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tchalla

32,740karma·5,338submissions·November 17, 2011
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OP, don’t post snarky comments on any platform. It’s not suited for most places.
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> Notably, this is the second time CEO Aviad Maizels has sold a company to Apple. In 2013, he sold PrimeSense, a 3D-sensing company that played a key role in Apple’s transition from fingerprint sen…
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US founders have essentially outsourced risk to London. > What London actually built is Europe’s most efficient farm system for US acquirers. The city does the expensive, risky work of finding foun…
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> Tesla's far more popular models are the 3 and Y, which accounted for 97% of the company's 1.59 million deliveries last year. The Model 3 now starts at about $37,000, and the Model Y is …
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Interesting perspective of an L7 who was laid off at Amazon https://xcancel.com/PlumbNick/status/2016500347053773198 …
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The beginning of the end started with Nixon. It allowed US to print whatever money and never default. I find it insane that the world went along with it. Seems like a parody.
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I don’t understand your question. I’m assuming you are asking about the part “Europe deserves”. It’s simple really - for decades now Europe has been relying on US for military support. It’s a cardinal…
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Everyone has been going gung ho about Canadian PM speech but the banger one for me personally is the Belgian PM. He said it best “Being a happy vassal state is one thing, being a miserable slave is an…
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The EU can’t even get a Mercosur deal closed after 30 years. I think this will probably happen in another 60 years.
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Foor shure
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It’s not difficult to achieve to setup a company within 15 minutes too but here we are.
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> but it only costs 500-1,000 euros. Yes, that's not ideal, but if you're building a proper business, that shouldn't be an issue. It is and should be an issue. You shouldn’t be requi…
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If only it were that. You have to put up 25000€ in capital and pay absurd amount of fees to the notary for essentially being a text to speech translator.
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>> For the people that don't know the topic: >> - yes, German taxpayers are indeed funding bicycle lanes in foreign countries Just for people to know this, we are talking about 44Mn€ …
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I believe kindness hasn’t changed in the last 200 years - try it. You are correct that importers pay tariffs on paper but that doesn’t always mean the tariffs are paid by the importers in real terms. …
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This means that US keeps paying the old WTO MFN tariffs (low) while EU keeps paying the high ~15% tariffs like it has since the July “deal”.
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Why should it be compared 2024 2025 and not 100+ years?
7mo ago·view thread
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Oil and power.
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It’s one of the reasons why most Russian (Eastern European) speakers pick up German easier than English speakers or some other languages.
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The dark patterns favor the patient readers who are able to think through and make informed choices. That wouldn’t be most of the younger tech literates.
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Hasn’t Trump already said he won’t do another term?
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> While I am sure buried deep in some EULA there is some bullshit allowing Meta to get away with this All that sweet, sweet innovation!
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Thanks. I don’t know why people use obscure abbreviations and acronyms.
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> Exceptional young performers reached their peak quickly but narrowly mastered only one interest (e.g., one sport). By contrast, exceptional adults reached peak performance gradually with broader,…
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If you are multi-national, use where you are based in i.e. London.
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