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ruairinewman
12y ago
Part of the problem is that there is no uniform provision across the EU for VAT exemption for books. Some countries charge VAT on paper books, or on e-books, or on both.
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ruairinewman
12y ago
This is definitely a retrograde step, especially in countries such as the Republic of Ireland, where paper books are generally ascribed a 0% VAT rate. That doesn't protect us in regard to e-books however, as the specific legislative te
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ruairinewman
12y ago
Surely this process means that HIV is just as capable of evolving into something even more lethal over time, given the right environment? Given the relatively closed environment of a country like North Korea (for example) where diversity is
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ruairinewman
12y ago
I don't know. I used to work for AWS, and this sounds very link an internal tool that is used to manage the entire Amazon retail infrastructure. That being the case, this is going to be a lot more powerful and useful for online infrast