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Remember when we had standards and interoperability? Why would messaging be a winner-take-all market? I mean, it's just pushing around a bunch of bytes. Shouldn't be too difficult to specify.
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I'm sure not management material for an internet juggernaut, but couldn't Facebook have taken something like $1bn to have ten potential What's App killers with full facebook integration written and then used the other $18bn t
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Probably depends on where you are. Here in Germany, there is lots of resistance against CCTV cameras. In the UK, on the other hand, I'd be surprised if people cared about Glass in public spaces, since CCTV is ubiquitous there.
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This is one major advantage of the EU. Not everybody needs to prepare for every eventuality, since their neighbors have their back. Articles like this are helpful now, because the Swiss (well at least some of them), seem to have forgotten w
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Do you also play computer games on easy mode? But joking aside, I personally must say that the chaos that having children brought to my life is a positive aspect of the whole experience. It keeps me from becoming complacent and has forced m
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Absolutely not. It is important to understand that, even though it might seem different from the outside, the German political elite believes they are doing "the right thing". The problem is that, even though evidence to the contr
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Ok. The GCHQ affair is making me go crazy, since as soon as i read >ANTICRISIS GIRL my brain came to a screeching halt, because I GET THE REFERENCE! I am possibly the only person on HN go get it, because it is unlikely that anybody else
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I know this guy, let's call him hypothetical Fritz, who was seen talking in public to a WL spokesperson after an event a few years back. I don't know if he should be worried, but from listening to him when he talks of it, I know t
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I think you overinterpreted what I wrote there. In fact, I generally do not feel very German at all. Having lived and travelled all over Europe and speaking a few languages, I noticed a few years ago that those people from Berlin or Hambur
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True, they haven't really helped much in the economic crisis but if I compare the European Parliament to our Bundestag here in Germany, I can tell you that things could be worse. A lot. Maybe you heared some things about how the German
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But would you be willing to hold your face into the furnace? Because those arguing for the, let's say, "progressive" stance towards (gender-)equality issues recieve a pretty rough deal here. I'm abstaining from commentin
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Yes, I'm one of those superstate people. I understand where you are coming from, but am much more pessimistic about the viability of a EFTA-type agreement. In fact, I'm almost convinced that the EU, as it is today, cannot survive
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If you want to get around the debt, go to a university in Europe. It will require a lot of planning and you should make sure you are up for the culture shock, but you will get a degree without ruining yourself. Cost of living remains, of co
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Being from Germany, I want to add that in some (good and bad) ways, Germany is more like Europe than France. 1. Decentralized. Germany is 16 states yelling at each other, while France jumps when Paris calls. 2. Lots of high-tech, no Silicon
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What I find more shocking is that the EU number is even lower than that. I would very much like to see this divided up by EU countries because I seriously don't understand what is going on here. This is what I would personally expect f
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Curiously, unlike Dutch, German uses informal. "Dein Wille geschehe..."
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Thank you. I have an old Optiplex as a number crunching toy and had just decided to use the two currently unused SAS drives to run a first ZFS test. You just saved me a lot of frustration.
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Not yet, as far as I know. I just wanted to point out that, if they are willing to axe the Xbox or Bing, an unimportant but great product such as the ergo 4000 could be killed any time.
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What I don't get is why architecture designers keep insisting that the look and feel must be the same, when the obvious solution needed here is a cross-plattform framework/SDK that allows maximum code similarity between the differ
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Listen, I'm no fan of Microsoft, but those investors better keep their hands of the ergonomic keyboard product line, or I'll... I'll... probably have to stockpile them? Seriously though, the ergo 4000 is the best keyboard
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Fair enough. Pedestrian-friendly remodeling of intersections is also being done here in Europe, but AFAIK always by widening up the entire intersection and sacrificing parking space. This is IMO a sensible approach, since parked cars are de
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What? NO! That's not what I meant. The immigrants are a benefit. The price you have to pay is that you get the Euro, you pay into the EU budget, you have your banking and industry regulated by the EU and you get the (admittedly questio
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Have you ever seen a big European intersections? Planning one with the well-being of pedestrians in mind causes zero problems for vehicles, see [1]. [1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stra%C3%9Fenkreuzung_...
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Well, would you say that choice is more important than freedom of religion? The Swiss seem to think so. In reality, you always have to make compromises. Pure democracy, in which the vox populi is total imperative must lead to isolationism i
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If the Danish wanted to give Switzerland the finger they could just offer all Swiss there a deal: Become a Danish citizen if you renounce your Swiss citizenship. Though I expect a reaction that is both more level-headed and apathetic, espec
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I think you are right, letting them run into that knife is probably the best way. However, the counterargument also holds some sway: Switzerland is free-riding already, having many of the common market benefits of the EU without giving he l
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The swiss enjoy the many benefits of the European Free Trade Association and want to be as integrated into the EU economy as possible without actually having to pay the price that comes with full membership. Not everybody is happy about thi
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Ahem. Bitcoin isn't anonymous. So bitcoin can actually be "hot". Thus, I'm not sure if buying from a random stranger (as opposed to somebody you know or a big exchange) is such a good idea.
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It is not a secret or military court, but a civil one. And yes, we're fighting against it. Also, the European Court of Justice is currently in the process of deciding whether the data retention directive violates basic rights. From wha
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This is why all the functioning welfare states have healthcare systems that are in large part state-run. I'd go as far as to say that privatization of health care and bundling health care with employment only ever make things worse. He

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