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The UK accuses firms of routing profits through low-tax EU member states?

Did they mention Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man + Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Turks and Caicos Islands?

Well, I suppose they aren't EU member states, carry on.

Do you have numbers for revenue growth?

I noticed that imgflip is using Cloudflare. Just curious - if you're willing to share this information - what are your traffic levels and hosting costs like? Does hosting a large percentage of static asset require a Cloudflare enterprise contract? Cheers

As much as I hate seeing setbacks and delays to commercial crew, it's best to have these failures early on in the program before they risk the life of astronauts and personnel.

> “Wait a second,” he said. “How do you know we’re the only time there’s been a civilization on our own planet?”

Imagine for a moment that we're Martians who managed to terraform Earth because of some runaway climate catastrophe on Mars. That now, we're in the early stages of repeating the same mistakes because of some extinction event in the past that wiped out all of our prior history and knowledge.

How do foreign founders deal with the visa situation when doing business in the US?

I don't understand why there's so much racism in that tiny nation. Almost every time I cross the border into Austria, the police flags me down and asks for my passport. I'm Austrian citizen, born and raised but a person of colour. Even though I speak German fluently, authorities always speak in English to me. It gave me so much anxiety that I moved to the UK and noticed that I'm treated with much more respect and opportunities.

Austria is a beautiful country and most people are nice but man..some people can be very small-minded there. The news would make you believe that the UK is this backwards right-wing nation because of Brexit but you'll never see a muslim of Pakistani descent as mayor in Vienna or people of colour in the Austrian parliament and that's honestly very depressing.

Interesting that Brexit uncertainty is in their risk factors:

> These developments, or the perception that any of them could occur, have had and may continue to have a significant adverse effect on global economic conditions and the stability of global financial markets, and could significantly reduce global market liquidity and limit the ability of key market participants to operate in certain financial markets. In particular, it could also lead to a period of considerable uncertainty in relation to the UK financial and banking markets, as well as on the regulatory process in Europe. Asset valuations, currency exchange rates, and credit ratings may also be subject to increased market volatility.