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by jcfrei 3y ago
The problem the EU faces - or the respective national European intelligence agencies for that matter - is that they lack access to a comprehensive, global data funnel. The US, Russia and China all have their respective systems: The US has a
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Someone correct me on this but those companies only see the vendor and the amount - not specific items afaik. What I'd be more worried about are the rewards programs at the big retailers - that's the way to really analyze a person
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I wonder if the same also happens with Propylene glycol (PG)? Seems to be widely used in cosmetics as well but has a different molecular structure.
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In my opinion we just haven't reached the tipping point yet. Very few cared about "smart" phones with touch screens until Apple came out with the iPhone. Other manufacturers like Nokia or HTC had devices with similar capabili
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Very encouraging progress. Will be interesting to see whether the anti-covid vaccine crowd will keep the same resentments against cancer vaccines.
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If Google still knows my IP then this is a very minor improvement in terms of privacy. This is more likely a monopolistic move trying to harm the data collection efforts of other ad companies.
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No the EU was not wrong to mandate a standard. It was a broad comparison between the European approach (bureaucratic, lots of talk and regulation) versus the American one (just getting things done). For the record, I'm European myself.
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by jcfrei 3y ago
This is such a stereotypical tale: Europe mandated a universal plug for electric vehicles 10 years ago - without having any noteworthy EV manufacturers - in fact most of the big European car companies completely missed the shift to EVs. At
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Scientists Offer a New Explanation for Long Covid(nytimes.com)
2 points by jcfrei 3y ago|0 comments
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Re 1: Charging mostly happens overnight where there isn't a lot of demand. Smart meters can distribute the demand to spread it out optimally. BEVs are actually very valuable for the electrical grid when they can feed their power back i
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Sitting all day increases dementia risk – even if you exercise(washingtonpost.com)
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I get the following snippet: Yes, an egg can be melted," reads the Google Search result shared by Glaiel and confirmed by others. "The most common way to melt an egg is to heat it using a stove or microwave. Which is still wrong
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by jcfrei 3y ago
Violent revolutions are very rare and nowadays only happen if a significant part of the military takes part. Historically there was a short window of time when revolutions were likely to succeed; after the invention of the printing press an
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by jcfrei 3y ago
What makes you think this should rebalance on its own? Historically - with the exception of the last ca. 80 years - these imbalances have been the norm. The idea that a person can climb the social ladder through labor is a very new one and
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Yeah but still makes sense for both because the UK is probably the best place for research in Europe: Oxford, Cambridge and a viable, international startup scene.
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If the US treasuries market is no longer liquid enough for a (comparably) small player like PayPal then you got much bigger problems.
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by jcfrei 3y ago
Never played Star Citizen myself but follow the development closely. From my understanding it's the only one (of the ones you mentioned) that simulates actual planets, orbits and has seamless transitions from space down to the pavement
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We Know Where New Weight Loss Drugs Came From, but Not Why They Work(nytimes.com)
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by jcfrei 3y ago
So which espresso making device does HN prefer? I've bought myself a Kamira but looking to try out others as well.
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The problem is that people don't just ignore the mainstream news media. A lot of them also turn to fringe channels that peddle an alternative view of the world that's more affirmative of their own worldview - without being more tr
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by jcfrei 3y ago
Exactly, taxing assets instead of income is a no-brainer. All income that is not used for consumption becomes an asset itself and if people cant consume all their income then that should be taxed. The reason it isnt done is that any country
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by jcfrei 3y ago
2022: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30734137 2018: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17413911 2015: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9093545 2014: https://news.ycom
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by jcfrei 3y ago
Just because whatsapp says it's end-to-end encrypted doesn't mean that they don't have access to your (locally generated) keys.
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by jcfrei 3y ago
PPP is not a good measure for comparing the strength of different economies. The more appropriate comparison is looking at the growth in GDP with conversion to USD using the conversion rate at that time. Additionally starting in 2000 (ca. t
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by jcfrei 3y ago
The US is attracting so many companies currently because they are giving out the largest government subsidies. It's nice that you're advocating for more free markets but governments are moving in another direction. And either a
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It's not like having fewer regulations in tech would be an instant panacea. The bigger reasons for US dominance are the larger capital and consumer market - both still fragmented in the EU. Add on top of that a more flexible labour mar
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Harvard has according to their own estimates about $5.4B expenses per year. Their endowment would last about 10 years. Their goal to become completely financially independent (assuming an average annual return of 5% on their assets) would r
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As much as I wish that to be true I doubt it. A large portion of users will simply scroll through reddit and look at the latest cat videos or social media stunts. You can scrape this content without any contributors at all. All the separate
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by jcfrei 3y ago
Why should the house of representatives reflect interests of different districts? It's supposed to represent interests of the states. For matters that are only relevant to one district they should most likely be dealt with at the state
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I think you and OP are talking past each other. A purely proportional voting system is not a good idea for the reasons you mentioned. That's why a lot of countries including the US have a bicameral system: One where regions/states

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