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901.
by kbart 10y ago
"Australian companies when selling to the EU have to collect and pay VAT." Unless there's a special deal between Aus and EU I've never heard of, then no. If you bought goods from outside EU, you pay VAT and import taxe
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by kbart 10y ago
Most of tasks are exaggerated or poorly managed. I do all the mentioned stuff, get a good night sleep (7-8 h), plus studying for master's degree and still have time for my hobbies and friends. Time management is a critical skill to lea
903.
by kbart 10y ago
Umi Touch: http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_348204.html?wid=21 I see it's out of stock now and price have increased slightly. BTW, its screen is surprisingly good.
904.
by kbart 10y ago
There's also RSR232 <> USB adapter, but we don't say that modern laptops have RS232 and that's not the point anyway.
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by kbart 10y ago
"Chinese manufacturers making pretty fine phones" Yes. I bought Chinese smartphone for 130 euros few weeks ago and I can't feel much difference from premium Android phones. Sure, camera is not so clear, touchscreen lags som
906.
by kbart 10y ago
"We've heard the same line when Apple ejected the 5.25" floppy, 3.5" floppy, Centronix parallel port, RS232 serial port, FireWire, and a whole bunch of other "universal demand" connectors." All these tec
907.
by kbart 10y ago
Such attitude is precisely why countries that are not in favor of USA (Nort Korea, Iran etc.) are actively seeking nuclear weapons -- currently it's the only deterrence from carpet bombing your "democracy" in.
908.
by kbart 10y ago
"Wow! Why not just spend the gift card at Apple?' The author has specifically mentioned that he's not in US and these gift cards are "USA only".
909.
by kbart 10y ago
No, it just means someone has encountered that particular problem in the past.
910.
by kbart 10y ago
Potential buyers in developing countries don't just take broken cars to the fancy service stations to get them fixed by the licensed mechanics. They do most of repairs themselves with whatever scrap parts they can find for few bucks. I
911.
by kbart 10y ago
Yeah, that was my first mind too. Nobody, bar few magnates, in developing world buys new cars. You can get a used truck for few thousand or less bucks there. Nice idea, but I really doubt we will see many of these trucks used for its intend
912.
by kbart 10y ago
Wow! This was my absolutely favorite TV series as a child, but later I've never managed to find out the name of it. Thank you sir, I can finally watch it again.
913.
by kbart 10y ago
They used QUANTUM INSERT which is for HTTP not HTTPS. So they just needed to wait until someone accessed HTTP site. Here is more technical description on how QI works: https://blog.fox-it.com/2015/04/20/deep-d
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by kbart 10y ago
Since WhatsApp is virtually a blackbox, their word for end-to-end encryption means nothing. Few 'bugs' in implementation and you have a nice backdoor.
915.
by kbart 10y ago
I'm skeptic about recommendation feature. My reaction to them, in these rare occasions when not get ignored all together, in all sites ranges from 'huh?' to 'wtf?'. Specifically Youtube gives geographic location too
916.
by kbart 10y ago
Why do you need https for text only page? Sure, somebody could do deep packet inspection, but they would not find anything they couldn't find going to the domain (that won't be hidden by https anyway) directly. EDIT: previously in
917.
by kbart 10y ago
The EU has had a massive positive effect on former soviet countries. I live in a former Soviet Union country and I can confirm that. Since we've joined EU in 2004 things have improved really massively in pretty much every aspect. S
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by kbart 10y ago
I'm not familiar with USA gun laws, but in my country, if you have had mental health, criminal or drug abuse problems during last 10 years, you won't get a permit to own a gun. Of course, those who really want it, will find a wa
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by kbart 10y ago
"Weaver had been pushing for, an acknowledgment that the theater chain would take new measures to protect patrons." Another TSA at the cinema? No, thanks. We can't secure every step from mass shooting and/or terrorists
920.
by kbart 10y ago
"Is the EC actually trying to apply a retroactive law?" No. The whole agreement between Apple and Ireland was deemed illegal by EC[1], so now they must pay avoided taxes. You can't demand keeping stolen goods after being ca
921.
by kbart 10y ago
Agreed. While to goal is noble, the description sounds like something written by 10th grader. I mean, com'on, are memes and GIFs are really among the most important things?
922.
by kbart 10y ago
I deleted my WhatsApp account and uninstalled it from my phone the same day Facebook bought it. It was a only a matter of time when WhatsApp becomes another data collection and ad delivery platform.
923.
by kbart 10y ago
I'm no economics expert, but if Uber loses money on subsidiaries, that's dumping(1) against local Taxi companies and these companies actually might have some valid points, no? 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2
924.
by kbart 10y ago
"And what prevents car or truck manufacturers from doing the same?" They are already doing that: http://qz.com/656104/a-fleet-of-trucks-just-drove-themselves...
925.
by kbart 10y ago
"Requires no installation or setup" != "in-browser". You can as well link everything statically to a single bin file or use Java.
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by kbart 10y ago
The page is surprisingly uninformative. It took me good 5 minutes of looking for "download" button before realizing that it's an in-browser IDE. A big "Try it now" button on top of the page would do wonders. A short
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by kbart 10y ago
Source? Pretty much every temperature graphics I've seen looks like this: http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/
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by kbart 10y ago
"Do you think deterrence is ineffective?" Not as much as you'd expect. There are plenty of studies that confirm this (I'm too lazy to google them for you). The problem is, that when crimes are done, one does not usuall
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by kbart 10y ago
Another surprising thing about Norway prisons is that they do work . Criminals come out of prisons rehabilitated more often than not, meanwhile, in countries with harsh prison conditions, petty criminals simply become hardened criminals. T
930.
by kbart 10y ago
"Why couldn't they provide optimizations for multiple architectures anyway?" Because Android is usually developed by at least two companies: Google does generics and OEM which is responsible that Android runs smoothly on th

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