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by pimmen 7y ago
Thanks for this tip! Working on my Spanish as we speak!
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by pimmen 7y ago
Throughout history, Congress has leaned heavily on the side of rights holders. I would love it if this would be a wake up call for Congress that overzealous copyright protection has stifled innovation and contributed to the current rent-see
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by pimmen 7y ago
But the richest 10% of people are the ones who make far more than half of all flights [1]. They could certainly fly less. [1] https://www.inequalityintransport.org.uk/book-author/news-bl...
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by pimmen 7y ago
Some more context; she didn't ask for 15 different opinions, she lived in the country side and her nearest hospital used relay doctors. So, it was more a case of being sent home and told to return if it didn't get any better, and
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by pimmen 7y ago
For tech, that list of cities could be changed drastically (Dublin, Berlin, Stockholm and Tel Aviv are major tech centers, for example) but the gist of it is very true.
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by pimmen 7y ago
Not jumping on the latest fad is very common, and something I expect of a doctor. However, I wish more doctors I've met fit in with the latter part of the grand parent comment, though. A friend of my family met 15 different doctors for
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by pimmen 7y ago
Passion is important, it's what makes you unique and fulfills your life, but you need other people to achieve it and thus you need to do things they expect of you. Sometimes, in order for them to even give you a chance, you need to imp
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by pimmen 7y ago
What enjoys widespread appeal is however the cream of the crop. Being raised in Sweden I often opt out of watching a Swedish movie or tv-show simply because everything that makes Nordic Noir good, morally complex stories with plain language
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by pimmen 7y ago
How is the government response (or lack off) affecting the debate around climate change in Australia? If I understand correctly, the current Australian government does not believe in human caused climate change but still enjoys domestic sup
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by pimmen 7y ago
And in Nordic countries I’ve honestly heard people say that the fact that it’s pretty cold right now is evidence against global warming. That whole ”global” part really trips people up. Does anyone know how to explain this nice and clear to
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by pimmen 7y ago
I agree. Nobody cared that tech was collecting tons of data in the 00s, or that they had military contracts with some very questionable regimes. Then, traditional media realized that tech was their number one adversary. Tech was revealed as
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by pimmen 7y ago
The right language can heighten the atmosphere, but otherwise a skilled director working closely with the rest of the crew can make it work. Remove the control of the director by using voice actors who were not directed by the director and
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by pimmen 7y ago
Lots of movie productions make actors dub the dialogue after shooting, it still creates a mismatch between the atmosphere and the dialogue when you change the language, which was my argument.
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by pimmen 7y ago
> Regarding the « no difference whatsoever », you noted in a previous comment that you know a few seconds in advance what’s going to be said. Yes, sometimes that will affect the drama of the scene since the pacing of information in the s
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by pimmen 7y ago
As a sibling comment points out, you forget it’s even there. In a Swedish theater American movies have subtitles but when I watch them at home I usually don’t use subtitles. No difference whatsoever in immersion, comprehension or overall pl
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by pimmen 7y ago
I see lots of movies in languages I don’t understand thanks to subtitles. That way, I can read the dialogue and know what they’re saying. About one or two seconds later I see the actors do their performance and get the emotional and cultura
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by pimmen 7y ago
I'm Swedish and we almost never dub entertainment, unless it's for kids. It just drives me insane when I go abroad and listen to the dialogue being completely butchered on TV. Imagine being the director of the movie and seeing t
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by pimmen 7y ago
The problem is that property laws are local or national, because it's assumed that I need physical access to your property to do anything. If I fire a rocket at your property from some other country, I would be violating all kinds of a
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by pimmen 7y ago
Imagine this happens, but you can't correct these Holocaust deniers because they bought an edit that will remain for at least 6 months. This is what Wikipedia could be selling.
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by pimmen 7y ago
> That sounds like a very poor business model - they can and do that for free already. I might have been unclear, or I'm misunderstanding you, but charging people for something that used to be free is a great business model, since W
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by pimmen 7y ago
Not necessarily. They could argue that they're a platform, just like Facebook or Twitter, and claim they want to be neutral. Facebook and Twitter have taken flak, but all in all, people still trust the core features of these platforms.
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by pimmen 7y ago
You don’t use it, you let other actors use it while you simply rent it out to them. Maybe some Turkish organizations who are pro-Erdogan use Turkish Wikipedia to manipulate Turkish speakers. All the while, people on the other Wikipedia in
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by pimmen 7y ago
Sure, calculus can unlock more pure mathematical concepts than statistics. But so can graph theory, number theory, set theory and abstract algebra. The second point you raise, that calculus has so many applications in physics, is honestly t
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by pimmen 7y ago
Replace most of the calculus classes with statistics. Most people who take calculus in high school will never, ever, do a derivative or integral in their life, nor will they use their understanding of calculus to unlock more mathematical to
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by pimmen 7y ago
This is also why you might send an envoy to negotiate a purchase instead of going yourself and only authorize a certain amount. They insist on a higher price, they get no money at all. The risk you take is that you lose out completely when
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by pimmen 7y ago
A good interviewer could ask some questions to find out if the answer is just memorized or if they understand the concept. And it would test your willingness to educate yourself on a domain, which is something I would value in my team. And
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by pimmen 7y ago
I’ve never understood why the police needs to lie. In Sweden, the police is not allowed to lie but may however withold information or ”speculate” how the circumstances and evidence will be interpreted at trial. The prosecutors still win 90%
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by pimmen 7y ago
That’s the absolute worst. I’m paying for YouTube Premium and I hate that I get pop-ups for YouTube TV and YouTube Kids and whatnot. Peace and quiet was one of the things I paid good money for.
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by pimmen 7y ago
We’re fortunate to have some politicians and officials who believe in anti-trust measures in the European Union. Margrethe Vestager is the current champion and I’m glad I’m under her wing rather than her American counterpart, Ajit Pai. I’m
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by pimmen 7y ago
I've solved plenty of problems when I swim. There's so many different "rooms" and frames of mind I can be in during that activity I think that's the main reason why it doesn't happen as often during weight trai

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