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by mkempe 8y ago
Hypothetically, how would a friend who lives in the US and happens to still be EU citizen be able to sue for GDPR violation? would there be any financial benefit involved?
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That speed (5 million mph = 2,235,200 m/s) is not quite 1% of the speed of light (299,792,458 m/s). The article is about a large Gaia data release [1] not just the speed of one astronomical object. Maybe change the title (currentl
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There are multiple cycles in that theory, not just one, so the influence on our climate depends on the periods of all these cycles, and involves potential amplification due to their harmonies. The largest observed signal in the geological r
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We're headed to the end of the current interglacial, returning to a drastically cooler climate. The last interglacial (the Eemian [1]) lasted 15k years and was warmer than what we experience today; sea level at peak was probably 6 to 9
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The change in orbital shape was already known as one of the Milankovitch cycles [1]. This study seems to give us the most precise measurement. In the context of climate change, when Earth's orbit becomes more eccentric (our path over t
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The integration between Alexa and Sonos is great, so there is no need for Amazon to compete with Sonos speakers.
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How many Americans know what "pravda" means in Russian, as well as what "Pravda" was in the Soviet Union?
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It would also be interesting to distinguish the seats that are "inherited" within political dynasties, as well as the seats that have been buttressed by gerrymandering.
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It has not. Switzerland maintains a very strongly, openly armed neutrality.
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You seem to have quite an axe to grind against Finland. Since Soviet Russia was an ally of the USA and UK for the second half of WW 2, and Soviet Russia had already attacked Finland, still occupied large territories, and intended to take th
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Swedish military doctrine was (and I expect remains) that: a) it is impossible to prevent the enemy from attempting an attack; b) we can make it as painful as possible to them, and our goal is to repel the invader from Swedish soil within d
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Knowledge of ancient philosophy, and of its history through the Enlightenment, is necessary to understand and then deliberately change the nature and present course of civilization.
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LA tunnel rides at 150 mph for $1: summary of Elon Musk’s Boring Company talk(geekwire.com)
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On the one hand you're doing well by remaining sober for a year and working irregularly to somewhat support your own life. On the other hand you announce you'd like to steal (aka "redistribute") half of the income of all
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a) Since there is a patent (Replacement therapy for dental caries [1]) it means many/some people should be able to make the product on their own. b) How many more stories (and what kind of stories) of nefarious obstacles erected by the
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It's the official city budget minus power utilities (which they merge into the budget for some weird reason). Just look that up. The spending on homeless initiatives includes money allocated directly by the city, plus federal, state, a
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Company Vision: What it is and why it matters(inc.com)
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Interestingly the city does not have a revenue problem as its budget has grown from $2.8 billion to $4.2 billion from 2010 to 2017, much faster than inflation and population growth would justify. And since Seattle already allocated $200 mil
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Gender Differences in Use of a Pedestrian Crossing: An Observational Study(lebs.hbesj.org)
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Great short-animation format, for interesting ideas! Has such a form of evangelism been used before for this kind of ideas (philosophy of life/work)? I vaguely remember seeing cartoon booklets (re)telling the story of Jesus, a long tim
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by mkempe 8y ago
What a bizarre thing to say. Over the last 18 years I have regularly had the opportunity to work with engineers located in India (while I was based in the UK and the US). Some projects were huge, some were small -- ranging from 2-3 engineer
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A better way to think about personal values is that we are rational animals and thus do (as we ought to) integrate our actions into long-range, sometimes life-long plans -- purpose, goals, objectives, i.e. values. This integration means th
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Actually, it means these records have been returned as part of queries. We know the NSA collects closer to trillions of domestic records (from phone calls to text messages and emails) and brazenly lies about it to Congress.
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Indeed. That was Clapper's cover for his perjury in front of Congress: "collected" records are labeled as such only after they are "returned as part of queries" -- which is not what people usually think "collec
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Citizens United is especially relevant to presidential elections -- it arose directly out of the 2004 and 2008 campaigns. "The conservative non-profit organization Citizens United wanted to air a film critical of Hillary Clinton and
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This argument is obviously flawed: Hillary Clinton received more money, spent vastly more money, and lost. [edit] Down-voting does not change the above facts.
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Does "collected" mean that these calls have been searched for criminal or terrorist activity? I recall that Clapper --or someone like him-- was using that distinction in order to claim that the NSA wasn't "collecting&q
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There are municipalities in the USA that do not extort property taxes -- I've heard of one in Colorado, one in Arizona, a few in Texas, and some in Alaska. Since a common justification is to finance public schools, I suppose that com
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How about a bakery that refuses to bake or sell a wedding cake to a gay couple -- will you tell the rejected customers to go find a bakery supportive of their message?
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The US Constitution enumerates specific powers granted to the Federal Government, and generally limits its powers. It does not restrict the rights of individuals or of associations thereof (generally both are free to trade, or not, with oth

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