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811.
by odiroot 5y ago
Businesses, even private cannot just leak money/assets without explanation.
812.
by odiroot 5y ago
Being a software engineer in a EU country, you're definitely not a classically rich person. In USA, maybe? In EU not so much. There's so many professions (quite common at that) that earn more, or even much more than us.
813.
by odiroot 5y ago
> The poor already pay very little taxno change there And in many developed nations also (naturally) get the biggest net benefits.
814.
by odiroot 5y ago
> The collapse of the Soviet Union was a disaster in itself. A very positive "disaster" for multiple countries that were occupied by Russia since the end of the war. We regained our freedom and started to catch up to the NATO c
815.
by odiroot 5y ago
> These estimates vary a lot from one source to another, but even then 130 kgCO2/kg is an unusually high estimate for beef. Common range, I think, is from 20 to 60 Still, we'd be much better off, had we stopped eating beef (and
816.
by odiroot 5y ago
The longer I live, and especially after having read that post, the more I think the civil institution of marriage is a mistake. We would be better off, if it remained a purely religious or traditional ceremony, without the government puttin
817.
by odiroot 6y ago
I can only second Bitwig. Although it's really pricey for the full version (16-track is enough for me). It works perfectly on Linux and even supports Pulseaudio if you don't want to deal with JACK. I tried Ardour, LMMS, Reaper, Wa
818.
by odiroot 6y ago
Also crackdown and constant police presence on Kotti.
819.
by odiroot 6y ago
Try looking around Friedenau, one of the most peaceful and posh parts of the inner city.
820.
by odiroot 6y ago
My favourite thing about U7 is the Jungfernheide station. It sort of quite bland and even neglected but... it hides an extra platform that was supposed to connect centre of the city with Berlin Airport (now sadly closed). The station also u
821.
by odiroot 6y ago
One is unlike the others. You're probably looking at Facebook, Oracle. Netflix is a small fish.
822.
by odiroot 6y ago
Don't even think of eating beans. Methane is illegal too.
823.
by odiroot 6y ago
That's a great tip, thanks!
824.
by odiroot 6y ago
I'm a happy user of Colemak for over a year. Although it took me a few months to get used to it. One disadvantage though is, now I have trouble typing on QWERTY.
825.
by odiroot 6y ago
> This happened in 1977, and none of the people who signed it are public figures today, certainly not in the tech sphere. Aren't Foucault, Derrida and Lyotard still big names and influences in postmodern thought (and the whole &quot
826.
by odiroot 6y ago
There's one in my hometown on public display. I could risk a guess tens of thousands of people touched it.
827.
by odiroot 6y ago
> Some people simply live in underdeveloped countries where their talents can't shine and they have no way to get an interview at FAANG And there's a high chance they would be rejected for lack of culture fit anyway. Or fail on
828.
by odiroot 6y ago
Your post really resonates well with me. I wondered many times in my life, how do you effectively tax actual rich people without squashing the middle class? Many EU states seem to get this very wrong.
829.
by odiroot 6y ago
> What he doesn't mention is that an increase in corporate taxes will mostly impact SMBs So, in practice, that's just lobbying to kill his competition off?
830.
by odiroot 6y ago
> One thing I like about the European shows is that they feel 'fresh' and more connected to life here. That's an interesting insight. I very much prefer US (or UK) shows to the continental ones. The production is just bett
831.
by odiroot 6y ago
> The article’s a bit of a troll piece, so I’m going to ignore it. One of my favourite pastimes in London was picking somewhere on the map I’d never been and just walking there. Sometimes just the centre of a borough I hadn’t been to bef
832.
by odiroot 6y ago
Or just conveniently try to escape their shady origins.
833.
by odiroot 6y ago
> Seems like religiosity is a neurological need, but church is not. So faith is, religion is not.
834.
by odiroot 6y ago
I thought Chiang Kai-shek took care of them during the period of White Terror.
835.
by odiroot 6y ago
> Over here (Europe) he was widely regarded as a clown during his presidency Over here in Europe he is praised for liberating us from communism.
836.
by odiroot 6y ago
Does any country have a corruption-free public sector?
837.
by odiroot 6y ago
That's a long diversion! But probably quite picturesque. Must be annoying for the crew, I can imagine.
838.
by odiroot 6y ago
> You can probably use the Ive/Jobs combination to describe evolution. Ive was the mutation source, Jobs was the selection filter. So they were a kind of a subtractive synthesizer, one could say.
839.
by odiroot 6y ago
Has Mr Doctorow ever visited the DACH region?
840.
by odiroot 6y ago
Well, Hungary is in EU and they seem to be doing much better than the rest.

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