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by mmasu 3y ago
I had bed bugs a 15 year ago while living in Bahrain. I had never heard of them or had any idea about what they were (in Italy, where I am from, they are not common at all) so when i started to notice bites all over my legs i did not know w
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by mmasu 3y ago
That Cocteau quote is one of my favourites, and did not hear it in a long time :-) thanks for posting this
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by mmasu 3y ago
I think what you say is overall plausible, however in western Europe many more people would know what happened in Chernobyl. To be frank I am not sure that would be the case in Russia tho, and even more so in the cohorts of young soldiers t
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by mmasu 3y ago
This is very interesting. A question, how do less widespread languages fare against English? Is the quality output the same in i.e. Thai and English/Spanish?
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by mmasu 3y ago
There’s a very nice book about this subject called “Dark Pools”. I found it very enjoyable, you certainly seem to have the knowledge to enjoy it even more :-)
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by mmasu 3y ago
If you decide to move to another country you might as well decide to learn the basics of the language - mind you, knowing how to count/read basic signs/ask for food gets you a long way. You can learn this in weeks/months almo
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Tvtropes – Krazam(tvtropes.org)
1 points by mmasu 3y ago|0 comments
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by mmasu 3y ago
I am in Thailand, and neither bbc.com nor medium.com are blocked right now. Do you mean that they can selectively be blocked? “Problematic” articles, critical of government or key public figures?
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Hungarian pengő(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by mmasu 4y ago|0 comments
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by mmasu 4y ago
I think this is a good idea, as Venice has lots of issues caused by the excess of tourists (i.e.ground erosion), however they should also greatly limit cruise ships too (they say they want to do it from time to time, then do not follow thro
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Rare video games collection heist(vanityfair.com)
121 points by mmasu 4y ago|63 comments
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by mmasu 5y ago
Unfortunately it’s not always that simple. In the tickets fine print you will often find that if they want to refuse service for whatever reason they can do it. Of course you can always settle in court, however most people don’t want or hav
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by mmasu 5y ago
you should really give Dune a try, that's another must