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lqet
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OP is not joking, the original paper is available here: https://math.berkeley.edu/~ehallman/math1B/TaisMethod.pdf > RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS— In Tai's Model, the total area under a curve is computed by
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http://gold.jerry.gold/
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This painfully reminds me of the fact that @SeinfeldToday [0] is no longer updated. So many episode ideas! > Jerry gets paranoid about his girlfriend’s past when her iPhone automatically connects to the wi-fi at Newman’s apartment. [0]
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7y ago
You might be interested in the Dom-Römer-Project in Frankfurt [0], where they re-build a major part of the old town center, using reconstructions or houses build in a "traditional" style. There was an extremely ugly and unfair dis
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7y ago
> [Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg] once said, "Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you’d have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes rel
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7y ago
According to Wikipedia, German speaking fraternities have 190.000 members [0], which is around 0.19% of the population of Germany, Switzerland and Austria (EDIT: see comments below, most of them are "nichtschlagend", meaning they
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Why then are the scars such an uncommon sight nowadays? Is it because the medical treatment of the wounds is better or because there are less duels nowadays than 100 years ago? Or is it because in the past, students did everything to get a
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7y ago
Does it hurt?
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You can still see "Schmisse" in Germany today, although they are very rare. Here is the former CEO of Allianz with one: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/He... AFAI
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The Swiss federal railways experimented with rolling supermarkets [0], a rolling Starbucks [1][2] and a rolling McDonald's [3]. [0] https://www.srf.ch/static/cms/images/960w/3527cc.jpg [1] http:&#x
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Next step: Using a a Linotype [0] as a Linux terminal :) I would love to have my terminal output cast in lead! [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linotype_machine
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7y ago
Interesting, but very frustrating to read: > Oaths! How do they Work? A paragraph later: > “wait, how do oaths work?” and “how are they getting it wrong?” Today, we’re going to lay that out. Then, after 6 paragraphs: > So what is a
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I would love to see something similar done for a gothic cathedral. And I don't mean a one-man show like Justo Martínez [0] or a "modern" cathedral like the Sagrada Familia, but an actual authentic gothic cathedral like it wou
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7y ago
This is exactly my recipe, which I have been using for 5 years now with great success. It's foolproof. The bread will usually look like shit after you dump it into the iron cast pot, but will have a nice and smooth and tight surface af
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Not exactly, a "Mängelexemplar" is unused and new, but was damaged during shipment or unpacking (often by a box cutter).
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It had a small scratch on the back, I didn't know the english translation and checked https://en.langenscheidt.com/german-english/maengelexemplar
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Without expecting anything or even knowing DeLillo, I bought a cheap faulty copy of "Libra" a few years at a train station bookshop. It is a brilliant novel for reasons I am not nearly eloquent enough to describe, and I very much
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7y ago
Here is a full list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_hospital_... Based on these numbers and in light of the current situation in Spain, the situation in the UK will indeed get very difficult.
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You are assuming (edit: actually you aren't, see below) that the car manufacturers are producing these parts themselves. It is a lot more complicated for Daimler to produce plastic parts for ventilators (for example) if small plastic
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In defense of the author, to me that photo does indeed look like something straight out of a H.P. Lovecraft story.
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I tried working at night, but found that to be quite difficult as you will be very tired from taking care of the child during the day. Working next to a toddler (in my case: 12 months old) can work, but only if they have something to play
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Interview with the virologist guiding Germany through the current pandemic
(zeit.de)
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Also: > Though unknown to the west for many centuries, Subutai's exploits were first featured by the British military theorist B. H. Liddell Hart in his book Great Captains Unveiled after World War I. Liddell Hart used the example o
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Same discussion coming up in Germany, although there have been voices for years now saying that the only way to stop the decades-long decline of the German railway network is to nationalize Deutsche Bahn again (also privatized in the 90ies)
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Having used various streaming apps (Netflix, Watchever, Apple TV, the media libraries of T-Online here in Germany and various libraries of local TV stations), I am surprised that the interface, usability and stability of my basic home enter
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> dry eyes Also no confirmed case here, but I attended a conference and later got an email that one participant tested positive. Since a few days, I also have dry eyes (thought it was because of dry heating air in our apartment first, bu
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European Union Proposes Ban on Non-Essential Travel to Europe
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Meanwhile, doctors in Germany begin to build their own protective suits because professional ones are hard to get: https://ais.badische-zeitung.de/piece/0a/f1/b2/8f/183612047-... https://
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This will still be slower than the cashiers at Aldi.
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Thanks, the whole interview is extremely interesting and relaxing to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVV0r6CmEsFzDA6mtmKQE...
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