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You dropped the "/s".

In a funny way, it seems that Brexit had a net positive effect for the EU. I remember that prior to it, there were quite a few other anti-EU movements in France, Italy, Greece and …

I suspect there is more at play here than activism. In many 3rd World places you must conceal/hide surveillance cameras because they are a valuable asset worth stealing.

It is staple but not an art. They're just tilings. What the Spanish, Moroccan and Portuguese do with azulejos / zellij is miles ahead. It is intricate, complex and beautiful. Those…

I wasted my youth on this thing! So now I should waste my working hours on it?

Nah... The coolest use I've seen is a research at the University of Alberta (Canada) that aims to use the Vision Pro to alleviate nystagmus[1]. This is a disease on the muscles tha…

They're mostly assemblers of parts. They buy most parts from China and assemble the computers in the country.

Yeah, they still have high tariffs. But back them it was just illegal to import computers. You'd need to request special authorization from the government to do so, and it would ta…

I see a funny pattern here. England created the Industrial Revolution but barely has any manufacturing these days. The U.S. created several industries (mass car manufacturing, elec…

In the 80s Brazil went that same path. They made a law forbidding everyone from importing computers. The idea was to "develop a national computer industry". They created a monstros…

> Our country is better than yours because of the constitution Well, thank you twice: * first for confirming my criticism that Americans venerate their constitution blindly * secon…

> Schools are adding pepper-spraying drones to help combat active shooters Schools in the U.S.; this is what the U.S. are getting into. Meanwhile, the majority of the civilized wor…

I wonder how many of the people that defend Flock, Google, Facebook " etc, also are the ones that "denounce" Huaweii for spying for the Chinese government.

The world desperately needs less "Murica". It needs the U.S. to be weaker, poorer, less powerful and less influential. And both Trump and Xi-Jiping are delivering just that, thanks…

The European/"Socialist" solutions are never obvious to Americans. It is like parliamentarianism, campaign financing regulations, gun control, multiple political parties, etc. Amer…

> School textbooks also have For me the keyword in your comment is "also". What this word means to me is that, whatever faults textbooks might have, there is no alternative solutio…

When I see lists like this I am surprised that they always live out school textbooks. School textbooks are the kind of books that have the very precise purpose of giving you a foun…

And the irony of it is that the U.S. is actually quite history-poor, when compared to Europe, North Africa, Middle-East, Persia, China, Central Asia and India.

Playing a physical CD is a bit like going to a movie theatre instead of Netflix. It is a ceremony, a ritual, a physical engagement of respect for the artists that created the work.…

I've seen and used some variations of these in my Pebble watch. They're cool for one day or two. But, in the end, I will always go back to some boring but more information-dense on…

After trying a lot, I only saw lines from books written originally in English. Therefore, I assume I'll not see my favorite: > Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de fusilamient…