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California is extremely rich. You have a water shortage. Water is important

Degrowth is a loser mindset. Why not focus on getting more water, i.e. from the sea as done in Israel?

Doesn't agriculture uses its own underground water that is usually not used for human consumption?

Trust me, you don't want inflation. Source: Argentinian

Foobar2000 was by far the best player I've used on Windows

Do you mean in market share or the actual product? Because I use Firefox daily and honestly feels less bloated and better to use than Chrome. I do use Chrome daily also, for some w…

That's a very interesting article. Does anybody knows if Postgres 10 and 11 addressed any of those issues?

For how long? I kind of was at your place (no kids, just my girlfriend) for a few years and then I needed a change

This type of policy is proven to be regressive because: 1) The really wealthy find loop holes. 2) It discourages saving and investment. 3) It encourages consumption and spending on…

I think he said the actual "Windows source code", not the git repo containing all of its changes

>There’s even a classic joke about it: “How do you make a small fortune in the airlines? Start with a large fortune.” "The secret to become millionaire is to be a billionaire and b…

Exactly, they are by far the less biased news outlet I read. For instance, they explicitly don't support Trump, but don't hesitate to say "Trump is right about X", or "Trump did we…

There are plenty of good independent films

>Remember, this is the period of the Belgian labour system in the Congo, which so upended local economies that 10 million people died – half the population. This is the period of t…

I did freelance work for about 2 years and I didn't feel at all like the author. To me associating time with money was helpful, but I wasn't thinking on it 24/7. I know that when I…

I use https://old.reddit.com since I can't grasp the new UI

I always assumed that VEVO were legal and the others illegal (unless uploaded by the artist, usually for amateurs or not-so-big-time artists)

So much this. Downvotes are not for disagreements, they should be used for trolls, shills and bigots. If the comment adds a view you don't agree with, write an answer or ignore it.…

If you measure their tax base as percentage of their total GDP, you'll be surprised at how small government in those countries are. For instance, by that measure, France has the bi…

Lobbying happens everywhere. Having it legalized makes it more transparent and helps you voting next elections. In my country it's illegal yet they do it behind the curtains

How are you measuring the size of governments?

Wouldn't you consider beating an addiction to actually being able to take one or two drinks and leaving it at there? In other words, if you're constantly counting the days without …

That's been the case for operating systems and it's quite effective

It is said that if people can't understand your product right away, you're doing it wrong. But Slack is very successful and yet people just understand what it is after watching a v…