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9y ago
they are
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9y ago
That fundamental idea is wrong for oligopolies and monopolies. Utilities such as ISPs have a natural monopoly.
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9y ago
Their end game is being bought by a larger financial org. RH is capturing a user base that has eluded more established institutions for a long time.
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9y ago
I'm not sure that's still true based on the stories of malnutrition in NK, even for their own military. Considering the cultural differences, a few pop quiz questions might be enough as well.
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9y ago
>"It unarguably leads investigators to your person". That's a very debatable claim, from both a legal and technical viewpoint
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If you rent out a building on airbnb and it's used in a scam by a renter that covers all her tracks and successfully evades the police, are you responsible ? Would uber be if one of it's self driving cars is used in a crime and th
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9y ago
There is a workaround for that. You can create a second account and create a forwarding rule on the first to forward only mails from delta.com, aa.com
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9y ago
>How soon? In a couple of lifetimes, which is still too soon, as reversing the trend will likely take far more effort. For a graphic description of how far we're venturing out of what we're used to as a species, see https:
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9y ago
That's akin to demanding that all engineers accurately predict which piece of the roof will collapse first, where the pieces will hit the floor, how many pieces it will break up into and on which date. The overwhelming consensus of exp
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10y ago
same here, I've switched away from Atom for that reason.
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10y ago
Open source doesn't allow you to pass the buck. Commercial software with support contracts does. There is also the "look how much we're paying! it must be good" factor.
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It's the reason we have not yet had WW3. The jury is out on whether that is a good thing. Perhaps we'll find one day that several smaller conflicts (as horrifying as a WW without nukes would be) would have been preferable to one l
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10y ago
or a favorable tax deal
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10y ago
it's mostly there to have a bargaining chip in the negotiations with the EU.
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10y ago
As a collective, you voted to leave. Now Junker et al represent the interests of the remaining members, of which you are no longer a part. Game theory dictactes that the EU must offer unfavorable terms to leavers.
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10y ago
same here, from Sweden 404 Not Found Code: NoSuchKey Message: The specified key does not exist. Key: index.html RequestId: 7928D2D3EE5313F6 HostId: 2iAqS6E1PciR/++frE0wVXo/jlBhK24kopo93WRvVieuepmCctk1v+m+yOAIZZ
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10y ago
I too tried to sign up, unfortunately it has closed down
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10y ago
here are a few links: ingame live map, sadly requires signup (free account will do): https://screeps.com/a/#!/map shows alliances (player made, not part of the game, js heavy): http://www.leagueofautoma
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10y ago
To get on the leaderboard you need to buy the Steam version or a subscription. There is a free one room sandbox at https://screeps.com/a/#!/sim however
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10y ago
quite pricey for what it is, but well worth it if you've got a programming itch to scratch and like playing RTS games.