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by wsc981 6y ago
I've never had a negative sentiment against nuclear energy, even though most of the people from my country seem to be or at least were so in the past. And I feel many of the measures the Dutch government is taking these days to reduce
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by wsc981 6y ago
In Thailand one can quite easily and cheaply buy wooden home “construction kits”. Of course those kinds of houses are often not insulated due to the hot climate in most of the country, most of the year. Many of these “construction kits” can
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by wsc981 6y ago
I believe one of the objectives of the F-35 was for the plane to be able to fulfill all kinds of different roles. That idea in itself seems pretty much impossible for me. Especially on a budget.
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by wsc981 6y ago
I work through Arc.dev [0] and I like them. From what I understand Arc asks no commission, so I am not sure how they actually make money. You set your own rates and that's what clients pay. Perhaps clients pay a one-time fee upon findi
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by wsc981 6y ago
These kinds of systems do allow for corruption of course [0]. --- [0]: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1181845/rolls-r...
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by wsc981 6y ago
Seems like a pump and (soon to be) dump. Not sure why it's posted in HN.
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by wsc981 6y ago
He could probably go freelancing and earn a whole lot more. I earned a lot more as freelancer when working in The Netherlands compared to permanent employee. And I feel in the UK it's probably much the same situation. In The Netherland
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by wsc981 6y ago
> I guess i dont really understand why though. Accounts at central banks might make taxation easier for governments, especially if other current (and possibly savings) accounts at normal banks would be banned. Also it would be easier f
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by wsc981 6y ago
I stay in Mea Thalop, a small village near amphur Chaiprakan in the Chiang Mai province. Close to the border with Myanmar. Next Friday I plan to do the 2-3 hour trip on motorcycle to Chiang Mai city. It’s through a mountainous snake road an
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by wsc981 6y ago
Honda CB300F. It’s an excellent beginner motorcycle.
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by wsc981 6y ago
It’s Saturday morning for me in Thailand right now. I’m gonna drive a bit around on the 2nd hand motorcycle I bought this week - my own very first motorcycle. Lots of fun!
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by wsc981 6y ago
> Does any of that apply if you compare bitcoin to other crypto alternatives, rather than traditional finance? Not necessarily no, other cryptos might fill the gap fine as well.
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by wsc981 6y ago
From the article. > There is no physical, economic, or social justification for something like this. Personally I do feel there is very much an economic justification for Bitcoin to exist and to a lesser extent a social justification (
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Thailand warns against app Clubhouse after monarchy discussions(thaipbsworld.com)
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by wsc981 6y ago
One or two years ago a Chinese guy contacted me asking me if I wanted to put an app or multiple apps on the AppStore for his company. In return I would receive 1.000 USD per month or so. I found this really suspicious, so I never accepted t
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by wsc981 6y ago
> My cat still tries to hunt my foot when bored. If she were a tiger, I would have a very serious problem to deal with (it's hard to buy shoes individually) But how about a lion? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btu
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IN-Shadow – A Modern Odyssey – Animated Short Film(youtube.com)
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by wsc981 6y ago
I guess that means many coastal resorts will be empty soon and property prices in those coastal resort areas will be plummeting. Wonder when banks will stop granting mortgages for coastal properties.
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by wsc981 6y ago
Back when I was a kid, I found most of the Super Mario World SNES game doable with some practice, but there was some really hard stuff in the Star Road Special [0], I don't think I finished that part. But just finishing the game and be
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by wsc981 6y ago
> They definitely had the Italian enthocentrism with the trying to recreate the Roman Empire thing Sure, but I think the main point Mussolini tried to make with this statement is that corporations are just an extension of the state in
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by wsc981 6y ago
Mussolini had a somewhat different view, quote: >”Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power." See: https://roanoke.com/news/local/quote-of
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The Internet vs. Wall Street: GameStop short squeeze explained(youtube.com)
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Peru: Sharp Reductions in Covid-19 Deaths with Ivermectin Treatments(papers.ssrn.com)
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by wsc981 6y ago
> What are the trade offs/Adventages to use cross platform tools for app development in 2021? I use Xamarin for some projects and it's serviceable. Xamarin Forms is a decent toolkit for cross platform internal business apps.
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by wsc981 6y ago
> I expect free time will disappear if children ever come into play That would very much depend on how you choose to live. As for me, living in Thailand and being a father of one daughter, I need to earn about 1.500 USD per month for o
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Hospital CEO censored on LinkedIn for suggestion to look at impact of lockdown(twitter.com)
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by wsc981 6y ago
I live in Thailand and I know many Thai people don't love the current king. But from what I've seen the father of the current king was loved by most -if not all- Thais and I feel most Thais supported the laws in case of the previo
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by wsc981 6y ago
But banks have been in the wrong in how they used futures to suppress prices of precious metals like gold. A quote from the linked article: > Precious metals markets have long since been subject to manipulation by large banks. Several b
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by wsc981 6y ago
While I don’t doubt that Tether was used to manipulate the Bitcoin price upwards, at the same time I believe Bitcoin Futures were/are being used to suppress the Bitcoin price as well. ——— [0]: https://www.equities.com/n
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by wsc981 6y ago
I would add that it’s also extremely unlikely that all countries in the world would ban bitcoin. For example I read somewhere that Iran is using Bitcoin to avoid some of the sanctions the US out on Iran. Vice also wrote an article on this:

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