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by jkot 10y ago
Every GPS receiver has to calculate time dilation of satellites.
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by jkot 10y ago
I think Vatican archives might have some older classified documents.
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by jkot 10y ago
> Kazakhstan announced that a "state root certificate" would have to be installed on all computers wanting to use SSL/TLS/HTTPS out of the country Devils advocate: Practically every country (national telecom) has it
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by jkot 10y ago
Running popular open-source project might also make it harder to quit and find good job. Employers assume you will run that project forever, and you might not have a time for full time job.
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by jkot 10y ago
It takes easily a few million years to travel from Earth to Mars.
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by jkot 10y ago
But that is mostly not true, you simply must invest money to replace and upgrade old system. Image similar excuses if airline was running WW2 era planes.
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by jkot 10y ago
> the odds ... are that the first recorded human's name was a male name. I think you have no evidence for that claim. Lot of ancient societies had equality (Egypt) or were even female dominated (ancient Crete).
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by jkot 10y ago
> most ancient societies were blatantly misogynistic Ancient Egypt was more liberal than US in 1950. And do you have any concrete evidence that 'Kushim' is not a female name? I think it is sexist to assume it could not be a w
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by jkot 10y ago
Who is talking about xenophobia? She basically hijacked legitimate issue (people held for several hours at airport) to propagate a book and herself. And when I present valid arguments, you just start personal attack. No I do not watch Fox&#
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by jkot 10y ago
Great, now passengers will get their luggage, unpack it, and stuff valuables into their pockets.
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by jkot 10y ago
Some airlines even ban high heels at exit row. And person sitting next to emergency door must be a male, to manage to open it.
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by jkot 10y ago
Food waste is a huge problem in Africa (no joke). Seasonal food such as banana is not harvested fast enough: > [There’s] $4 billion (USD) equivalent of food losses in a year in the continent and if you can conceptualize what four billio
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by jkot 10y ago
It is mandatory in EU.
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by jkot 10y ago
> The main reasons passengers gave for grabbing their bags was money, wallets, or credit cards, followed by work materials, keys. and medication. Maybe the reasonable thing is to require small separate handbag with all the valuables. A
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by jkot 10y ago
Maybe you should put all persons with wrong world view into some sort of camp, so they would not threaten your freedoms.
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by jkot 10y ago
I am from Prague, worked in Ireland for many years. I was detained on UK airports for about 20 hours in total.
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by jkot 10y ago
I think we live in different realities. Did you ever traveled through UK? In there you can raise terrorism concern by sneezing or by heaving some tea in your bag.
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by jkot 10y ago
It is not just about terrorism. It is a normal procedure to question people who travel from that region. Most people traveling from Syria ask for asylum or have no valid travel documents, do not speak English and need some form of help. She
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by jkot 10y ago
She was traveling Turkey > UK, that is usual path someone from Syria would take. That on its own is enough to raise questions. For some examples read related content under article. She was 'held' (original title was 'detai
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by jkot 10y ago
> on her return from her honeymoon in Turkey Many people left UK to join ISIS or to be kidnapped... Syria is a warzone, and if you are travelling in/from that direction it will raise a questions. > Police officers questioned S
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by jkot 10y ago
Around that time Athens conquered many rival states. Aegina was similar to Athens in wealth and number of ships, when it was conquered. Its temple is greater (arguably) than Parthenon. It was also common to take hostages (relatives from roy
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by jkot 10y ago
> that might also be the moment in your life when you become a parent > That is when things get tricky. Neither can you jump ship for the next cool and risky startup where you’ll do great things, nor can you find enough time moonli
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by jkot 10y ago
I think that is very bad comparison. I have an Android tablet with proper Debian desktop installed. With keyboard, mouse, USB hub... It even runs Java...
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by jkot 10y ago
> wonderful local Pilsner in Berlin Pilsner is name of city in Czechia where this beer is made, everything else is just knock-off ;-)
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Refracting telescopes in modern astronomy [pdf](astro.caltech.edu)
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by jkot 10y ago
I am saying that Africa can create its own politics. At end it will be about paying billions to pharma companies, or fraction of that to someone in Thailand or China. And every part of Africa uses inventions such as car or gun.
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by jkot 10y ago
But it does not matter what western public thinks. Africa has its own public and governments.
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by jkot 10y ago
> But at the time, there wasn’t an obvious way for Twitter’s founders and management team to benefit from a protocol-based business model. > innovative new protocols emerge that are based on this new business model. I think it is
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by jkot 10y ago
I get it is 'funny meme', but it is getting a bit old.
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by jkot 10y ago
Genetic research is progressing fast, I believe 2030 target to eliminate AIDS is possible. We have good understanding howto defeat virus. It will increasingly become ethical problem.

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