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841.
by zirgs 4y ago
Thank god that I live in a country with more than two political parties. And where gun control isn't part of a culture war. Gun ownership is no different to car ownership and isn't tied to any political opinions.
842.
by zirgs 4y ago
A social media influencer with millions of followers can still be unknown to people outside of that bubble. My mom has no idea who PewDiePie is.
843.
by zirgs 4y ago
In other countries it's still kinda "edgy". Yeah - gay pride is allowed and my bank changed its app icon to include rainbow colours. There also are no "LGBT propaganda" laws so gay-friendly pop culture is allowed. (
844.
by zirgs 4y ago
That's only a problem if your native language has strict word order.
845.
by zirgs 4y ago
Power consumption is the main issue. Software bloat is another. Current digital cameras start up and are ready to shoot almost instantly. But it takes a while for a phone to boot up. Photographers don't want that.
846.
by zirgs 4y ago
Fracking happens, because we need energy not because fossil fuel CEOs are moustache twirling comic book villains.
847.
by zirgs 4y ago
Old religions at least have forgiveness. You can confess your sins and repent. This new religion doesn't have anything like that.
848.
by zirgs 4y ago
In many countries governments are only allowed to communicate in the official language. So stuff like tax forms or whatever will not be available in any other languages. You'll have to get a translator yourself.
849.
by zirgs 4y ago
But that would also mean never retiring. You'll have to work forever.
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by zirgs 4y ago
Iceland with 80% of immigrants would not be Iceland any more. Its language and culture would be completely marginalised and replaced with something else.
851.
by zirgs 4y ago
Population wise. Imagine 500k immigrants a year. It would be nothing for a country like India. But it would be a death sentence for Iceland.
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by zirgs 4y ago
Those two parties agree on most things that actually matter. They are both right wing capitalist parties. Sure - one of them might talk about LGBT rights or whatever. But when a LGBT person gets in an accident - they will still receive a cr
853.
by zirgs 4y ago
High immigration numbers are fine for countries like the USA. But for many small countries it's a death sentence.
854.
by zirgs 4y ago
Depends on location. Some houses are indeed worth next to nothing, because nobody wants to live there. In many cases a big farming company buys land with a house on it and then lets the house to rot, because they only need the farmland that
855.
by zirgs 4y ago
You forgot `git submodule`
856.
by zirgs 4y ago
But how many people buy directly from publishers? Maybe some hardcore fans - but who else? And another thing - I've discovered lots of artists through Spotify and Youtube. If they weren't there - I would't even know that they
857.
by zirgs 4y ago
But if they are not on spotify then where are they? I don't know anyone who buys CDs these days and torrent sites definitely don't pay artists anything.
858.
by zirgs 4y ago
What's the point of seeding content on public trackers?
859.
by zirgs 4y ago
This is why I don't have a DVD/BD player and only use streaming services. I almost never watch the same movie more than once.
860.
by zirgs 4y ago
Holy shit - here even murderers get less than 20 years. Some get less than 10.
861.
by zirgs 4y ago
Probation exists. And it's possible to hire contractors too. At-will is worse than contract work, because the contractor knows when he will be let go.
862.
by zirgs 4y ago
I'm using Fritter on Android. It allows to follow people without an account and shows tweets in a chronological order.
863.
by zirgs 4y ago
But they are the ones that will suffer more from climate change than those who live in, say, Scandinavia.
864.
by zirgs 4y ago
Google owns Play Store. Microsoft owns Microsoft/Xbox store. It's pretty obvious why they don't want to advertise sites where their content can be downloaded for free. I heard a joke from one Android game developer - "Pe
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by zirgs 4y ago
So around one shooting per week in just one neighbourhood? That's crazy.
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by zirgs 4y ago
Diamond mining is absolutely idiotic. We can grow them in a lab without any problems. And so much of them that we can put them on angle grinders and sell them at ordinary hardware stores. So why would anyone want a "real" diamond
867.
by zirgs 4y ago
OK and why would you choose not to declare it? I think you meant external borders, because there are no border checks between Schengen area countries.
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by zirgs 4y ago
It's not practical right now, but if block reward and bitcoin price go way down then what are the options? Only the most die hard bitcoin fanatics are going to mine at a loss without getting anything in return. Are there enough of them
869.
by zirgs 4y ago
If nobody mines the old fork then users will have to switch.
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by zirgs 4y ago
51% attacker has the ability to block any transaction. The whole selling point of Bitcoin is that nobody can do that.

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