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cr1895
·24 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
>And it isn't. It's all imaginary. He doesn't have 4 billion apples compared to my 1 apple.

What isn’t imaginary is the outsize leverage that his 4 billion non-Apples afford him…
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·3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Would highly recommend the book "Salt" by Mark Kurlansky. I never realized how influential salt was to the course of human history.
cr1895
·4 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
For example: https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-defense-department-...
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·5 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
In NL the obligation to renounce is pretty arbitrary. There are a number of circumstances where it is allowed to have two nationalities, such as through marriage to a Dutch citizen.

It doesn’t make a lot of sense.
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·6 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
You can sign up for Apple beta and keep doing iOS 18 updates.
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·6 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
>is there no storage of flag/died posts on hackernews?

they're not deleted, just hidden. you can toggle "showdead" in your profile settings.
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·7 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
China is building out immense offshore wind capacity - more than 41GW operational currently, about half of global capacity.

https://www.offshorewind.biz/2025/02/07/half-of-global-opera...
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·7 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
So, let's halt projects for which most fabrication of components is already completed?
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·7 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
>To be fair, there could absolutely be national security issues.

Which is precisely why US defence agencies are heavily involved in the permitting and design of these wind farms from the start, to account for these valid issues.
cr1895
·7 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
And, Sweden blocked those projects in early stage permitting, not well underway or even nearing completion.

It's not comparable at all. US defence agencies have had thorough involvement in the permitting process of these US developments.
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·7 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
There's obviously transparently political antipathy from the Trump administration towards offshore wind development in the US. It's far more likely this is gross political interference by an unserious and vendetta-driven administration.
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·7 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Just something to keep in mind - the actual site of these wind farms is offshore in federal waters, and construction is subject to federal (as well as state) permits.
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·7 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
The vessel was flying under a Guyanese flag but was not registered there.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/oil-tanker-seized-by-...
cr1895
·9 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
>We generally take excellent care of public places. This is a combo of culture and government services actually cleaning stuff up every once in a while.

Ok, I've gotta take issue with this.

Dutch people litter. All the time. People rarely seem to clean up after their dogs. People place their trash bags out on the curb (where there aren't underground bins) far earlier than they should, resulting in trash-strewn streets and fat, obnoxious seagulls. It's a mess. Beer cans left on bridges and park benches. Energy drink cans tossed to the side. Cigarette butts strewn carelessly. Firework refuse absolutely fucking everywhere a few weeks either side of New Years. Bikes left as litter.

There's always someone who comes along with a street vacuum, or a team of people going along with bags and pickers. It seems to me that people have little respect for not littering because it's always someone else's problem, and there's always going to be someone cleaning up after you.

So if by "we" take care of public spaces you mean "lots of people get paid to clean up others' carelessness," sure, but in six years I've seen little to suggest that not leaving trash just anywhere is strong tenent of Dutch culture.

My hunch is that urban areas of the NL are essentially all developed and man-made, in that every street, sidewalk, tree, bush, patch of grass is planned and raw, untouched nature is relatively less accessible and visible. Therefore people perceive this urban "fabrication" with its attendant cleaning staff as less precious, less worth keeping clean than some primeval forest or national park.

I could be wrong, of course, and this is all just my own perception. But I really fail to recognize the cultural cleanliness that you say embodies the Dutch.