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by cf498 8y ago
To be clear, the term protestant is something different in Germany then in the US. The is also no "the churches" in a broader sense. There is the catholic church and the evangelical church in Germany, who are protestants by name a
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by cf498 8y ago
There is really not much to read. The title is as bad/good as it gets. Overview of appearances of "negatively decadent" youth in the GDR. Skin heads are rowdies prone to be fascists, Metal heads are violent and punks are dirt
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by cf498 8y ago
>It's also possible that sometime in the next decade, all the nations of the world join some kind of super Paris agreement, but I'm not hopeful. It is to late for any meaningful change of heart to revert things. There is no opt
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by cf498 8y ago
Nuclear holocaust would have been caused and was prevented by just a few people. It would have been an action with a direct result. We could and did also just stop with the nonsense. We dont have that option for climate change. We have a wo
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by cf498 8y ago
Who determines what above normal means, and who is preventing people to game the system? And who is funding the dispatch team? Alot of people are dying right now, and the funding situation for aid is depressingly bad. An app isnt going to s
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by cf498 8y ago
The focus on type writers was quite common for a long time in dictatorships. Not as bad as a spirit duplicator but still a possible tool for agitation.
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by cf498 8y ago
It is especially obvious for research assistants and phd positions. And it makes complete sense, as you are not looking for someone to do a specific job, but quite the opposite, for funds to prolong someones position. It is especially obvio
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by cf498 8y ago
>At around that time, de Putron got involved in another legal dispute that foreshadowed his companies’ campaign against Xu. The year before, a group of five programmers and managers had left G-Research, then known as GR Software & Re
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by cf498 8y ago
Especially if it is at a threshold amount, there even a small hike will scare away customers. While not reasonable, it is a psychological effect. Take the jump from 5€ to 6€. I witnessed the same on myself with a normal dish of fried rice f
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by cf498 8y ago
Thats not a solution for the problem though, if your goal is to keep your old customer base. It is only a solution if you view your restaurant as an investment instead of a passion. The counter example from the article is Paiche. edit: To g
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by cf498 8y ago
That poses a substential risk to the business. You are changing your entire customer base over night. If you are a small restaurant like the one in the article, it is unlikely, that your earlier customers will book month in advance, even at
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by cf498 8y ago
It makes a great point about mass tourism in general and what it does to the local population.
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Wikileaks aims for the best possible exposure of a leak. This influences in what form the information is published and over what timeframe. They dont just dump the entire leak and hope some journalist can be bothered to read it before the n
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by cf498 8y ago
I tried it, maybe it was the language barrier but I had shops who simply send me away. I had a longer conversation with the cashier in the SPAR shop on the science center campus about it who told me my v-pay card was the wrong one and cash
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by cf498 8y ago
I gave them my Visa and V-Pay card, and only one of the patrol stations took it. Everyone else willing to take my non Netherland card were places who would also take cash, like mcdonalds. There seemed to have been a certain kind of regional
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by cf498 8y ago
I was really shocked when i experienced the same issue in the Netherlands. I went there for a conference and only had to go straight to Amsterdam central, to science park and to my hotel in almere central. I had to exit Amsterdam central st
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by cf498 8y ago
>I feel bad for people in your situation, but I feel like increased scrutiny is sort of a necessary evil. Or we dont torture people just because you dont like the possibility, that people could use drugs recreationally. What you describe
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by cf498 8y ago
Couldnt find the original thread except https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18311988 Original Blog post here https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2018/10/26/technol... >Employee
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Microsoft to U.S. military: We’ve got your six(venturebeat.com)
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by cf498 8y ago
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/percussive_maintenance ftw edit: I have to add, i just found out about the extent of the definition. >make a malfunctioning device or person work.
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by cf498 8y ago
>Yeah I imagine that's to be expected, since you're not accustomed to having the pressure of your weight focused on few points. >I'm desensitized in those spots, presumably it'd fade if you persisted. Yes, i assume
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by cf498 8y ago
The piece of my hip which directly pushes onto the ground when sleeping on my side is the point which doesnt let me sleep on my side for a few days on the ground, no matter the angle. I think someone else in this thread is right, and it is
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by cf498 8y ago
In what position do you sleep? On your back or on your side? I have extreme problems with sleeping on my side without a matress, even on just a camping foam mat for a few days. I regularly have the problem with camping trips which last long
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by cf498 8y ago
I dont think its surprising, that people are involved in scams when it comes to advertisement. We know possible targets try to scam the system, this article shows so. We know, that certain parts of advertisements are trying to sell stuff to
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by cf498 8y ago
Thank you very much for you answer
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by cf498 8y ago
Can you point me towards credible work determining ROI for online advertisement? Whats the current state of the art? edit: I should rephrase, this sounds hostile. I know there is wide work in influencing people to buy stuff when influenced
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by cf498 8y ago
Quite alot of it is done be measuring the rate of clicks vs views and simple statistics. If people actually click on the ad, its a red flag and likely fraud.
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by cf498 8y ago
What most people dont realize, depending on the country, those press for emergency buttons for the elderly are not considered an emergency call. Including the advertisement you see on buses targeting people fearing a heart attack. Meaning,
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by cf498 8y ago
I think this is something that isnt that present in our profession as it should be. If you are an electrical engineer, it is clear and present, that your products might kill someone if you screw up. The same goes for a mechanical engineer.
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by cf498 8y ago
I can and i will if you say "across the board"

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