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by igk 9y ago
Damn, I want those now...but the price is kinda hefty for a toy right now (4k for 32"?) Anyone know any cheaper competitors?
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by igk 9y ago
One important thing to note that this is not in any definition a "free" market. IIRC producers cannot directly sell to consumers, grid providers cannot easily set up new power plants, the pricing is done in a VERY regulated way...
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by igk 9y ago
So playing devils advocate, what would you say about American capitalism?
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by igk 9y ago
Which university?
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by igk 9y ago
Interesting, do you have any links to stimulating critiques at hand?
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by igk 9y ago
At least in germany we also refer to Epicureanism as "negative hedonism", i.e. finding the good life by becoming content with less and less, and then not saying "no" to stuff which is nice without any negative long term
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by igk 9y ago
I never look at the karma (consciously at least). However, I like the filtering effect that it has for the most part, if coupled with good moderation (r/askscience,r/askhistorians)
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by igk 9y ago
The thing is, time is money. Leisure time is one privilege of the rich, or lucky, which leads to unfair compounding advantages (like philosophy as well). "Normal" people (as in, if you selected them at random) don't have the
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by igk 9y ago
Then i hope you have found some things which work for you. And kudos for keeping going.
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by igk 9y ago
In Germany I've encountered that as simply "quiet". As long as you get the job done and can communicate enough to make the work efficient, no on the job socialising required, unless you want to quickly rise Through the ranks
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by igk 9y ago
As a "recovering" shy person, what helped me was the following Frame: we care. We really really care to get things right and we expect that others will have the same standards. This can apply to everything, be it professional, art
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by igk 9y ago
Don't do nothing leaves you will the whole spectrum of possible action except the worst
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by igk 9y ago
Strong assumption. It's basically selling tiger rocks claiming "but think of all the bad things which DIDN'T happen" without some data that at least hints at the prevention. If you don't have connectivity, you can s
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by igk 9y ago
>I feel bad responding to your comment with essentially a one-liner, so even though it's late, ah, the strategic advantage of timezones :P > Okay, but you are massively underestimating the cost.(... )here you go: "certifying
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by igk 9y ago
You are arguing against something I did not say. I never said we need to do it "at all costs right now so just fix this!!!". I am saying that I value the risk of human lives over the risk of some startups not being created. You di
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by igk 9y ago
Hey, I know I'm an internet stranger, but check out https://www.reddit.com/r/SuicideWatch/ they have some very good stuff in the sidebar and are very supportive. And with that out of the way, if you will indu
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by igk 9y ago
What? No. If IoT (and important software in general) doesn't get some aggressive regulation, then people will die at some point. There were already cases where the heating went out in a whole town because of some connectivity issues
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by igk 9y ago
Sel4?
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by igk 9y ago
>and finally, there is at least one jurisdiction in the world that still offers legit bearer share companies which require no registration. And your entity no longer needs a banking relationship to acquire goods and services. what does t
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by igk 9y ago
Nicer diagrams, better structure, better writing, students being happy with the script, students grades
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by igk 9y ago
Nobody is destroying anything. But people can refuse to adopt or support your project/program
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by igk 9y ago
Was in the students union for my faculty. We pulled out all stops to make things as efficient and cheap as possible(we actually sold them below cost because we found other ways to subsidise them). 10ish euro maximum performance semester for
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by igk 10y ago
Self interest. You can't control other people, but you can participate and propagate (hence strengthen) social norms. Unless you believe you and the ones you care about will always be in power, it's good insurance to propagate the
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by igk 10y ago
Sorry if I'm wrong, but wasn't libre office partially started because OpenOffice stagnated?
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by igk 10y ago
I model you a bit like my father, who grew up in a Soviet satelite state, if he had ended up in the US instead of a country with strong socialist history: he will argue for free education, basic income, national healthcare, nationalization
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by igk 10y ago
What's your analysis on why this is? Because the assumption is he will bring back the robber baron times, which were good for established businesses? This is the only interpretation that makes sense to me, since everything I've se
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by igk 10y ago
This might be very cultural thing(I'm from Europe). But unless you want to live in a society dominated by warlords and gangs, laws and society is the better way imo. Again my opinion, but for me the gun defense is a myth perpetuated in
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by igk 10y ago
> The second school of thought is individual responsibility. Users should take steps to protect their own privacy on a case-by-case basis, in the same way they look after their own home security or personal safety. I think this is a bull
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by igk 10y ago
We do know, they assassinate people though. And I'd argued that is already incompatible with democratic and humanist values
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by igk 10y ago
I think you underestimate the amount of Germans on here

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