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Comment · 10 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_pill_and_blue_pill

In this context, I thought it was obvious that I was talking about this red pill.

Comment · 10 years ago
So, you took the red pill?
Comment · 10 years ago
I just arrived at work. I think I will go back home... xD
Comment · 10 years ago
Yes, I totally agree that they should treat the politicians of the current colonies in the same way they treat those from the former ones.
Comment · 11 years ago
Where I live, once you rent a flat, the landlord is legally allowed to rise the fee only by a small amount every year (related to the CPI). Also, most of the rentings are long term and the landlord is not allowed to kick you out (except for some exceptional events).

So, when you choose a place to live, you know that you can plan your life there. Also, you don't need to be scared for the landlord blackmailing you.

I guess that both systems work. It's just different models of society.

Comment · 11 years ago
That would allow a really dangerous behavior: the landlords would put flats under the market price, in order to get new tenants, and after one year living there (furniture bought, new friends, school for the children, etc.) the landlords would be able to rise the fee as much as they want.

The situations where there's an asymmetrical negotiation like landlords-tenants or employer-employee must be regulated by law in order to make them fair.

Law, not wealth, should give rights the people.

Comment · 11 years ago
I really don't think so. Fermentation is something that happens at room temperature and warming a stew (even as much as 40°C) would kill all the yeasts.

Also, fermentation would render the stew sour, which I don't think is a good quality for a stew.

I think that the idea of the perpetual stew is the contrary: to keep the stew always boiling on the fire in order to prevent the microorganisms from growing and spoiling it.

Comment · 11 years ago
Actually, in most of European countries, AFAIK.
Comment · 11 years ago
Malthusian catastrophe. Population tends to grow exponentially, but not the resources. Historically, the excess of population have been controlled through wars and famines. The CP wanted to control with laws instead...

The thing is that in developed countries this kind of laws are not necessary because people just don't have children because they are too expensive.

Comment · 11 years ago
The real news are that this didn't happen until the end of 2015...
Comment · 11 years ago
What apparently a lot of people fails to understand is that the IARC list reflects is how sure we are that a substance is carcinogenic, but not how much it raises the risk of cancer.

So we can equally be sure that plutonium and bacon are a risk for health. But we also know that eating plutonium is more dangerous than bacon.

Comment · 11 years ago
No only that. Apparently, Sahrawi people don't have much interest in being part of Morocco. I guess that that counts too.
Comment · 11 years ago
Buying a house in the Bay Area is an investment that you should only do if you absolutely believe that there's not a technological bubble and that tech companies in the area will continue to pay the highest salaries in the world for the next 30 years.
Comment · 11 years ago
Are you talking about the richest nation on Earth?

Also, do you mean that it is Ok to kill a prisoner because it is too expensive to keep him alive?

Comment · 11 years ago
I didn't know about this site. Thanks! Definitively, is a really good place to research about interesting startups.

King are hiring like crazy! I am curious to know how good must be working with them.

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