Eye for an eye. Or better yet two eyes. Escalate boldly and actively till the bully backs off and maybe a bit more to make sure he's not faking.
Whoa, lots of tough guys here! I didn't know Java programming turns regular Joes into superwarriors.
Readit NewsAnimatronio commented on Cable-cutting tanker seized by Finland 'was loaded with spying equipment' lloydslist.com/LL1151955/... · Posted by u/nabla9
Why not use the brine from desalination plants in Europe to increase salinity in the Iceland region as a way to combat AMOC collapse?
Animatronio commented on Germany sees company bankruptcies soar dw.com/en/germany-sees-co... · Posted by u/qp11
The article focuses only on the near time statistics and is missing out the long term statistics as well as effects of the COVID19 pandemic.
The effects of the COVID19 pandemic were that the bankruptcies law was temporarily changed, which had the effect that companies that were already on a way to bankruptcy could live longer. That is also the reason why in 2020 the numbers were at a low point for almost 20 years. Then in 2021 the numbers soared. So the the 2024 prediction will be still lower than the 2021 numbers.
The long term view can be seen here: https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/4898/umfrage/...
Not only does the article mention that
"They are also 11.2% more than in the first quarter of 2020 when 4,683 corporate insolvencies were filed before the COVID-19 pandemic had its full impact. The coronavirus pandemic period itself saw special, temporary regulations introduced and low insolvency rates."
Your own statista link shows that the number of bankruptcies was steadily decreasing between 2010-2019, now it's going up again.
There's a dude from Slovenia who makes cement casts of famous philosophers! Although I think they're more desk than garden sized.
He's also on HN:
https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jurgenwerk
Animatronio commented on Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices theguardian.com/world/art... · Posted by u/jjgreen
Austria,
Belgium,
Bulgaria,
Cyprus,
Czech Republic,
Germany,
Denmark,
Estonia,
Spain,
Finland,
France,
United Kingdom,
Greece,
Croatia,
Hungary,
Ireland,
Italy,
Lithuania,
Luxembourg,
Latvia,
Malta,
Netherlands,
Poland,
Portugal,
Romania,
Sweden,
Slovenia,
Slovakia,
Wrong! RT is available in Ro.
Animatronio commented on Tire dust makes up the majority of ocean microplastics thedrive.com/news/tire-du... · Posted by u/geox
Then why don't we make the shopping cart carry people and suddenly its just a car with a lot of extra steps.
Like, a car _is_ your shopping cart you take to-and-from the grocery store. It also carries you to work and does all sorts of other things.
These "crappier than a car" solutions seem to be from people who haven't really thought this through IMO.
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The solution is to have a store walking distance from the house, meaning you don't even take large amounts of groceries home. Why buy a lot of groceries when whatever you want is within walking distance?
When I visited Manila, Philippines, my life was like this. Fresh bread? Just walk to the corner store, no reason to take extra home with me because tomorrow morning it'd be baked fresh again. Why should I spend on 2 pan-de-sal (great tasting Filipino bread btw) for today-and-tomorrow, when I'm planning to walk to the city-corner again to well... do anything anyway? The bus is there, the food is there, breakfast is there, everything is there. Its less convenient to even take anything home outside of eggs or other longer-term goods.
But you need to live _much_ closer together than what Americans are used to. And there needs to be a reason to go "to the corner" (ex: to take the bus or other public transit). Etc. etc. etc. This simply doesn't work in American suburbia.
American City centers, such as New York or Washington DC seem to have figured it out in my experience. But prices for this lifestyle are higher than just buying a car and living in suburbia. So yeah, Americans recognize the value of this lifestyle (despite all of our debate and complaints). But there's not enough space/housing in cities to have enough people live a car-free lifestyle.
Your solution is even worse! Not only it means opening stores everywhere, but you haven't even considered the fact that not everyone wants to go shopping daily. Buying in bulk is a thing, bc of time and money saved.
Besides, I was thinking of something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Foldable-Lightweight-Shopping-Capacit...
which is already popular with the old ppl in many countries in Europe.
> “We, the undersigned student organizations, hold the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence,”
Not with that wording, it isn't.
Plus for what's worth I spent the past week researching stuff about Gaza, and my opinion went from "yeah, the Israeli are definitely jerks here" to "this whole mess happens because a minority of palestinians just refuse to admit they lost". Which sounds like an admirable thing, except surrender is what makes societies function. Take away surrender, and all fight is to the death. I stopped blaming Israel.
They are holding the Israeli gov't responsibile for the violence that is to come in Gaza in the next days (already started). Your argument that surrender is what makes societies function is absolutely wrong, otherwise it would be applicable in places like Ukraine.
As a lot of people like to clamor when the shoe is on the other foot: freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom of consequences.
A lot of people are also ignorant of the chilling effect:
https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/chilling-effect-overv...
Animatronio commented on Tire dust makes up the majority of ocean microplastics thedrive.com/news/tire-du... · Posted by u/geox
Because nearly no-one wants to walk to the store, walk home, walk back to the store to return the cart and then walk home again.
I never drive to the store and I still wouldn't do that.
You'd keep the cart until next time you need it.
Animatronio commented on Tire dust makes up the majority of ocean microplastics thedrive.com/news/tire-du... · Posted by u/geox
As i mentioned in my other post. Thats not far for most people. More than 1/4 mile and people will not hesitate to get the car
I was just thinking - why don't they make electrified coin-operated shopping carts that you can take home and return when you're done with them? That would greatly extend the carrying capacity of a single person and maybe make car trips redundant.