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by derda 15y ago
A friend of mine started to reverse engineer the API, that the DB-Navigator App uses, as it covers pretty much every public transport in Germany and at least trains (and sometimes trams and buses) in all of Europe. It can even give you a ro
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by derda 15y ago
I remember he mentioned in a previous blogpost, that he has no intention to build an android app. But if you build an app for android using the instapaper API and he thinks its good you can brand it official instapaper android app. http://
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by derda 15y ago
The slides said "you choose where to incorporate" (slide 26). I know its pretty easy to incorporate in the US, but AFAIK as soon as you do business with the US (rent servers from US company, have US-bank account) you are subject to the IRS
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by derda 15y ago
I see big problems in taxes and bank accounts. 1. Taxes: So you incorporate on the BVIs or a similar tax heaven, because you don't want to pay taxes. You are not even using the infrastructure of a country, so that doesn't even feel morally
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by derda 15y ago
The reduction of the solar subsidy is right. It is not killing the solar market at all, but your new solar-panels on the roof of your house won't give returns as nice as 10% anymore. Also those returns are paid by every electricity consumer
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by derda 15y ago
FYI its impossible to read on an iPhone, since the sidebar blocks the view. I tried to click the buttons on top, since they like close/hide buttons, but no reaction.
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by derda 15y ago
In my city it is way more detailed than gmaps. Even the smallest trails in the local park are in there, also cross-country ski runs in the mountains. I trust OSM will pretty much all my hiking plans. The only thing that was missing in my ci
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by derda 15y ago
Do you mind sharing any details, especially about the issues with the Finanzamt? As someone who considers a startup in .de I fear issues like that.
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by derda 15y ago
I am a German engineering student. I will try to describe the situation as I see it from here. 1. Start-Ups are lacking incentives: Germans are obsessed with evaluating risks and will almost always go for the safe bet, rather the risky way.
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by derda 15y ago
Farnell had a product site up at launch time. When I first clicked "Add to Basket" I got a "Could not determine product stock, please try again" error. The second time just some AjaxError. And then the whole shopping cart crashed. Now they
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by derda 15y ago
Given the high price of copper I would guess that they pull the copper cables out after service. I am not so sure about fiber cables.
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by derda 15y ago
Some exams at my university do allow you to bring all the notes and books you wish (no internet though). Although that sounds like a great deal, I don't really like those exams. Normally if professors let you bring all your notes, they incr
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by derda 15y ago
In germany the concept of car-sharing is becoming increasingly popular. Most bigger cities have multiple providers, some are backed by car manufacturers, some are independent. So if you want to pick up lots of beverages for your birthday pa
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by derda 15y ago
Since the GmbH is very strict and formal and compared to a UK Ltd is founded with more initial capital (min. 25k €), I also don't see why international investors wouldn't bother. From the founders perspective the introduction of the UG (haf
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by derda 15y ago
Every time I read about the US health-care system it amazes me more (in a negative way). The point that I find worrying the most is, that it is impossible to figure out the costs before you get treatment. Also I am surprised, that there are
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by derda 15y ago
If you can read german Gründerszene and Deutsche Startups are two big blogs covering german startups. They also have a database similar to crunchbase. www.gruenderszene.de www.deutsche-startups.de