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molmalo
10y ago
This. As an Argentinian, I totally agree. I read a lot of comments from Americans complaining about protectionism in other countries, and their government tells everyone else that they should open their markets, but USA has several sectors
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10y ago
Why didnt they use some some gas agent, like russians did in the theater? (Without hostages this time, the risk of collaterals is removed). Sending a bomb on wheels makes it look like just revenge.
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10y ago
That would give an advantage to those who reject the resolution.
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Why not? Because he saw the article on Ebay? I don't know if this changes things, but they paid in person, they had every chance to inform the other party if it seemed so strange for them. And the fact remains, there was a party who d
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10y ago
Well, if she did, I think she should take legal counsel...
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10y ago
There seems to be something strange with that transaction. I don't know there, but where I live, that kind of transaction would clearly be invalidated if taken to court. At least here, for a transaction to be valid, both parties must b
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10y ago
They may give him a license, but Disney is an IP black hole, they wont sell it back. And considering its very close to Pirates of the Caribbean, there's even less chance of that happening any time soon. In my opinion, what Disney shou
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10y ago
While I do believe that they are investing in Didi with the dual intent of gaining access to their massive riding data, and position themselves as providers for future autonomous vehicles, I also believe (and I could be very wrong) that the
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10y ago
Well, the very first thing in the readme for that project says: "A Mac app wrapper around WhatsApp's web client, WhatsApp Web. https://web.whatsapp.com/"
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10y ago
Well, technically one could argue that it's not strange for a foreigner to comply with the judge's orders if they want their service to keep working in his country. They may refuse, sure, but there are consequences for that. So, i
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10y ago
Always remember to debug and deweasel your systems.
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10y ago
Well, most of those treaties are about defending IP, which is possible through other methods. For example, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent most countries exclude software patents or computer
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10y ago
Well, in Argentina there are not patents for plants at all (genetically modified or not) if they can reproduce themselves. And for what its worth, Software Patents do not exist in Argentina either. Intelectual Property is protected by copyr
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11y ago
Which is absolutely irrelevant. It's expected from a mobile phone to be able to send and receive SMSs. But SMSs can take several minutes to reach its destination in some areas. Long messages are split. And the experience as a whole is
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11y ago
And also, Microsoft/Volvo: http://www.cnbc.com/2015/11/20/microsoft-volvo-strike-deal-t...
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11y ago
Popcorn Time, I believe
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11y ago
And after a few years it would end up being similar to cable tv. It started offering «more and better content» without ads, because you already paid a subscription. And once they had enough users and content, they added ads. Whats stopping
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11y ago
> Is patent enforcement in Argentina taken to the same absurd extremes as it is here? It depends on the sector of the economy and if there's enough money on the table. Monsanto often sues farmers who do what you say. But in other se
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11y ago
They could always say: We haven't failed. We just found a way that won't work to not save the human race the next time.
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11y ago
I guess if this happened to some common employee, he would be fired eventually. But Director of the CIA is a political position. So, it's much harder to fire him, because of political implications.
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11y ago
Just imagine for a second what would happen if Facebook did the same for a day... Yeah, I know, I know, it's a corporation, It would loose lots of money by going down for a whole day, and it's shareholders would be very angry. It&
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11y ago
Sadly, I see this article as an overly optimistic view of the not-so-distant future. Maybe 40 years seems like a lot of time in some fields (electronics, software, human life-span), but not so much in some major areas (culture, some hard sc
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11y ago
And who should do it? Universities and NGOs are commonly bribed as well..
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11y ago
At first, I thought that. Why wouldn't they just take their money and use it to subsidize more for the public? But then, I thought that maybe, they are thinking something like this: If smog is not a problem anymore for the rich, becaus
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11y ago
I did the same thing. I suspect that it's just "A LOT".
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11y ago
I don't want to be the guy rejecting change... But, is someone expecting a project in Go, to last 40+ years as that COBOL codebase lasted?? Wow!
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11y ago
Something similar happened to me when I was about to take the train from Paris to London. I didn't have a reservation because I was planning my trip on the go. The agent was not pleased at all with that, but as the train made the last
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11y ago
I bet that scheduled c-sections play a role in that...
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11y ago
For similar latitudes, maybe New Zeland, and some places in the Argentine Patagonia.
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11y ago
At first, they didnt care about those clubs, but a lot of pressure came from foreign entities, calling that activity «a menace to the western economy», and even a US senator called it «economic terrorism». I guess that the world bank, and I
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