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by easilyBored 9y ago
Don't even mention the Balkans...in some countries they still angrily talk about 1054 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schism and 1204 (Sack of Constantinople https://en.wikipedia.org&#x2
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by easilyBored 9y ago
In Europe you have huge economical and cultural differences between certain states, bad blood for historical reasons between some nations and so on. The bad blood I can understand...they did this to us in WWI WWII and as soon as they g
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by easilyBored 9y ago
The protest vote. Doesn't necessarily mean that they agree with her on most things, they just hate the status quo.
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by easilyBored 9y ago
Had France "fallen," EU would have been toast. Together with Germany they are the main pillars of EU. As bad as EU is, eventually they will get along just fine...or a least just as United States of America do.
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by easilyBored 9y ago
Living in an apartment for your entire life is looked down upon, especially if you have a family. Not sure about others but personally the yard, larger home, parking etc are a huge quality of life boost. I can sacrifice for a while, but e
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by easilyBored 9y ago
It should have required then (IMHO).
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by easilyBored 9y ago
Direct democracy is dangerous. Major decisions, and joining /leaving EU is certainly one, should require e super-majority. Say 60% of the vote and 60% of the Parliament. 50%+1 just doesn't seem right. These are life-changing deci
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by easilyBored 9y ago
Facebook is great to find out what family and friends are doing since virtually everyone is using it. That's all. It will never make me miserable since I rarely post and don't care about "likes"
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by easilyBored 9y ago
On HN driving societal wedges? I really don;t understand your comments at all. Let's start fresh: 1. Vaccines apparently are not mandatory. You can vaccinate your child or not. 2. Someone that's telling parents not to vaccinate, s
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by easilyBored 9y ago
The key role of government is to represent community interest and not vaccinating your kids is very clearly endangering others. Why hasn't the government made it mandatory then (IMO it should be) ?
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by easilyBored 9y ago
OK, I could use another example or a hundred ones, but eating a lot of red meat can cost us money. At e minimum increases our insurance rates or we have to pick up the tab if they can't afford. My point still stands. If it was so iro
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by easilyBored 9y ago
People should eat read meat No, red meat is bad for you. Which one should we sue? Slippery slope. In the end no one was forced anyone not to vaccinate the kids. If vaccines are made mandatory then the state can fine/jail the parents an
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Venezuela Is Starving(wsj.com)
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by easilyBored 9y ago
https://www.google.com/search?q=slashed+subway+initiation+ga...
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by easilyBored 9y ago
I get the idea: you saw something and the state forces you to testify to what you saw to solve the crime. It's a noble idea to punish the perpetrator and make the country safer. In reality, most of the time it's best not to see or
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by easilyBored 9y ago
Wild guessing: maybe it contained much less then the xx grams of (pure) aspirin? The rest could have been filler as the tech wasn't as precise as today.
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by easilyBored 9y ago
The idea is that this might harm YOU, not a person in Libya or a poor person in Kentucky. If it materializes, I'm sure you'll set you priorities straight
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by easilyBored 9y ago
Here are a few: neighbor has terminal cancer. Giving him pot to ease his pain might be illegal but nothing else works or he has no money for expensive drugs. Now if you charge him $400 an ounce get ready for no sympathy. Or you smuggle a pe
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by easilyBored 9y ago
Google's so big it needs to be mentioned twice :) I meant Facebook. If they all stopped their UK services for a few days, they /us might win. FB + Google want to spy on us to sell ads, but I doubt they want the gov to do so. So we
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by easilyBored 9y ago
The Mafia are scum, they are lowlife despicable murderers. They're unreservedly wretchedly scum. I agree. You should post this to the person that praised them. The post I replied suggested that Italy is not safe because of Mafia. Ye
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by easilyBored 9y ago
Uh, huh. I am a very selfish person. By definition, it runs in the family
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by easilyBored 9y ago
Apple stops iPhone sales to UK due to encryption backdoor requirement. What would happen? Would the government back down? No doubt if Google, Microsoft and Google joined it would be easier. China wouldn't care but UK is different polit
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by easilyBored 9y ago
Wow, very gutsy. Donating has its risks, after all there's a reason we have two, when only one does the job. I know a person who donated one kidney to his son and was told to essentially change his lifestyle at least when it came to ph
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by easilyBored 9y ago
The mafia, even if it is as once was, does not target "civilians." You have a much greater chance of being slashed by a 14 yo gang-member in USA
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by easilyBored 9y ago
Time Machine: "Uber settles with DOJ. While admitting to no wrongdoing, Uber agrees to pay $1.2 million fine and $232 in investigation costs." Until people that OK'd, knew and /or executed a certain action go to jail, no
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by easilyBored 9y ago
I am now actively looking for a data analyst/software engineering job within San Francisco. If you are interested or if you know of companies who are looking for qualified people, please send me an email He's probably worth more
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by easilyBored 9y ago
2. Sure, corporations are people too, but, nonetheless, only people engage in civil disobedience. Related, for courts, a company that profits from violating of local laws is not a protester or freedom fighter battling injustice, it is crim
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by easilyBored 9y ago
I've been getting 90% of my calories from Joylent for about 5 months. 90% for 5 months? Any specific situation or just prefer it that way? Personally, I'd prefer to get out of the home /office, stretch, clear my head and e
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by easilyBored 9y ago
$1 billion. I wonder what % of their marketing PR a billion is. Because that's all this is. PR to buy a few good mentions and to enable Apple to say, "Yeah we're doing something..."
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by easilyBored 9y ago
Yeah but the laptop might be the nail in the coffin. This and that and your laptop has been tampered with to hide evidence? Guilty. Without the laptop he would have had one less thing against. Maybe I left the laptop unattended or whatever.

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