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by purple_ducks 7y ago
The original (author's) title of the article was "Why It’s So Hard for Entrepreneurs to Get Really Rich in Europe" [0]. [0] https://muckrack.com/ed-robinson/articles
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
> I think it's very possible that the legacy child of two doctors becomes a better doctor than a more academically-talented student Mom & Dad doing patient diagnosis & surgery at home to bond with the kids... Sounds more pro
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
For the same reason there's not a whites only restroom. How do you not understand that if your business offers something, it has to be accessible and available to everyone? Otherwise, it's discrimination. > Life has always been
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
I think Ayn Rand and her writings were a pox on modern life and it is unfortunate she is held in regard by anyone, let alone intelligent people... However, living off social security wasn't really ironic given that she viewed the socia
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
> His lawyer had told him not to but he was assured by his Guruji that god would “take care that the entire journey is without problem.” His lawyer said no. His (separate) spiritual advisor said go.
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
why did you link to comment section. actual article link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/24/ceo_jailed_visa_fau...
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
100% agreed. The initial buffering time on them is ridiculous. I've started uploading to streamable and just posting that link rather than upload video straight to reddit.
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
They rent office space.
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
> - $1 game with $49 infrastructure fixed price that you have to pay on every resale Why would data storage & data bandwidth be upfront fixed price? Bill on usage.
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
Seems like a great time to separate the billing of license to play from value added things like data storage & bandwidth.
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
> Can you imagine owning a grocery store and having to ask every customer their nationality to check which law you must follow to do business with them Can you imagine a grocery chain who wants to profit from potential customers all over
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Where Is the Best City to Live, Based on Salaries and Cost of Living?(citylab.com)
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
> the compiler is not as good nor as clear as Elm's though in the article, you mentioned: > the compiler is one of the best compilers I’ve ever seen and will not compile if it detects that your code is not sound. It seems like yo
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
> brought big companies to the country Unfortunately, these companies were brought over by accountants, not engineers.. In so far as, Ireland gave them an opportunity to target EU market (& tax deals) which meant their staff is mostl
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
> What you see with the teenager in question is a small town with decent enough resources Everything bar the geo-specific things (sailing,planeterium) come from the same money pot for every school in Ireland (ROI) and are pretty much the
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
Wow, that's some license addendum: > This software should not be used to promote or profit from: > violence, hate, and division, > environmental destruction, > abuse of human rights, or > the destruction of people's
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
He didn't publish fact. He published opinion. The context of that opinion is highly relevant and not qualified in the article or a bio. His insta page listed in the bio however gives an insight into his experience. So yes, I feel perfe
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
Great to see the author tackle such a broad topic after 3 months of bootcamp and 1? year of professional development. Regurgitating others' opinions and making multiple unfounded assertive statements is key to demonstrating he has alre
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
> We have always been at least somewhat tolerant of massive waves of migration, whether they were Germans, Italians, Irish, British, Chinese The US wasn't tolerant. I don't even know where to begin. A single comment cannot conv
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
Low cost travel & tourism are _not_ rights. They're privileges. Seems fair to include negative externalities in the cost. If that excludes some people, so be it. They can travel closer to home.
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
> Are you talking about 1st party cookies vs 3rd party cookies? No. I do not need to be served personalised ad cookies in order for the site to provide their service to me. ditto with analytics. ditto with social sharing. ditto with anyt
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
Using your excerpt, I read it as the monster being Softbank. > " Son may turn out to be the Victor Frankenstein of the cheap-money era. He’s helped create a monster that could do him serious harm." Son's creation (Softbank
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
> How is it not the law people not understanding the web? They clearly do and got input from technical people. > “This shall not prevent any technical storage or access for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a commun
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
Excerpts from the wiki page below; seems like the monster did plenty harm to cause Frankenstein pain. > He [the creature] traveled to Victor's [Frankenstein ] family estate using details from Victor's journal, murdered William,
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
I don't see the issue here. Would we be so hard on him if he was knowledgeable about blood testing and had tweeted about Theranos when they ultimately failed? The less silence is the norm, the better. We need people to publicly call ou
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
Not related to his Corben pieces but Owen Jones is probably one of the weakest journalists I've read. It is clear his articles get clicks because he keeps being featured but I cannot stand his pieces.
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
Hopefully Apple's content is more HBO-like and less Netflix-like.
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
They don't have to answer to their citizens if things go awry. Plenty of opportunity for cost cutting.
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
> People don't understand any more about the deal (or lack of one) than they did before they voted. They now know the realities of a no-deal and the implications it will have. That's a lot more than they knew before the vote.
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by purple_ducks 7y ago
> And the EU has plenty of previous on this. The EU didn't have anything to do with the calling of referendum. The voices calling for a 2nd vote are inside the UK. >the facts on the ground have changed, The facts haven't cha

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