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by kmlx 3y ago
a lot more seamless. you just tap your credit card and that’s it.
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by kmlx 3y ago
> They want it so bad in the West! i don’t think so. in the UK NFC payments via the phone’s wallet are ubiquitous.
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by kmlx 3y ago
why didn’t these countries go the NFC route instead of QR codes?
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by kmlx 3y ago
netherlands has always been an outlier when it comes to card payments.
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by kmlx 3y ago
will these be available in the Google Maps app?
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by kmlx 3y ago
> You just cited two of the most pro consumer laws in the world. i guess you don't live in europe. > I guess I know which industry you work for… your guess is wrong.
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by kmlx 3y ago
> I cannot fathom the reason for the focus on the Wikimedia Foundation. for me what those wikipedia pleas are a bit fraudulent. they’re asking for money using the founder’s name and face, almost always in a very dramatic fashion, but the
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by kmlx 3y ago
> There is something special about unique individuals and objects, and this is not something that can be replicated by a machine. of course. but what happens when you can replicate 1:1? would you still feel the same way? will the person
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by kmlx 3y ago
> They pay the creators per impression even if you block the ads. this is false. if they can’t show the ad they won’t pay the content creator.
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by kmlx 3y ago
> As the article points out, Japan is densely populated and builds at 1/4 of the cost. Japan has totally different regulatory, employment and procurement systems than anywhere in Europe.
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by kmlx 3y ago
nope, not even close. it's just lots and lots of rules and regulations. just the environmental stuff takes years and years of work, documentation and planning. and that's just 1 out of 100s of subject that need to be ticked off.
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by kmlx 3y ago
with caveats. the biggest being that it’s just the EU.
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by kmlx 3y ago
that’s exactly my point. they took that power that those companies gave them and used it for their own goals. they’re infinitely worse than any company just by the power they yield. the abuse part is the cherry on top.
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by kmlx 3y ago
right to forget, gdpr, now this. it’s a clusterfuck.
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by kmlx 3y ago
it’s censorship by the politicians of the day. europe has been backsliding on hard won freedoms for a while. this is just part of the trend.
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by kmlx 3y ago
> If the long-term effects end up being along the lines of the big social corps withdrawing from the EU, I see that as an enormous win for that economic zone it will be a major net loss. the EU is already becoming the internet’s new chin
347.
by kmlx 3y ago
> If an industry can't function without abusing people what abuse? clicks? page views?
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by kmlx 3y ago
> if I want something I ask what if you don’t know what you want?
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by kmlx 3y ago
wait till you find out about politicians. the corps have nothing on them.
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by kmlx 3y ago
> It should be my choice as the consumer to ask an independent repair person to install a cheaper or refurbished part in my device. it’s already your choice right now. it’s just that the device won’t work without the correct part. as it
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by kmlx 3y ago
for me the biggest disadvantage of e-scooters is the lack of exercise.
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by kmlx 3y ago
zero chance of any regulators agreeing to this plan.
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by kmlx 3y ago
> It's generally not a good business to invest in. i agree. > Arm reported $524 million in net income on $2.68 billion in revenue in its fiscal 2023, which ended in March i find the current valuation ludicrous, and it seems like
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by kmlx 3y ago
there are many good ad blocking solutions on desktop and mobile safari.
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by kmlx 3y ago
the congestion charge helped as well in that part of london.
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by kmlx 3y ago
> Then you look at Nine Elms or Highbury and really very little has changed. https://nineelmslondon.com/transformation/
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by kmlx 3y ago
i moved to London a decade ago, and it's incredible how much the city has changed. whole new neighborhoods have been built on the sites of former industrial parks. existing neighborhoods are expanding, and new skyscrapers are appearing
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by kmlx 3y ago
you're right, but in sales-led companies this is a bit harder to do.
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by kmlx 3y ago
> will encourage (and actually make some of) them to give something to the needy there. or just drop by to get some food. "unmissable" :)
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by kmlx 3y ago
> pretending point estimates are in units of abstract complexity solved this one by enforcing estimates in time duration. you can easily convert to SPs for any SP-specific metric.

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