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by jkot 11y ago
Estonia is basically one big city, no country side. It is easy to score high in broadband speed etc, if no rural areas are decreasing average speed.
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by jkot 11y ago
It is a question if soviets would treat him better than nazis. All 'deserters' were automatically traitors and his wife went to jail because he was captured.
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by jkot 11y ago
Supergross salary rings a bell? 15000*27/12 = 33750CZK/month = 42.5% taxation Add VAT 21%, petrol tax 52%...
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by jkot 11y ago
Czech republic
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by jkot 11y ago
And? I would still consider it pretty reasonable tax for Europe. My relatives are paying 60% taxes from ~€15,000 salary.
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by jkot 11y ago
Some source on Irish taxes? Last time I checked income tax in Ireland was one of lowest in Europe. Bellow €40K (+-) was 20%, everything over 40%. Same income in Germany is taxed way higher.
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by jkot 11y ago
Perhaps it is just working environment? Since I quit cubicle my productivity skyrocketed and I actually enjoy it. Banging your head against a wall on unsolvable problem? Lets take kids for lunch, some swimming on beach. I will resume head b
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by jkot 11y ago
It is pretty impresive field. Some device can detect heart beat behind 10 feet of rocks.
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by jkot 11y ago
> some 2.8 million per year. Considering this, their annual 12,000 erroneous death declarations amounts to an error rate of less than 1%. I would say this is very very high ratio.
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by jkot 11y ago
Epicycles provided better predictions than heliocentric system until Newton.
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by jkot 11y ago
Perhaps better name would be 'gene transplant'. It is not creating new gene, but replacing one gene with another gene, which is known to work. Both genes are natural and occur in other people. And we know that particular sequence
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by jkot 11y ago
> The Columbian Chemicals hoax was not some simple prank by a bored sadist. It was a highly coordinated disinformation campaign, involving dozens of fake accounts that posted hundreds of tweets for hours, targeting a list of figures pr
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by jkot 11y ago
I know mqny couples in Ireland who are not married, they would loose 30% of income after wedding.
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by jkot 11y ago
Why? I have basic french and german and it was usefull many times.
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by jkot 11y ago
Well it is a few arc seconds, but it is bigger :-)
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by jkot 11y ago
Moon is bigger closer to horizon, thanks to refraction.
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by jkot 11y ago
Never? I am not even registered yet.
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by jkot 11y ago
On world-cup FIFA saved hundreds of millions in Brazil, just from tax exemption. Total revenue was 4.5 billions. http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/bodies/02/36/77...
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by jkot 11y ago
I think there was discussion about taxes in India some time ago. If you make decent money in India, you get taxed to oblivion. No wonder their elite is leaving.
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by jkot 11y ago
Interesting solution, will give it a try. Microsoft has two good keyboard without numpad: http://www.cnet.com/products/microsoft-sculpt-ergonomic-desk... http://www.trustedreviews.com/Microsoft-Arc-Keyb
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by jkot 11y ago
Falling into a black hole is booooring. I want technical details about ship which can deliver human near the event horizon.
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by jkot 11y ago
If phone can run full ubuntu stack, it will find couple of million users for sure.
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by jkot 11y ago
> As with diamonds, cocktail ice is judged by its clarity, density, size and cut, all of which add to the quality and aesthetics of the experience. As water freezes, air bubbles are trapped and eventually disperse inside Same bullshit
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by jkot 11y ago
> luxury condominiums .... are rapidly replacing ... rent-controlled apartments in the Mission District Anyone who comments on this subject should disclose if they hold rent-controlled apartment. It is a huge conflict of interest. I k
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by jkot 11y ago
> My goal is to ... lose none of my files Duplicates. Perhaps two or three online services, plus local disk array at home. Check data integrity every year... Every decade you will have to swap service or two, as companies evolve.
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by jkot 11y ago
If you would like to use it as a reference, and dont want any sort of troubles, make sure it does not reach mass adoption. Some exotic build instruction or complicated deployment will do.
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by jkot 11y ago
Nice, but: - If there is bump, does it not rub down over time? - balls might jump differently when pressure changes (vehicle weight changes). - How about vertical orientation when gravity is pushing balls in one direction?
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by jkot 11y ago
Toshiba and Pixel have 16 GB.
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by jkot 11y ago
Did not Iceland banned pornography?
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by jkot 11y ago
Outside of scale-out, scale-up there is also solution: scale-in. Optimize your memory usage, so your data occupies less space. I work on something like that.

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