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by jorge-d 7y ago
That only works in case of democracies.
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by jorge-d 7y ago
The situation is a bit different now but 1930's Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act [1] seems like it was quite a lose/lose scenario. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot–Hawley_Tariff_Act#After_...
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by jorge-d 7y ago
"Nuclear waste" is a term that is used to describe the byproduct, but also all the equipments that came in contact with radioactive material (cf [0]). So while we can indeed reuse some of the waste on other future nuclear faciliti
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Google agrees to $550M fine in France to settle fiscal fraud probe(reuters.com)
5 points by jorge-d 7y ago|0 comments
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by jorge-d 7y ago
It's also worth mentioning that he did the Crash Course on Astronomy [1] and it's actually brillant. I highly recommend as I learned a lot watching this podcast. [1] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaL
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by jorge-d 7y ago
Yes, as a Portuguese reader (but not a lawyer!) this is also how I understand it. Now the legislation is currently in a very grey area (notably on the business/occasional definition) and I'm guessing it will evolve in the coming
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by jorge-d 7y ago
Well, you're right in the case of non-recurring crypto trading. Now, in the paragraph B, it is said: Now the exercise of the activity is determined by its recurrence and the goal of the activity to generate profit. If there is a busine
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by jorge-d 7y ago
So I read the 2016 ruling [1], and it basically stipulates that: Assim, as cripto-moeda podem gerar diferentes tipos de rendimentos tributáveis: 1) Por ganhos obtidos com compra e venda de unidades monetárias virtuais / troca ao
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by jorge-d 7y ago
Who said it was only targeting US companies? 26 companies fall under the required threshold. Not all of them are US based and there's even a French one (criteo). Here is the full list [1]: • Sales of goods: Alibaba, Amazon, Apple, Ebay
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by jorge-d 7y ago
There are much more safe alternatives that just need a bit more of funding which do not involve as many risks as current nuclear reactor technology. For example Molten salt reactors have proved to be quite effective back in the 60s already.
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by jorge-d 7y ago
Because technology advanced and new reserves were found. The main problem is not that we'll eventually run out of oil. It's just that by the time we finish all the reserves most people living on Earth will probably experience extr
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by jorge-d 7y ago
What if we make future generations not needing to actually consume these resources ? Also if you consume all the available non-renewable energy that you have, at one point you will mathematically end up in a dire situation.
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by jorge-d 7y ago
The thing is that oil industry is actively lobbying the legislators to block any legislation that would reduce the demand.
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by jorge-d 7y ago
Oil is such a great industry. Most of the oil production increase in the last years in the US is due to fracking; such an amazing technology where a bunch of chemicals are injected directly into the ground. Ted-ed has a good video about it:
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by jorge-d 7y ago
Given that ISS belongs to multiple countries (US / Russia / Japan / Canada / UE), is NASA allowed to sell tickets to travel there and get keep the benefits of the sell for itself ?
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by jorge-d 8y ago
why would you spend so many years in a country where you feel enslaved?
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by jorge-d 8y ago
There is Bankin[0] which I believe shares a few similarities, however it mostly works with French bank accounts for now. [0] https://bankin.com
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by jorge-d 8y ago
Unfortunately the U.S Army is not just about "defend the country". The United States spends more on national defense than China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, India, France, United Kingdom, and Japan combined. I believe a great part of th
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by jorge-d 8y ago
My argument was that cutting funds for education (even if I understand that it's a state-level prerogative to handle education) while raising funds for the army is a bad signal.
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by jorge-d 8y ago
You're indeed right. But the fact that the US Federal government always find money to feed its military while cutting the other departments [1] (including education) doesn't change the underlying fact that Education has a lesser p
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by jorge-d 8y ago
I guess this is what happen when a country spends ~8 times more in its military than in educating its people. ($574bn vs $68bn). Edit: as noted by a comment bellow, this is only the budget at the Federal Level
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by jorge-d 8y ago
I was diagnosed with an early stage Keratoconus a few months ago. It appears that rubbing your eyes is one of the main factors[1]. The lack of warning about it is quite concerning as I learned how bad rubbing your eyes was when I got the di
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by jorge-d 9y ago
Are we really gonna open a thread every-time BTC bounces one way or another?
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by jorge-d 9y ago
Deploying a Smart Contract on NEO costs 500 gas, which is approx. 28k$ as of today.
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by jorge-d 9y ago
Well it looks like it's available to order: https://davidrumsey.reprintmint.com/002-default.html?varific... .
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by jorge-d 9y ago
A big difference is that anyone could grow Tulips; Bitcoin has a supply limit
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IOTA cryptocurrency partners with Microsoft to create a public Marketplace(thenextweb.com)
3 points by jorge-d 9y ago|0 comments
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by jorge-d 9y ago
Thank you ! iTerm2 is amazing and this quick fix only proves it !
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Useless Ethereum Token (UET) ICO raises 45k$+ after being added to an exchange(etherscan.io)
7 points by jorge-d 9y ago|1 comments
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Goodbye JavaScript: Algolia Introduces a CSS API Client(blog.algolia.com)
3 points by jorge-d 10y ago|1 comments

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