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whinythepooh

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    Comment #21854987

    No SSL. Requires JS. Thanks, but no.

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    Comment #21810347

    Zhenotdel reinstalled

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    Comment #21810311

    The article is written by a political activist. Might as well include solar activity and locust plague map to demonstrate how much the world is on fire.

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    Comment #21810274

    Those are slow earthquakes that can be ignored https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_earthquake Also there are already hurricanes in the map legend. Nobody would notice a little earth…

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    Ask HN: Sould we equip all children with an extendable stop sign?

    This question might look like a stupid joke. And it actually is. But any joke has a little bit of truth in it. I was walking down the street in the morning. On the sidewalk I saw a…

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    Comment #21798854

    > That month, the World Jewish Congress called on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Always playing two sides heh

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    Ask HN: How to verify that measures against climate change work?

    There are talks about implementing solutions to fight climate change, e.g. raise taxes on fossil fuel, subsidize green energy, etc. But how an ordinary citizen can verify that the …

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    Comment #21734446

    Also school plants into children some biases that later used by authorities for divide-and-conquer. E.g. the school told me that I belong to some ethnicity and that there are other…

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    Comment #21720241

    I was homeless and a stranger gave me an apple. I washed it and sold for $.01. I used the proceeds to buy 2 dirty apples, washed them and sold for $.02. Then I learned that my gran…

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    Comment #21720195

    > Profits continue to be shifted to tax havens, especially Bermuda, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The US just can't do anything to these countries. Too far from the Midd…

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    Comment #21720031

    > I'm not saying the whole n-as-a-service culture is a bad thing. Is is not a bad thing, it is a horse @#$*! It smells with rentier capitalism and serfdom. Especially IP and copyri…

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    Comment #21699411

    > STEM in early education being unfriendly to children from underrepresented backgrounds > hostile university culture in male-dominated CS programs > biased hiring practices > non-…

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    Comment #21679244

    > If someone is a "normal" consumer, a hospital patient, etc. I don't think the conversation is the same anymore. That's the thing. Crime-prevention is a plausible excuse. "Normal"…

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    Comment #21679100

    For SaaS I agree but subscriptions for stationary bike, for food, for printer ink, for traktors, etc.

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    Comment #21679077

    > You can make subscriptions work if your intentions are good I am afraid investors only care about growth. First they are going to grow untill no more subscribers. Preferably the …

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    Comment #21677984

    https://www.zuora.com/2018/12/09/how-subscriptions-are-remak...

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    Comment #21677976

    Here is an alternative link in case someone cannot read the article because of paywall https://www.zuora.com/2018/12/09/how-subscriptions-are-remak...

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    Comment #21677850

    > Griffith jeopardized the sanctions that both Congress and the president have enacted to place maximum pressure on North Korea’s dangerous regime Griffith jeopardized the sanction…

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    Comment #21677721

    > Remember there’s a time and place What is the time and place to discuss politics? Apparently I can only discuss it in my head, with myself. Why don't politicians, activists, medi…

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    Comment #21677481

    > What do people really feel? They probably feel being stalked. They must be anxious and paranoid. > On a final note, the few people in US that scoff at surveillance are the same p…

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