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> I doubt the EU will survive in its current state. A lot of people desire this to be true, but that does not mean that it is. It is a particularly weird opinion to hold in the wak…

You are looking for meaning. That is a normal human instinct. I am talking about power structures. They should be examined. Most people here are not willing to do that, because the…

I agree, but avoided the term precisely for the reason you cite.

Big corporations like Amazon are part of the dominating class. Me (and probably you, since you need to ask the question -- no offense intended) are part of the dominated class. Two…

Pointing out that it is becoming a common mistake to confuse the verb "to have" with the preposition "of" -> pedantic! Failing to capitalize "Nazi" according to what the Oxford dic…

Yes, but this means that you don't understand the meaning of simple words. Doesn't that bother you?

Regarding the capitalization of "N/nazi" People seem to disagree with you: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/73948/grammar-na... Regarding being pedantic: well, I'm not s…

> could of I am not a grammar nazi. I am not even a fucking native English speaker, but what the fuck??? Why is this mistake so prevalent these days?

I've been noticing this "meme" recently on HN: that since company X (any one of the FAANGs) is American, it is not subject to European law. If it operated in Europe, it absolutely …

> and get an authentic Man, the "silicon valley" writers are crushing it today!

> The barriers are (1) tech stack, (2) use case, and (3) ethics, in that order. This sounds like a line that some good writer trying to make fun of silicon valley would come up wit…

What? How on earth would you conclude this from that I wrote? I was replying to the idea that it is the "naturalist fallacy" to say that it is better to be develop good habits (in …

Normalizing obesity because you can take some drugs to stay alive (artificially lowering your cholesterol, blood pressure, etc) might not be the smartest idea ever. But yeah, maybe…

The European Council is made of the democratically elected Heads of State of each Member State. The European Council nominates the president of the European Comission, which again …

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound aggressive against you, even if you were of a different opinion. I am a bit tired of all the disinformation on this topic, I highly value the European…

> realpolitik always wins The Brexit project placed a huge bet on that, and it seems they are losing. > this is news to me, and I can't find any evidence of it either It was widely…

> Nah, they'll want the budget contributions back. Also: "The German car industry will demand it", "The EU needs the UK more than the UK needs the EU", etc. All of this has been fa…

> The baggage caused by the UK will dissipate in 5-10 years or so This is quite optimistic. I'm not sure if you live in the EU, but the UK severely tainted its image and destroyed …

> As it is right now it's dead in the water for any commercial usage So what? If companies need a certain software, they can pay for it. I remember a time when FOSS was not about p…

> We can fight it by electing the correct people. Can you? There are a few problems: firstly, the primaries are controlled by the parties, so you have a very limited menu to choose…

> Saying you were fired could be considered disparaging. I'm sorry, but I highly doubt that this is the case.

Interesting point, but in most cases people say it when talking about themselves (I was let go) or in the hypothetical, as was the case here with OP: "When you get let go". So no r…

The EU is not some weird hive-mind, it has separation of powers just like the US. It is the European Court of Justice's job to overturn executive decisions that trample on the cons…

> When you get let go I'm sorry for going a bit offtopic, but I have noticed this weird linguistic contortion "get let go" often. Why the euphemisms? You get fired. It doesn't hurt…