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> Imminent threats and specific calls to violence are a different matter. More equality does not mean communism or everybody gets exactly the same. You position is just a straw man…

> Imminent threats and specific calls to violence are a different matter. That is what I find disturbing. That general threads and calls to violence are ok. That threatening your n…

> despite 8chan being a breeding ground of hate, threads by mass shooters are typically removed in minutes So, it is ok that people promote and help mass shooters as far as there i…

There was a time that it was difficult for me to understand how it was possible that governments in the middle east were supporting domestic terrorism. It was difficult to imagine …

> So Germany has had a love affair with Hydrogen for a while now. This sounds like a joke about the Hindenburg.

> Steal from the richest man in the world: FBI is on the case with military-grade weapons, tactics and surveillance. Steal from the richest man in the world * that avoids paying ta…

> In the end, reducing support to the bare minimum possible appears a reasonable option for many companies: it is the easiest to implement, it reduces legal/PR risks, and it has a …

This mosque is portrayed in How Climate Changes Art: https://youtu.be/dvQocRS3RdE?t=412 The video has other examples like this mosque and asks the question of how to preserve art f…

> This isn't just a part of an anti-government or even anti-education strategy Big corporations should be paying way more taxes. It would be a good way to avoid creating such undem…

> could not afford a one-week annual holiday away from home You get in Europe around one month of paid vacation time. What people can't afford is to travel. The title of the articl…

I have been working in some fast-growing software companies. Every few years, we change office and get one in a better place, with new furniture, fancier each time, tv monitor is e…

> Imaginary friends are a common—and normal—manifestation for many kids I never had any imaginary friends. Even when other kids had fantastic expectations in the world, like asking…

Another video, this is about Marco Polo writings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UiIpiV0P0M And it mentions also the invention of Money.

> I can´t even begin to describe to you what type of regulatory hurdles and red-tape I was faced with when trying to get that up and running. I can imagine how harder it is than in…

A similar story at vaguelyinteresting: https://www.vaguelyinteresting.co.uk/the-great-romford-and-h... Converging domain name and topics?

> It was meant to be, in response to OP's hyperbole that there's nothing new being created. You are right. Sorry for not expressing myself with clarity. To say that there's nothing…

> How do you use this physical ID card online? You don't. For that, you can get a digital signature. You can go to a police station, or to an embassy and present your physical Id c…

> Have you tried changing languages? Yes. And it is a good idea. I have moved between Java backend applications and C++ videogames jobs. The difference in language and domain keep …

> smartphones I will take this as an example. I was developing in 80386 machines. When smartphones appeared and people said that "this is different because you have limited resourc…

> By that logic we should all be using punch cards. There are zero limitations in punching cards to express any modern program. And that is my point. Keyboards are faster, I use a …

>A major problem is that regulatory capture leads to less competition Safe regulations are to avoid people dying not to stimulate competition. Without safety regulations, way more …

What happens after 10 years? I have been a software developer for more than 25 years. It is getting boring. Any "new" problem is just the same old problem with a new layer of abstr…

> I hear is common in Europe It is not. I have seen a ramp-up in the amount of advertisement everywhere. Maybe poorer countries like Romania - I have been just to Bucharest - are n…

> The potential increase in IQ is so high that any country that defects from a global ban, even a smallish one like Iran say, would quickly be producing the vast majority of all ge…

This reminds me of a similar article many years ago about reading network packet content from the light of the led in network cards. It is another example of how things are safer i…