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by flexie 5y ago
Even if it's not intended by design to segregate based on color, but just an unfortunate effect, when that effect is known for years and nothing is done, then I think it's OK to call it segregation. Many of the parents I know who
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by flexie 5y ago
Almost, yes. It happened gradually over decades, and I would assume that all unmarried priests weren't replaced right away.
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by flexie 5y ago
But the comment I replied to was not.
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by flexie 5y ago
Protestant priests have married since the reformation (Luther married). So in the mostly protestant Northern and Western Europe, and in the mostly protestant US, there was no celibacy requirements for 4-500 centuries.
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by flexie 5y ago
One of my kids started school last year. He did well, learned to read etc., but we noticed that unlike his older sibling, he didn't seem to like letters, numbers and books much. We never seemed able to concentrate for more than a minut
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CIA officials under Trump discussed assassinating Julian Assange – report(theguardian.com)
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by flexie 5y ago
Perhaps jobs posted on HN are not representative of IT jobs in general, but the tendency is clear.
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by flexie 5y ago
No, they are actually burning less trees (although they are still burning trees and waste). Biomass is a shrinking part of the renewables. The increase in renewables is mainly solar and wind: https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy&
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by flexie 5y ago
Add to that millions of square feet that are not officially vacant but are not in use either, because people are working from home.
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by flexie 5y ago
It doesn't scream "Get Out", does it? When I read those sentences as a layman, they don't tell me the building may collapse.
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by flexie 5y ago
Geographic indications is far less intrusive and far less monopolistic than a trademark is. If I make a search engine the exact same way Google does, I cannot call my search engine Google. Neither in America, nor in Europe or in Asia, or ev
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by flexie 5y ago
36 percent of the US is covered by forest (1). 38 percent of the EU is covered by forest. That's EU with Britain. Without Britain, the percentage is higher (2). I realize I use different sources, and that maybe all forests are not equa
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by flexie 5y ago
I work as a lawyer. When I do brain work such as research, contracts or court meetings, I believe 3-4 hours a day is the max I do continuously. If I have more phone calls, client meetings etc., it's easier to do the 8 hours.
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by flexie 5y ago
Does it matter that a manager doesn't speak English well if he wins? Isn't that really what he was hired for?
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by flexie 5y ago
I think it's much more about the facts that 1) They speak English. Players, expert commentators (former players), managers etc. give interviews, tweet, comment etc. before, during and after the matches. It's a huge part of the pro
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by flexie 5y ago
Well, Arm is not a UK company much longer either: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/14/qualcomm-offers-to-invest-in...
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by flexie 5y ago
Did anyone really read the title thinking that the article was about alkaline batteries? I think not. The title is not misleading. It's incomplete, as titles are by nature. Titles are not supposed to include all caveats and modificatio
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by flexie 5y ago
There is plenty of space in Denmark for its existing population (and for millions more, for that sake). The issue is that there is not that much space in Copenhagen.
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by flexie 5y ago
This, and - Walk kids to school in the mornings, pick them up in afternoons - Buy groceries when it suits you in the middle of the day. - Do sports in the middle of the day - Start slow cooking during the day - Avoid being called into point
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by flexie 5y ago
The greatest obstacles to constructing high speed rails in Europe or the US is expropriating land, environment feasibility studies, somewhat convincing plans for sustainable financing through user payments or otherwise, and the fact that ra
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by flexie 5y ago
I am a guy, so maybe I don't know what I am talking about. But I have a strong suspicion that the consequences for young women that chose not to take birth control pills can be felt as well and that they often feel quite a pressure fro
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by flexie 5y ago
Yes, but when literally none of the founders of the largest IT-companies - the very richest of the "Nouveau riche" that we are talking about - are Protestant, whereas much of the old money is, the comment is quite off.
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by flexie 5y ago
No. "Silicon Valley money wants to remake people in their images, they have a Protestant zealotry associated with their money that makes any oligarch look straight up sympathetic in comparison" The comment literally suggests that
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by flexie 5y ago
Protestant zealotry? Seriously? When you bring religion into it, at least get the religion right: The Google founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, had Jewish backgrounds but consider themselves non-religious. Facebook founder Zuckerberg had
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by flexie 5y ago
Great post, but it doesn't really mention that subway systems and light rail systems could be built in some of those cities that are currently without decent transit. I've spent time in Houston, too much of it in a car, and it&#x2
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by flexie 6y ago
As I understand it, whereas Denmark paused every AZ vaccine, Austria suspended certain batches of the vaccine: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/16/astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-do...
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by flexie 6y ago
It's underreported, but the EU hesitance towards the AZ vaccine really started with the Danish government putting the vaccine on hold. Hours after, Austria followed and many other EU nations. Whereas it may make sense to err on the sid
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by flexie 6y ago
It's more or less the same in Denmark, with the difference that interest payments for decades have only partially deductible, and that most home purchases include a 5 or 10 percent down payment.
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by flexie 6y ago
I don't know if the Vikings were cool and if they were more brutal or ruthless than the Anglo Saxon. A newly christened society claims the enemy is ungodly, primitive and ruthless. Isn't it always like that? There was probably a g
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by flexie 6y ago
You would expect Sweden to do roughly as well as its Scandinavian neighbors, not to perform roughly an order of magnitude worse. I’d say ‘collapse’ describes it well.

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