ever would, especially against those that China deemed to be problematic to th
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by drumhead 5y ago
Any victory Putin has will be entirely phyrric. The west are determined to inflict severe economic damage on Russia. Which considering they represent about 50% of global GDP they are well capable of doing. Putin's reached the point of
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by drumhead 5y ago
The electorate decided that with the result of the referendum. Boris Johnson won the election with a landslide on the promise that he'd leave.
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by drumhead 5y ago
Its a word looking for products.
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by drumhead 5y ago
HN is what reddit used to be like when it first started. Links to interesting Tech, programming and science stories and high quality discussion compared to something like Digg. Thankfully HN hasnt dropped in quality on that front unlike red
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by drumhead 5y ago
VR won't take off until it much cheaper, the devices are less bulky and people have an actual reason to buy them. This strategy feels like a real loser.
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by drumhead 5y ago
What is it supposed to be? Deprecation bingo?
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by drumhead 5y ago
It was farcical. The almost universal reaction seemed to have been "ok, bye".
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by drumhead 5y ago
Money laundering, but after the arrest of the individuals for the laundering of $3.6bn in crypto, I'm not so sure anymore
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by drumhead 5y ago
A similar attitude persisted in investment banking. They paid you big money so they almost felt that they owned you. You had to on the job for them 24/7 and if you weren't there were many others who would gladly take your place.
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by drumhead 5y ago
If SoftBank want to maximize their return then they'd probably do best to list ARM in the US. There's no way they'd get the crazy valuations you seen on NASDAQ on the LSE. It's why so many UK tech companies IPO in New Yo
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by drumhead 5y ago
Its a cult, a bit like a cryptocurrency
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by drumhead 5y ago
DRM free was one of their original selling points. They were quite proud of that.
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by drumhead 5y ago
lol, yeah why not..
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by drumhead 5y ago
reddit search is awful and has been since the beginning. Im hoping they spend some of the money theyve raised on improving that as a priority.
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by drumhead 5y ago
Really? It would be nice if VR was gaining that much traction, but you dont get that general impression. I wonder how close we are to a major price reduction in the hardware that would help demand no end, but also VR versions of some big or
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by drumhead 5y ago
I dont have any particular axe to grind against foreigners, and there is no normalisation of hate against any particular group in the UK. They have some of the strictest anti discrimination laws in Europe. Im sure if you were say gay or bla

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