chebureki

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by chebureki 7mo ago
The DB App is great. It lets you buy tickets, informs you of delays and possible alternatives especially if you miss your connection, you can file a request for a refund, you can reserve a seat, you can use the comfort check-in and check yo
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by chebureki 7mo ago
Germany has allowed dual citizenship since June 2024. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nationality_law#Reform_...
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by chebureki 7mo ago
Why shouldn't knowing a national language be a requirement for naturalization? After all, politics is generally conducted in (a) national language(s).
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by chebureki 7mo ago
She is still a foreigner. Just because it is relatively seamless to work in another country, it doesn't mean you are a citizen.
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by chebureki 7mo ago
It depends on a country, if dual citizenship is allowed. Sometimes, it even depends on what the original citizenship is. Germany and France, for example, allow dual citizenship, meaning naturalization doesn't mean a loss of another cit
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by chebureki 7mo ago
I don't understand the argument the author makes. The author admits missing deadlines to vote in the general elections at home. The author admits missing deadlines to register for EU elections due to a recent move. I am an EU citizen,
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by chebureki 11mo ago
I never claimed it set a precedent. But a federal judge in this case claimed "The First Amendment does not draw President Trump’s invidious distinction [between citizens and legal non-citizens] and it is not to be found in our history
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by chebureki 11mo ago
I would think the Bill of Rights applies equally to citizens or non-citizens. That includes the First Amendment. That includes the right to freedom of speech and expression of opposition to whatever he or she desires. The freedom of speech
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by chebureki 11mo ago
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
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by chebureki 6y ago
The US has either suspended or slowed down visa processing due to COVID-19. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/s...
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by chebureki 6y ago
A good friend of mine has a somewhat similar story. Originally from Germany, she is a visiting researcher at an American university on a J-1 visa. Her husband is a refugee in Germany, who is going through education there and working toward
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by chebureki 7y ago
Auburn, Indiana has been offering municipal internet since 2005[1]. The town needed fast internet to keep companies from leaving to big cities. So, the town decided to build on its municipal public utilities to proide also fast internet. Na
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by chebureki 9y ago
A side note. The cost of living here in Pittsburgh is much, much lower than in SF or in NYC. According to a Cost of Living calculator, to maintain the same living standard in Pittsburgh at $60K, you have to make $137K in SF.
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by chebureki 9y ago
My university education experience seems to contradict this notion. Many classes were heavily focused on Java to allow students to learn data structures and object-oriented programming, in general. Other classes, like Operating Systems Prog
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by chebureki 10y ago
I once complained about a long line at the customs and immigration in the United States. The CPB officer's response was "Call your congressman."
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by chebureki 11y ago
I can't comment on my own observations because I don't have enough experience with this. However, some suggest that default choices are hard to resist: whether it's online or off. NYT wrote about that several years ago. http
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by chebureki 11y ago
While it may be difficult to explain to civilians what Github is, the issues of any government overreach into the Internet domain are easy to understand. For instance, a state does not like particular content on the Internet. It wants to fo
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by chebureki 11y ago
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-coding-website-github-hit-wi...
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Defending the Open Internet(nytimes.com)
72 points by chebureki 12y ago|43 comments