tommyman

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by tommyman 10y ago
Do you really think the french tax office just ignores domestic french tax evasion? No. The french tax office does not exist solely to go after American companies. America giving these companies a free pass to pay little to no tax is ridicu
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by tommyman 10y ago
What was to be expected? It makes reddit unusable for a lot of things (free & open communication being one of them). If you have something important to say then you don't say it on Reddit. If you have cat pictures or want to talk a
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by tommyman 10y ago
That seems a very long-winded way of saying that people have values that are more important than financial gain. I guess I'm interpreting wrong because that is obvious and there is nothing taboo about it (cultures will be different re.
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by tommyman 10y ago
good but no character. They are good in the sense that vocalists hit the notes they aim for (with or without autotuners), they are good in the sense that they have good harmonics, good rhythm etc. They just lack any kind of character. cooki
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by tommyman 10y ago
No, one is in jail for hacking offenses in Denmark. One wants that to happen and TPB to evolve better but is not involved with building it. Third is floating around south east asia I think.
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by tommyman 10y ago
I'm from the internet. Obviously.
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by tommyman 10y ago
They are american companies based in the US, with ties to US government (ie. susceptible to US secret courts, gag orders yadda yadda). They operate internationally. ymmv.
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by tommyman 10y ago
Its both. Americans appear to have either give up years ago or agree with their representatives actions. Divided and conquered by squabbling over dem/rep smoke screens. Europeans have fought harder to win and keep better social conditi
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by tommyman 10y ago
I was really trying to stay out of debating the US presidential race (again, not american not my business, do not even know all the people up for election). So I was trying to generally say 'Don't trust what politicians say, look
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by tommyman 10y ago
I'm not sure how much weight that has. Forget what people say to/in public settings and look at their current & previous actions. If Trump were not in presidential race and putting on public face, how do you think he would tre
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by tommyman 10y ago
I honestly cannot tell if that is serious, a joke or some kind of irony. I'm not american so really not my business however narcissists do not make good social leaders. They make really terrible & dangerous social leaders.
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by tommyman 10y ago
So business groups and lobbyists for companies like IBM, Apple, Google et al. are deeply involved in the US side of negotiations (far more than any public interest groups). Then on the EU side, business groups and lobbyists for companies li
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by tommyman 10y ago
What are the untruths and what is misleading people? Keep in mind that not everybody who watxhes EFF is american, I never heard of that group before and I read most of the big tech sites daily since the late 90's. Why would the EFF wan
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by tommyman 10y ago
and the top of this thread is now a stupid meaningless argument about a word in the title instead of talking about the issue. Well done. Can you guys take that rubbish to reddit or voat or somewhere crappy? I like reading HN, please don&#x