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joris_w··on The two oldest printing presses
The address is on their home page, exactly where I at least expected it to be.
joris_w··on Ask HN: Does anyone know of a general news site akin to Hacker News?
Conclusion: US left is western european center-right. These political denominators are all relative to your local center.
joris_w··on I'm starting a social club to solve the male loneliness epidemic
Actually OP started this thread as a description of a solution to the male loneliness problem.
joris_w··on Apple and Irish Government suffer major setback in €13B EU case
There is no investment.
joris_w··on Is there such a thing as good taste?
That's your taste, which might be good taste, but how do we decide on that?
joris_w··on White House Launches US Digital Corps
... and if we remove people who fail the IQ120+ test from power. Including economic power, meaning no more inheritance of capital.
joris_w··on User's Kindle eBook collection revoked by Amazon (2012)
Isn't this a case where the GDPR would come in handy? She could demand a transcript of all data Amazon has collected on her. Under the GDPR Amazon can not refuse. This data should contain the reason why her account was closed. If there is an error in the data, you can demand a correction. Under the GDPR Amazon can not refuse. If the data does not give a valid reason for closing an account, it must be incomplete. A GDPR violation! Punishment for GDPR violations are rather severe, I doubt any company would take the risk.