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by the-dude 3y ago
I am aware of the opposition at the time : I joined the protest in Amsterdam. Still it was universal enough to invade a country for no proper reason whatsoever. Hell, much of the non-believers joined the conflict later on ( even the French
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by the-dude 3y ago
Saddam denied it, Blix and Ritter were sent in and acknowledged there were no traces of any program whatsoever and what had been sealed earlier, was still sealed.
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by the-dude 3y ago
I am not sure how to respond to your comment : one gets the impression it is a criticism, but actually you are only acknowledging my claim 'things only need to be true for a limited time'. Who cares about the NYT? I did add the mi
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by the-dude 3y ago
Some obvious false things only need to be true for a limited time : Iraqi forces throwing Kuwaiti babies from their incubators, Iraqi WMDs, the 'missile gap'. These were universally believed by "the West".
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by the-dude 3y ago
Similar flip with China. I do read user comments on our Dutch news-sites, just to keep an eye on 'average Joe'. I am amazed by the hatred towards China.
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by the-dude 3y ago
Student housing is a distinct class of real estate. At least, it used to be.
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by the-dude 3y ago
Did you distribute it?
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by the-dude 3y ago
For enough kills you needed to upgrade your ship, which cost money.
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by the-dude 3y ago
Japan's problems were caused by non-transparency and inflated markets through state-directed investment banks. Not so much different.
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by the-dude 3y ago
TLDR; Chromium fork with a funny name.
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by the-dude 3y ago
They don't have to : they have approved plans to restart decommisioned existing ones. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/germany-approves-bri...
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by the-dude 3y ago
Just to add : the 3% limit comes from the Euro ( the currency ) agreement.
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Plan to End E-Vehicle Subsidies Sparks Anger in Germany(voanews.com)
42 points by the-dude 3y ago|46 comments
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Germany Ends Electric Vehicle Subsidies Abruptly in Latest Blow to Tesla(investors.com)
12 points by the-dude 3y ago|14 comments
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by the-dude 3y ago
But we all know that. And it is so much more characters. HN was struggling already.
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by the-dude 3y ago
No.
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by the-dude 3y ago
Glad to see Lucia de Berk mentioned, a high profile Dutch case. Although she was acquited after some years, it wrecked her.
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by the-dude 3y ago
Piracy was never stealing to begin with.
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by the-dude 3y ago
Afaik there was already a wall pre-Trump
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by the-dude 3y ago
Thank you very much.
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by the-dude 3y ago
Related, 1 month ago, 18 comments : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38150333
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by the-dude 3y ago
Would you be so kind to translate those?
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Dutch far-right populist seeks to form government after shock election win(cnn.com)
2 points by the-dude 3y ago|0 comments
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by the-dude 3y ago
Banking?
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by the-dude 3y ago
I hadn't noticed, I am running the Raspi's on LCDs from the thriftstore. Remarkable product-market-fit.
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by the-dude 3y ago
The nag screens made me aware of https://yewtu.be Much lighter too, appreciate it most on my Raspi desktops.
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by the-dude 3y ago
Thanks for correction, you are probably right.
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by the-dude 3y ago
How are you so sure it is phobia? From my impression in NL, it is groups of immigrants who create a (violent) atmosphere in public pools. Up to the point some swimming pools don't know what to do anymore.
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by the-dude 3y ago
So what is the actual substance of your reply to me then?
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by the-dude 3y ago
Are you saying I should have used the word asylum seeker instead of immigrant?

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