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1081.
by ptaipale 10y ago
As a non-native speaker, that raises my eyebrows as in "What? From Guyana?" Though it is right of course, i.e. Southern American is different from South American.
1082.
by ptaipale 10y ago
The old system was ordered maybe 20 years ago, maybe even longer. Lots of new legislation has been introduced since that, and perhaps that new legislation is the very reason why some systems had to be renewed. Also, a new generation of publ
1083.
by ptaipale 10y ago
Indeed. The "Computer says no" or "Computer says catch him" attitude should change: particularly if you know it's a new system, check twice before making drastic actions based on data it gives.
1084.
by ptaipale 10y ago
However, the fault probably does not lie in someone writing bad software; it's more about the authorities themselves defining a bad workflow when specifying the system. I say this based on just a bit of personal experience in working w
1085.
by ptaipale 10y ago
The headline is somewhat clickbaity and sensational. Yes, it is bad that there are clerical errors in justice system. But, if information is lost due to faulty software or user errors or even user error helped by bad UI design, it's st
1086.
by ptaipale 10y ago
When drug lords decapitate people, I don't call it a war crime. Just crime. If soldiers wage war and then decapitate people (like Daesh does) then that's a war crime.
1087.
by ptaipale 10y ago
Criminals. (By the way, soldiers generally don't decapitate enemies these days; doing so is a war crime.)
1088.
by ptaipale 10y ago
The war on drugs is not a war that soldiers fight. It's a figure of speech. The war on terror is so-so.
1089.
by ptaipale 10y ago
I think Saara (her real name is Saara Forsberg) is actually quite fluent in Swedish, and Finnish is her mother tongue. The video is intentionally gibberish. It's indeed a talent that she can sound so real without saying anything that
1090.
by ptaipale 10y ago
BTW, also between Finland and Norway people are mostly cool about neighbouring country's police crossing over. http://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/armed_norwegian_police_cro... The Putin troll column of co
1091.
by ptaipale 10y ago
The police in the border region in both countries is currently being trained for patrolling in the other country (there are some differences in legislation and operational procedures). So not just pass-through but actual law enforcement wor
1092.
by ptaipale 10y ago
Ah, thanks for information. So, border adjustments are possible there as well (India and Bangladesh are on friendly terms, unlike India and Pakistan).
1093.
by ptaipale 10y ago
Ah, right. Thanks.
1094.
by ptaipale 10y ago
However, if another country moves to you, it makes several things awkward. There are plenty of exclaves with country borders out there. For instance, here's a bit of Germany inside Switzerland: https://goo.gl/maps/
1095.
by ptaipale 10y ago
It's interesting that so close to the heart of European Union, the police and judicial authorities needs special permits to enter through the area of neighbouring country, even if they won't do any official business there, they ju
1096.
by ptaipale 10y ago
At least between Finland and Sweden, in the Tornio/Torneå river, there are small adjustments to the border done on a regular basis, every 25 years. The previous border adjustment was in 2006 and the one before that in 1981. The river c
1097.
by ptaipale 10y ago
The repealed Article 10 simply says that "The King is of age, when he turns 20 years. As soon as he enters the 21st year, he declares himself publicly to be an adult." https://lovdata.no/dokument/HIST/lov
1098.
by ptaipale 10y ago
Not just lamps. They use the electricity to power aluminium smelters (a very energy-intensive thing).
1099.
by ptaipale 10y ago
The "some reason" is that it helps to put into perspective some radioactivity fears. "Working for a week at the Fukushima plant gives you the banana equivalent dose of one hundred bananas (100 BED)", or whatever.
1100.
by ptaipale 10y ago
A significant distinction is that the manufacturing and exports are not controlled by Swedish laws, which the OP was about.
1101.
by ptaipale 10y ago
And if Switzerland would get an earthquake and a tsunami, the actual disaster would not be with the nuclear reactors; it would be with the direct consequences of the earthquake and tsunami. Just like in Japan.
1102.
by ptaipale 10y ago
The plant is old, but that doesn't mean there would be anything wrong with it. When it is properly maintained, any worn components are replaced and it's completely stable. Safety systems improve all the time.
1103.
by ptaipale 10y ago
Export a brand, but not export the stuff. H&M is crap in my opinion, but I actually think IKEA makes a lot of quality stuff.
1104.
by ptaipale 10y ago
I admit the numbers are arbitrary, but I do claim they are realistic. Based on personal experience and some insight into the pricing of electronics and cost of labour (in a Sweden-like environment). If you change the purchasing power parity
1105.
by ptaipale 10y ago
I like the idea in principle, but the cost of repairing something is so huge - due to direct labour costs and related social expenditures - that it is very difficult to change this balance with just VAT rate adjustments. Fixing a five-year-
1106.
by ptaipale 10y ago
Practically none of Ikea or H&M stuff is manufactured in Sweden and exported, though. Sweden is the hub for brand management and such, but the manufacturing is distributed to where the contractors do it cheapest: China, Russia, Banglade
1107.
by ptaipale 10y ago
Umm, which standards? Paris city area has a density (21000/km²) that is twice that of New York City (10800/km²), but is an exception. Many other major European metropolitan cities are less than half of New York's density. (Be
1108.
by ptaipale 10y ago
Montreal city has today a lower population than it had 50 years ago (using current city limits). Abbreviated from Wikipedia: 1966 1,750,969 1976 1,664,527 −5.7% 1986 1,541,251 −0.9% 1996 1,550,369 −0.2% 2006 1,620,639 +2.3%
1109.
by ptaipale 10y ago
Indeed. If there are more jobs than apartments in SF, and more people commuting to SF than from SF, it doesn't sound like "the entire peninsula dumps their housing problem onto sf"; it's rather the other way round.
1110.
by ptaipale 10y ago
...after which the people who lived there have even less of a roof over their heads.

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