mnbcvx

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by mnbcvx 10y ago
Drop some generators then too! I live in Cambodia, and spend a lot of time out in the provinces where everyone meets up daily to charge their phones and other electronic devices around the single generator in a village. And need I mention t
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by mnbcvx 10y ago
I do realize that drones are not the optimum delivery method for something like this. A big C-130 would probably be better for most all cases. You already argued why handing out big sums of cash is a bad idea. As you said, shrewd people wil
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by mnbcvx 10y ago
If we provided these areas with internet access too via satellite or balloon, you would likely have a whole legion of educated young people fixing problems from within their own society, rather than an outside force mostly wreaking havoc de
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by mnbcvx 10y ago
Does it clearly imply religious affiliation, or cultural affiliation? Either way, it's such a petty and arbitrary distinction and I'd guess that a Muslim girl in a French school wearing a regular head scarf would still get hassled
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by mnbcvx 10y ago
I'm actually having trouble finding any exact law, so in the interest of accuracy, I'll admit I could be wrong about French law here. This Wikipedia article says "Chest and private parts must be covered except near bathing zo
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by mnbcvx 10y ago
Wrong, the head dress is banned in schools. "The wearing of all conspicuous religious symbols in public schools was previously banned in 2004 by a different law" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ban_on_fac
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by mnbcvx 10y ago
For most Muslim immigrants, their facial features and skin color are probably as much an indicator of their background as a head dress, not to mention things like accent that will ultimately give someone away. I really don't buy any ar
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by mnbcvx 10y ago
Absolutely, I was talking about this with my wife yesterday. It's illegal for a women to go topless in France (but not a man), so how is a women covering her breasts any different than a woman covering her head? I can't imagine an
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by mnbcvx 10y ago
The idea of using drones to drop something helpful... What would the world look like now if for the past 15 years drones had been dropping computers, medicine, water purifiers, seeds, etc.? How many millions of parachute-fitted, protective
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by mnbcvx 10y ago
Seriously, HN has a huge problem in this regard. Stuff that is most controversial should be pushed to the top, especially if the discussion remains civil.
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by mnbcvx 10y ago
What? So let's kill drug addicts everywhere? Here's an idea... those Filipinos over there have such a violent country! They just can't get there act together! I guess Filipinos are prone to violence, and they DO pose a direct
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by mnbcvx 10y ago
This whole thread is ludicrous. Two right-wing foreigners make hateful top level comments tacitly endorsing the execution and forced rehabilitation of drug users, and HN upvotes it why?
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by mnbcvx 10y ago
Phnom Penh. It's a really nice city if you stay away from places where expats congregate. Lack of open spaces and fields though are something that I miss. It's dirty too, but its other charms make up for it. Every day I buy the be
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by mnbcvx 10y ago
Yep. That's the kind of thing you look up at a young age when you discover you're the recent product of second cousins. Some interesting quotes from the "Cousin Marriage" Wikipedia article: "According to Professor
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by mnbcvx 10y ago
> second cousins Didn't stop my great grandparents :) My mom's side is Mennonite, which is also a very tight knit community. When my grandma sends random pictures from in and around Goshen, Indiana, my wife has commented mult
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by mnbcvx 10y ago
Somehow I doubt that any of that has too much effect on quality of life. I live on less than 400 USD per month and I bet I'm happier than the average Bay Area resident. I also know that I eat far better. Via the internet I have access
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by mnbcvx 10y ago
But keep in mind that the black market around drugs, and the difficulty and expense of obtaining illegal drugs, creates violence.