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by hbrav 5y ago
I find your story very interesting, because it's a pattern I've heard several times before: someone who does not want to get vaccinated because of the risk of side effects, but is willing to expose themselves, to a greater degree
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by hbrav 5y ago
I'm confused about the argument regarding the sprinkler system. I can understand water sprinkler being a dangerous combination with a battery fire. But for a gasoline powered car, isn't a fire likely to be a flammable liquid fire,
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by hbrav 5y ago
The part about banning non-compete agreements is promising, but I would suggest that anyone in Ontario check very carefully before assuming this applies to them. Ontario has previously exempted large classes of people from certain employmen
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by hbrav 5y ago
Thanks for adding the original research. I'm also not an epidemiologist, but I can think of at least one disease where the advice "catch it when you're young and you'll have stronger immunity" has a serious downside
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by hbrav 5y ago
Serious question: if you're not an epidemiologist, why do you tell people this? Do you have some research you can link to that actually supports your assertion?
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by hbrav 5y ago
The UK's carriers are "ski-jump" type, with no catapult. But for either type, the engine will typically be "run up" to full power before the aircraft starts moving.
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by hbrav 5y ago
If they become aware of espionage, are they not still obliged to report it under article 33 of the GDPR? https://gdpr-info.eu/art-33-gdpr/
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by hbrav 5y ago
This begs the question: what happened to Russia?
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by hbrav 5y ago
World leaders have some level of police protection. Which also has a second order effect - if you're serious about an attack, you need to do some planning. And that planning often comes to the attention of the police.
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by hbrav 5y ago
This is why I suspect such an attempt would require going via the courts. You would say to the bank "I have unilaterally renounced my citizenship", the bank would not accept it, and you would be asking the court to order the bank
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by hbrav 5y ago
Germany is such a country. However, as part of granting you citizenship they do a search for other countries that you have citizenship of. I believe they will not grant you German citizenship until you have relinquished your other citizensh
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by hbrav 5y ago
> since the law of the country says different. But this is exactly the point. US law specifies what you must do to give up US citizenship. And the US would continue to regard you as a citizen - you definitely put yourself in a position o
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by hbrav 5y ago
I expect there is such a treaty, but presumably it specifies that the Netherlands will have certain obligations regarding US citizens that reside in the Netherlands. I doubt it will be specific on who actually is a US citizen. Further, yo
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by hbrav 5y ago
I have a question about this, that I've never been able to find a good answer to: what happens if you unilaterally renounce US citizenship? Consider the situation: you're a dual US / Dutch citizen. You want to avoid paying US
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by hbrav 5y ago
In this context it's usually called "survivorship bias".
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by hbrav 5y ago
Yeh. It would be more accurate to say something like this: A retail trader will usually be trading with some sort of market maker. That market maker will also trade with informed traders, and sets their bid-offer spread accordingly to offse
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by hbrav 5y ago
The 13th amendment does in fact outlaw "slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime". I agree with your sentiment that the current prison system is a major problem.
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by hbrav 5y ago
If I understand correctly, the answer is "they probably did need to, but didn't bother". You'll sometimes see articles say "these states have legalized marijuana, but it remains illegal at the federal level". I
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by hbrav 5y ago
It's not an easy task, but you can certainly try. For example: https://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/publication/the-econ...
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by hbrav 5y ago
Oh I 100% agree with you. But imagine you're the government of a country that is struggling to provide heating over the winter. It would be very tempting to think "Hmm, we could recommission that coal power plant..."
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by hbrav 5y ago
> I'm happy it finally makes economical sense to reduce CO2 output. I'd be happy with this too. What concerns me is that some people will look at this and say "It makes economical sense to burn more coal".
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by hbrav 5y ago
Does polynomial growth actually have applications in finance? I would be surprised to see one, but I like to be surprised :-)
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by hbrav 5y ago
Well, interest rates have a bit of complication. There's at least 4 things they're a function of: * Time you're looking to borrow / lend at. * Duration of the loan. * Period that the rate is in. * Compounding frequency.
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by hbrav 5y ago
Canada has a median income that is only 6% lower than the US. Describing it as "quite a lot poorer" is plainly nonsense. GDPPC is a mean, and can be skewed by a smaller percentage of the population earning an very high salary. (Th
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by hbrav 5y ago
I really want to say that I hate this, but I'm sure it was invented for a reason. And as someone who used to write half a dozen indices on tensors in general relativity problems, I should probably not be so quick to judge.
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by hbrav 5y ago
Having lived in the UK and in Canada, I am very comfortable saying that: "they're not poor countries". We can discuss where the threshold is, but if you seriously want to class the UK or Canada as "poor" countries,
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by hbrav 5y ago
Most of the EU has some form of universal health care. So does the UK, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Singapore. Those aren't poor countries.
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by hbrav 5y ago
In population or area? And what is the significance of size?
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by hbrav 5y ago
Backtesting would require historical data - it looks like this project may only have access to live data?
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by hbrav 5y ago
If it was >250g, you need a license: https://tc.canada.ca/en/aviation/drone-safety/learn-rules-yo...

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