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by gonvaled 10y ago
The Balkans were not in the EU. The EU gives economic incentives to its members not to go to war. It does not magically prevent wars all around the world.
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Adjusted per GDP? You are the sixth (seventh?) economy of the world, you are expected to pay more. Did you expect Austria to contribute more than the UK? The EU has some associated costs, which need to be paid, and there is budget for inv
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by gonvaled 10y ago
> Have we really ever left the "Era of the Bully"? We had left it. In the EU. > Do you think China or Russia care about "hurting" others through their actions? You will be competing with them We are competing with
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by gonvaled 10y ago
> taking on countries like Turkey like it was originally on course to do Pushed by the UK and the US
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Please stop the victim playing. The EU is not going to "slaughter the UK". The EU is simply going to uphold the value of EU membership. EU membership is something different that non EU membership. UK is opting for non EU membershi
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by gonvaled 10y ago
So you are basically saying: if the tax heaven succeeds, it is the fault of the country allowing the "tax-heaving", not the country offering the tax heaven. Do you also think that it is the fault of the drug user and not the fault
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by gonvaled 10y ago
> Massachusetts can't just decide to become a Scandanavian-style welfare state if it can't control the flow of people and commerce across its borders In the EU we have some countries with Scandinavian-style welfare states, and
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Honestly, I think the war argument is a bit outdated, and not relevant currently. I like the EU for what it offers me : a market where I can buy and sell things knowing that some minimum rules are being respected, an area which allows me,
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by gonvaled 10y ago
why do you need to do customs declarations in Finland? Where are you based? Where are you buying from? Buying from any other EU country should free you from customs declarations.
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by gonvaled 10y ago
The UK is simply trying to divide the EU, by cosying up to some members. Of course the UK has control of borders: they are not even in Shengen! Besides, only EU citizens are allowed to move around the EU. It is unfortunate that the EU has a
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Agree that the ideal situation is to have several WTO-like entities enforcing policies in different areas, but integrated into a global organization (call it the UN). The EU is a good way to reach that final, ideal state.
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by gonvaled 10y ago
In the EU we have extremely different countries. What is exactly your point?
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Agree. We have entered the "Era of the Bully": don't ask permission, not even forgiveness. Whatever you can do, just do it. Don't care who you hurt. The only principle guiding you should be "to maximize your own ben
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by gonvaled 10y ago
It is unfortunate that the spotlight is in the UK, and that the EU is not able to bring across the benefits and compromises that membership has and implies. I fear that this failure of communicating clearly to EU citizens (and the rest) wha
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by gonvaled 10y ago
It was not tongue in cheek. I do not know what cmd is. I assume it is a modifier key in an Apple keyboard, since it is not in a Windows keyboard, which I have (although I am on linux). Sure, I guess he means search, but he could just say th
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by gonvaled 10y ago
I get angry at code style comments: naming things, line length, uppercase / lowercase, specially when running a linter through our already existing codebase produces tons of errors. If it works, it has tests, and it is understandable
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by gonvaled 10y ago
You mean search? Not everybody uses a Mac ...
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by gonvaled 10y ago
You stated that the explanation we have is deterministic, I didn't. The explanation given by science is still falsifiable, though, which is what characterizes it. Other explanations ("beliefs") are completely arbitrary. That
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Science (I will use "science" as shortcut for "deterministic materialist worldview") is not "proven": it offers (falsifiable) explanations to observable phenomena, and it does not concern itself with as-of-yet
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by gonvaled 10y ago
As opposed to Peter Thiel ...
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by gonvaled 10y ago
> Of course Apple can - that is why the FBI asked them to do just that. If they can, it's broken. Do not buy those devices.
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Indeed, I have also noticed those issues with Android phones. That is something that must be improved on.
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Choice which is not offered to you by Apple. They are neither explaining what it means to give them the unlocked phone nor telling you that you have the option to wipe out the phone before handing it to them. You are supposed to know that b
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by gonvaled 10y ago
The locksmith analogy breaks down fast: the locksmith can enter into your house if he really tries, but Apple can not enter into your phone without your help (if it can, it's utterly broken)
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by gonvaled 10y ago
The Apple Genius should tell the customer: You have two options: either you give me you unlocked iPhone and I, and any of my colleagues, could steal any information from your device, or you backup and wipe the phone before giving it to us.
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Google Duo is working very well for me, and it is really easy to use, which is a must when talking with older family members. Let's see how WhatsApp compares.
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Excellent. That was by far your best candidate. I still have a grudge with this, though: > of seeing decent paying jobs go to China and other low-wage countries I think that wages need to converge worldwide, and I have the impression tha
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by gonvaled 10y ago
> there's few benefits to globalization There are benefits in globalization. There are big problems with inequality. Do not conflate one with the other: globalization is unstoppable, because technology is unstoppable. The whole worl
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by gonvaled 10y ago
I do not have any country. Nothing belongs to me. The country where I live has been built by lots of people, not least immigrants.
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by gonvaled 10y ago
Basically, because the masses buy the "American Dream": anybody can make it big. And since we buy this, we oppose legislation which is going to put limits to our about-to-come rich-me.

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