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by vinay427 4y ago
> variety specifically bred to be self-fertile What does this have to do with some sense of quality? There are a myriad of fruits and vegetables that are bred for things that we consume.
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by vinay427 4y ago
This does not apply to large swaths of Asia, which comprises the majority of the world’s population. Which societies, cultures, or regions do you mean, exactly?
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by vinay427 4y ago
This seems like a non sequitur, although I do agree that more people should be more critical or at least cautious to support actions by the US abroad. The parent comment didn’t compare the US and China (foreign policy or otherwise). For ins
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by vinay427 4y ago
The Huawei ban, as I recall, was mostly about 5G equipment for which the primary competitor is Ericsson (based in Sweden). There wasn’t really a viable US alternative and the ban wasn’t protecting some US-based company.
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by vinay427 4y ago
This seems like a somewhat bad faith response given that the parent comment described the people as “in (mainland) China,” not “Chinese” or something else that could denote race/ethnicity along with nationality.
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by vinay427 4y ago
As far as I'm aware: 1. People in a conversation with you (including a group conversation you are added to, which I believe you can limit to require your consent) can see your phone number 2. People who already have your number in thei
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by vinay427 4y ago
> But you get an inferior experience on most other cases, for example, switching it from one device to another I almost always have a better experience switching from one device to another. It’s zero extra taps (just play/pause of s
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by vinay427 4y ago
> The bit slips in nicely As someone with very little recent experience with these types, could you elaborate on what you mean by this, at least compared to the Robertson screw?
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by vinay427 4y ago
Switzerland has four official languages (Romansh was added in 1996 and was a "national language" since 1938). In any case, particularly in Canada and Switzerland the official languages tend to be far more geographically divided th
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by vinay427 4y ago
I often got the sense, when living in Switzerland, that if there was a designated process for something it would nearly always be followed to the letter, which at least provided a great deal of certainty (although rarely the process didn&#x
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by vinay427 4y ago
For what it’s worth, I’ve regularly gotten 700-800 Mbps down in a relatively populated metropolitan area when in the US (T-Mobile, 5G), but it’s probably less consistent than your connection.
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by vinay427 4y ago
It’s not a US-wide thing. There are mobile operators and MVNOs that don’t seem to care what device you use as long as it supports their network. T-Mobile in the US tends to be fine with this, as are many of the MVNOs that use their network.
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by vinay427 4y ago
It’s fine for multi-way switches, and probably even better than confounded switches, but as I mentioned they’re unnecessarily common which in this case means that they’re often used (at least in some settings in CH) for single-switch setups
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by vinay427 4y ago
The UK and many ex-colonies that also maintain plug/outlet switches seem to generally use down for on, while the US/Canada/Central Europe often use up for on. Especially annoying are the posh toggles, unnecessarily popular in
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by vinay427 4y ago
> The fact that we do not have a standardized national ID easily available to everyone is embarrassing. Why? I’ve lived in a European country with common national IDs, in the US, and in a European country without national IDs, and I’m no
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by vinay427 4y ago
FYI I'm also having trouble sending email to this address. I get a "No Such User Here" response from the email server.
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by vinay427 4y ago
> I know Europe isn't as anti climate change as US I feel like this isn't the clearest phrasing. :) Perhaps you meant anti-anti-climate change (clunky) or anti-climate change awareness or similar?
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by vinay427 4y ago
Your statement is obviously true, as it is about many pairs of organizations, but this post is at least ostensibly intended for startup product creators interested in imitating Apple's consumer hardware prowess. I doubt most startups a
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by vinay427 4y ago
Paracetamol is incredibly easily available in the US (acetaminophen) and is actually far cheaper at a place like Costco than in European countries in which I've lived or visited pharmacies (CH, DE, or even UK). Like, 50x cheaper per ta
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by vinay427 4y ago
There are even machines in pubs and bars in the UK, which seems insane to me not being from here. Based on that and the dedicated gambling shops all over high streets, this sort of low-level gambling seems far more accessible in the UK than
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by vinay427 4y ago
This response seems unfair. Not the GP, but to me their question seems in presumably good faith (I’m not sure that asking if there are any disadvantages is a loaded question) and is followed by a description of their understanding clearly w
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by vinay427 4y ago
The average passenger likely paid far more than $10, so I think their point stands, sort of. I would add that trains for longer than a few hours in many western countries often cost more than the typical price of a Ryanair ticket, so I’m no
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by vinay427 4y ago
I assume they interpreted the second part of the GP comment (unplugging the cable) more in the attention/distraction sense, as I initially did.
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by vinay427 4y ago
Even the one in Blackpool is rather pleasant, which is somewhat unusual for the city as you’re probably aware. :)
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by vinay427 4y ago
> I am more that certain Apple would abuse the standard to force the users to only buy its cables. Based on iPhones with Lightning connectors supporting USB C PD charging for years now as well as various iPads with USB C/Thunderbolt
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by vinay427 4y ago
> (as the EU does for Americans traveling into the EU) This doesn't seem true unless the US citizen is resident in a Schengen area country or (as a technicality) is also an EU/Schengen area citizen, as the EU seems slightly mor
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by vinay427 4y ago
The GP comment points out that it doesn’t even have direct legal relevance, which is their point. The response about being a private company is related to that, not the question of legality vs. morality, even if it perhaps (by responding to
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by vinay427 4y ago
> This doesn't give them any information they didn't already know, phone operators in the UK require at least one form of ID for you to open an account. That's not true for many prepaid/PAYG users in the UK. Anyone ca
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by vinay427 4y ago
Nit: I couldn’t find a source that indicated the US leads in carbon consumption per capita, although it is near the top. For instance: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/consumption-co2-per-capit... More to the point,
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by vinay427 4y ago
It might also depend on the model. The one in question is a 2021 14” MBP with the Mini LED display, and the only other MBP I owned had a matte display.

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