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Comment · 4 years ago
It looks like Big Shrink (BS) theory is easier to understand: we are shrinking, our rulers are shrinking, so cosmic distances are looking bigger in every direction. It explains why our Universe is flat and why we cannot find a Universe-big source of energy for expanding of the Universe.
Comment · 4 years ago
Spacetime is just 4D array: [x,y,z;t]. "Bending of spacetime" means that you need to apply a shader to this array.

If you want to talk about physics of the process, then you need to pick up a physical medium first, not an array of measurements.

Comment · 4 years ago
Can you name the country, please?
Comment · 4 years ago
> Those investments only benefit very few people though

Buy stock and benefit (or take a loss) with them.

> Instead the government needs to invest in projects that create jobs for everyone.

Vote for such government or immigrate to a socialists country, Venezuela or North Korea. They have the lot of jobs.

Comment · 4 years ago
For example, I raised some money from Alice, so I have obligation to pay $1M(+%) to Alice. In other words, Alice invested $1M into me. Now, my business grows, risks are reduced, so Bob paid $1.25M to Alice. Now, I have obligation to pay $1M(+%) to Bob instead of Alice.

What's wrong with that?

Comment · 4 years ago
Offshore companies are very popular in countries with unstable economy, like Russia, because oligarchs can confiscate your money at any time, so people in Russia are fighting with offshores with help of oligarchs. This is the real problem for them.
Comment · 4 years ago
I assume, you are talking about Venezuela or Zimbabwe dollars. Right?
Comment · 4 years ago
So, they picked Python because it is easy to learn by noobs. Yeah, this changes everything.
Comment · 4 years ago
... and used Python instead of a language with good compile-time safety enforcement, like Ada, because Python is easier to learn by noobs.
Comment · 4 years ago
Java -> OpenJDK

MySQL -> MariaDB

OpenOffice -> LibreOffice

Chrome -> Chromium

VSCode -> VSCodium

and so on.

GPL protects my rights.

Comment · 4 years ago
Of course, Linux is special case, KHTML/WebKit/Blink is special case, Android is special case, etc. Blame special cases.
Comment · 4 years ago
Add this rule to CSS on the page in Firefox built-in CSS editor:

     * { outline: 3px outset gray; }
Comment · 5 years ago
Try Ctrl-Shift-M in Firefox.
Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
Open YouTube video in Private Window to see related videos only.

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