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by c_plus_minus 11y ago
Well... I have a Windows phone actually :P
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by c_plus_minus 11y ago
Can't help but feel that if it were a similar prank pulled by Apple on Android, the comments wouldn't be half as forgiving.
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by c_plus_minus 12y ago
> how they need massive amounts of fuel to get off from earth I don't think this is the case. Consider the flight that 'Coop' keeps dreaming about at the start of the movie. Seems he was piloting one of the shuttles into E
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by c_plus_minus 12y ago
I'm sure the Swiss do, but just an aside that plenty of EU countries allow members from other countries to vote in their elections. E.g. here in Ireland I think we only restrict constitutional referenda to Irish citizens.
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by c_plus_minus 12y ago
Ha! Nice read, perfect after lunch material with my coffee :) Good job
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by c_plus_minus 12y ago
The Guardian just goes down and down in my estimation with each click-bait article on tech. I get it, you don't like the software industry, SV, 'disruption' and have a big axe to grind. Is it just me who's noticing it, o
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by c_plus_minus 12y ago
Hey don't forget AFT, DEA, EPA... IRS. Fighters for everybody!
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by c_plus_minus 12y ago
I thought that ad was more "look at me, I'm a crazy hard working American AND I drive electric. They're not mutually exclusive!"
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by c_plus_minus 12y ago
Totally agree. Seems he has a bit of a chip on his shoulder, by frequently mentioning "software engineering" in quotes. And as someone who had the grave misfortune of having some experience in scientific code, all I can do is laug
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by c_plus_minus 12y ago
That why I said "mandatory"...
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by c_plus_minus 12y ago
Ah that's ok. I think I've done my patriotic duty for the day by increasing knowledge of us :)
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by c_plus_minus 12y ago
Ireland left the UK around 90 years ago.
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by c_plus_minus 12y ago
I don't see the need to have mandatory ID. The thought of being fined for not "showing my papers" while walking down the street is disturbing. Can't speak for the UK, but I think a lot of the resistance to the idea in Ir
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by c_plus_minus 12y ago
Ahem, Ireland is also a member of the EU!
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by c_plus_minus 12y ago
"A proposition for a standard digital signature in every EU citizen's identity card. .... No extra cards - it will just replace your existing ID card when it expires" Well unlike most of the continent, Britain and Ireland hav
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by c_plus_minus 13y ago
300k on the first million...
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by c_plus_minus 13y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7111531 Hmm, seemed more comprehensive in my memory :)
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by c_plus_minus 13y ago
Well it was discussed at length last week on here. Since this article is mainly about the perceived libertarian angle, of course that would dominate discussion
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by c_plus_minus 13y ago
Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt, Intel heads and so on are/were libertarians? News to me (and them I imagine).