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Gibraltar, on the other hand, was just lost in the War of Spanish succession to the British Empire, and has had a British connection to them since then, but never before
When I go read a book in the park, it's all very nice and quiet until a motorcycle arrives
When I want to sleep with the window open, if I hear any noise it's due to these motorbikes doing races at night.
If I was dictator for a year and didn't have policing resources to enforce noise control, I would just ban non-electric motorbikes
Before the Reformation there had only been one schism (Eastern Roman Empire - Orthodox; Western Roman Empire - Catholic).
The Reformation was the time where fragmentation of Christianity really exploded
If your brother killed someone, would you turn him over to the authorities? You can't answer this question by checking how selfish someone is - both options can be considered selfless acts.
If I remember correctly (can't find a source), places that answer yes to that question tend to have higher trust in institutions and lower rates of corruption
I found an error though. There's a podcast about the Camino de Costa Rica, a trail that goes from the Pacific to the Caribbean in Costa Rica. But the app has associated it to a street called Camino de Costa Rica in Chiclana, Spain.
Profits by definition are not passed upstream, as profits are what remains after you take out costs from revenue. Anything that gets passed upstream comes from costs
While Sam's articles are quite enjoyable to read, I'm not sure this argument holds. If nerds don't care about quality they wouldn't spend hours complaining about how bad the new Star Wars films are
Meta is supposed to be a Tech company and invest the capital they have in technology plays