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by mb_72 6y ago
Here's the English version: https://news.err.ee/1070009/starship-technologies-makes-redu... I live in Tallinn, but haven't once seen a Starship bot, guess I'm in an area not covered yet (Sikupilli).
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by mb_72 6y ago
There is an informative and balanced take on this on the ABC News (Australia) site: https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2020-04-17/coronavirus-va...
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by mb_72 6y ago
NASA's budget is less than half of 1% of the USA total budget (2020 figures from Wikipedia). I daresay there are other areas (cough military spending cough) that would benefit from some examination as to where money can be saved throug
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by mb_72 6y ago
> The US needs to adopt space policies that actually advance science and technology, not manned spaceflight just for feel-good PR shots. I would guess that your man-in-the-street can identify much more readily with another human doing &#
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by mb_72 7y ago
$5 / month is still pretty close to $0 / month for many people. I transitioned from Gmail -> Fastmail a year ago, and I'm very happy with all aspects (reliability, features etc). Would be fine with paying > $5 month if
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by mb_72 7y ago
"The recruitment of students is predatory and eventually the saturation of subpar graduates from these university degrees would have eventually resulted in the fading of both cultural and brand name prestige of sending your kids to Aus
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by mb_72 7y ago
Location: Tallinn, Estonia (currently) / Adelaide, South Australia (sometimes) Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: MS ecosystem (C#, Azure, MS SQL Server), lots of other things (see LI) CV: https://www.linkedin
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by mb_72 7y ago
There's not really such a thing as 'boosting' your immune system - it's either working properly, or it's not. A 'boosted' / over-active immune system results in auto-immune diseases like Crohn's
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by mb_72 7y ago
I couldn't find any information on the unloaded weight of this thing - do you know what it is? I've looked at lots of options for carry-on luggage, and most are heavy enough to significantly eat into the 7kg or 8kg allowed. Honest
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by mb_72 7y ago
Bolt has fixed upfront pricing (at least in Estonia and Hungary). It's also NOT Uber, one significant factor I use Bolt (for all of Uber's past transgressions).
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by mb_72 7y ago
I would pay a bit extra to have 30 minute's worth of 'horizontal time' in a small bunk for flights over 10 hours in duration. However I assume that because this isn't a thing already, someone else thought of it, did the
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by mb_72 7y ago
It looks like it would have taken the driver perhaps 10 minutes to negotiate the town, significantly improving the imagery. I would be interested to know how Google determines what should and shouldn't be included at locations such as
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by mb_72 7y ago
> It claims that the islands have belonged to China for hundreds of years, and points to various old maps, historical use by Chinese fishermen, mentions in various treaties, and so on. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/0
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by mb_72 7y ago
Well, I at least try to be consistent, and do query my USA friends about the current administration and it's actions. Recent political changes in the USA have made it the norm to have similar populist leaders or parties gain strength a
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by mb_72 7y ago
> As a chinese, this kind of comment makes me hate the west even more. I have no control over my government. That right there is exactly the response your government would want you to have. You already 'hate the west', and now
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by mb_72 7y ago
I'm not American, and don't follow what Trump says or doesn't say that closely. Myself, I do criticise my own government, protest on the streets, and also donate money to causes that work in opposition, mostly, to the current
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by mb_72 7y ago
I've lived in China for some time, and have sources of information other than just 'Western media'. Are you saying the article I linked in, for one example, is not accurate? Are you saying the UN is wrong with their informati
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by mb_72 7y ago
Curious as the way I see it it's very often China who is the 'initiator', eg internment of Muslims, stealing of territory in South China sea, debt-trap diplomacy, and so forth. Presuming that you are aware of these occurrence
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by mb_72 7y ago
Good, perhaps, in a pinch but I and all musos I know already have their favourite looping / slow-down / EQ / song segment apps. I use Anytune Pro on an iPad, myself, and for one thing it has fractional speed adjustment - 0.5
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by mb_72 7y ago
> Our climate and ecology are certainly at risk, but I think the biggest threat in the world right now is the rapid rise of fascist China. They're challenging the notion that free speech and democracy are required for capitalism and
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by mb_72 7y ago
Thank you for the extra information, looks like my info and hence opinion is not up-to-date.
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by mb_72 7y ago
Even prominent people can have a bad day or have other momentary hassles to deal with that might make them behave less than gracious on occasion. Trying to be generous here.
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by mb_72 7y ago
How many of those basic components still are manufactured in China? My argument was that it's impossible to remove China completely from the supply and manufacturing chain, not that it's impossible to move 'production' o
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by mb_72 7y ago
I'm not sure it's realistic for many or any countries to move manufacturing out of China. Say assembly is moved out of China, they still need to source the parts, and how far do you go with this? To the point where Apple is making
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by mb_72 7y ago
Same experience with me, except that the one who said no to chemo died, and the other who said yes is still alive and has recovered (yes, after hair loss and other side effects). "Do the research" - research is what scientists do,
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by mb_72 7y ago
I 100% agree, but my mother made the decision not to teach myself or my brother any Estonian when we were young as "there was no point as at that time it seemed Estonia would be part of the USSR forever and you'll never go there a
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by mb_72 7y ago
I'm half-Australian, half-Estonian, but don't really speak any Estonian yet still live here (sorry, nationalistic Estonians!). My wife is Estonian, and our nieces speak English to each other quite a bit when I'm around (and,
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by mb_72 7y ago
I remember copying the code out for a Snake variant from a Commodore 64 magazine in '83 or '84 - back in the days when they would publish source code for things in each issue - and it made Snake a craze at my country Australia Pri
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by mb_72 7y ago
Better build two; a backup of a special cable is always nice to have and it's much more convenient to order the parts and build both at the same time.
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by mb_72 7y ago
Plenty of non-rookies are using Behringer gear these days, and plenty of Behringer gear has been built just fine; I have a Behringer mixer from the late 90s that is still in use and 100% functional, and I've got a new XR18 digital mixe

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