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1. 61.▲
   by lexs 7y ago

   You might not have children but you do benefit from other people having children, just because you don't "take" as much as you're paying doesn't mean you don't indirectly benefit from the effects it has on soci
2. 62.▲
   by lexs 7y ago

   I would say that it's not an act of war against Samsung but South Korea which should be a difference.
3. 63.▲
   by lexs 7y ago

   So to be fair, it makes much more sense to talk about per capita in this context as there is also just more consumers in China than the US [0] And then it is also important to look at Consumption-based vs. production-based emissions. Ultima
4. 64.▲
   by lexs 7y ago

   From a consumer perspective the phone number model is much more usable though. You buy the service from a carrier but you can still keep your number when you change carrier due to it being regulated. No need to buy phone numbers separate fr
5. 65.▲
   by lexs 7y ago

   > get nothing in return, for people you don't know, and you know _they_ hate you The sentiment expressed in your post is dangerous populism against an imaginary "other". In case anyone actually believes this and is not jus
6. 66.▲
   by lexs 7y ago

   > the worshiped and beatified “universal healthcare” that is “free” in Europe where massive taxes are paid to augment the also massive individual monthly cost taken out of people’s paychecks Worth noting that American per capita spending
7. 67.▲
   by lexs 7y ago

   This concept has been proposed by Dwork and Naor in 1992 to fight email spam. [0] [0] Dwork, Cynthia, and Moni Naor. "Pricing via processing or combatting junk mail." Annual International Cryptology Conference. Springer, Berlin, H
8. 68.▲
   by lexs 7y ago

   some chips are designed in Austin and San Jose but Cambridge is not only a business HQ
9. 69.▲
   by lexs 7y ago

   > We established the infrastructure bit to not be true Questionable > Education: so why are students then paying tuition fees? When I went to uni in the EU I payed 280€ per semester which the majority of went to free public transporta
10. 70.▲
    by lexs 7y ago

    So you conveniently ignore funds for research, subsidies, as well as oversight and regulation.
11. 71.▲
    by lexs 7y ago

    They still have offices in those countries, use infrastructure, benefit from education, especially higher education as well as the access to a fair and regulated market.
12. 72.▲
    by lexs 7y ago

    I wonder how many surgeons do operations at home.
13. 73.▲
    by lexs 7y ago

    and BB10 Marketplace
14. 74.▲
    by lexs 7y ago

    Some McDonnell Douglas DC-X engineers would probably have something to say about your comment too.
15. 75.▲
    by lexs 7y ago

    You wouldn't be comfortable using their service because you might need to wait a day during support questions?
16. 76.▲
    by lexs 7y ago

    According to Glassdoor the average "programmer" salary in the Netherlands is 60.000€ ($67.000) [0] compared to 74.000€ ($84.000) in San Francisco [1] [0] https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Salaries/netherlands-program
17. 77.▲
    by lexs 7y ago

    Rimac would be the supercar equivalent for EVs I guess
18. 78.▲
    by lexs 7y ago

    > a less competitive teacher whats that supposed to mean?
19. 79.▲
    by lexs 7y ago

    I think we have very different definitions of "a bargain".
20. 80.▲
    by lexs 7y ago

    And suddenly Uber/Lyft are like any other Taxi company just with a massive valuation.
21. 81.▲
    by lexs 7y ago

    Also does that include repairs, depreciation, insurance etc. of the car? What about fuel?
22. 82.▲
    by lexs 7y ago

    > No-one would move, ever. People wouldn't be able to change jobs even for much higher salaries or better conditions. Children would live with their parents forever. Many people would live precariously in illegal sublets with inadeq
23. 83.▲
    by lexs 7y ago

    Without the Airbus deal for the C-Series Bombardier was basically in bankruptcy exactly because of those tariffs. It felt like quite a targeted attempt to, as you put it, suppress competitors.
24. 84.▲
    by lexs 7y ago

    so why does it matter what he originally "asks" for. The court will decide not the accuser.
25. 85.▲
    by lexs 7y ago

    Bombadier literally was ended by the US government
26. 86.▲
    by lexs 8y ago

    Snowden [0] made very broad allegations against the NSA in that regard. [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/25907502
27. 87.▲
    by lexs 8y ago

    The US has been caught doing industrial espionage as well, more of a pest or cholera situation here.
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    by lexs 8y ago

    There is a recent Bloomberg story in regards to Nigel Farage and pound shorting during the referendum [0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht40yrt3VrY
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    by lexs 8y ago

    and you don't see a problem with that?
30. 90.▲
    by lexs 8y ago

    and airlines can change that plane at any time after you booked