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In Hamburg Germany, only the vaccinated can enjoy mulled wine(reuters.com)
5 points by akban 5y ago|2 comments
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Chinese Tennis Star accuses former Politburo member of assault, goes missing(theguardian.com)
9 points by akban 5y ago|0 comments
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Grandma, you've got Mail – Before 1921 you could send your kids by Post(cleveland19.com)
1 points by akban 5y ago|0 comments
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LAPD partnered with tech firm that enables secretive online spying(theguardian.com)
6 points by akban 5y ago|0 comments
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Abraham Lincoln was a successful competitive wrestler - with exactly 299 wins(allthatsinteresting.com)
2 points by akban 5y ago|1 comments
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by akban 5y ago
Quite a few streets in Istanbul are too narrow for cars. No matter how "rich" you are, you'll have to exit the car and walk like the rest of us 'plebes'
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by akban 5y ago
I grew up being told there were 9 planets, then I started being told there were actually 8 planets, now I'm being told again that there are really 9 planets. Wish the astronomers would just make up their minds.
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by akban 5y ago
Was actually thinking about that last week. What's the physical weight of 1.9 gb of digital books?
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by akban 5y ago
One would honestly have expected the opposite. We live in crazy times
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by akban 5y ago
It's strange that an auto vehicle maker that has manufactured and sold less than 300 vehicles if I remember correctly is somehow, mysteriously, more valuable than Ford
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by akban 5y ago
I'm sure the participants in the 17th century Tulip mania bubble had explanations just as irrational as this. It's déjà vu all over again.
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China bans exams for six-year-old school children(bbc.com)
1 points by akban 5y ago|0 comments
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by akban 5y ago
600,000+ American covid-19 casualties called, they'd like their lives back so they can emigrate to largely covid-free China
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by akban 5y ago
China has the 2nd largest (and according to some sources, probably the largest) consumer market on Earth, and is currently, by a large margin, the largest market for Cars, Smartphones, PCs, Fashion, and a host of other product categories. I
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by akban 5y ago
Rest assured that HN's "it's all China's fault" crowd will be mysteriously unable to see this headline.
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by akban 5y ago
You're not alone. I read it twice. Still don't get it. I think he's using Google Translate or something
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by akban 5y ago
You're either delusional or extremely (emphasis on the 'extremely') divorced from reality. So losing out on a $10,000+ gain is 'a good thing' in your book?
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by akban 5y ago
There was a strong need for it. Rushing to express 'outrage' without taking time to actually sit down and think about what you're being 'outraged' about is becoming the bane of Western societies.
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by akban 5y ago
The article is talking about weaker public health 'surveillance'. Try spending a bit more time thinking, and less time jumping to conclusions. I guess this is why they say 'reading' and 'comprehension' are two
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by akban 5y ago
It 'proves' that a lot of people, yours truly included, do not use frameworks
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by akban 5y ago
And I suggest you cut down on excessive reading of post-apocalyptic sci-fi novels.
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by akban 6y ago
Some of you need to learn the difference between 'authoritarian' and 'totalitarian'. Not that I blame you, I blame the American educational system
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by akban 6y ago
You're a former employee cum VC who has NEVER launched any actual technical product, and yet you believe you know more than an anti-vc startup founder with multiple successful products under his belt? Really? You actually expect us t
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by akban 7y ago
Re: Giving every Taiwanese citizen a MANPAD. Of what use are MANPADs against the Ballistic Missile salvos which China is guaranteed to use in crippling Taiwan's air bases and air defense units? or against the J-10s, J-11s, Su-30s, &amp
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by akban 7y ago
I have a colleague who's a brilliant developer, but trying to wade through his codebase is literally like going through a session of Chinese water torture. And the 'comments' in his code are more mind-boggling than explanator