flosim

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by flosim 8y ago
The fact that you commented against a proposal made by a parent made me believe that you were in agreement with it. Sorry!
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by flosim 8y ago
To be honest, it's not about what people value. It's about what we have in practice. There hasn't been a war between EU countries for a while now, and that's something that I appreciate, given our history. Sure, you coul
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by flosim 8y ago
This is the textbook definition, yes. At least in France's political jargon.
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by flosim 8y ago
For me, the whole aspect on which the EU is a no-brainer is peace, and leverage against powerful lunatics and maniacs, like Trump and Putin. Which is precisely why the latter is hell-bent on dismantling it. Not from the economical standpoin
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by flosim 8y ago
These conclusions are only yours. One could argue that although the ceiling could be pretty low, it's not something that is set in stone. Besides, it's not like your alternative is any more appealing anyway. I'm not so sure a
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by flosim 8y ago
The anecdote is funny, but what does it have to do with anything? One could argue that the statist systems in Scandinavia work quite okay... don't you agree?
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by flosim 8y ago
More competitive, OK. Who doesn't want their country to be more competitive anyway, whatever that means? Certainly no one in their right mind would argue to make it more diverse, more educated while we're at it? How about you shar
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by flosim 8y ago
Except we're not talking about a far country in a galaxy far, far away, but a close ally that actively benefits from the advantages of being a close ally, while pulling bad tax tricks that are detrimental to the countries that allow it
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by flosim 8y ago
I wouldn't qualify this as a knee-jerk reaction. I'm not saying it's not misguided in its current form. What I mean is that tax evasion in the EU is a well-known problem, and a fix is looooong overdue.
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by flosim 8y ago
1 - You seem to imply that for one to be a good "bureaucrat", one needs to have roots in the private sector. Can I just say that this is far from obvious for everybody? If anything, I'd be wary of those people as they pose a
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by flosim 8y ago
I was also taught in French schools that the Versailles "diktat" was a good reason why Hitler rose to power.
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by flosim 8y ago
I work in a small full-stack JS/TS shop, and we've inherited a RoR application lately. I see a lot of criticism against the Javascript ecosystem. Let me tell you why I prefer working in Javascript rather than with RoR. It all boil