jankotek

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   by jankotek 7y ago

   This sounds more like sabbatical.
2. 212.▲
   by jankotek 7y ago

   My point was about "idolizing" Spock, as form of worship.
3. 213.▲
   by jankotek 7y ago

   This "spock" character is just another form of rationalism. It has a long history, for example french revolution.
4. 214.▲
   by jankotek 7y ago

   Dongles would cost more than Pi
5. 215.▲
   by jankotek 7y ago

   I am not sure about Philippines, but most African countries have better mobile banking than US.
6. 216.▲
   by jankotek 7y ago

   Those launches would only put a few thousand tons on orbit, that is nothing for mining operation.
7. 217.▲
   by jankotek 7y ago

   Image was made by comparing polarization of photons on each pixel. BH gravity bends space and that changes photon plane. It is all in authors papers.
8. 218.▲
   by jankotek 7y ago

   Is it going to improve repairability? Failing keyboard is just part of the problem. It is exposed part and sometimes fails. The main issue is that its not possible to replace keyboard in easy and non destructive way. One has to ripout rivet
9. 219.▲
   by jankotek 7y ago

   It is targeting everyone. As an European I would love to visit Iran. Amazing country, some friends there, direct flights... But I would lose ESTA and would need to apply for a visa before visiting US.
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    by jankotek 7y ago

    That is simply not true. All my generation could do was read (consume) books and create small useless projects that lead nowhere. There was no way to find likely minded people, cooperate and share. Kids today can create many things: mod gam
11. 221.▲
    by jankotek 7y ago

    https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/15235/did-swedi...
12. 222.▲
    by jankotek 7y ago

    I recall income tax over 110%. It was author in scandinavian country. 70% is pretty normal if you count all compulsory insurances.
13. 223.▲
    by jankotek 7y ago

    I recall case in Russia back in 2005, it was used to gain access to regular bank account.
14. 224.▲
    by jankotek 7y ago

    Taxing people has the same problem; trust founds, tax heavens... Sales / VAT tax is not progressive and is unfair to poor people.
15. 225.▲
    by jankotek 7y ago

    Maybe they are solving multiple problems at the same time :-)
16. 226.▲
    by jankotek 7y ago

    Czechia is one of a few countries with local competitors to Google and other tech giants. Why should we care about Google? Seznam actually pays taxes here.
17. 227.▲
    by jankotek 7y ago

    Barnevernet
18. 228.▲
    by jankotek 7y ago

    It is not tax heaven, but taxation in czechia is significantly lower.
19. 229.▲
    by jankotek 7y ago

    > Driver was obviously over confident on system's ability to self-drive That thing is called "auto-pilot". If its purpose is not to self drive a car, maybe it should be renamed.
20. 230.▲
    by jankotek 7y ago

    I do not know about Sweden, but from Norway they do. My friend moved to Prague. He said it is difficult to raise children in Norway if you are a christian. He could not afford to buy a car. There is long waiting list for a house. And Norwa
21. 231.▲
    by jankotek 8y ago

    every phone runs javascript in browser
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    by jankotek 8y ago

    If I recall correctly, Louis Rossmann claimed official Apple repair center baked some motherboards as well. I don't have a link to exact video, but it is probably covered here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AUaJ8pDlxi8
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    by jankotek 8y ago

    Under excellent conditions visual experience is very similar to pictures. Emission nebula only emits light at very narrow band, and filter will suppress stars and makes nebula more contrast.
24. 234.▲
    by jankotek 8y ago

    > ability to learn, not to create a mess and not to waste time on stupid things People do stupid things and create a mess, while they learn.
25. 235.▲
    by jankotek 8y ago

    Sun glasses, haircuts, hats.. 33% failure rate in real life is very plausible. And even 2% rate would get old very fast. That is once a week...
26. 236.▲
    by jankotek 8y ago

    Not everyone hates humans ;-)
27. 237.▲
    by jankotek 8y ago

    Or use tunnel with rockets... :)
28. 238.▲
    by jankotek 8y ago

    and what else should we use? Other IMs want phone registration, have questionable privacy, constantly change....
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    by jankotek 8y ago

    I really hate direction american politics (and hacker news to some extend) is going lately. There is a problem with car pollution. That is pretty common and has well known solutions. But this article has zero numbers, zero solutions. It hij
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    by jankotek 8y ago

    > nnn is probably the fastest and most resource-sensitive file manager you have ever used. Volkov Commander is written in assembler, binary has 32KB with zero deps, memory requirements far bellow 1MB. It has better UI and more features.