Rednax

Yeah, this one is just messed up. They use binary to display the individual characters of a decimal number. This makes it wayyy harder to read than a proper binary clock.

Why would the needs of someone doing more hazardous work be higher? What do they need more food/housing/entertainment/luxury for? I guess more healthcare needs, but I don't think that is going to convince someone to do the hazardous work.

As soon as you reward because of the hazardous working environment, it is nolonger distribution based on needs of the individual, but based on demand for the job. Rewarding based on supply and demand is capitalistic, not communistic.

Note that I'm no supporter of either (or any) Ideology. I believe we should apply the concepts of different ideologies where they make the most sense. In this case, applying capitalism to attract people into undesirable jobs, makes sense.

I see this definition of communism more lately, but the dictionary definition of communism absolutely does not rewards based on work. It rewards based on need. To the point where money can be abolished altogether. What you describe sounds like socialism, where the distribution of goods is based on contribution, rather than need.

I feel like a lot of discussions surrounding communism have this issue, where people do not have the definition of communism aligned properly. Where did you learn your definition of communism? And where can one read about it? What I have been taught aligns very well with Wikipedia.

Yup. Same here. I suspect she'd rather die than lose the oppertunity to become a grandparent.

You should be proud of your ability of regulate your emotions such that you can make the decisions based on logic and reason. But also take the time to process your emotions. It would be illogical to deny them. Even Vulcans need time and effort to do that!

And these emotions exist for a reason. I'm certain this dog must have had a wonderful last leg of it's life, since they had someone that cared for them so much, that it hurts you to finally have to make the decision to put the dog down.

Live long and prosper, so that many more may experience your love.

No need for that. This man is a master in saying whatever pleases his audiance while blatently doing something else. Would not surprise me if he says this while working with European leaders to reduce the dependency on the US.

In the Netherlands he is known as Teflon Mark, since nothing sticks to him. He always weasels himself out of things while taking none of the blame. Which is probably exactly the type of leader we need when we need to deal with Trump.

Absolutely. Even without legal reason, common sense can explain this. Signing treaties with other nations is entirely pointless if anyone can just say: "sorry, but our obligations from the treaty are against our constitution, so we will ignore them." As a result, international law often has priority over national constitutions. Being a member of the EU is exactly such a type of treaty.

Ukraine probably won't attack/bomb Belarus directly. Hence the factory is likely safer in Belarus than in Russia.

That is an easy question to answer. Sending letters becomes non-critical when it is cheaper to send the incidental letter as a package than it is to maintain the letter sending service.

Huh? How is Europe helping Russia here? This is Belarus, not Europe that is helping Russia.

To me, this just sounds like a way for Russia to build a factory that is unlikely to get bombed, while still being close to the front.

So if I understand correctly: I should not catch my plane. If I do, it won't fly anyway. Gotcha.

The SMS messages that my provider sends me when they see I have crossed a border explicitly state there are no extra costs. Minutes/bytes are taken at the same rate from the same bundle.