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by geff82 10y ago
BSD can be called a direct descendant of the original Unix, in contrast to Linux. So macOS is Unix.
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by geff82 10y ago
It's not. Should I send you my business contract with a German bank?
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by geff82 10y ago
I love my Linux :)
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by geff82 10y ago
Honestly, if the US had generally a welcoming visa/immigrant policy, I and most startup founders would not even think to set up my company elsewhere as it is in some regards "the center of the world". But as the US gets a mor
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by geff82 10y ago
It is very picky on the hardware it supports out of the box. That means you'll get problems with Hardware that came out after Haswell. It works ok on my Lenovo X240 (that I bought brand new in Juli 2016 in a maxed out version at a very
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by geff82 10y ago
The 172 simply has some advantages even after all those years. First, it is known everywhere (also its quirks, which makes is safer). Second, the high wing makes it perfect for the young pilot to fly. And third, it has space! I, at 1.87 met
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by geff82 10y ago
The global citizen in me laughs at this decision. The revengeful soul in me hails it (being married to an Iranian women that should currently better not sei a foot there and myself needing a visa because I visit Iran regularily). The Europe
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by geff82 10y ago
Also run "top" on the fresh install to see it uses about 10MB :D . I learned how to use Unix when I installed and used NetBSD for some years, so for me it is "Mother-UNIX". It's a pity that general hardware support
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by geff82 10y ago
No, pure German. www.fernuni-hagen.de. It is an official state run university.
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by geff82 10y ago
I feel the same with Computer Science. It is so freaking complicated! I work in IT, I can program, I am totally immersed in UNIX culture. Yet I don't manage to sit down and study CS as I would like to, as I fear I won't get over t
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by geff82 10y ago
I like Octave so I just sent some bucks. Doesn't hurt me, but helps the cause.
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by geff82 10y ago
What a beautiful program. A beauty.
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by geff82 10y ago
That is why it is ok to check Iranians more closely. Which is what all but a few states do with Iranians. We accept that (and even me as a "pure" German have to go through those checks because I travel to Iran from time to time).
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by geff82 10y ago
Honestly, as soon as it is safely possible for my wife to travel again, we'll come to visit the USA again. Even Trump probably can't kill the spirit we feel in so many places. For me, the USA is a brother country (not only because
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by geff82 10y ago
Stopping issuing visas in itself would be bad for US reputation. I know many Iranians who really work hard to get a visa for the USA to visit the country they long for at least once in their life. As there is no US embassy in Iran (for good
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by geff82 10y ago
Wonderfully written, giving my thoughts a word. For me and my wife, the USA, despite all their shortcomings, are a country we really want to live in. It stands for many good things. It is not a country you want to mess with, and we are fine
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by geff82 10y ago
This is good news. Manning committed a crime (giving away info from the government which she was thought to protect), but it does not justify destroying a life. She served well beyond enough time behind bars, too many years for my taste, so
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by geff82 10y ago
Paris is great, grew up there. You just have to be comfortable with the fact that more than half of your money get taken by the government for taxes and social security.
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by geff82 10y ago
Integrating all countries of eastern Europe at once and much too early was the beginning of the end. The countries that had been members before were getting so close economically and culturally that I think the current situation would not h
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by geff82 10y ago
What a waste of time.
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by geff82 10y ago
When you write about this new language, you'll be on the no-fly list soon :)
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by geff82 10y ago
As a European, I would choose the US any time. More friendly biz environment, many consultants there knowledgeable and no one, even the Europeans, ask why you are there and bill from there In case you have some really simple mass-market pr
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by geff82 10y ago
Seems to be a thing for nerds :)
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by geff82 10y ago
The spectrum is not that big and we can use it for exact the thing we use it.
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by geff82 10y ago
While I am happy with being in IT... If I could try something completely different, I would do "Iranian Studies" at the university of Marburg, which is nearby as I have some unexplainable love for Iranian culture and language (to
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by geff82 10y ago
OK, so you switch off a completely fine technology with billions invested, rendering useless multi-millions of fine working radios. For what? I think this will be the death blow to radio. People will not go DAB if not absolutely needed, the
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by geff82 10y ago
You could style it up a bit for sure - on the other hand, that thing loads fast and is readable well. Reading it on a FullHD screen actually shows content instead of "cool" empty space where you have to scroll like a crazy man. Th
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by geff82 10y ago
Of course, every one knows, sky marshals and enforced cockpit doors keep bombs out of the plane... Of course you can always do better. But compared to Europe, I've found the TSA to be very quick working and quite friendly. I worried a
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by geff82 10y ago
When I hear American and European airline bosses whining about the harsh competition from the "Gulf" airlines such as Emirates, Qatar Airways or Etihad, a voice in my head always yells "why don't you just try to give the
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by geff82 10y ago
Disagree with "Security Theater". Look up older aircraft types in Wikipedia, like "Boeing 727" or "DC-9" and look at their incident lists and why they crashed. Many of them were destroyed in bombings or were hi

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