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by nickpp 4y ago
> We're also voting with our votes and most of us agree with that the EU is doing here. Never voted for crap like this or the GDPR. I voted for strong leadership against Russian aggression or not becoming energy dependent of an evil
872.
by nickpp 4y ago
There are countless examples of companies that made a product people didn't want and subsequently went out of business.
873.
by nickpp 4y ago
Brain drain continues today. Innovation happens in the US while EU... mandates charging connectors.
874.
by nickpp 4y ago
Or maybe every EU tech company approaching success will voluntarily move to US, since that is where the (free) market is and that is where it can become successful.
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by nickpp 4y ago
Bulgaria's GDP in 2023 was about 4x that of 1989. IT industry is about 5-6% of Bulgaria's GDP.
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by nickpp 4y ago
> not having a policy and letting private enterprises build whatever they want (and can) using their own money is a policy of itself It's called capitalism. And freedom. But my point was: EU did NOT prevent member countries from inv
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by nickpp 4y ago
IT industry is 6.2% of the Romanian GDP. Romania's GDP in 2019 was about 5x that of 1989. The privatization of the inefficient communist industry was indeed a joke. But the free markets and the switch to capitalism allowed a mixture of
878.
by nickpp 4y ago
> EU wanted Romaina as a supplier of agricultural goods (and exported labor?) That is BS. EU never dictated Romania what industries to develop, as Romania is not a planned economy. Private enterprise decides what to create and build, jus
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by nickpp 4y ago
Most of the industry in the Eastern European block was completely unable to even sustain itself (or turn a profit) outside of the captive market of the Warsaw Pact though. The leftist governments tried to keep some of it above water (with m
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by nickpp 4y ago
> You're right next to him at the bottom of the intellectual barrel. Thank you! I feel quite honored to be considered next to Walter Bright.
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by nickpp 4y ago
If Russia would stop fighting, there would be no war. If Ukraine would stop fighting, there would be no Ukraine.
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by nickpp 4y ago
Actually solar panels are very cheap now because the technology used to produce them (the same tech used to produce CPUs and chips and such) has become incredibly cheap due to the widespread high-tech adoption. Same amazing price reductions
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by nickpp 4y ago
Using this kind of language and attitude does not help your position in the slightest - it just makes Walter's well thought, rational arguments even stronger.
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by nickpp 4y ago
55" 4K TVs used to be very expensive as well. Now they are so cheap and thin and good I hug one in my basement just for the occasional workout video streamed from YouTube. Technological progress is the secret to price reduction. No gov
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by nickpp 4y ago
Communism failed everywhere was tried. Countries held as socialism success stories are either oil-rich (Norway) or got rich under capitalism then managed to stunt that growth with a hard left turn (Western Europe). They then fell way behind
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by nickpp 4y ago
It’s really concerning how many people here would cave to nuclear blackmail. Which part of your own country would you be willing to give up to the nuclear power so it doesn’t launch its nukes for now ?
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by nickpp 4y ago
> Altruism isnt necessary, education is. Communists tried so hard to educate us into the "New Man". For the betterment of all mankind, of course. Of course, ignoring human nature tuned the whole "experiment" into a hu
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by nickpp 4y ago
Seems rather easy to join this network: an internship. Which usually is awarded meritocratic, too. But attitude matters a lot: if you sped this internship complaining how people are unfair and are not inviting you the their networks and cir
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by nickpp 4y ago
And without food, some people die but it was the free markets who brought us this incredible array of cheaper and cheaper options while planned economies couldn't keep their citizens from starving.
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by nickpp 4y ago
Enterprises have to cope with price increases all the time. My friends building houses have seen the price for iron multiplying over the year, but construction still goes on. Some businesses die but the others adapt and find solutions. It’s
891.
by nickpp 4y ago
The fact that you are so nonchalantly dismissing the statement of someone like Walter should make you take a long hard look at yourself, your beliefs and your though processes. Water usage is just as elastic as any other consumption behavi
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by nickpp 4y ago
Even government-run services cost money (usually much more than private ones). And the government gets its money from us, not from the sky.
893.
by nickpp 4y ago
I think that for divers, at this price and capabilities, is a must. Just to be able to have your regular smartwatch under water… Half the price of the corresponding Garmin dive computer.
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by nickpp 4y ago
Did anybody catch the maximum depth for diving?
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by nickpp 4y ago
Then nobody prevents you having what to want even today. This is the beauty of capitalism: it’s perfectly fine to have other forms of organizations inside it. There are communes and kibbutz you can join right now.
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by nickpp 4y ago
If you're not allowed to leave, YES.
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by nickpp 4y ago
And this is how you arrive at needing walls and guns to keep people in - because we tend to vote with our feet and leave such sick authoritarian "utopias" at the price of risking our life - freedom is worth it. Pretty much how a
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by nickpp 4y ago
You are describing a world of slaves. How many people are you willing to sacrifice to achieve you vision?
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by nickpp 4y ago
Searched for the word "union". Not there. If the regulations are half of the problem, unions are the other half. Can’t talk about one and not the other.
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by nickpp 4y ago
Didn’t Ireland have a campaign against greedy landlords with rent controls, 52% tax, no deductions, no evictions?! That would explain much better the disaster in rental market…

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