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by geff82 8y ago
The problem is when having not enough load in certain areas of the plane its center of gravity gets out of limits. For example it is quite common for small sailplane pilots to load some kilos of lead in designated parts below their feet to
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by geff82 8y ago
Sorry to tell you that there is a big difference between regular immigrants and refugees. A regular Immigrant to Europe usually is a net win from day one because they have been educated for free in their country of origin, while the upfront
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by geff82 8y ago
I think the perfect engineering is to build two pieces: the data functionality should be built into a CLI tool that could potentially be triggered by a human or other third party software, and then build a UI on top that mainly interacts wi
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by geff82 8y ago
This is one of the most common errors that open source projects make: not providing screenshots, not providing info for the beginner. There is almost always some "help us" or "documentation" corner on the web pages, but
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by geff82 8y ago
My Iranian wife (lived there until well into adulthood) had to live several years in Germany until she understood that Israel was a democracy with civil liberties and rule of law and had a real reason to fear the Iranians. She recognized th
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by geff82 8y ago
Fellow German here. From a grammatical standpoint German is a really flexible language while English isn‘t. I only recently found out about it during my Latin studies (selftaught) and comparing Latin to German and English. The problem with
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by geff82 8y ago
I read and speak German, English, French and Farsi (Persian) fluently.
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by geff82 8y ago
I agree of course that there are many languages in which great literature is produced. I just happen to find that books, be it fiction or non-fiction, written by English or American authors, have a very refined way of pleasing the reader.
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by geff82 8y ago
I love the English language. It is expressive, it is the language of great literature, and it is in no way „bullying“, no, it brings people all over the world together. There would be no way to talk to a Chinese for me (German) if he had on
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by geff82 8y ago
I just want to mention that seafaring is the closest we can get to libertarian lifestyle. Even when due to the flag of your ship you are bound to a nation somehow, yet there is much more freedom than anywhere else. For example, your ship ca
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by geff82 8y ago
I only recently discovered Mastodon and tried it out. It works surprisingly well - and opens doors to interesting subcultures. I really wish this project well and hope it helps drive the trend to a more decentralized web again.
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by geff82 8y ago
A VaT of 5% has been introduced.
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by geff82 8y ago
They also had climatized buildings, the „badgir“s.
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by geff82 8y ago
The configuration syntax of pf reads like a poem, pure, clean, perfect. I really prefer PF. It is just mind-compatible. OpenBSD did a really good job here (albeit I use PF with FreeBSD only).
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by geff82 8y ago
I have a very bad shortsightedness and this is the thing that always kept me from at least trying to pursue a career as a professional pilot. Now that I begin with my private pilote license, I decided to never to LASIK in order to avoid the
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by geff82 8y ago
GitHub was never conceived as a charity. But this didn't stop people to put half of the world's open source code centrally on this one platform. Now they are crying/worried because this platform is being sold. Can't real
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by geff82 8y ago
Using a turboprop or a jet (should be) is a result of the specific requirements of a client. If it requires rather short trips on short runways, multiple landings a day and maybe the need to carry some larger items, a turboprop such as the
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by geff82 8y ago
It is not only that you can fly on your own schedule, it is, evenly important, also much easier to get where you actually want. Who says you only want to go to the big hubs, like San Francisco, New York or Frankfurt? What if you wanted to g
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by geff82 8y ago
10X bei Grant Cardone, read this January. Honestly, 10X is, in itself, nothing too new. It does not reinvent the world (like 4HWW did). Yet, by its open language and Grants directness, this book somehow got me started and since January I fe
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by geff82 8y ago
This software is slow and a real pain to use for anything else than personal finances or the 12 bills a year you write as a contractor.
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by geff82 8y ago
At least in Germany, birth rates have been growing significantly in recent 3 years. And no, it is not just immigrants, it's about everyone. I think this is an effect of the many children/parent friendly laws that have been introdu
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by geff82 8y ago
Not knowing English in software engineering is the same as living in the USA not knowing English or flying airplanes not knowing English. It might be possible, but it leaves you with a lot pf restrictions and a very small community. Persona
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by geff82 8y ago
You should be using your own servers. Guess the lesson is learned now?
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by geff82 8y ago
Good thought, never saw it from an archiving point of view!
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by geff82 9y ago
That is what I always say! Teslas, for example, are not becoming so popular because their owners are all environmentalists. They got so popular because they are extremely fun to drive and save on fuel a lot while not restricting their owner
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by geff82 9y ago
Given the right technology, maybe we will!
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by geff82 9y ago
I use the private mode of a browser to get around article limits.
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by geff82 9y ago
Just as a reminder: it is now year 21 after Prius.
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by geff82 9y ago
Well, I took it for an example (and I am a little Fanboy concerning Texas, forgive me having chosen it). There exist regions for about any taste in the US, it's such a diverse country.
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by geff82 9y ago
Sorry, but that story was pure clickbait. So instead of moving to affordable, yet economically strong places like the metro areas in Texas he went for Canada to pay double the taxes... I do not get that story. There is nothing wrong with mo

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