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by pergadad 7y ago
A very solid and respected company paid a gigantic amount for an ailing, future-less (Monsanto had closed most of its research), and clearly ethically struggling company with thousands of lawsuits against it. Worst corporate decision I&#x27
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by pergadad 7y ago
Very interesting article. Essentially: there is a legitimate need for such content, namely to hold the perpetrators accountable. So the question might be: how can this content still be accessed later by e.g. researchers/prosecutors&#x2
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by pergadad 7y ago
> Experimentation is the norm at start-ups, especially young ones. But moves that prioritize balance sheets over growth are more common in firms short on cash or those looking for an exit, either through acquisition or an initial public
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by pergadad 8y ago
Gold jewellery is still prized as an asset that will help young girls to get a "good" husband.
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by pergadad 8y ago
I'm not sure whether you are aware that you changed the argument. Op was describing the effect of colonialisation on DRC. S/He wasn't discussing the impact of slavery. There were also different kinds of colonies and different
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by pergadad 8y ago
Any new pandemic can come mainly from two possible sources: - mutation of an existing pathogen affecting humans - mutation of an existing animal pathogen so that it can start infecting humans The first is more likely with inadequate treatme
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by pergadad 8y ago
How is that even linked to US corporations?
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by pergadad 8y ago
You're shot for refusing orders. In a war situation no one is going to bother recording this. You'll either get a letter home that you were a deserter and died dishonourably, so your widow and kids won't even get a pension, o
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by pergadad 8y ago
Normal men - farmers, workers, clerks - receive a letter in the mail: " on the first of next month, report to base X. Failure to report will be considered treason". You have kids at home. They'll have no more food on the tabl
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by pergadad 8y ago
This would be surprising. If I remember correctly the MP was from the Green party (= centre left & environmental) while the current government is pretty much the opposite (centre right party & we're-not-nazis-but-pretty-close
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by pergadad 8y ago
It hurts mostly the companies paying for ads, and probably mostly smaller ones that can't detect the issue. Think your local car dealer.
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by pergadad 8y ago
Not at all. You're thinking in antagonistic terms. The EU wants the closest possible link and alliance - this is not furthered by forcing the other party in a position where they are unhappy. What the EU is concerned with is that the 2
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by pergadad 8y ago
You're reading too much bad/biased reporting. Anyone who ever worked in international relations or trade knows that the worst case is uncertainty. It's neither in the UK's not in the EU's interest. It's quite w
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by pergadad 8y ago
There's some progress with EU bug bounty programmes and a recent commitment to publish under CC-BY for content. The shift clearly goes that way. But running a large administration with largely non-technical staff on open source can be
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by pergadad 8y ago
I just installed exodus and noticed plenty of the app's I paid for still have trackers...
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by pergadad 8y ago
Not really. You have one vote in the council per country. For it to be a majority you need both the number of countries >55% and the amount of population >65%. Population is defined as people with "usual residence"in the cou
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by pergadad 8y ago
And on the other end of the spectrum the EU has just decided to publish all its documents in CC-BY to avoid any such rights nightmare ..
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by pergadad 8y ago
"I don't want to pay, but I still want to see it." Here's your problem. It's not that they exist, it's that you still want the content, for which they are trying to gain an income.
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by pergadad 8y ago
As of today geoblocking doesn't seem to be used for pricing, but mainly to allow locally exclusive sales channels.
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by pergadad 8y ago
What a ridiculous dispute. Change the actors and it's obvious how Amazon is completely insulting and ridiculous. There is a region covering several countries, with a widely recognised name. Is it even half-sane to imagine that one corp
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by pergadad 8y ago
You're not buying a book on Amazon, you're buying a personal license to use a book.
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by pergadad 8y ago
Well spotted, although it seems to be a rather mild effect?
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by pergadad 8y ago
You're only reading at surface level. It's described in the text, but for a quick sense of it look at the graphs on page 39 and the footnote - for earnings the participation is not considered but for hours worked and wages it only
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by pergadad 8y ago
The scale of the Chinese great firewall is rather unprecedented. Sites and keywords blocked, and homegrown sites have to follow constantly increasing filter lists and report users. Blocking a few sites is nothing in comparison to this.
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by pergadad 8y ago
Or * 1-2 Million Uighurs locked into reeducation camps...uh, sorry, I meant to write "voluntarily attend vocational schools"
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by pergadad 8y ago
Just to stress that the plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'. It may be true - or not. But it's important not to assume it's true just because a few stories say so.
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by pergadad 8y ago
There were a few studies showing that rats fed less than their normal assumed calorie intake urged to live longer. I can't speak for the effect pathway, but similar things could also be true in humans.
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by pergadad 8y ago
Please do remember global reach. That's quite an amount for someone in Bulgaria, the Philippines or most of Africa. Yes pricing for Americans/Western Europe is one good idea - but if it's still profitable why not do open up t
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by pergadad 8y ago
$400 for a current console and $60 or so for a recent game. Assuming you buy the next gen after 3 years or so there's quite a budget invested in the gamer's part - a streaming service at maybe $20/month that gives you access
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by pergadad 8y ago
Thank you for pointing this out. Moving indeed, in particular how this pain is passed on to further generations.

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