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>This is such a first world problem. Indeed it seems that way. It's kind of funny and sad at the same time when people get frustrated over such things.
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Congratulations to curl! Might switch to it from wget some day.
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Although I do agree that cars provide some freedom of transportation, they are still heavily regulated, are more difficult to fix yourself than ever before (good luck fixing the electronics in your new BMW in the middle of nowhere), and you
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You have high expectations for something that is not a scientific paper.
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Car infrastructure taking up unnecessary parts of cities limits the freedom of transportation by other means, like walking or cycling.
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I disagree that it provides any freedom at all, since you are limited by roads. If certain roads are cut off by sabotage or other means, you lose your imaginary "freedom of movement". Regarding it being an "American thing&quo
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>Those cities you mentioned already have European style urban infrastructure. I hope you're joking. it's very rare to see a highway wider than 6 lanes in Europe, especially that runs through cities, whilst the aforementioned ci
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> Apple isn't the best, no one deserves "best" in desktop and mobile operating systems, but it's the least bad. MacOS and iOS are the most limited in terms of customizability (personalization) and freedom for developi
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> Arxiv feels like the most legitimate "journal" these days. Fun fact: it was created initially as a central repository mailbox for physics preprints at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Yup, the same Los Alamos that we know
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What makes you think that he would not have been killed in a foreign country?
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In the Baltics at least people are still talking about Protasevich. There are other countries in the West besides the US.
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It is impossible to interpret many laws literally, even in the US. Calling this sloppy legislating is just being ignorant of the fact.
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powershell stan detected
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> How can something be so wrong and still being upvoted on HN is totally beyond me. People can upvote something because of various reasons. I don't lurk around and upvote only "correct" comments.
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So you also think that on Windows PCs, you should only be able to install programs from the Windows Store?
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> It takes a little digging that most people don't bother to realize the population of Gaza has continued to grow exponentially [1] which is basically the opposite of genocide. This is a very common and unfortunately completely irre
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> native citizens I hope that by this you mean Native Americans. Or are colonizers now considered native citizens?
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Thank you for your work! :)
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It is more convenient because city infrastructure in the US was designed specifically for the car, not for humans.
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Because cities should be designed foremost for people, not cars.
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Dr. Krieger
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You also need a license to use them and have to abide by various laws and regulations, which are literally limiting factors.
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I don't have the data to back this up, but from what I've heard it is not unusual to drink alcohol in some predominantly Muslim countries like Turkey. Despite that, I agree with you that there are definitely more factors at play t
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The increase of organized crime and the spawning of a giant black market do not seem to be indicators that prohibition "worked". Also, during prohibition it was more efficient to smuggle stronger alcoholic drinks due to the fact t