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by nickff 2y ago
ICC member Mongolia didn't arrest Putin when he visited. https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/ukraine-situation-icc-pre-trial...
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by nickff 2y ago
I don't think that leaving NATO would necessitate closing US bases in Germany or Italy; it is my understanding that those bases are required (to be provided by the respective 'hosts') as a condition of the treaties which ende
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Depends on the specific circumstances, but the prosecutors are usually happy to focus on the company, because it has the money to pay out a big settlement (which is how these things usually end).
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by nickff 2y ago
I was initially responding to a post stating that there were many all-electric ferries, and my point was that there were none (operational) of a size comparable to WA state ferries. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42197
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by nickff 2y ago
According to your link (and all other articles I found on that vessel), that ferry is capable of operating all-electric, but actually operating as a hybrid.
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The Norwegian ferries appear to be much smaller than the Washington state ferries. Here is the largest e-ferry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-ferry_Ellen And a guide to the WA fleet: https://wsdot.wa.gov&#
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The number you’re citing is much higher than the number of firearm-related homicides on your linked page; I believe that’s because it includes suicides, which are not relevant to this conversation.
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What are you basing this statement on? Copyrights and patents are enumerated powers in the Constitution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Clause
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Interestingly, it was a study commissioned by a non-profit, and performed by a university: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal
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I am not familiar with the term 'gambling exchange', where'd you get it? Many 'sportsbooks' are referred to as 'betting exchanges', but that has become something of a term of art, much like the term '
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According to the US Government, yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Shkreli
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Social contract theory is not the basis of political philosophy, it is one response to the problem of political authority. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_authority If you look at the criticisms section of your
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by nickff 2y ago
In legal filings, the Justice Department claimed that the merger would result in "higher fares, fewer seats, and harm millions of consumers" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_Airlines#2022_to_2024_a...
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There has been a long-running campaign to get rid of the penny, to the extent that there's a "West Wing" episode that features the campaign. Ironically, Canada got rid of the penny in 2012-2013, after relatively little debate
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Could you please explain why you believe this to be the case? One of the major advocates of 'free-range parenting' (and who allowed her child to ride the New York Subway unaccompanied) is a frequent contributor to a leading libert
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D-day in Normandy was a much shorter and more protected crossing than the Taiwan strait. Additionally, the Taiwanese are much better fortified than the Axis were, and they have radar along with anti-ship missiles.
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Taiwanese Defense forces would not be “useless”, as a cross-strait invasion would be the most risky and difficult amphibious venture ever taken. Taiwan is working on improving their defense capabilities, and they’ve definitely fallen behind
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That’s shocking, and sounds like psychological torture. That police officer should be criminally prosecuted (though it’s difficult to get a prosecutor to go after the police).
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Your edit caught my meaning; I should have been more clear. There's always less profit potential where there is more competition, which is one reason why people suggest that monopolies are capable of providing higher-quality products (
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It's not a perfect alignment because it gives the government monopoly power, to raise the price, decrease the service level, and reduce consumer surplus. That said, you can also make the case that governments (in most places) already
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I’m not debating whether the ACA was good policy; are you addressing anything in my post? I would agree that all long-term political baggage is ‘fake’ and ‘manufactured’ in that it’s human-created.
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President Obama literally said the Republicans had to sit in the back seat: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4748375/user-clip-obama-tells...
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The Affordable Care Act came with a lot of baggage (as similar plans had been advocated for decades by various proponents), and President Obama was arrogant and dismissive of any need for Republican buy-in (telling them they could take a ba
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Cities restrict where businesses are allowed to operate all the time; this doesn’t seem to be a counter-example.
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You’re assuming the layoffs are a reaction to poor strategy and/or decrease revenue potential, but that’s not always true. It could be that the market is shifting away from that company for some external reason, or that those employees
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I understand that these polemics express frustration with the status quo, but isn’t it the CEO’s job to run their company as effectively (and efficiently) as possible? To that end, just as it is up to any employee to look out for their own
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Do you know that raising the keel when sailing downwind was standard procedure on ships like this, or are you extrapolating from experience on dinghies and small keelboats? There are many yachts where keels are retractable, but left down wh
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by nickff 2y ago
It doesn’t matter when you waste someone’s time; work hours are fungible for most professionals. Your ‘wild guess’ seems very convenient with respect to your previous comment, and happens to be incorrect.
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> "There would be less application spam if there were fewer spam job postings." I disagree with this; in fact, I think there would be more application spam with fewer postings. Most of the application spam is from people who
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I am an individual who works at a small company, and going through ineligible applications takes away from time I could spend with children or family. I am not an HR professional, but we don't have a massive staff to delegate these mat

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