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by itismetheidiot 4y ago
how odd to see a write up from skroutz.gr blog being at the first page of HN...
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by itismetheidiot 5y ago
from ec.europa.eu: "Accession negotiations started in 2005, but until Turkey agrees to apply the Additional Protocol of the Ankara Association Agreement to Cyprus, eight negotiation chapters will not be opened and no chapter will be pr
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by itismetheidiot 5y ago
For a European the above statement sounds so strange, alsmost fictional like. I thought that we have already established that a truly free market does not exist.
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by itismetheidiot 6y ago
Some feedback that will help better understanding of costs. 1. A medium size container vessel (10k TEUS) with abt 15kts speeds will cost the same as the canal transit cost now that the fuel is relatively cheap, compared to the Africa voyage
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by itismetheidiot 6y ago
Filipino Masters and Chief Engineers are being paid north of $8500/month. Evidently you are not well informed.
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by itismetheidiot 6y ago
if this ship is purely wind powered and basis on the published info this seems to be the case, i.e. there is no main engine of any type/fuel for propulsion - commercially it’s not viable. Shipping is highly optimized for arrival to a d
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by itismetheidiot 6y ago
FYR Amazon has the AWS Snow Family with the largest being a 45ft TEU, while Microsoft does Azure Data Boxes that are somewhat smaller.
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by itismetheidiot 6y ago
from a European point of view, the market belongs to the people, not Apple and thus they must play by the rules the State set, for and on the behalf of the people.
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by itismetheidiot 6y ago
this was delightful to read !
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by itismetheidiot 7y ago
Byzantines were in fact well known for their diplomacy.
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by itismetheidiot 7y ago
this was resolved mostly after the PRESTIGE incident and now shipping is no more or less as shady as all other major industries. The Flag Administrations have records of the beneficiary Owners and you can go to http://www.equasi
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by itismetheidiot 7y ago
the permit to build might allow you a building with three floors at given/approved surface. You dont have to build 3 floors now, you can build 2 or 1 and later you can build up to the allowed limit.
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by itismetheidiot 7y ago
all above 70 are exempted
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by itismetheidiot 7y ago
The parliamentary financial evaluation committee has already declared it as unconstitutional. For those that still manage to save some of their income – a luxury for very few nowadays – the plans to tackle this were already though out. For