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Regardless of the political situation, the EU is probably a more friendly environment for a standards body taking their stance in interoperability into account.
Switzerland is not in the EU.
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There’s a webcomic, “Joe vs. Elan School”, that might be an enlightening read for you.
This actually resonates a bit with my own thoughts from these comments. If we assume a drug abuser is doomed for death in the next 6 months. But by using them as slave labor in terrible conditions for 3 years guarantees they will live to old age, regardless of any psychological trauma from said experience, is it worth it? I'm not taking a position, I'm just making a thought experiment. It's more of a moral philosophi…
It's basically a religious war. One side seems to think they need to "break people's spirit" by "work camps", the other side seems to believe in "healing from violence" by compassion. You're free to pick your side, but it's going to get harder to switch, and the other side will treat you as their enemy.
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You could host it in Mexico or Canada, they're pretty nice!
For many travellers it would be hard to find a flight plan without a stop in the US though.
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Aren't there still violent conflicts with drug gangs where citizens are killed still going on in Mexico?
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[0] https://apnews.com/article/mexico-cancun-boy-killed-drugs-je... (07-2024)
[1] https://nypost.com/2024/10/03/world-news/1-killed-in-shootin... (10-2024)
[2] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tourist-je... (06-2021)
[3] https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/gunmen-on-jet-skis-open-fi... (12-2021)
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A 1.47% margin — the third narrowest since 1972, the two narrower both being negative margin wins, including Trump's first — is not a “landslide”.
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Right? This is hacker news, not reddit. Whether one finds their stance silly or not, one should respect that real people are making real decisions to skip a conference. This isn't a meme. Our country is being destroyed and I don't mind some foreigners putting pressure on our society to get our shit together.
Stop with the hysterics. The worst parts of our country are "being destroyed".
Hear hear. Great initiative. I am not in the US but I do feel threatened by the way the US is conducting itself these days. It's time for people working in tech to push back.
> Some have been tortured. Is there any evidence of this?
> Senior described Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair. > She said Schmidt told her immigration agents pressured him to give up his green card. She said he was placed on a mat in a bright room with other people at the airport, with little food or water, suffered sleep deprivation, and was de…
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Not all EU countries are the same. I would avoid Hungary, Slovakia, and former Eastern Germany (except Berlin).
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would you, in the context of fascist Germany or other totalitarian regimes with concentration camps, not understand the quoted text as cynical euphemism for such camps? this understanding of metaphors is not that it was used then. the understanding happens today a contemporary application of historical knowledge. and honestly, it's obvious.
It's not after that fact, or any euphemism - this is the exact way the regime tried to pass them off at the time. Germany called the concentration camps luxurious places to hangout and learn skills and rehabilitate, with post office, frequent movie screenings, a swimming pool, nice beds. The reality was much different as we know. They did have a small pool on the grounds for show. https://www.splcenter.org/resources/…