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by oska 7y ago
Here's one [1] that shows it as part of the Kingdom of the Isles at the end of the 11th century. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kingdom_of_Mann_and_the_I...
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by oska 7y ago
> Capitalism is founded on the idea that the consumer is a means to an end. No it's not, and repeating such myths only helps abet companies who act in such a way.
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Germany's big manufacturing sector is vulnerable to disruption(unherd.com)
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by oska 7y ago
Just how much bakers are appreciated in France. (Which I think is great.)
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by oska 7y ago
> I am a futurist, and looking into 100-year from now, won't there be a united government just like what we saw in Star Trek? No, that is extremely unlikely. Not just unlikely, I would view it as pretty much impossible.
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by oska 7y ago
Obviously Tibet can be a separate country (and was very recently). And if Singapore is viable as a separate country, why not Hong Kong too? Chinese empires have broken up many times in the past. I don't expect the fate of this current
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by oska 7y ago
> A survey commissioned by La Poste found that French citizens rank mail carriers among their “favorite figures encountered in daily life,” second only to bakers. This made me laugh a little.
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by oska 7y ago
> I don't consider that unipolar hegemony to have ever been a good thing for most people outside - or inside the US. The same. I am greatly encouraged that we are moving back to a multipolar world and that the USA's untrammeled
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by oska 7y ago
Just on the NBA angle: It seems quite bizarre to me that a very large country like China follows a sports league in another country. I personally would welcome the Chinese following their own sports leagues more. Yes, they are often of a le
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by oska 7y ago
Your comment is not an interesting take at all. But it is incredibly patronising.
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by oska 7y ago
The Scott Trust got wound up in 2008 and its assets transferred to a new limited company named "The Scott Trust Limited" (disingenuous name). [1] [1] https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/guardian-owning-scott-trust-t...
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by oska 7y ago
Agree. Indeed it reads like a parody of (self-obsessed & pretentious) bad writing.
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by oska 7y ago
The EU is already discussing how to implement a 'carbon border tax' [1]. I believe other political entities have also looked at such import levies on goods coming from external domains where pollution taxes are lower or non existe
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by oska 7y ago
This is flawed reasoning when you understand that some people and some companies are sociopathic. They will never 'turn over a new leaf' because they are incapable of doing so.
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by oska 7y ago
I understand you're taking a critical stance but I see pollution taxes as one of the best forms of taxation, as they 1) obviously cut down on pollution and 2) increase efficiency and productivity. Obviously who receives the taxes and h
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by oska 7y ago
Can we redirect to the original article [1] please (linked in the submitted article). [1] https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-isnt-worried-ab...
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by oska 7y ago
The article is about banning cars (it's right there in the title). Cars don't carry freight they carry people. Still fine to bring in freight to Manhattan in small trucks & vans but we should make them all have to be zero em
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by oska 7y ago
You make a good point about brake pads but EVs still release particles from tyre wear, although there is active research on tyres that reduce that source of pollution too.
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by oska 7y ago
The Norwegian government has support for its EV policies from the 'normal people' who voted it in. Every poll I've seen across a range of countries shows strong interest in and support for the transtion to EVs. Sometimes the
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by oska 7y ago
So he would presumably struggle with a piece of paper the size of a small mobile phone too. Why contrast a small phonescreen with a piece of A4 paper when touchscreens also come in A4 size?
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by oska 7y ago
The equivalent to circling things on paper is selecting check boxes next to items on a touch screen. Which is just as easy, if not even easier (easy to cancel a selection which is not so easy once something is already circled on paper).
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by oska 7y ago
> These articles and their fascination with Japan. Just like the suicides and the sexless, herbivore men crap that is constantly making the rounds. The other story that is constantly told is about Japan's ageing society, while very
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by oska 7y ago
Agreed. The whole 'IP theft' story is bullshit and founded on an intellectual fiction (that ideas can be property).
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by oska 7y ago
This comment also reminded me of highschool - "Yeah, I'm a nerd who gets bullied but hey, at least I'm not like this other nerd who gets bullied. Actually, I agree with the people who bully him that at least he deserves it.&q
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by oska 7y ago
Quoting Debbie Harry from an interview published just yesterday [1]: > She is similarly dismissive of another horrific incident. In the early 70s, when she and Stein were coming home after a gig, a man followed them and forced them at kn
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by oska 7y ago
"Hi friend, whenever we eat together I don't want it to be a self-catered barbeque or picnic in a park, dinner at my place or yours, a meal at a great local restaurant or any other of a thousand and one possibilities. No, whenever
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by oska 7y ago
> Facebook groups have been a great way for neighborhoods and communities to come together. I would argue that we would have organically developed much better online ways for neighbourhoods and communities to come together, absent the
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by oska 7y ago
I would imagine that it's been automatically removed due to a large number of people flagging it, rather than manually removed by the admins. My understanding is that automatic removals (from flagging) get reviewed and unremoved if the
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by oska 7y ago
The submission is of a space.com article.
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by oska 7y ago
And as I saw someone else say, the welds on a water tower also have to be good under pressure, otherwise the water tower bursts and dumps all its water.

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