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901.
by mint2 5y ago
Shall we give up and go back to coal then? Also no longer require cat converters? What does that comment do other than demotivate people actually trying to do something?
902.
by mint2 5y ago
Unfortunately any individual company is not in a position to stop using credit, the only way to stop that practice is for the state regulators to step in due to public pressure. Do your civic duty as you see fit. A company cannot unilateral
903.
by mint2 5y ago
Doing his best to start a war with nato short of literally attacking nato is a weird way to avoid a war with nato. I’m not convinced Putin cares much whether there is a war with nato. Nato is only an issue to modern Russia due to Putin’s in
904.
by mint2 5y ago
Rethink. A few layers of free cardboard would be about the same as foam.
905.
by mint2 5y ago
That is a fair point but both that comment and mine shows it’s actually rather difficult to make sensical comparisons between absolute spend between two countries as different as Germany and Russia. There’s a thousands factors making the va
906.
by mint2 5y ago
> due to the large GDP, the spending in absolute terms is not that meager: 50 billion Euros per year! This is ignoring the labor costs and other costs differences between Russia and Germany. A euro goes a heck of a lot further in Russia
907.
by mint2 5y ago
Going’s step further, Are you saying it’s not okay to blacklist neo-nazis? I get there’s the issue of who decides, but I’d say its fair for companies to say black list a neo nazi from working if that’s their desire. If someone walks in with
908.
by mint2 5y ago
It may be a miracle of logistics when ignoring negative externalities like carbon cost vs not shipping it halfway across the globe. Why can’t we eat seasonally? It usually tastes better and makes things less monotonous
909.
by mint2 5y ago
“Ethnic music blaring out of tin speakers” sounds racist because it is. Please don’t do be like that. Bad speakers are annoying but it’s annoying regardless of what musics so making it racial is not cool. Parking lot music is awful and it’s
910.
by mint2 5y ago
Why was your political affiliation relevant to that story? Peppering that non-sequitur in might mean you’re more focused on politics as teams than is warranted or justified.
911.
by mint2 5y ago
The pictures that are coming out of this are shocking, if Russians were allowed to view them they’d turn on Putin instantly. If the pictures of Ukrainian suffering didn’t do that then the ones of fallen russians would. Beyond senseless and
912.
by mint2 5y ago
Are you saying 1.) Russia doesn’t deserve punishment or 2.) although Russia does deserve punishment they shouldn’t be punished because sometime later someone who doesn’t deserve punished will be punished By that logic how could any action h
913.
by mint2 5y ago
Really? Which part gave you that impression? All I was saying was 0.) this is not a choice where either option is remotely good, both options presented by Russia a terrible and arbitrarily dictated by Russia 1.) to call for what it is, Russ
914.
by mint2 5y ago
>to stop Ukrainian civilians from “fleeing” into Russia “Fleeing” is a weird term for “join us or we bomb your children” China could step in and actually get Russia to follow through with a cease fire instead of claiming they’d have a ce
915.
by mint2 5y ago
Is b12 only recommended for those who eat little meat? They don’t recommend that? It seems like a large segment
916.
by mint2 5y ago
What could go wrong with the civilian families of Ukrainian soldiers “choosing” to go to put themselves at the mercy of the enemy attacking Ukrainian soldiers, an enemy that has been specifically targeting civilians with bombing and death.
917.
by mint2 5y ago
Unless you believe they are accurate you could post along side why they are understandably wrong given the propaganda situation. If you believe they are accurate youbcan use a throwaway to explain why your view that mass bombing of civilian
918.
by mint2 5y ago
I did go on to read the article and was not impressed. He does not consider that regardless or how nato expanded the kremlin under Putin would be invading to recreate the empire. The background factor he gets more right but doesn’t spend mu
919.
by mint2 5y ago
I don’t know how serious one can take a point of view that makes some very naive interpretations and assumptions from the start about how Russians will perceive their soldiers deaths, most of which will be hidden as much as possible. Yes ma
920.
by mint2 5y ago
It is strange those making their living off coding and tech and are tech enthusiasts based on reading HN are also promoting ways to steal the income of others who make their living coding and tech and other knowledge based work.
921.
by mint2 5y ago
Ignoring the fix it tutorials for a moment, are you sure YouTube provides more value? Is it short term or long term? For most people id guess a YouTube habit provides short term value in terms of entertainment but reading a quality paper ha
922.
by mint2 5y ago
Afghanistan and Iraq are different btw.
923.
by mint2 5y ago
Shouldn’t requesting the free credit report from each bureau be the first step before going to the paid one?
924.
by mint2 5y ago
> Then there's wheat (read: food), of which Ukraine is one of the biggest producers and top exporters to the EU I guess the farms aren’t in cities but is it realistic that Ukraine will be in any shape to export much wheat this year
925.
by mint2 5y ago
You discovered you had poor match quality. And the ds experience will help you anyway. Read the book “range why generalists triumph in a specialized world” if you want to feel good about switching careers once or even multiple times.
926.
by mint2 5y ago
Putin Using a tactical Nuke in Ukraine is the start of WW3. The west would not stop supplying arms, it would more likely ballistic missile all of Russia committed troops in Ukraine.
927.
by mint2 5y ago
> Naw, that would have prevented us from toppling Sadam in Iraq It would have stopped us from what is nearly universally considered a horrible mistake that led to immense bloodshed? Why do you say that like a bad thing?
928.
by mint2 5y ago
Walking around SF the other day, my opinion evolved. SF is experiencing the result of a nationwide housing crisis. While some steps need to be take in SF, expecting SF to solve a nationwide crisis by fundamentally changing itself could be a
929.
by mint2 5y ago
It’s not a good look at the moment to Start off with a Russian justification of the war and then present an abnormal take on the popular among non-oil dependents green new deal, a plan that just so happens to be very inconvenient for oligar
930.
by mint2 5y ago
No, that would make Russians have a propaganda field day falsely saying that the USA controlled Ukraine. Instead nato should allow Ukraine to announce the 2nd in commands from two Other main European countries like France and Sweden to com

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