FrojoS

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by FrojoS 16y ago
Apple's Computers are getting faster and cheaper with every release. Almost as fast as the competition, in some cases faster. The difference is, that used Apple products don't loose their value as fast. I got my first Mac this year and I ha
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by FrojoS 16y ago
Awesome to hear! Can you give us any information on how their grades have developed? Of course, kindling fun and excitement for education and science is already a great, if not the most important, achievement. But I'm curious about the effe
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by FrojoS 16y ago
I wonder if he would have been found had he used the Internet (TOR etc.) to stay connected with the world, instead of his courier. No idea.
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I also find it surprising to see in which countries the term is most popular according to g-trends. None of the top 10 is part of the G8. Also English is only the third most frequent language. I suppose they are lagging behind, but I might
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by FrojoS 16y ago
As I posted, secret / anonymous votes are essential as long as there is economic or other inequalities within the voting population. Bribery and enforcement are serious problems. For instance, it is well documented, that you can buy the nat
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by FrojoS 16y ago
Great, but I think he is missing one more big requirement. Your vote must be secret. That is, there must be no way for YOU to prove others how you voted. If not, bribery and enforcement become possible - and will happen. To make things eve
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by FrojoS 16y ago
Thanks for that reply. Apparently you're not the only one. Personally I find this very sad, but I guess its just a matter of taste...
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by FrojoS 16y ago
To some extend thats of course possible. Wouldn't that be funny if in the end, all crew member travel separately because its cheaper? :-D Now thats isolation! At least they would have short latency when talking to each other. Of course, onc
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by FrojoS 16y ago
True, a better Saturn V would be the best. I was just trying to think about, if for whatever reasons, a better rocket would not get ready in time. But maybe what I wrote was just plain bullshit. ;-) Of course it would make more sense to sen
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by FrojoS 16y ago
I second this!
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by FrojoS 16y ago
Thanks! Very interesting. From the WP article: "Martin Ford author of The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future [6] makes the case that the risk posed by accelerating technology may be prima
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by FrojoS 16y ago
ATTENTION: Book spoiler below! SF author Vernor Vinge who introduced the term "singularity" tried to come up with an idea to prevent this and other "out of the kids basements" lethal threads to humanity, in his latest book Rainbow End. The
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by FrojoS 16y ago
You might be right about your "agile method" but I would bet on the other horse. How realistic is it, to take mined material back to earth for a profit? I can't think of any material even if prices for transport would see a landslide. Also,
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by FrojoS 16y ago
Yeah, its awesome! I hope the two companies will work together on this.
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Since I'm not a US tax payer I should be careful. Its true, SpaceX would not be where they are today without massive government support. But consider the following. First, they are a lot more cost efficient. The Falcon Heavy is supposed to
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by FrojoS 16y ago
Thanks. I agree that there are so many things you can hardly put a prize on. Heck, I'm sure for many people living close to Christiania in Kopenhagen is a quality of life they would miss elsewhere.
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by FrojoS 16y ago
Of course, there a huge differences in salaries for the same work, even within a company. Anyway, I know some IBM Germany employees in development/project management who don't make 70k after >10 years of job experience. Do you have any
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by FrojoS 16y ago
Thanks for clarifying this.
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by FrojoS 16y ago
Of course machines aka robots have to do the mining. But I believe you need humans in place to plan and control effectively. I think the real dispute is about the goals of space exploration. A lot of scientist only want to collect data. Tha
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by FrojoS 16y ago
I second the first two paragraphs but I'm not sure about the third one. I want to see a 140t to LEO rocket, too and I'm sure SpaceX is already building it.* However, is this really necessary? I think the orignal, soviet moon flight plan wou
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by FrojoS 16y ago
I'm not a rocket scientist and you seem to be very knowledgeable. However, I feel like you are overstating the problems and should drink some of that "homo faber can do anything he/she wants" cool aid. ;-) I mean, "psychology of isolation"
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by FrojoS 16y ago
I'm in space robotics and albeit I believe that huge advances will be made in this area, we are still not anywhere close to human capabilities. Why else do you think, the Japanese are sending dozens of their people to lethal work at Fukushi
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by FrojoS 16y ago
I respect RMS a lot, too, but I have to agree with this piece. He clearly tries to be a PR/sells person first of all. An advocate for free software in all industries and all other parts of society. Why then, doesn't he play to the rules of
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by FrojoS 16y ago
How much do you get after taxes?
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by FrojoS 16y ago
For those to lazy to fire up a translator: According to the heise.de statistic, the highest pay category for a software developer is "group/team leader" and will get you 67 800 Euro on average.
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Yeah, the German slashdot. Highly recommended if you want to get in touch with German IT - but don't expect to much ;-)
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I second this. "If you're only in it for the dollars, then avoid!" The usual employe is expected to take all of his 6 weeks (in Germany the minimum is 4 but 6 is standard, in France I think its 8 weeks) of vacation even though there are lot
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by FrojoS 16y ago
I'm pretty sure that IBM Germany wouldn't pay you more either. Guess how shocking I found salaries during my first time in the US ;-) Also, even though taxes in CA are "high", taxes in Germany will prob. be a lot higher. I recently spoke to
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by FrojoS 16y ago
Great post! However, do you have any sources to back your claim on religion? Not sure if you are saying, that religion is required 'as a motivating force' for building a stable society or for writing thoughts down. Both developments can be

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