_9MOTHER9HORSE

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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
> I'd wager most not just don't know what it offers but don't even really know what exactly is bad about it. This is a good reason why the EU should fail, and why people voted for Brexit, which will hopefully go some way t
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
> It seems to me that not many people realize just how highly the EU is valued in Germany across the political spectrum. People seem to severely underestimate what sacrifices Germany is willing to make in the context of Brexit to benefit
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New MacBook Pro Models Lack Optical Audio Out via Headphone Jack(macrumors.com)
1 points by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago|0 comments
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
My IO requirements haven't changed that dramatically in the past six years, and are still well served by a Mid-2010 MacBook Pro. I've got MagSafe for power, Mini DisplayPort for video out, Mini TOSLINK for audio out, and USB 2.0 f
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
By contrast, the UK now has six indoor velodromes, half of which were opened in the last five years. Guess who cleaned up [0] at the Olympics this year? [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_at_the_2016_Summer_O..
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
The only reason anyone is paying £1m+ for pokey two beds in Battersea is because they think a greater fool will pay more in a few years time.
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
The wider redevelopment has nothing to do with Apple. The scheme got planning permission in 2011, and construction work has been ongoing since 2012. It's a mixed-use development, with office space only part of the puzzle, and according
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
It doesn't so much mean receipt as "invoice" (e.g. for taxes or utilities) or "check" (e.g. in a restaurant) In most restaurants you would ask for the bill, then when you pay, you will receive a separate receipt. Th
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
You could also characterise it as a risk, whereby potential downsides are amplified by age. Young voters will have to live with the consequences for most of their lives, while old voters don't have much time left. Then again, you could
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
If you're paying $10/month for a domain name, you're paying too much!
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De La Soul’s Legacy Is Trapped in Digital Limbo(mobile.nytimes.com)
128 points by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago|36 comments
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
No. Scotland had an independence referendum two years ago, and one of he factors in that vote was the prospect of Britain opting to leave the EU. Scotland voted decisively to remain in the UK, and to go the way of the UK on EU membership. T
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
A couple of sensationalist anecdotes. More than 17 million people voted to leave.
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
Your statements about regulation do not disagree with my point that the EU is a political union. It is, fundamentally, a political construct. It has gained legitimacy and law-making powers across its member states, but it could cease to exi
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
It's all swings and roundabouts. If the pound loses value in the medium-run, foreign investment in the UK will increase. Brexit, if negotiations are acrimonious, will be worse for the EU than it will be for the UK, so I don't expe
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
The EU is just a political union. It can break apart without necessarily destroying the economies of its member states. You are suggesting the EU member states would be willing to sacrifice their economies (by punishing the UK) to save the
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
The cost of another country leaving may indeed be higher, but the EU simply can't afford to punish the UK, even as a deterrent. They're all talk and no trousers on that front. I'm not sure what you mean by "special benef
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
I'm sure the EU wants to make the UK pay, but it can't afford to. The EU is too reliant on exports to the UK to play hardball. That's the calculation the British public made. The UK pays more in than it gets out. It imports m
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
The UK will obviously lose the "benefits" of EU membership, but it was a net contributor in financial terms. All else being equal, the UK could replace all EU funds spent in the UK, and have cash to spare. In trade terms, the EU f
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
Granted, but money talks. EU industry is not going to stand for punishment tariffs against the UK.
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
On the other hand, the EU does not need free trade with Norway as much as it does with the UK.
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
There might not be an EU by the time Scotland gets a vote to secede and begins an application to join the EU. Fascinating time to be alive.
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
This is quite an elegant solution, and I like it. I also think if we just held the same EU referendum again -- a sort of "are you sure?" -- the response would be a decisive remain vote.
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
Barely anyone knew who represented them in Europe. Fewer still knew what powers those representatives had. I suspect 99% could not name more than five people in the EU machine, including Nigel Farage as a free point. The EU is absolutely ot
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
The EU is an utterly bewildering bureaucracy. Barely anyone fully understands what it does.
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
On the contrary, the fact the EU had enormous power over British people, yet barely anyone knew what it was, what it did, or why it was important, was a compelling reason for the UK to leave.
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
Yes, it's a supply side problem. The housing stock is virtually fixed. Being a member of the EU undoubtedly pushes demand up.
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
Good luck making the selling of individual envelopes commercially viable! That said, totally agreed there's a gap for bringing the "sharing economy" to things people buy but rarely use (lawn mowers, leaf blowers, pressure was
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
There are already similar laws in the UK and other countries. See this recent example, where a sexual health centre accidentally leaked a list of 800 people who had attended HIV clinics. They ended up with a £180,000 fine: http:/&#x2F
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by _9MOTHER9HORSE 10y ago
> Yes, some people have chosen to run their own mail servers for some reason and those people might conceivably get a bit more spam for a while. Once your email is out there, there's no going back. Email addresses are personally ide

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