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PPP per capita is a better metric, but far from ideal.

When companies are planning IPOs they do it months before. Was there a better time in the last 10 years?

I think that the primary reason is psychology. People wanna feel safe. I was flying to Gatwick from Bilbao (EuroPython) and I walked into the plane like into a train. I was stunned. No one has checked…

It's not "recession around the corner" as a main driver. Market is great now, but that will change when they interest rates go up, hence people wanna catch this boat before it sails.

they may not know the models of cameras and the specs, but they do know they need to attach them somewhere and how they work.

Sedans Aren't Dead, the market has segmented into sedans and liftbacks/4-door coupe. See BMW 3 and 4 series. It's p much the same car. People prefer for 4 because it's a bit more p…

It's other way around. Priests used to be the science class, but a few hundred years ago they split into 2 camps.

and companies offering remote job gaining even bigger upper hand.

I doubt your Airbnb will be used 100% of the time. 80% would be more realistic. Renting on Airbnb has a one major advantage over traditional renting. If someone loses a job and stops paying rent it&#x…

NHS (Great Britain - state owned health provider) is on a track to reach 2mln employees.

I have a dozen black t-shirts from Primark for about 2.50£ per t-shirt. > Why don't you buy clothes from a thrift store? It will drive the price up and hurt people with very little money.

Agreed, I want my late 2014 13 inch Macbook Pro with the latest hardware. Also: - swap the SD port for UBC C (1 regular USB; 2 USB C) - move the microphone from the side next to the camera (when I…

Any source on that?

> health impact of its cheap plastics Do you mean the health impact of when the device is thrown away?

That's correct. HEPA filters anything bigger than 2,5 μm e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzopyrene and NO2, SO2 etc. are 1000x smaller.…

I wonder if you'd put cotton wool, how effective it would be. Here is my set up: - I bought XIAOMI Mi Air Purifier 2 straight from China for $137.00 and spent 1 euro on a EU plug. It's so qu…

from all websites I'd expect HN to NOT read OR as mutually exclusive

One could argue that Google used search revenue for predatory pricing, which breaks anti-trust laws, to subsidise Maps and other services in order to build a monopoly.

Author wants people to make huge sacrifices and it's written in a similar style like articles about startups or losing weight. The Fetishization of Redemptive suffering. I do not believe this to …

I depends on you location and driving in the city e.g. Prius can have less total CO2 emission than Tesla S if the electricity comes from fossil fuels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6…

I was Monzo Beta user, but switched to Revolut. Much more features.

- won't work as a free speech violation. - how would you define political?

Floating point arithmetics is not the only problem. See bankers rounding.

I'm the source. Have you tried water from these devices? P mich awful distilled water.

Another problem is that the water doesn't taste great.

> they can guilt themselves I dont feel guilty and wanna guilt trip someone. I'm interested in the subject, because there is a lot of false information. Is buying Tesla really that great? What…

I agree that my estimate could be too big, but I do think there is a potential to increase the forestation in the north. Because of the warmer climate, Iceland can grow aspen. The government is planni…

The best option is the be Sole Proprietor/company/contractor. Then they send you an invoice once a month. You can use Transfer wise, online currency exchange or your bank (bank fees tend to …

I pretty sure that are that 10 mln km^2 around the word that is not use (Canada, Alaska, Syberia and patches of land around the world)