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Another possibilities: Cultural - having a single child to join estates Biological - Longevity comes at a price.

so is it fake news then?

Can someone link to sources? Which sites Norway and Poland blocked?

It's not binary (remote or office). My company was going to rent about 600 extra desks this year, but we added 0. Management is surprised how much we got done while being 100% remote. After the p…

Is there a company that give you 10 years warranty?

Because the initial price would be steep. Let's say you spend $70 dollars on shoes and they last 2 years, so that's $350 for 10 years. It would be hard to design a single pair of shoes, espe…

> One of the biggest things holding people back from doing great work is the fear of making something lame. Any evidence to back up this claim? Maybe it's true for SV where there are a lot of …

It's not shocking. New cars are more convenient and reliable. If you are going on a road trip and the car breaks down it's a major pain and expense. Secondly there is a huge difference in sa…

Is it a global policy? Are they gonna ban pictures and videos of kids signing Christmas carols in my country? Or saying the name of the 3rd biggest river in Africa (in my language) https://…

That's why most of the Europe has a dress code in court rooms.

Gov said it's either incompetence or a provocation. I'd bet my money that was a PR stunt by people working for the radio. They were in conflict with the government for years. They wanted out…

And how is an example of government influence? Giving and order to censor would hurt them. This was most likely a PR stunt, stab at the ruling party or incompetent management.

Access to rocket would be greater on Mars so you can temporary evacuate. Access to tools to say underground etc.

average person on Mars would be much better prepared to the impact.

I'm afraid EU is a necessary evil. Local population delegated some powers to nation states, otherwise the would cease to exist. How are you gonna stand up to China, India or US in the future?

Why Poland though? There was no hostile takeovers of press here. The only beef we have with EU is about judicial reforms which are much needed, but really hard to get it right. After the unification G…

It's insolvable problem. - mom works as a freelancer and the kid uses her computer to post bad content. Does she lose her job? - someone trolls his mate for lolz.

I don't think it's fare to compare Poland to Turkey. No one is jailing judges. It extremely hard to do a major judicial reform which is needed. The ruling party argument is that that the sys…

https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job

Great post about testing, it's pretty much all you need to develop a robust app. BUT TeamCity UX is the worst UI from all CI systems that I have used. From first version of Jenkis to managed stuf…

Tankless heaters heaters are great if you live in a small flat or don't use it extensively (living alone, half of the time taking the shower at the gym). Currently, in my flat there is only dist…

A repost from my other comment: You don't need to subsidise anything. > On March 1, 2018, Trump announced his intention to impose a 25% tariff on steel and a 10% tariff on aluminum imports. &g…

It seem the permanent immunity is unlikely https://youtu.be/4EUZEtJHQhE?t=639

You don't need to subsidise anything. > On March 1, 2018, Trump announced his intention to impose a 25% tariff on steel and a 10% tariff on aluminum imports. > Trade Act of 1974 allows the…

> I speculate young people wouldn't volunteer That doesn't matter. The reason why everything is closed is hospital capacity. That impacts everybody. If you had a car accident you may not …

I've been thinking about this a few days ago when I went into the wikipedia rabbit hole about vaccinations and inoculation. A few questions: - How about the dengue fever scenario? (Immunity to le…

take the age bias into account. 45 for Bergamo and 29.6 for the world.

That saliva bit... I just thought about another virus outbreak. Another persistence hunter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNbqvqf3-14 …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_difference...

It's unsolvable problem. People will go to wet markets in Myanmar on a trip. The only way out is an antiviral that is cheap, safe and effective.