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readhn
8y ago
Dirty money (drugs, corrupt politicians, gangsters) is THE elephant in the Western Room. Everyone keeps ignoring it as long as the money keeps flowing into real estate, companies/start ups.
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readhn
8y ago
the same could be said about a lot of dictators. these guys make it so that there is no other option (by killing opponents) for the country.
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8y ago
You have no idea what you are talking about. First lada, for instance, was not a "soviet" car. It was a product of FIAT. Ural Motorcycle was really a BMW creation etc. etc. Henry Ford helped build some of the first Soviet cars (st
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8y ago
"The necessity is mother of invention." Russians were "hungry" and they had to work with what little they had. Their western counterparts were "well fed" and "lazy" in comparison. There was no need to
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8y ago
The issue is that they ALSO still have your data, yes you have it now (hey, thanks for my own data) but they and god knows who else at this point have it and they really can do literally anything with it without your knowledge. What we real
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8y ago
This is nice. Ok, thanks for letting me have my own data. What i really, really want is a DELETE button that wipes out all of my personal data on Apple's servers FOREVER with 0 chance of recovery. I want to press DELETE and i disappear
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8y ago
30s is young. 20s is still a child.
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8y ago
These are once in a life time exceptions - all these people were there at the exactly right point in place, history and time. A lot of people have done very well for themselves who were there at the exactly the same point time ("millio
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8y ago
FYI: these were not "fake blood tests"! They used central lab with conventional test equipment to consolidate and process patient samples (not their magic lab on the bench device) and issue the results. The problem was that their
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8y ago
How many startup CEOs with "fake it until you make it" philosophy are sweating a bit more these days??
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8y ago
That is actually lower than i expected - since globally only some people are able to afford music services like spotify, apple music etc.
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8y ago
wow that was his book??? absolutely crazy what we have become here. and i thought this stuff was only happening in 3rd world countries (like russia) where world known scientist live in poverty conditions.
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8y ago
It depends on what political system we have by then. If we do develop further and progress to a one whole planet mentality (no countries/borders etc) then we will know our history as it was. If we continue on the current path then im a
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8y ago
Its only a beginning. Reddit is where most people of certain demographics spend their time during day. It will only grow from here. Just like there is a youtube generation (grew up on youtube) there is a reddit generation in the works.
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8y ago
Interestingly this is apparently how some corrupt russian government officials like to hide/park their dirty cash/bribes etc. funnel money/bribes/transfer assets into "charities", then have charities buy/o
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readhn
8y ago
You contradict yourself: at least 50%+ of things you purchase with your hard earned money is made in china. I suppose you dont purchase anything useful then.
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8y ago
So What? There is nothing new under the sun. Be glad you are good enough to be copied and imitated. C Also: copy 80% of a successful product and innovate/improve another (core) 20% is a very smart business approach. Kudos an good luck
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8y ago
whats wrong with sending anonymous email along with a bitcoin address? at least they could have saved the paintings.
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8y ago
i know there may be a link. just curious if there is a strong correlation among all countries.
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8y ago
im wondering if cheese/meat surplus/deficit has any correlation with country's overweight problem. USA, vs France vs Italy vs India etc.
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8y ago
> Why the iPhone can’t compete in India Simple: iPhone X 256GB cost in usa $1150 The median household income in the United States is $56,516, according to 2015 data from the U.S. Census. Thus saving $200/month average family can buy
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8y ago
Good catch! I wonder why?
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readhn
8y ago
Verizon has a cybersecurity unit that can be subcontracted by outside companies? Interesting. EDIT: http://www.verizonenterprise.com/products/security/
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8y ago
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201803290068.html
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8y ago
They dont call us "consumers" for nothing.... soon they'll take away the keyboards and other ways/inputs to mess with the "insides" of a computer ... and all you'll have is a touch screen to choose this or
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8y ago
i saw a Dad the other day on a playground with his kid. The Dad stood there staring at his phone the entire time while "playing" with his kid. Kinda sad to see this...
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8y ago
Apple makes it hard to service so that only Apple can service. Also target apple customer is not a DIY kind. Target customer wants "luxury" experience - let apple do everything and they pay for it. Somewhat similar to any modern l
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8y ago
nope - the original uploader was on twitter and got his/her account shut down right away. This guy downloaded the videos while the original videos on twitter were up. he simply re-uploaded them to youtube. now hundreds of people have t
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8y ago
distribute it to who? Average iphone user does not know what a torx screw driver looks like. DIY community - yes, but they are not a target market for apple at all.
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8y ago
i agree a significant breakthrough in batteries (or other energy sources) is needed.
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