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A rose by any other name

Yeah, I was expecting something insightful, but it's just an Ethereum promo. Nothing against Ethereum (although I'm personally not very excited about/interested in it).

I'm strongly of the opinion that democracy will never flourish in the Middle East. Any attempts by the US and its allies to impose democratic systems are naïve (although I suspect …

I like the technology and pricing model, but I don't think that it is being put to its best use. I think a better use would be for news sites that require a login to view articles.…

Originally it was going to use a Falcon 5 Air, and later a Pegasus II. Both projects were cancelled.

Exactly. I'm in Australia and have no idea how Uber and taxi prices compare. I use Uber because of the quality of their product. Not a big fan of Uber as a company though. If Lyft …

Christchurch should be pretty safe now with all the dangerous building having come down and new buildings being built to high seismic standards. I personally would never consider W…

A few others have pointed it out already, but you're quite misinformed (not uncommon, most Australians assume NZ has worse internet connectivity). NZ has a nationwide copper networ…

Supply (particularly in Auckland) has been a big issue. The government has recently been working to rezone more land for development/higher densities.

You wouldn't be allowed to build a new house today without proper insulation and double glazing.

The rollout started a number of years ago. They're already over 70% of the way towards the 75% target.

75% of the population will have access to fibre at gigabit speeds by 2019 [1]. Coverage will increase to 84% by 2024. Not sure about latencies off the top of my head, but there are…