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Well... I have a Windows phone actually :P

Can't help but feel that if it were a similar prank pulled by Apple on Android, the comments wouldn't be half as forgiving.

> how they need massive amounts of fuel to get off from earth I don't think this is the case. Consider the flight that 'Coop' keeps dreaming about at the start of the movie. Seems …

I'm sure the Swiss do, but just an aside that plenty of EU countries allow members from other countries to vote in their elections. E.g. here in Ireland I think we only restrict co…

Ha! Nice read, perfect after lunch material with my coffee :) Good job

The Guardian just goes down and down in my estimation with each click-bait article on tech. I get it, you don't like the software industry, SV, 'disruption' and have a big axe to g…

Hey don't forget AFT, DEA, EPA... IRS. Fighters for everybody!

I thought that ad was more "look at me, I'm a crazy hard working American AND I drive electric. They're not mutually exclusive!"

Totally agree. Seems he has a bit of a chip on his shoulder, by frequently mentioning "software engineering" in quotes. And as someone who had the grave misfortune of having some e…

That why I said "mandatory"...

Ah that's ok. I think I've done my patriotic duty for the day by increasing knowledge of us :)

Ireland left the UK around 90 years ago.

I don't see the need to have mandatory ID. The thought of being fined for not "showing my papers" while walking down the street is disturbing. Can't speak for the UK, but I think a…

Ahem, Ireland is also a member of the EU!

"A proposition for a standard digital signature in every EU citizen's identity card. .... No extra cards - it will just replace your existing ID card when it expires" Well unlike m…

300k on the first million...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7111531 Hmm, seemed more comprehensive in my memory :)

Well it was discussed at length last week on here. Since this article is mainly about the perceived libertarian angle, of course that would dominate discussion

Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt, Intel heads and so on are/were libertarians? News to me (and them I imagine).