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blocked_again

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    Comment #32390542

    Simple question. Who do you trust your data with? 1. A company in your own country which got marketshare mostly because of legal reasons and government interference. 2. A company w…

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    Comment #32390467

    How is citing one of biggest human crisis of last century against the same country which did it against their own citizens a cheap shot. It's totally relevant.

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    Comment #32390443

    All I am saying is Individuals are perfectly capable of making that decision. Whether they should store their data in Germany, California or some random Caribbean island.

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    Comment #32390420

    Yeah. Individuals are perfectly capable of making that decision. I don't want my government telling me where I should keep my data.

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    Comment #32390203

    You do know that nobody in US is forcing you to use this site or any other US companies for that matter. You are doing it with your own free fill. Also, remember the time when Germ…

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    Comment #32389830

    I think this kind of affirms the general opinion that Germany and many traditionally powerful European countries is doing poorly when it comes to modern tech. What went wrong with …

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    Comment #32358428

    Because sustainability is an unquantifiable word that doesn't mean anything. Please explain sustainability Also cheaper doesn't mean it have to be low quality. Computers used to be…

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    Comment #32357902

    It's a free market. There are plenty of companies investing in R&D even after knowing that there is the possibility of copyright infringement. There is still a huge upside in devel…

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    Comment #32357849

    The companies knew that copyright infringement is a possibility when developing the tech. They knew the reward was still worth it despite of that. I am not getting anything designi…

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    Comment #32355819

    Why does it matter? In grand scheme of things there are now more people who have access to cheaper and efficent cleaning systems. All companies are reverse engineering the Universe…

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    Comment #32355180

    > No, this means companies are being pushed to build the least expensive things Least expensive literally translate to more efficeny. To build cheaper things you need to spend less…

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    Comment #32354326

    Sustainability issues will never be fixed by companies building for sustainability. Vast majority of the world population don't give a shit about sustainability. Consumers always w…

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    Comment #32345023

    This can be easily answered by giving the following input to dalle. """ A map highlighting the countries the ancient Romans invaded since Pepsi was introduced. """

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    Comment #32285935

    How to short Indonesia?

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    Comment #32285875

    If you are passionate about building communities then build your own website. And use reddit to get traffic to the website. You have full autonomy. You make money.

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    Comment #32283192

    I guess that explains why people are moving from all over the world to Bhutan.

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    Comment #32282902

    Is this sarcasm?

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    Comment #32257892

    Best guess would be the same structures that have been kept around us by over the past hundred years for their importance, scarcity and usefulness. Some of them being Great Wall of…

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    Comment #32203099

    Best strategy for becoming a high paying/good software engineer would be to think of yourselves as problem solver and language as just one of the tool for problem solving. Thinking…