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ruairinewman

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About ruairinewman

Techie, bibliophile, whiskey drinker, coffee snob, and electronics hobbyist. Liberal as fuck. Generally mildly irritated about something or other.

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/ruairi; my proof: https://keybase.io/ruairi/sigs/yf9dx7tBPhfU91I0220d8zuIwcGHgyISMnjLae0Yz4w ]

Recent public activity

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    Comment #8687548

    Part of the problem is that there is no uniform provision across the EU for VAT exemption for books. Some countries charge VAT on paper books, or on e-books, or on both.

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    Comment #8687465

    This is definitely a retrograde step, especially in countries such as the Republic of Ireland, where paper books are generally ascribed a 0% VAT rate. That doesn't protect us in re…

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    Comment #8687156

    Surely this process means that HIV is just as capable of evolving into something even more lethal over time, given the right environment? Given the relatively closed environment of…

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    Comment #8687120

    I don't know. I used to work for AWS, and this sounds very link an internal tool that is used to manage the entire Amazon retail infrastructure. That being the case, this is going …