Yes. I try to educate them when I see this particular form of American exceptionalism. They think that for the price of a plane ticket they will get a Fantasy Island welcome with Mr Roark and a harem of women waiting to wipe their ass with silk.

Yes. As someone who’s emigrated and researched it I can say many desirable countries are more difficult to get in to than the US.

American’s attitude that they can just “leave” with a passport and a backpack is just another form of American exceptionalism.

Canada is no different than most other developed nations in their immigration requirements.

I suspect you’re joking. But most developed countries wont accept anyone with a criminal record.

This is a typical process similar to other countries as well.

Microsoft doesn’t really care about the employees politics. The problem was that the employees were actively trying to lower profits by shrinking the market

What’s GNU stand for?

Because profits drive everything

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yes. I am 5km from front line.

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Russian websites aren’t the problem. Software from Russian websites potentially is.

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Then you just get an unblocked half an article

What came first was a CEO decided he wanted a new holiday home and a 5m raise.

Perhaps in your country. Not in mine. Number only no names.

Yes. What a lot of Americans don’t realise is that in other countries, bank account numbers are standardised to include pre-defined bank and branch information. In a sense, account number includes what americans think of as routing number.

People trade bank account numbers like business cards. Businesses post their account numbers for payment. Even a flyer for a local school fundraiser will have an account number listed on it. If you buy something from someone, the seller tells you his account number. You log into your bank and transfer the funds instantly, whether it’s $10 or $10000. You don’t need to know anything except the recipient’s account number.

It’s free. It’s painless. It’s interconnected. It’s bank agnostic. The movement of small monies between individuals should not be commoditised.

The sensible alternative is when banks allow instant free transfer of funds from your account to any other account regardless of which bank or recipient.

Imagine if you lived in a country with a banking system so modern, that nobody needed Paypal or Venmo.

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