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kyrers

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About kyrers

Software Engineer

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    Comment #25069816

    I'm not even taking into consideration de 2030 part. But yeah, I generally agree with you. Especially in this: > But the idea of "I own nothing" cannot conceivable extend to person…

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    Comment #25069031

    I don't understand this. As said in other comments, I believe most people wouldn't want most of the things the author describes. If I want to cook at home and have to order everyth…

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    Comment #24728622

    Yeah I understand that perspective, my question is what happens if the owner of said company wants to sell?

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    Comment #24728561

    Yeah, I read it correctly but am just now realizing I wrote "tech companies" instead of "big tech companies", my bad. So this is more a move to preven them from bullying smaller te…

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    Comment #24728434

    > "The report also recommends that Congress consider any acquisition by the big tech companies to be anticompetitive unless the companies can prove that the merger would be in the …

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    Comment #24717659

    This is one of the things that makes me proud to be Portuguese. Also, does anyone remember the name of the doctor that started this whole movement? I think the first name is João, …

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    Comment #24717601

    Question from someone who knows nothing about physics: Was the Big Crunch theory discarded? After reading the article I did some research, and several places mentioned this theory …

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    Comment #24707372

    > Conventional thinking is (or was? I don’t follow this closely) that hard shots into the side netting either low to the ground or high up are unstoppable. The goalkeeper cannot re…

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    Comment #24706979

    From what I've read, I seem to have a unpopular opinion as it regards Jorginho and Bruno Fernandes technique (the little skip before shooting). Skipping before shooting is really d…

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    Comment #24637618

    > For what it's worth, Coinbase must "allow" those discussions by law in the US. I'm not from the US, so thanks for pointing that out. > For what it's worth, Coinbase must "allow" …

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    Comment #24637595

    Yeah, he would've been better off ending the sentence before that statement.

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    Comment #24637323

    In the blog post in which he explained Coinbase's mission, he specifically mentioned that: > Of course, employees should always feel free to advocate around issues of pay, conditio…

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    Comment #24637084

    Amazing. Thanks for sharing!

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    Comment #24621222

    > It's not like this is being advertised when you are subscribing to some service. "Subscribe now and if you ever want to cancel, we'll make you pay! PS. We know where you live." T…

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    Comment #24618511

    In my (little) experience, Rick like developers can cause lot of trouble if they simply decide to leave. I do think, though, that you can spot them fairly easy. Even in college. I …

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    Comment #24615872

    Yeah, I understand that. I just think we as consumers should not accept that.

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    Comment #24615449

    The calling to unsubscribe always gets me. How does this still happen in 2020?

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    Comment #24614835

    What about European users? Will there be any trouble withdrawing funds? I'm for Portugal, if that helps somehow.

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    Comment #24591011

    I actually agree that if someone is going to do it, it's going to be him. Plus the "grabbing the mic" incident was bound to happen sooner or later. Music awards keep being given to…

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    Comment #24590857

    > I’d be interested to see the number of people who know the risks of opiates and the people who know the risks of social media. I would guess the latter is a pretty small minority…

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    Comment #24590761

    Who knows? Maybe that will happen to me too.

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    Comment #24588048

    Ok, I get your point now. Even though the individual is to blame, there's no point in doing it as they won't change. The only solution is to "force" change by regulation. Did I get…

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    Comment #24584569

    And is that legal?