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Re:Norway as a destination for tech founders on Sunday January 21, 2018 @10:33PM (#16201689)
Heath care costs are quite low as well.

Where I lived (in Osaka) there was a cap of 80,000 JPY* / month for hospital bills - no matter how much the procedure cost.

*80,000 JPY = 721 USD

Re:Apple is sharing your facial wireframe with apps on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @10:58PM (#15858353)
Not 100% true. On iOS you can install your own apps from Xcode for free, you have to pay the $100/year developer fee to distribute it on the app store.
Re:What Bikini Atoll Looks Like Today on Sunday November 26, 2017 @11:07PM (#15784749)
Except that Japan and the US were at war at the time (therefore not peacetime targets). Maybe you're thinking of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor?
How can they? There's no captain.
Re:With a $1k Price, Apple’s iPhone Crosses a Threshold on Monday September 11, 2017 @01:26AM (#15216153)
They do, an iPhone 6s is cheaper now than when it was released.
Re:Apple's pinch-to-zoom patent invalidated by USPTO on Thursday December 20, 2012 @03:52AM (#4946822)
Former examiner here. That's basically how it works. As an examiner you do your best to reject every application. There's no other way to go about it.
Re:Apple's pinch-to-zoom patent invalidated by USPTO on Thursday December 20, 2012 @03:42AM (#4946802)
All office actions are signed by a primary examiner or supervisory primary examiner. Junior examiners cannot sign their own office actions.
Re:Old People Icons That Don't Make Sense Anymore on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @10:16PM (#3951540)
You mean, except for the disk part of the floppy disk, of course.