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by gonvaled 10y ago
Could you ellaborate? That's in the movie, what is in the book?
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by gonvaled 10y ago
My point is that there are vastly more environments different than Earth, than similar ones. And that while having proof that water based life forms are possible, we do not yet know how common they are. Maybe water is, considered in astrono
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by gonvaled 10y ago
“able to support life“ ... as we know it. The universe being so vast and so diverse, most life forms will probably escape our comprehension: completely different chemistry, environments (pressures, temperatures), time scales, state of matte
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Unless they are negative?
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Which is not the same as saying the Virgin Mary was virgin - your statement is much stronger!
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Inequality. The problem is, nearly never, access to resources: modern society (including in poor countries) puts necessary resources (food, clothing, shelter and even transportation) available to all at a very small price. Our material need
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by gonvaled 10y ago
It seems they are reconsidering, so no, not voluntary. They voluntarily started worked, now things have changed and they do not think that was a good decision.
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by gonvaled 10y ago
The UK is a EU member, will full rights and full obligations. Now, and at least for the next two years. Brexit has not yet happened, by a long stretch of imagination. A letter has been delivered, nothing more and nothing less. Supply chains
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by gonvaled 10y ago
I guess he means Europe the collection of states which is in the geographical continent. Which the UK is also obviously not leaving. And which is totally uninteresting since a "collection of countries" do not have a common interes
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Theresa May wants deep and special partnership with the EU, without contributing at all to its existence. If every country in the EU does the same, guess what, there is no EU. And without EU, without compromises, without rules, without stan
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by gonvaled 10y ago
They did. People who thought the Earth was flat also had an Earth to check, but it was not enough.
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Aging is an illness, a degenerative process for which evolution has optimized against by reproducing before it takes its toll (death). It is entropy maximizing, dissolving the body. Those processes can be reverted by correctly directing out
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by gonvaled 10y ago
I understand that there are lots of pro-EU people in the UK, and I also accept respectful and factual critique of the EU, also from leavers, as long as it is balanced and reported truthfully. The EU is definitely not perfect. And I think, i
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by gonvaled 10y ago
I understand that my use of the term leach is confrontational, but I am not ready to back down from it for several reasons: * I am disappointed at the role that the UK has played in the EU, how you have dragged your feet, how you have pushe
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Those very complex issues are decided in the context of NATO membership, not on the context of EU membership.
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Of course, I understand nobody from the UK wants anything from the EU, that's why you voted out. Just in case at some point you do want something, remember that there are associated costs, that laws, rights and enforcement do not fall
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Net contributions are misleading. The members pay a fee according to their population and GDP. According to that, the UK is paying little. What happens with those paid fees is complex, but agreed between the members. Roughly described: * th
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by gonvaled 10y ago
That fee is not money you put in for nothing, you put in for the services you get. The question is if the UK has paid its fair share, adjusted for population and GDP, for the services it got.
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Sorry, my bad, I meant: "When I am renting, and I leave the appartment, I do not claim the rent back"
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by gonvaled 10y ago
A bit more context would be helpful for such a complex issue. That's for 2015. Total? What about per-capita? What about per-GDP? Are you expecting Malta to contribute more than the UK?
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by gonvaled 10y ago
> in fact the UK has been a net contributor to the EU for a long period of time Your membership fee was lower (per-capita, per-GDP) than other countries. That membership fee has bought you services, the same services that other countries
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Reporting, investigating, coming up with a solution, creating the appropriate law, and enforcing it is a lengthy and costly process. I hope non-contributors to the EU project are not going to leach on the effort and money the EU members are
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by gonvaled 10y ago
> but I don't find anything inherently wrong with a country, any country, limiting or otherwise taxing foreign real estate ownership The only thing inherently wrong with that is that the US has been advocating, and profiting, from t
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by gonvaled 10y ago
What if the foreigner is living and working in the US? Is he allowed to play with the same rules as american citizens? Only on the property market, or also for renting? Other markets affected? Should we also be doing the same in our countri
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by gonvaled 10y ago
First, you are factually wrong: most countries are signatires of international refugee programs. Second, in your wicked world, who helps the refugees? Who helps you when you become a refugee? Bear in mind that most refugees are displaced be
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Sure, sure, that's the great thinking of the day: billionaires can do anything they want, enter your country, become citizens, even pay reduced taxes, while rich countries (read US and UK for the time being) are closing the borders to
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Thanks for replying, and for clarifying. HN is, as you are also admitting in a subtle way, anglo-centric. It does not really matter if that's a policy or an emergent property. The consequence is that you attribute more importance to is
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by gonvaled 10y ago
> Come, see, go, leave no traces. Thank you! Utterly disgusting, to another European with a completely opposite view. People are more important than goods, services and capital. People should be able to travel and settle down wherever th
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by gonvaled 10y ago
I flagged it for two reasons: 1) Internal american politics: other political issues are promptly flagged, while UK and USA political issues fare better. I do not accept that. 2) Lots of citizens (and others) in the USA are up in arms about
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Internal american politics, not of interest. Flagged. When we were discussing the terrorist attacks in France, they were being consistently flagged. I complained about [1] the anglo-centrism of HN and dang replied this: > I'd cautio

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