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Buying an old beater car as your first car has been the norm forever. But that’s because young people still have no wealth, ie they are poor, not because they don’t want a shiny Au…

You could argue everything, but I’m pretty sure 99% of those sharing a flat are doing so because they can’t afford a flat for themselves, not because they enjoy the company.

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The case for normalising poverty.

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Find a pirate version if possible…

How exactly should they be terminated? 150 1:1 meetings?

I don't understand. For you to see the message, you have to click on the link. Your clicking on the link must mean that the link is active, since it is getting clicks. So why is th…

Okay, then… As a user I’d expect the device not to waste any time connecting to my wireless network and getting a dhcp lease, instead being already connected when I open the lid.

Wait, low temperatures drain your battery? I would’ve expected the opposite.

If you give the EU a lot of power, which some people in HN are in favour of, they will use it for good and bad. I’d rather they have no power and live without the good things. Thos…

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How is that better than what the article describes? You need gas, electricity (outdoors!) and get constant fan noise.

So civilisations that are in decline had a peak of energy consumption a couple of decades ago? Whilst civilisations that are progressing keep using more energy? Are you sure this h…

That was true of every single civilisation before ours.

As they say there isn’t a single civilisation that has prospered by spending less energy.

Ah sorry, I thought he may be talking about the bombing of Belgrade :)

Averages as well as you say are useless. You know this, so I don’t know why you bring averages up. I specifically mentioned the most common salary, not the average or the mean, whi…

Mobile operating systems have very great children controls. You should research the topic yourself and you will see.

Fewer, for sure. Not to mention they work for the state so they are guaranteed to have lots of free days by law and their work hours are always respected.

Nurses in Spain make 2500-3000 euro a month, in a country where the most common salary is 1250 euro. Are they overworked? Well then they can take a pay cut so we can hire more of t…

Maybe so, but it’s better than the alternatives.