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by s_dev 1y ago
They are terrible -- there is a reason you're using hacker news and probably reddit. The voting system is far superior to any FIFO out Pringles can of comments.
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by s_dev 1y ago
The fall of the Soviet Union was anything but graceful. Within months of the dissolution of the USSR Russia had children becoming prostitutes in order to get money for food.
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by s_dev 1y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belling_the_Cat
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by s_dev 1y ago
Ireland or at least Dublin Airport is unique in that it has 'US Preclearance' so when you land you simply pick up your bags at the carousel and leave the airport as you've passed US immigration based in Dublin Airport. This m
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by s_dev 1y ago
It sure is and many do choose gold for this reason. It depends on how much risk you want to expose yourself to.
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by s_dev 1y ago
Because gold will appreciate reliably to an extent but a company can appreciate in value far exceeding what gold can -- that's the risk/reward trade off.
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by s_dev 1y ago
Not EU weapons manufacturing and defence industry.
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by s_dev 1y ago
EU has signed up to lucrative trade deals with Canada and Mexico since Brexit and has many more similar ones with other Asian countries. International trade is complicated and it is very much something the EU specialises in.
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by s_dev 1y ago
The only people who matter in an election are the voters so I'm always perplexed so many feel comfortable blaming non voters for the problems voters made. This non voter shaming is quickly eroded as soon as you ask voters if non voting
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by s_dev 2y ago
Buy the 'ripen at home' ones in Lidl as opposed to the 'ready to eat' ones which are definitely hit or miss and probably undergo some accelerated ripening.
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by s_dev 2y ago
"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." - Edmund Hillary. It's not about climbing.
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by s_dev 2y ago
This is the same as the Irish Times: https://www.irishtimes.com/about-us/the-irish-times-trust/
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by s_dev 2y ago
Thanks for the details and expert analysis.
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by s_dev 2y ago
I love MacBooks and Mac machines however they aren't cut out for specialised work. I have a M4 Max with 128 GB RAM. If I play Civ VI (a game released in 2016) on it for a few hours without limiting the FPS it will heat up till it turns
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by s_dev 2y ago
GDP of Mississippi and Bavaria, Germany are about the same. You would be simply insane to think that Bavaria wasn't far far wealthier than Mississippi though. This doesn't show the limits of either the US or European ways of life
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by s_dev 2y ago
Wasn't this the whole shtick with Navalny -- minority shareholders rights being trampled and he set about trying to critique the Russian government. Or Bill Browder who was doing business in Russia until the Russian government literall
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by s_dev 2y ago
Who broke Engima -- the German encryption used during WWII? Polish mathematicians. Depends on who you want to credit I suppose. Such huge tasks are usually accomplished in bits by many people.
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by s_dev 2y ago
>This is like a basic cornerstone of economics! You can reduce demand by limiting speculative investors and that doesn't involve increasing supply.
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by s_dev 2y ago
The fact that Mississipi and Bavaria Germany have the same GDP per capita tells you a lot about GDP.
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by s_dev 2y ago
What about the allegations that Facebook is suppressing informating regarding the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestine? Is that an eye roll as well in your book or is it newsworthy?
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by s_dev 2y ago
The Libertarian philosophy is concerned with limiting the powers of government not companies. I think people are seeing that companies can wield as much power and influence as governments can and yet have no democratic mandate or similar ac
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by s_dev 2y ago
I'm hoping YCs next 'big' move for growth is to open an accelerator in either the UK or the EU. The US is moving in the wrong direction and the EU needs institutions like YC. Plenty have tried and failed to replicate YCs succ
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by s_dev 2y ago
This is absolutely not what I would have expected. I love Paul Graham but he's always criticised the EU for having too much of a heavy hand regulating things and 'stifling innovation' while there is plenty of room for nuance
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by s_dev 2y ago
He is just saying that if there is corruption there should be harsh consequences not that corruption isn't present already in the EU.
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by s_dev 2y ago
Jimmy Wales should really push for a Wikipedia fork of Firefox. People trust Wikimedia Foundation and the entire thing is in line with the goals of Wikimedia who also 'get' web development.
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by s_dev 2y ago
Wikipedia style donations. In fact Wikipedia should just create their own fork of Firefox.
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by s_dev 2y ago
Look at JetSetWilly's reply above. He's saying the British should be proud of their role in the Irish Famine and is being upvoted for it. So no -- this isn't undisputed.
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by s_dev 2y ago
https://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkiye-and-ireland... The 1,000 Pound claim at least can be sourced from this website. It very much was policy that killed the Irish and not the lack of food. Ireland exported enoug
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by s_dev 2y ago
You can charge with both. The USB-C stuff is due to EU regulations and MagSafe because people love it as a charging cable type.
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by s_dev 2y ago
I have a M4 128GB RAM MacBook Pro -- it gets very hot after playing Civ VI or Civ VII for a couple of hours. If I limit the fps to 30 it's stone cold. Nothing else seems to make it sweat. Just games and presumably mining Bitcoin or oth

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