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by pentae 4y ago
So if you want to see this theory in action go to developing countries with an elite ruling class where they don't disperse funds to social works and see how nice it is, behold their lame GDP, etc. The country I live in SE Asia is a go
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by pentae 4y ago
Imho it will all depend on China and India coming to the party, and considering cheap oil and coal funds their expansion i can't really see that happening any time soon
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by pentae 4y ago
One can dream
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by pentae 4y ago
Will certainly have some effect, and at 5 million tourists a year thats $250M yearly into the governments coffers.. could come in handy
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by pentae 4y ago
Pretty sure they'll designate The Atlantic as a "Hate Group" after this ..
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by pentae 4y ago
Indeed. I imagine it would be pretty hard for people to enjoy swimming in these places without taking a commercial flight
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by pentae 5y ago
Well, every person with a cell phone can open it right now during the article and see how many steps they've taken on average in the last week, month, etc. So it's not like it's absolutely meaningless
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by pentae 5y ago
Being able to get into a car and get whisked off to your destination without having to talk to someone about directions is pretty nice
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by pentae 5y ago
My take was that it was a racist comment, its as if OP was implying that non-whites are less likely to do something about it. Either way, I also hated it. Why do people always, always have to bring race into everything lately?
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by pentae 5y ago
I don't think the $100k Foreign-earned income exclusion matters to Bezos too much.
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by pentae 5y ago
Surprised nobody is mentioning that they are making it look more like the MacOS taskbar so it looks more friendly and approachable for new users who have grown up using smartphones and tablets
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by pentae 5y ago
In some places the e-sim plans are inflated and poorer value compared to the deals on physical sim cards sold. For example the unlimited data plans might be only available by sim rather than purchasing data packs
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by pentae 5y ago
Not everywhere, as others in this thread have mentioned. As a frequent traveler I'll be probably holding onto the last physical sim iPhone for many years until everywhere I travel to has it all ironed out.
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by pentae 5y ago
Well said. Even blind freddy can see this about-face is about trying to keep themselves and their political apparatus in power and not because they ever cared about the residents quality of life. The sad part is that their constituents will
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by pentae 5y ago
This may be true, however after living in the tropics for many years I can attest that if you're unable to afford Air conditioning, someone taking your fan away would be enough to send even the happiest person over the edge.
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by pentae 5y ago
The economist has been pushing a certain political agenda for a while now, I cancelled my subscription a while ago because of this reason
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by pentae 5y ago
Or 2 trillion, but who's counting
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by pentae 5y ago
The problem with web3.0 is decentralizing all the things is super hard and really user unfriendly. At this point i'd be happy with something more like web 2.5 where the important bits are decentralized from a central authority (identit
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by pentae 5y ago
It would show the app store url, which most would assume to be the developer themselves pushing the app store link and not Apple itself
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by pentae 5y ago
Yes, it's almost a bit like people parroting TikTok memes.
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by pentae 5y ago
How about Billionaires set up 'Ministry of Truth'
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by pentae 5y ago
It's as if these people haven't heard of the government and how much money they have to throw around to fix their wish list of problems. Why is it a private individuals responsibility?
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by pentae 5y ago
As an Australian I respectfully disagree with you and agree with the article - most Australians just don't care. I've consistently mentioned this to my Australian friends, colleagues, family members for about 10 years now and it&#
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by pentae 5y ago
We should also tell Google to limit the search results to just 5. That would prevent you from having to see tons of search results on google.
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by pentae 5y ago
> Apple provides them access to, literally, nearly a billion potential customers On the flip side, if Apple were to no longer provide access to Netflix to those customers, they would be downright hostile about it and would be a watershed
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by pentae 5y ago
How about some logos that don't look like they are from a fiverr competition?
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by pentae 5y ago
I mean, you can buy Mein Kampf on Amazon so it's probably not the best example
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by pentae 5y ago
I don't know why people have such a hard time believing this. A 50 cent army to steer social media opinions is certainly a lot cheaper than aircraft carriers
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by pentae 5y ago
.. Or you could pay in crypto. Or you could convert your crypto to cash in a Wendys parking lot.
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by pentae 5y ago
Had a similar experience happen to me many years ago. But if I was doing it all over again I'd make sure to have a signed one page agreement on some points like this: - Both agree to work a minimum of xx hours per week on the project -

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