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Why "Of course" ? If they aren't sold in the US why the automatic assumption that they conform to US automotive legislation?
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It goes both way doesn't it. I've looked up some non-shitty parts of the UK with 1gb/1gb fibre for about $40 a month (Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol ect) and all do seem to have population densities about twice that of Silicon Va
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Getting it dumped online simply isn't an option depending on the legislative region and industry.
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Ultimately its just spaffing adverts at Plebs, no different to anywhere else Leetcoders end up.
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2y ago
Or look somewhere else. I'm not sure i want to stick money in a country that could implode every four years.
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What's the real difference? I know the US get to have elections but its always between family dynasties, billionaires or corporate stooges. The choice is an illusion. Lets cut out the middleman and know we're working with a differ
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I'd ask the boring Israeli/US boycott Muppets get off my graphics card benchmark sub but alas, we dont all get want we want. Until then you can use some 4chan boards if you ignore all the weeb shit.
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Unlike sites like Reddit where an overarching hivemind will dominate the entire site to the point where your cooking, gardening and Reality TV subs will all contain American politics for some ungodly reason, 4chan still seems to be siloed i
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38 years old, 7.1M in the bank. If he can keep his hands to himself that should be enough for a nice early retirement.
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Can we add DOORS to this list please? I have no idea how/why IBM of all places developed or sold this software but it badly needs to die in a fire. Database technology which would seem outdated in 1994 with a UI and admin management to
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2y ago
> The quality of the eggs is absolutely miles above what I already considered really good eggs though. I must drive past a dozen (lol) honesty boxes on the way to work offering the sale of eggs and this is my general experience as well.
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I was keeping it simple for the majority.
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It been that way for... 300 years? Those with the biggest economies and/or most guns has changed a few times but the behaviours haven't and probably never will.
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Is the US domestic market only Tesla? I swear you had a couple of other brands last time i looked in 2007.
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2y ago
Good idea, where's HMS Invincible these days?
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2y ago
He's not subject to your laws, the EU isn't a state of your union.
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I'll admit ignorance in this area. Can you name me one that will do unlimited everything, no adverts, PC and mobile for about £9 a month?
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You can argue back and forth over how much they pay and how its distributed. For me personally its a black and white divide. I pay for Spotify and something gets put back in to the industry or we all pretend its 2005 again and start sailing
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That's the point... You cover your normal working hours in a shorter number of days and get an extra day off. My work offer the same scheduling option and i'd say 80% of the the tech team take it.
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Expensive for a joke, extremely cheap for international tax scams.
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To be fair you should have socialised healthcare 70 years ago like the rest of the civilised world.
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Am educational form, an antiquated word for a bench.
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2y ago
But no, food is incredibly cheap. Its true i can't eat steak 4 nights a week as god intended but we manage to scratch cook 3 meals a day for 2 people for £70 a week, £85 with a wine pairing. If you want to forgo eight different vegetab
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I wonder if we ever crossed over, i also worked for Intel in the west country (Swindon) and now whore myself out to aerospace/defence in the same area. I see what our engineers are paid and its genuinely concerning.
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Do they believe enough to go fight a war over it? If we assume everyone can make their own hardware at home.
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> Are you from China? No? I'm from the UK if it matters but i have no particular allegiance to east, west or chip manufacturing facilities. East China / West Taiwan is for lack of a better word, a meme. Unification war i guess
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You might be on to something though! If you dont mind dropping the religious aspect i think you already have the rest via the Prison-Industries Act; as cheap as an Asian child but with the strength and intelligence of the US adult prison po
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Is Taiwan's national security the major concern here? I assumed everyone was just bluffing at that until they can get their own supply. Getting dragging in to an East China unification war because you can't squeeze lighting in to
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Depends, Do you have 10 year olds who will work for 18c an hour? Or do you have consumers who will pay for the difference?
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An American company providing American services via American government funding with a founder who can't leave the next American presidents beach house if he tried undermines American foreign policy. If i wanted to control a country an
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