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dklsf · on June 15, 2015

I'm not sure where you got your numbers for China's debt from. The IMF says that china's debt has decreased (from 26% to 19%), while the US's has stayed the same (~100%):

  General government gross debt [Percent of GDP]
  Country        Year  2012 2013 2014 2015
  China                  26   23   20   19
  United States         102  104  106  107

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2014/01/weodata/weor...

dklsf · on June 15, 2015

Ocaml can do this

  let do_something (thing : Thing.t) (logging : [`With_logging | `No_logging])  =
  ...

Even better, it can even infer the type based on you using it (for example matching on it):

  let do_something thing logging =
    let logging_as_bool = 
      match logging with
      | `With_logging -> true
      | `No_logging -> false
    in
    ....

dklsf · on May 3, 2015

Doesn't look like the information on that site is correct. Or at least, it disagrees with https://www.henleyglobal.com/international-visa-restrictions... The differences are quite striking, the US isn't even in the top 10.

maxerickson · on May 3, 2015

I just downloaded the pdf (yay mailinator).

It lists the US as a number 1 country there (with 174 visa free countries), I guess they omit it on the free list to gather email addresses.

curun1r · on May 3, 2015

I would think that a Passport Power Index would include more than just where you can go visa-free. Things like availability of embassies and consular services would also factor in. Is your government going to intervene if you get into trouble abroad? If so, how effective are they at doing so? Can you buy property outside your own country? If so, how many countries allow it and are there any restrictions?

I think your link takes a very narrow definition into its rankings. I'm not sure how broad the index in the story is, but it seems to take into account more than just visa requirements.

dklsf · on March 15, 2015

How can "some scholars doubt if orange carrots even existed prior to the 16th century", if there are drawings of orange carrots from the year 512?

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karotte#/media/File:Gemeine_M%C...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Dioscurides

wobbleblob · on March 16, 2015

Shhht, don't waste a great opportunity to blame the Dutch for something that's probably bad.

dklsf · on Jan 8, 2015

It's a bit slow and inefficient, and also dangerous to do it at sea. So this is done only if space in the port is at premium.

Which means only Hong Kong still does this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-stream_operation

dklsf · on Nov 8, 2014

The motivation for development was actually producing fertilizer, as it says in the article you linked.

jasode · on Nov 8, 2014

Yes, my memory was not accurate and I should have specified Haber-Bosch Process & Carl Bosch[1] instead of Haber Process & Fritz Haber.

Apparently, Carl Bosch's refinements to the original Haber Process had the priority goal of ramping up Germany's war munitions instead of feeding the world.

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Bosch