Eeko

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by Eeko 11y ago
What happened in the Nordics is that for the most part of the 1900's, there was a shared border with a huge imperialist and expansionist superpower, trying to convince the world that their economic and social models were superior. It o
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by Eeko 11y ago
Pretty much. Hitachi is currently selling their IFR design "on-the-shelf" by name S-Prism. Russians are operating and selling their BN-600 and BN-1200's. It's not like things are completely problem free, but that's
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by Eeko 11y ago
Depending on the definition of "safe". Digging a long hole to the ground, towing an old to-be-demolished barge on top of Mariana's trench etc. is not that expensive. The hard part right now is deciding on suitable ground for
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by Eeko 11y ago
It's not supposed to dilute. It should stay put and not spread around. Most human activities tend to displace natural ecosystems. Waste dumps (nor windmills) are no exception. The question is, is the damage lesser than greater than in
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by Eeko 11y ago
Dumping it to the ocean is pretty safe. Seriously: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_disposal_of_radioactive_... However, since people don't easily believe water's a very effective radiation shielding (even
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by Eeko 11y ago
When I was studying, we had an active (research) reactor running on the campus under thousands of student dorms. Less than 10km from the center of the capital (Helsinki) too. Most people do not even know it's there. Most people don&#x2
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by Eeko 13y ago
So MtGox is basically confirming, that some online criminals have accumulated at least 6% of total Bitcoin market capital? Not to count the drug dealers, cryptolockers, etc. The banksters are bad, but this kind of stuff isn't good for
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by Eeko 13y ago
The funny thing is, that these days the simple 3rd party "fake" and costly clients are often superior against the official apps. Less leaking location, address books, text messages and usage patterns, please.
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by Eeko 13y ago
What kind of connector in the Other Half? If it can be used for a battery extension and/or qwerty, count me in!
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by Eeko 14y ago
How the article is designed - it took me a while to understand that 42floors was not the company performing the tracking. I initially went there to find a name of the company (to put it on permaban in my NoScript), yet the only organization
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by Eeko 14y ago
Don't call us nerds, please.
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by Eeko 14y ago
Yes. I agree that LastPass is probably a lot better than alternatives. They kind of have their balls on the line if things go wrong. That said, I have not dwelled to details of how LastPass handles the site design to avoid unintended leaks,
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by Eeko 14y ago
I wrote a FB-note for my buddies regarding these tools and the leak. I see a lot of bad advice on HN as well, so I should probably paste how I see it here as well: 1. DO NOT check whether or not your password was compromised via services li
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by Eeko 14y ago
You can't even pay for this if you live in Europe. There's a reason Pirate Bay originated from Sweden...
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by Eeko 14y ago
> The main difference is in my opinion the visible action - reaction relationship. If a nuclear power plant blows up, the whole area is going to look for years to come like a scene from a apocalyptic movie, while with coal plants you mi
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by Eeko 14y ago
Which? http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/20/us-japan-nuclear-t... Most of those things are by-design made to be sturdy as fuck. And so far, no-one has died from Fuku-radiation?
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by Eeko 14y ago
1. Current renewable power sources need adjusting power (is that how it translates to English?) when it's not shining or windy. 2. Current distribution networks for electricity do not work well enough to transport large quantities of elect
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by Eeko 14y ago
> "It’s almost an unspoken rule: spend your money, but do it privately," So... Facebook applies the Jantelagen?
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Killing Hollywood: Iron Sky. Hybrid of traditional film-making and crowdsourcing(ironsky.net)
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by Eeko 15y ago
Extortion: "Extortion (also called shakedown, outwresting, and exaction) is a criminal offence which occurs when a person unlawfully obtains either money, property or services from a person(s), entity, or institution, through coercion. Refr
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by Eeko 15y ago
Bribery: "Bribery, a form of corruption, is an act implying money or gift given that alters the behavior of the recipient. Bribery constitutes a crime and is defined by Black's Law Dictionary as the offering, giving, receiving, or solicitin
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by Eeko 15y ago
There is at least one startup I know trying to do that: http://www.wreckamovie.com/
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by Eeko 15y ago
> those born in rich countries seem to take richness for granted. It is very valuable to those being born the country for the country to be rich. Singapore is now rich. It was poor just 40 years ago Most of the so called rich countries
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by Eeko 15y ago
Hi, I'm Eetu. I'm planning on graduating this summer and for that, I need to do a master's thesis. I'm looking for a company stable and curious enough to let me be focused on your given task for six months; while still being cool enough to
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by Eeko 15y ago
All I see is the 99e chinese android-sets on the shelf (free if you take a contract) and 15e/month unlimited data-plans (without a speed cap. Practically offering 1mbps to 6mbps depending on area.) If you want to talk, one can get a flatrat
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by Eeko 15y ago
> I currently face a similar problem, as I want to pick up playing the guitar again. How to get into deliberate practice mode? OT: Try WildChords ( http://www.ovelin.com/ ) :)
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by Eeko 15y ago
This is sad for the rest of EU-nationals as well. Being in the trade- and political union was supposed to protect us from such attacks and pressure against our political sovereignity. "If we are part of a bigger entity, then it's harder for
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by Eeko 15y ago
> in a system which is open only to those who inherited Finnish citizenship. False. In Finland, basic education is a legal obligation for every resident. If you come from abroad and are of sufficient age, you will be placed into school
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by Eeko 15y ago
If you'd take the population differences into account, the numbers would be a bit different. Given that Sweden has only 10 million habitants, it seems to push around twice the amount of US scientific output/capita. (Norway and Finland achie
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by Eeko 15y ago
> The only lesson the US can really draw from this is that if we reduced the number of immigrants we have, our average scores would go up. So what? Raising averages due to composition changes is pointless. Nowadays, Finland has much of

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