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But many can be harmed because of its creation, exposure to it etc.
Re:The king of smokers on Thursday September 01, 2016 @10:49AM (#12405618)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC526783/ literally every potent drug has strong side effects. Nicotine is just one of them, a powerful stimulant and analgesic. Many problems with it lie in self-medication and mass production.
Re:What Do Public Library Workers Do? (2011) on Friday August 19, 2016 @06:30AM (#12319078)
IT in many libraries is heavily underinvested, both in pay and infrastructure. So, you have too few, average or below-average workers, annoyed with constant struggle with old software / hardware (plus standard IT support problems, like workers resetting their computers by turning the screen of and on again).

Woops, a disk in our 9-year-old array just died. Let me fill that form for financial director, and explain we really do need to buy a new one. Pray so that spare disk won't die in the meantime. "No, we cannot buy a cheaper one". What, new server? We just bought you a brand new expensive hard drive 6 months ago!

Re:What Do Public Library Workers Do? (2011) on Friday August 19, 2016 @04:19AM (#12318633)
another fun fact: librarians make change. For example, librarian in Warsaw - 450$ a month. 520$ is somehow considered a "very good pay".
I can totally agree. Humans are most fertile around early twenties, but as a young (23) parent I'd say it is not the best age to actually raise children.

We're impatient. We have much "explosive" energy, the kind not really suitable for watching a newborn for hours.

We can now have beautiful and very healthy babies easily, but Grandma is way better sitter than us for most of the day - more experienced, more calm, comfortably retired by now :) And I do belive it is the natural way. Better than kindergarten.

Fuel is government-taxed. More traffic jams = more fuel = more tax. Forget long-term thinking. MORE TAX. NOW.

I agree with @BjoernKW also.

Re:How we became the heaviest drinkers in a century on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @11:21AM (#10464925)
"I wouldn’t say any of my close friends are alcoholic" tut-tut, a single alcohol palimpsest (loss of consciousness / memory without falling asleep) indicates "warning" phase of alcoholism. Yes, it does not necesarily mean You will become a chronic alcoholic, but it means "controll was lost" and You are on your way there.
Re:Mercury Spill on Friday October 09, 2015 @06:50AM (#10359211)
In Poland you only get composite if you pay extra, National Health Fund (mandatory insurance) gives you the amalgam. And a month of waiting, where time is crucial. And no anastheatics for drilling. SLAVIC FUN!
Re:Mercury Spill on Friday October 09, 2015 @05:23AM (#10358966)
If you're below middle class, large corporations (banks, insurance companies, media providers etc.) are most likely able to treat You as they please. While it's really hard to blame the less wealthy, given our history. I think this is worldwide: If you're not able to protect yourself, no one will.
Re:Do we need browsers? on Monday July 20, 2015 @03:57AM (#9914566)
On the other side, You can have your own stylesheet, without even a single !important ;)
Re:Jump – Experiences like you're actually there on Friday May 29, 2015 @04:45AM (#9623448)
wooow, multi-billion-dollar-megacorporation striped together 16 expensive cameras with a piece of plastic :OO

so what, actually. They find ways to continue maximizing profit from their commercial platform. Which was at its most-cool when it was community-mostly.

Re:Ask HN: When do you know your startup has failed? on Friday April 17, 2015 @04:29AM (#9392924)
if I may: are you a Pole?
Re:The curious case of disappearing Polish S on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @06:55AM (#8989852)
still, how about choosing font that does support latin-ext characters properly for medium.com/polish ?

just saying.

Re:The world's hardest CAPTCHA on Friday July 25, 2014 @10:01AM (#8085199)
It looks similar to: http://www.bandycituska.pl/ this guy claims to be undergoing tortures inspired by Polish prime minister, thousands of people round the world involved. He even has a botnet and sends tons of spam mail linking to his website. Some kind of a syndrome?

Sorry for my English, Pole over here :)

Re:LittleBits: Easy way to get started with electronics on Thursday November 07, 2013 @03:05AM (#6688233)
DAMN that's overpriced. And isn't that the exact opposite of "hacking"? I mean - buying some expensive easy-to-use stuff designed to work together? But that's just my opinion. Maybe I got it wrong.