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by odiroot 5y ago
Companies became (purely?) investment vehicles for shareholders. These shareholders are frequently retirement funds and insurance companies. It all makes sense when you dig down.
782.
by odiroot 5y ago
> If you’re going down this route, many will argue that all forms of income tax are equally “wrong”. I frequently come to a conclusion personal income tax should be abolished as it punishes work. CIT, VAT, capital gains and inheritance
783.
by odiroot 5y ago
Can someone rain on my parade and explain how is it not going to work?
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by odiroot 5y ago
> I maybe in the minority in this comments section but I genuinely enjoy working from office. I'm going to respond tongue-in-cheek: I also like working from office -- when it's empty or barely occupied, and I can control my who
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by odiroot 5y ago
I think you're onto something. I remember myself, as a young developer and a fresh university student mostly reading programming forums or browsing newsgroups. Even more so official documentation for a programming language or a library
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by odiroot 5y ago
Can you show us how does it look like? Is it similar to the ones for fighting bruxism?
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by odiroot 5y ago
I'm just afraid SAP, Telekom, or Big "O" will get the contract and it'd be over budget, delayed and half-assed as usual.
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by odiroot 5y ago
Not trying to offend any party here but the violence in Mexico seems more organised, targeted but brutal and extreme. The violence in ZA seems more random, more opportunity crime and more about property than people. At least this is how med
789.
by odiroot 5y ago
I disagree on strong typing. I think this is actually a good improvement that prevents many silly mistakes. But static typing and constant (re-)compilation is the part that kills the joy when creating software.
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by odiroot 5y ago
> The older I get, the more I appreciate dynamic languages. Fuck, I said it. Fight me. The other ones are quite obvious but this is the one that really resonated with me. People, with experience, tend to get more pragmatic and less &quot
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by odiroot 5y ago
> This is only half correct. Until Mr. Xi came to power, China was getting wealthier and (somewhat) more open. The Internet filtering was already being introduced by Hu Jintao. But, admittedly, Xi is the Paranoid-Man.
792.
by odiroot 5y ago
That's definitely a Berlin experience. I used to live in a shady corner of Mitte and it was common for the delivery notes to be stolen from the front doors (naturally for people to go and pickup the package from neighbours etc). I neve
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by odiroot 5y ago
Yes it is. I'm not a fan of motorcycle racing in the city but I used to commute using a scooter and I'd never do it on a completely quiet machine. Car drivers are already pretty oblivious to smaller vehicles.
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by odiroot 5y ago
It's not a comedy if you share a border with them, and EU does.
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by odiroot 5y ago
If you're more into movies and don't care about the run-off-the-mill series then Netflix hasn't been a solution for a long time now.
796.
by odiroot 5y ago
It would have been ironic if the flight was overbooked and they couldn't buy a ticket/board.
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by odiroot 5y ago
> All bark no bite. Assuming they got help from Russia, the gas pipeline (Nord Stream 2) is still going as planned. And is sadly supported by most big Bundestag parties (with Grüne being the only exception but for all the different reaso
798.
by odiroot 5y ago
It's just a commercial operator of the airplane. That doesn't matter much in the international aviation laws.
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by odiroot 5y ago
The problem with both EU and NATO is that some of the members have no problems being friendly with these regimes/terrorist states. They make good partners in business.
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by odiroot 5y ago
EU states have no problem signing big deals with Russia, who performs even more questionable moves. Belarus won't feel a thing.
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by odiroot 5y ago
Maybe EU should consider putting these stooges on some no-fly list.
802.
by odiroot 5y ago
The Android blob emojis worked for years and people were happy with them. They were so popular that some people even backported them to newer Android versions, after they were removed.
803.
by odiroot 5y ago
Maybe in US. Meeting people at work usually was (and probably still is) the most common way to find a romantic partner in Europe.
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by odiroot 5y ago
That's very good news. That was my only pain point with ST3.
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by odiroot 5y ago
Do you expect that working with Python codebases will get better with this release? I mean it in the context of code completion and other "intelligence" features.
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by odiroot 5y ago
> The reality is that young women are more attractive to men, with youthful looks, an innocence and potentially more submissive. That's a really weird way to look at things. Especially the last claim. You're disregarding the wh
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by odiroot 5y ago
> Life expectancy between sexes varies by 3-5 years It's close to 10 years for my country. Very common in post-communist states.
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by odiroot 5y ago
I liked my Nokia 3310. I never liked the cold.
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by odiroot 5y ago
> This probably won't fly in Germany as Germans are very privacy cautious. After having lived in Germany for ~7 years this statement always makes me laugh. Some examples: * Names on doorbells (yes, visible from the street). * People
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by odiroot 5y ago
You're completely right in thinking that. Insurance companies are only providing "insurance" from the perspective of the customers. They're actually just another investment vehicle and their managers (not so dissimilar t

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