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by vinay427 6y ago
That's not true in the states I've lived in and a few others I spot checked. I couldn't find a list with every state yet.
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by vinay427 6y ago
> less racism I think this one is much more contentious than the others. The racism certainly takes more latent forms, so it's perhaps less extreme in that sense, but "less racism" to me implies lower in rate of incidence
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by vinay427 6y ago
Which part of the parent comment are you responding to? I'm afraid I don't see how your comment follows.
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by vinay427 6y ago
I'm currently living in Switzerland and I was going to post something along these lines. That being said, in the US there are also plenty of interesting grains/lentils/legumes available in stores thanks in part to inherited c
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by vinay427 6y ago
What is a BMW city? Is it just Munich or some other Bavarian city where loyalty towards BMW is high?
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by vinay427 6y ago
Minor quibble but I would suggest rural America as a far more accurate descriptor than mid-America.
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by vinay427 6y ago
Ha, thanks for clarifying! I wasn't sure and perhaps should have taken it more lightly, but then I couldn't have attempted to make a point. :)
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by vinay427 6y ago
I think you point out a dichotomy that's interesting, except that I can't find any evidence that people who talk about social justice "often" support violence-inducing criminals and condemn reformed criminals who are whi
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by vinay427 6y ago
The article says he was traveling between Hanoi and Istanbul. Unless he perfectly timed the cancelation of flights between India and Turkey, he was not intending to stay in India.
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by vinay427 6y ago
(If anyone is familiar with Indian law I would appreciate their input.) Speaking in general terms, based on various other countries limiting or restricting their international transit areas, I believe that in-transit areas (or pre-immigrati
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by vinay427 6y ago
I can't tell if you're serious, but Qatar has had a long history of migrant worker abuses and exploitation, perhaps most globally publicized due to the FIFA World Cup controversies. This Qatar Airways incident is rather benign by
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by vinay427 6y ago
He's not prohibited from returning for legal reasons. He's prevented at the moment due to an apparent lack of (direct?) flights. This isn't a normal issue with some German citizen stuck abroad who failed to register. As far a
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by vinay427 6y ago
It's alright but it's definitely not perfect. See the italics (emphasis mine) for a few quick examples in the first few sentences of the article. "Over the past year, his cellphone has revealed where he has been for almost 2
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by vinay427 6y ago
Not sure how I feel about this as a vegan Arch user. :) On a more serious note, it's actually worked well in my experience for finding other Arch users. It's rather likely that someone exposes themselves as an Arch user soon after
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by vinay427 6y ago
It is a cultural thing (as is living with and maintaining strong ties with extended family), but it's far from a uniquely American thing. Consider that with respect to individualist norms, in many of the most developed countries people
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by vinay427 6y ago
It's rather natural in most of the highly developed countries where people can afford to live separately from non-immediate generations. It's virtually the same in the European country I live in, and in both places elders often tr
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by vinay427 6y ago
A kind request to please consider a more substantive alternative to your comment, as recommended by the HN guidelines as I understand them. There's no perspective I can gain by reading a comment that essentially expresses an upvote or
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by vinay427 6y ago
Some historical context from the Wikipedia article a sibling comment links to, because a few seem to assume some states created this law as a response to Tesla: "The laws against direct sales arose historically in the United States sta
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by vinay427 6y ago
I don't believe this is true. It's very trivial to find a prepaid SIM in the US that one can just purchase, activate, and top-up with reload cards (which in turn can also be purchased with cash). Postpaid plans do often require ID
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by vinay427 6y ago
Right, I meant that the scenario described is a near-best case in a global context as many (most?) countries unlike the US/UK/etc. require ID verification.
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by vinay427 6y ago
I find zooming/panning/rotating maps without a touchscreen to be awkward on even the most modern car interfaces that I've tried with trackpad joysticks. IMO there's an obvious win there for touchscreens which can do all
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by vinay427 6y ago
I'm not the original commenter but I agree that it's generally readable, although it's not exactly pleasant on my AMOLED phone where the background is really dark if not black. If I turn the brightness down the white text b
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by vinay427 6y ago
Because he's the President. That doesn't make him, or Congress by itself for that matter, the "government" in a general sense.
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by vinay427 6y ago
At least in California I have only been able to check the status through county offices, which makes sense as elections are also handled at the local level. In my county, I have never seen a code but am asked to input some biographical info
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by vinay427 6y ago
At least in my county, although I expect most have something similar, you can check the status of your ballot online. If that's not available, my local officials have always been more than helpful over the phone.
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by vinay427 6y ago
And that's a near best case scenario in the US, UK, etc. In most of Europe and many other countries, you have to officially register a SIM card with an ID/residence document to use it.
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by vinay427 6y ago
It's not being launched, and it's not a product to begin with. The Wikipedia pages that another commenter posted are helpful, in any case.
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by vinay427 6y ago
Except that all of this material (movies and TV, news articles, reports) is still available. I don't see how this adapted quote is at all applicable. The whole point of the 1984 scenario was that people couldn't talk about the pre
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by vinay427 6y ago
I wanted to double check as this seemed potentially affected by industry and other sources of CO2 emission, but as you implied, the CO2 emissions are actually much higher per unit of energy produced than in France. That's rather incred
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by vinay427 6y ago
Ha, meanwhile I wouldn't buy a ThinkPad (or any other laptop) without it. As for your question, I've never heard of at least the "real" ThinkPad series laptops (X/W/T/...) sold without the TrackPoint. Does

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