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by hrasyid 9y ago
If you don't like "Register or log in to download this free report", it's available in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index#Democracy_Inde...
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This is a good philosophical question, but the answer the governments of major powers came up with is that to limit the atrocity there must be rules even in war. So people came up with mutually agreed conventions. It was agreed that violati
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by hrasyid 9y ago
Ah, that makes sense. Not sure if I misunderstood because I'm a lousy reader, or because the headlines are intentionally misleading.
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by hrasyid 9y ago
So fast? Noob question, is the Mars orbit actually that close? How fast is the car moving?
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This farmer gave 600 homes cheap electricity that the power company couldn't(channelnewsasia.com)
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by hrasyid 9y ago
Anyone here read the title and thought it was Canada? [actual question, I'm curious to know]
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by hrasyid 9y ago
> Downtown is predominantly paid parking, and not underpriced either Yes but the vast majority of American cars don't park in downtown.
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by hrasyid 9y ago
> it would feel like the government is double dipping. Remember, the side effect of this policy is that car ownership rate becomes really low. I doubt the purpose is to increase revenue. Maybe it's more about minimizing the negativ
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by hrasyid 9y ago
>> libertarian paradises Probably he/she meant to type authoritarian paradise ;)
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by hrasyid 9y ago
If 180% is excessive, then Singapore begs to disagree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki51vh6ihJs Anyway, I don't think it's a ban. There are literally cars in Singapore :) If you think a regular sedan is worth &
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by hrasyid 9y ago
I like trains and agree with a lot you say here, but trying to be a devil's advocate... American cities are a lot more sparse than those in Europe/Japan, right? e.g. if you're in Silicon Valley, won't you still need 1 ho
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Indonesian Fishers Are Building a DIY Fish Database to Protect Their Industry(motherboard.vice.com)
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by hrasyid 9y ago
> They lost tens of percents of traffic overnight This is not necessarily a bad thing for users
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by hrasyid 9y ago
Can you explain why these situations led them to be secure in business?
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[Q&A] Which way are downstream and upstream services?(softwareengineering.stackexchange.com)
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by hrasyid 9y ago
So, how do we know that it's the right one? Also, it's quite conceivable that a government considers surveilance "patriotic" or necessary to defend "freedom", but I don't feel the same about "Rapid DN
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by hrasyid 9y ago
Is the clerk.house.gov link the right one? It has "BILL TITLE: Rapid DNA Act of 2017" on its header, doesn't sound like a surveillance law
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by hrasyid 9y ago
>> unless you have reason to think these technical issues are widespread I don't know how widespread it is, but I don't think it's that rare either. From personal experience, once in a while my "let's relax an
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CBS All Access is a terrible streaming service, and I wish it ill(theverge.com)
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Twitter explains why it won’t block ‘world leaders’ – without naming Trump(washingtonpost.com)
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Why Can’t I Represent Incarcerated Arizonians If I Boycott Israel?(aclu.org)
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by hrasyid 9y ago
Don't credit card companies charge a fee, which you can avoid by accepting cash? Is that charge usually worth avoiding the hassle of handling cash?
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by hrasyid 9y ago
Ah. Can't you just press buttons to turn off generation on windmills or solar panels for example?
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by hrasyid 9y ago
Why did they go negative instead of zero or just very low? Why did the power company encourage people to needlessly waste electricity? Do excess generated electricity cause problems for the companies? If yes, won't shutting down some g
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by hrasyid 9y ago
maybe it's a silly question. When I opened it from desktop it tells me to go to my phone, and then I open it from my phone, and then it shows me this mobile web app (not a native app). What's the point of telling me to open from m
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by hrasyid 9y ago
> A .. startup is upending ... industry Of course it is.
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by hrasyid 9y ago
Just a random thought: what does citizenship have to do with it? Why is it not okay to discriminate based on race, religion, gender, but okay to discriminate based on citizenship, which for most cases is what you're stuck with at birth
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by hrasyid 9y ago
Not clear from the article how he would cash out those gains?
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by hrasyid 9y ago
This posting is flagged as "dupe". Which one is the canonical HN thread?
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by hrasyid 9y ago
I don't think the complaint is about how fancy the card is. It's about how easy it is to pay with cards. I'd say cards are much more ubiquitously accepted in the US than anywhere I've visited.

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