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    Comment #47439302

    The government housing in communist countries didn't actually have tiny windows, compared to the housing stock available at the time.

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    Comment #46476227

    You might want to look into opinion polling on Russia in the Baltics or Finland. The idea that only the right considers Russia a threat is ridiculous.

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    Comment #44169513

    Try Biomin-F or Apagard. The latter is fluoride free. Both are among the best for sensitive teeth.

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    Comment #43151730

    The real problem with the resources deal was the lack of security guarantees.

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    Comment #43119226

    Why are you repeating Kremlin's talking points? Using the exact same reasoning, Churchill would be a dictator, too.

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    Comment #42825994

    Why can't you have trams travelling at 80km/h? That's around the max speed of some of the trams used in Europe.

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    Comment #42540200

    German trains are unrealiable because they spend like 5-10 times less per km of railway than Austria or Switzerland.

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    Comment #41485380

    The guy refers to himself in the third person? Lmao.

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    Comment #36463118

    Does the word 'good' have a different meaning in the US? Your car manufacturers barely manage to compete in the segment protected by the chicken tax tariff... Some do a decent job …

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    Comment #36463073

    Shipping obviously broken stuff is a good way to discourage users from giving any feedback at all.

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    Comment #35681429

    The banking situation is like an MVP of the real thing. You can't easily get a mortgage in another country, some of the banks can't even serve you in English, etc. As for taxes, in…

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    Comment #35462864

    If you listen to someone like Stoltenberg speak, you will find that he is very clear about NATO's commitments. No "each country would decide how much help", that kind of thing come…

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    Comment #35462067

    Contrary to what some Americans think, Europe is not culturally homogeneous. The countries themselves tend to be, with some exceptions, but they do differ from each other, sometime…

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    Comment #35462023

    Want to have your mind blown? The systems Americans call single payer are not all the same. And it's not a silver bullet either. The rest of your talking points is a little out of …

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    Comment #35461779

    It sounds like you might want to look into changing the voting system. The problem with this is that people who have most experience with other systems (immigrants) usually can't v…

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    Comment #35461649

    I don't get takes like this. What are you even suggesting? More friction on moving from one place to another? Most rural US problems seem to come from unwillingness to build higher…

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    Comment #35256231

    What's more plausible, that the party that routinely blows up warehouses and murders people on NATO soil did it, or the party that has kept Germany safe for more than 70 years did …

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    Comment #35255835

    1. Why are you taking Russian disinfo at face value? 2. Others were affected by the construction of the pipeline, yet their concerns were brushed aside with nothing better than han…

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    Comment #35226771

    Agreement among citizens is easy: just pick a country that doesn't use FPTP as the main voting system.

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    Comment #35226581

    EU citizens mostly don't think in English at all... In most languages you would call someone who moves abroad an emigrant or something similar. From the point of view of the new co…

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    Comment #35226518

    Keep in mind Germany had to deal with the Soviet threat at the same time. Sadly, the communist influence there will take a few more decades to stomp out. Things seem to have worked…

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    Comment #34850160

    Paying for incoming texts and calls is not common outside the US. When you call or text someone, you pay the fee listed in your contract (not theirs). That is to say, the sane syst…

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    Comment #34661624

    Maybe the author just mangled the quote? It sounds like the context was preventing COVID transmission, it even mentions masks. One can reasonably say that the CO2 sensor doesn't di…

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    Comment #34661554

    Qingping Air Monitor Lite is decent and costs even less than the Awair. It doesn't measure VOCs though.

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    Comment #34661345

    I'd guess the author has a window that doesn't open completely or doesn't have windows on opposite sides of the building. In my experience, it's much harder to get good airflow if …