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> that the current admin thinks this is what secondary education is about Why should the taxpayer fund someone's liberal arts degree, or rather their professor's livelihood? You ca…

All I wanted was to see a picture of a snail's tooth.

People on HN don't understand what Germany's like these days. I know people who have been off work for over a year still getting paid quite handsomely, even though they're perfectl…

If it wasn‘t for the European Greens’ (partially oil lobby funded) anti-nuclear propaganda starting in the 60s, carbon emissions today would be much lower than they are.

Meta and Google both are companies that got lucky and managed to carve out a quasi-Monopoly in their space. Sure, they did a lot of things right at first and provided a popular pro…

Most industries or companies that have a brand or make something people are passionate about, get away with paying lower salaries since they'll attract workers who want to work spe…

"If you don't like AI, you're a nazi."

For anyone thinking negative prices is a good thing: It's not. It's a panic signal because there are no takers for an oversupply of energy, making the grid unstable.

I thought this meant published online, but no they PRINTED that! Wow. How on earth does that hit shelves?? What's going on over there?

> Culture can be changed. Over the course of a hundred or so years maybe. Culture is hard work.

YouTube is absolutely flourishing when it comes to quality content. It‘s the only UGC platform I use anymore. Besides the only thing I consume on the internet at this point is the …

Not sure if you're just trying to be edgy, but hundreds of thousands of Cubans have fled to the US over the past few years. Not very many have gone the other way.

You can already screw over former partners by simply saying that some sex was non-consensual.

That's exactly what I want is for my car's battery to be drained overnight.

I had a Samsung TV ten years ago. While watching Game of Thrones with friends, it overlayed an ad at the top of the screen recommending I play Fruit Ninja on my TV. I immediately d…

Settings > Accessibility > Audio & Visual > Background Sounds It's quite hidden in there but I think you can create shortcuts / quick access to it.

What's also often omitted is population growth resulting in more / larger buildings being built in any given place, so the same event in the same area from 50 years ago would resul…

Yes, pretty much every modern F1 driver started in karting.

It's fitting that solar installations are also very popular in third world countries where the government can't provide reliable / affordable power to their citizens. Godspeed, Ger…

Holy wow, where do you spend your time to arrive at that narrative? I read both right and left wing media to get a balanced view, but I haven't seen anyone that far off the deep en…

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> governments aiding theocracies in mass murder puts a real "are we the bad guys?" kind of taste in your mouth. Agree, and I hope the Qatari people can see that too.

This is why I utterly detest media outlets who amplify those people by reporting on petty "shitstorms", giving them way more power than they deserve. Opinions on the internet are a…

Or you know, you could just not go there if you don't like the place rather than be a prick to people who work there and customers who like going there.

So if all your money is tied up in your company you have to sell part of your business in order to be allowed to leave the country and by the way thanks for creating all those jobs…