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by offa 3y ago
This has happened in the past: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Blue
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by offa 5y ago
I do believe we are talking about slightly different things here - you put an emphasis on God's love and His care for the world, while I focus on the human (Abraham's, etc) need to renounce the world and (by extension) the ties an
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by offa 5y ago
I'm not arguing that God's morality is somehow inferior to mine - I'm arguing that by trusting and obeying Him over my own moral judgement (I know murder is wrong, yet God tells me to kill someone), I am shifting responsibili
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by offa 5y ago
I don't mean to start a "religion versus atheism" comment battle, but just wanted to discuss the idea of moral responsibility. For context, I grew up in a Christian (Eastern Orthodox) household and attended church for some tw
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by offa 5y ago
From what I understand, the "safe drinking water was a pain in the ass" thing is largely a myth. Some good information available in this r/AskHistorians Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistoria
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by offa 6y ago
OK, but to be fair, it's hard to suggest a meaningful alternative to "hate speech" to describe the conversations happening on Voat and other such platforms.
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by offa 6y ago
What subreddit would that be, if you don't mind me asking?
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by offa 7y ago
Let's not forget that the 'wrong ethnicity' invaded Estonia in the 1940s and occupied it until 1991. As someone who has spent enough time in Russian communities which outright refuse to learn the language of their host countr
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by offa 7y ago
"The Citizenship Act provides the following requirements for naturalisation of those people who had arrived in the country after 1940, the majority of whom were ethnic Russians: knowledge of the Estonian language, Constitution and a pl
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by offa 9y ago
Switching the theme from the Default to Dark/Light does the trick for me, but yeah, definitely a minor nuisance.
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by offa 9y ago
Wow, you weren't kidding, this indeed looks much nicer.
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by offa 9y ago
Perhaps you mean group calls? Group chat is available in Telegram.
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by offa 10y ago
Not OP, but unfortunately YouTube Red isn't available in places like Canada last I've checked.
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by offa 10y ago
Agreed. Just got mine a couple of days ago, and I'm enjoying it so far.
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by offa 10y ago
Thank you for your reply. I can read a little bit of French, so Mediapart is something I'll keep an eye on in the future.
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by offa 10y ago
What 'real subscription journalism' big-name newspapers that don't do advertising can you name? I am honestly struggling to think of any.
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by offa 10y ago
What would HN recommend for a news source that is worth paying for lately?
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by offa 10y ago
Am Russian, so I can tell you that the saying not exclusive to Russian culture, seeing how it is from the Bible.
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by offa 10y ago
Upvoting because I'm interested in the discussion of the ethics surrounding 'leaking' scientific papers out into the Web, not so much in this particular case itself but as a general sort of act. HN, what is your opinion on al
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by offa 10y ago
What add-ons were those? Just curious, since Firefox feels sort of slow on MacOS for me.
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by offa 10y ago
How much is it usually advisable to limit the upload speed, in terms of a percentage of the total?
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by offa 10y ago
Unfortunately it's only available for five countries in the world, and mine is not one of them.
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by offa 10y ago
Not really related, but I greatly prefer VK's design and features over Facebook. Wish it was more popular outside of Eastern Europe.
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by offa 10y ago
I must have been doing something wrong then... Elementary school was exactly where the subtleties of human conflict first appeared to me. IMO, it's as good of a place as any to have some of your first (and due to that, perhaps the most
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by offa 10y ago
Neat! I use Telegram on a daily basis, so this seems interesting.
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by offa 10y ago
What books/essays would you recommend to start with?
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by offa 10y ago
Is Vimeo failing? I don't know much about it, but doesn't it have its own niche?
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by offa 10y ago
Am Russian, can confirm. I actually had an argument about that with a friend of mine a few days ago, in his eyes (and many other Russians both home and abroad) we are the ones who have saved the world while the Allies stood by and watched.
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by offa 10y ago
OnePlus 3 doesn't require invites to buy outright though (unlike 1 and 2).
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by offa 10y ago
I was just going to say the same for Russian, but you beat me to it. Never really thought about why we have named it that way though, it was always something I just accepted... seems weird now.

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