baragiola

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by baragiola 4y ago
California is extremely rich. You have a water shortage. Water is important
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by baragiola 4y ago
Degrowth is a loser mindset. Why not focus on getting more water, i.e. from the sea as done in Israel?
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by baragiola 4y ago
Doesn't agriculture uses its own underground water that is usually not used for human consumption?
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by baragiola 5y ago
Trust me, you don't want inflation. Source: Argentinian
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by baragiola 5y ago
Foobar2000 was by far the best player I've used on Windows
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Scoop: FEC lets foreigners finance U.S. ballot fights(axios.com)
4 points by baragiola 5y ago|0 comments
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by baragiola 5y ago
Do you mean in market share or the actual product? Because I use Firefox daily and honestly feels less bloated and better to use than Chrome. I do use Chrome daily also, for some work-related apps
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by baragiola 7y ago
That's a very interesting article. Does anybody knows if Postgres 10 and 11 addressed any of those issues?
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by baragiola 7y ago
For how long? I kind of was at your place (no kids, just my girlfriend) for a few years and then I needed a change
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by baragiola 7y ago
This type of policy is proven to be regressive because: 1) The really wealthy find loop holes. 2) It discourages saving and investment. 3) It encourages consumption and spending on frivolities. Imagine if everybody would have to start from
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by baragiola 7y ago
I think he said the actual "Windows source code", not the git repo containing all of its changes
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by baragiola 7y ago
>There’s even a classic joke about it: “How do you make a small fortune in the airlines? Start with a large fortune.” "The secret to become millionaire is to be a billionaire and buy an airline"
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by baragiola 7y ago
Exactly, they are by far the less biased news outlet I read. For instance, they explicitly don't support Trump, but don't hesitate to say "Trump is right about X", or "Trump did well on Y". They also don't
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by baragiola 7y ago
There are plenty of good independent films
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by baragiola 8y ago
>Remember, this is the period of the Belgian labour system in the Congo, which so upended local economies that 10 million people died – half the population. This is the period of the Natives Land Act in South Africa, which dispossessed
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by baragiola 8y ago
I did freelance work for about 2 years and I didn't feel at all like the author. To me associating time with money was helpful, but I wasn't thinking on it 24/7. I know that when I feel tired, the most productive thing to do
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by baragiola 8y ago
I use https://old.reddit.com since I can't grasp the new UI
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by baragiola 8y ago
I always assumed that VEVO were legal and the others illegal (unless uploaded by the artist, usually for amateurs or not-so-big-time artists)
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by baragiola 8y ago
So much this. Downvotes are not for disagreements, they should be used for trolls, shills and bigots. If the comment adds a view you don't agree with, write an answer or ignore it. Downvoting in this case doesn't adds value. Reddi
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by baragiola 8y ago
If you measure their tax base as percentage of their total GDP, you'll be surprised at how small government in those countries are. For instance, by that measure, France has the biggest government of the OECD: https://data.o
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by baragiola 8y ago
Lobbying happens everywhere. Having it legalized makes it more transparent and helps you voting next elections. In my country it's illegal yet they do it behind the curtains
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by baragiola 8y ago
How are you measuring the size of governments?
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by baragiola 8y ago
Wouldn't you consider beating an addiction to actually being able to take one or two drinks and leaving it at there? In other words, if you're constantly counting the days without a drink and struggle with yourself to not drink, a
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by baragiola 8y ago
That's been the case for operating systems and it's quite effective
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by baragiola 8y ago
It is said that if people can't understand your product right away, you're doing it wrong. But Slack is very successful and yet people just understand what it is after watching a video of it