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Comment · 1 day ago
The need for reverse splits seems like a purely technical limitation? If we allowed stock prices to trade in fractions of a cent, then there'd be no real need for a price floor would there?
Comment · 14 days ago
> People with money like acquiring passports.

Japan doesn't allow dual citizenship, so not very attractive for people who want more than one passport.

Comment · 14 days ago
I thought Japan requires 10 years residence for PR, but only 5 years residence to naturalize, in which case it wouldn't be surprising if many people naturalize before getting PR!
Comment · 15 days ago
The current admin definitely wants to look tough on immigration.

Opinions among actual Americans vary. Some blue states even issue driver licenses to unauthorized immigrants on the basis that it's better for them to pass the driving test than to drive without taking the test.

Comment · 16 days ago
With the side effect that the thief can easily find and remove the tag.
Comment · 17 days ago
Plenty of people spoke out but none of the people with power to stop it (courts, Congress)
Comment · 20 days ago
Pro-Palestinians generally argue that Hamas is entitled to constantly fire rockets at Israel because Israel took some Palestinian land 80 years ago. Following that same logic, why isn't Israel allowed to constantly fire rockets at Iraq for taking Jewish land even more recently?
Comment · 22 days ago
Expensive oil means more people buying Chinese EVs and Chinese solar panels. Good for the environment and good for China. Why would China want cheap oil?
Comment · 22 days ago
Israel is largely populated by refugees from ethnic cleansing by Arab states. For example the French embassy in Baghdad stands on Jewish land that was stolen by the Iraqi government.
Comment · 28 days ago
> they should not proceed when access is blocked

But a lot of software engineering is figuring out who to ask to get access to the thing you need to change to fix some bug...

Comment · 28 days ago
The Big Short did a good job of this although not in a kid friendly way. Eg by explaining "subprime" as "sh*t"
Comment · 1 month ago
Golang is also designed to compile very fast.
Comment · 1 month ago
If your BASIC is compiled that's just a CPU!
Comment · 1 month ago
> but then when we shifted resources that way, the money did absolutely no good here on Earth.

So things like curing AIDS don't count?

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