karakot

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by karakot 1y ago
Well, is China a nation-state or a multi-national state, or essentially just a country(state)? English is my third language, so I just wonder do I miss some nuance here.
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by karakot 1y ago
I always wondered - why people use a nation-state notion? Why not just a state or a country? USA is not a nation-state, or UK, or India, or Russia, etc. Does your question imply that none of these countries are capable of orchestrating this
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by karakot 1y ago
Income from Social Security benefits and 401(k)s are taxable.
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by karakot 1y ago
https://imgur.com/a/Ay9a8Su
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by karakot 1y ago
already occupied by wsb members.
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by karakot 2y ago
This is so fucking sad. As a russian american who lived through russian transition from relatively free country to an authoritarian one I'm getting dejavu vibes here(Putin started with taking over of all independent news sources like n
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by karakot 2y ago
prev discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42489600
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by karakot 2y ago
Nearly 40 years ago, I typed these lines from a manual: 10 CLS 20 FOR I = 1 TO 10 30 R = 10 * I 40 COLOR I 50 CIRCLE (320, 240), R 60 NEXT I 70 END I didn’t understand a single symbol, but when I saw the output, I was instantly hooked
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by karakot 2y ago
I really doubt that they in support(low paid, hourly wage, with no 401K or any sensible benefits) care about a good customer.
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by karakot 2y ago
https://imgur.com/presenting-recent-findings-by-fucking-magn...
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by karakot 3y ago
Yeah, thank you for reminding that the most of simple solutions are wrong usually.
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by karakot 3y ago
so the actual workers [s]are harmed[/s]held responsible, not the companies.
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by karakot 3y ago
Everything is a push for outsourcing. Workers rights is a push (looking at you Boeing, moving from WA to SC). Ecological rules - looking at all toxic production which had been moved to the places with less accountabilities instead of fixing
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by karakot 3y ago
I only have one proposal. If a company has a layoff in number of thousands, then the company should be barred from h1-b for a certain number of years.
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by karakot 3y ago
I have paper appreciation but very real tax increase. My taxes almost 3 times higher now comparing to what I paid when I bought the house.
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by karakot 3y ago
Coming soon to your iPhone.
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by karakot 3y ago
we've got quite a lot of humans already.
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by karakot 3y ago
is it even countable?
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by karakot 3y ago
I'd probably just create a config file, where I'd store all known Easter dates for the next 50 years. If software still works 50 years later, they can extend the config file.
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by karakot 3y ago
I was swimming with my Apple watch in Hawaii, after a couple of days of swimming the side button sank into the case and got stuck. Now the fun began, long press on that button is an automatic call to 911. I had several calls happened and ha
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by karakot 3y ago
какой ж ты все таки долбоеб.
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by karakot 3y ago
nah, it's good, it has a PIN number so I can put something there to be out of touch for the kids.
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by karakot 3y ago
it's not scam, they're inflating their profits (and prices for everyone else). Look up 80-20 insurance rule.
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by karakot 3y ago
they used a Thule or Yakima (don't remember) car roof box (something like that) https://www.thule.com/en-us/cargo-carrier/car-top-carrier/th... as a casket :D
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by karakot 3y ago
paying customers is the most desirable target audience for Ads.
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by karakot 3y ago
yes, the same way they went with Siri.
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by karakot 3y ago
yes, a good example for a bad question.
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by karakot 3y ago
it still contains plastic, right? I wonder what are the proportions though.
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by karakot 3y ago
Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming is also a great book.
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by karakot 3y ago
Delivering microplastics right into the food since 19xx.

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