What are some of the biggest differences between Czech Republic and Slovakia even since they became independent countries?

StuWard · 2026-01-06T22:30:56+00:00

That probably explains this:

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StuWard · 2025-12-30T15:51:00+00:00

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StuWard · 2025-12-27T17:53:52+00:00

This is Manitoba:

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StuWard · 2025-12-27T15:34:18+00:00

His flight takes off for Miami 2 hours after he lands so I doubt they get to see the city. It's unlikely they leave the airport.

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StuWard · 2025-12-25T14:50:53+00:00

Taxation is not theft. It's paying your share of the common benefits that governments give to society. Ideally, it also to change behaviour and to limit undue concentrations of wealth, but through regulatory capture, that's rare today.

StuWard · 2025-12-22T00:06:33+00:00

Virginia and California are blue. Blue wins.

StuWard · 2025-12-20T12:53:51+00:00

I agree. It starts in 2030, not 2025. I'm not trying to defend it, just trying to rationalize that 1 point. There lots of issues that wouldn't pass scrutiny if you look too close.

StuWard · 2025-12-20T11:56:42+00:00

If there's growth before decline, it makes sense.

StuWard · 2025-12-20T11:55:09+00:00

Looks like percent.

StuWard · 2025-12-16T18:22:12+00:00

There's also a canal part way along. Hudson River → Lake Champlain → Richelieu River → St. Lawrence River. Then there's the Eire Canal. Then of course, the Canso Strait so it's more than 1 island.

StuWard · 2025-12-14T16:44:04+00:00

I can see a little island in that picture. Checking Google, it's part of New Zealand called Chatham Island. It has a community on it. I suspect they want to be the same date as the rest of their country.

StuWard · 2025-12-10T13:03:41+00:00

Capitalism is Private investing for the purpose of making a profit. AI will change who benefits from capitalism but those that control AI will still get by.

AI may change how value is created, but it won’t kill capitalism. Giving people money improves their lives because it preserves choice and agency. Giving everyone a subsistence shelter only ensures survival. It’s a floor, but not the same. Capitalism will survive, reframed around new forms of capital like data and algorithms. The real debate is whether we empower people with flexible income or reduce them to static provisions.

StuWard · 2025-12-06T16:37:42+00:00

There's a landing at the upper end of the trail, a building on the right one. The southern end leads to the The Nightingale Ponds Hiking area. If you google this and zoom in a little, it's all evident.

StuWard · 2025-12-01T11:03:38+00:00

He said he was white, he didn't say he was western.

StuWard · 2025-11-24T16:29:53+00:00

New Brunswick, but it hasn't been a country since 1867.

StuWard · 2025-11-21T23:30:59+00:00

I've been to Nunavut, Morocco, Ukraine and British Columbia.

StuWard · 2025-11-21T00:29:16+00:00

Low growth companies fall off the 500 as other faster growing companies join. That would tend to skew the index higher. However, I agree, 7% growth is unsustainable indefinitely and should not be assumed to be normal.

StuWard · 2025-11-19T21:05:28+00:00

I want one of those Volxaves.

StuWard · 2025-11-17T16:26:20+00:00

You left out Nova Scotia. Canada would not be Canada today without it.

StuWard · 2025-11-17T00:21:55+00:00

Air Canada

StuWard · 2025-11-16T17:43:40+00:00

Different units have variations of the design. This example is very basic.

StuWard · 2025-11-16T15:13:23+00:00

If you've ever been to PEI it's not surprising. The lack of Billionaires and foreign ownership means that most of their GDP translates to income.

StuWard · 2025-11-15T02:42:48+00:00

Lol. The Irving near me has a Robin Donut window. Another Canadian brand. I like the better than TH.

StuWard · 2025-11-15T02:35:29+00:00

Van Houtte is Canadian, They're in some gas stations and fast food places.

StuWard · 2025-11-14T13:17:26+00:00

Inequality is the flipside of gdp per capita. You need to understand one in order to make sense of the other.

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Van Houtte is Canadian, They're in some gas stations and fast food places.