markvdb

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   by markvdb 7y ago

   Why not _offer_ helicopter money to everyone instead of giving it? Allow people to accept it, but don't oblige them to. Keep it universal and simple, but optimise for cost: - A/B test the messaging. - Make it opt out for lower inc
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   by markvdb 7y ago

   - matrix-synapse as the server - coturn to help webrtc audio & video get through - riot.im as a client (includes jitsi) It's not rocket science. All the server side stuff is in Debian main. Clients available for every major platfor
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   by markvdb 7y ago

   Unilateral amateurism is not how things should be done. Look at Singapore for how things _should_ be done.
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   by markvdb 7y ago

   I have to concede you're partly right. Darwin will solve more than you think though: - Some old irresponsibly stupid males are still sexually active. Darwin would stop them reproducing. - The old irresponsibly stupid neighbour is still
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   by markvdb 7y ago

   .lv
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   by markvdb 7y ago

   Darwin will solve this irresponsibly stupid behavior. Causing a lot of collateral damage unfortunately.
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   by markvdb 7y ago

   We bought a ridiculously cheap place in the countryside with over 2 hectares (5 US non-SI units) of land in my significant other's native country. Holiday house, place to meet friends _and_ dirt cheap insurance against many pitch black
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   by markvdb 7y ago

   There was a somewhat revealing interview by the people behind Flatex, a big discount broker from Germany [0]. Dutch source, do use a translator https://www.tijd.be/markten-live/nieuws/algemeen/nieuwe-eige...
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   by markvdb 7y ago

   Meta remark. It took me quite some time to vet Fox Business Network for basic journalistic quality. [0][1][2] Sorely needed because of the direct link with Fox News. Why not put in an article source with easier to verify journalistic integr
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    by markvdb 7y ago

    I feel for you. Our holiday house is about 30km beyond the middle of nowhere, but the 4g uplink is reliable. Plus we have to share it with very very few others... If we ever need more, I'll probaby do just like the folksy two-man ISP y
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    by markvdb 7y ago

    If they had managed to get enough clients in the UK, it would have made sense to apply for a UK banking license. If there hadn't been brexit, their banking license would have been EU wide, so they'd only have to look at their EU w
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    by markvdb 7y ago

    I do know the work of the FSF fairly well and respect it. My comment was in no way meant to belittle their achievement, quite to the contrary! Feel free to s/meta organisation/umbrella organisation/ or whatever sounds more ac
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    by markvdb 7y ago

    Umbrella organisations would do. There's FSF, FSFE, Software in the Public interest, Software Freedom Conservancy, and more. ...or ... <shameless plug>You're always welcome to give it to us: https://fosdem.org&#x2
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    by markvdb 7y ago

    Pro guitar teacher her. TLDR: Pitch skills are incredibly hard to reliably improve. Inability to vocally reproduce pitch is a reliable filter for limited musical talent, _but_ it should always be used together with other filters because on
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    by markvdb 7y ago

    https://hdmi2usb.tv
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    by markvdb 7y ago

    In many EU countries, you'd buy that tv using a debit card if at a physical retailer. Online, credit card purchases are the default. Buying a used car form an individual might happen in cash. Some countries will not allow cash transact
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    by markvdb 7y ago

    This kind of story is so incredibly different from the world I'm living in. It demonstrates to me that on many levels I have no idea at all of how Indian society works.
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    by markvdb 7y ago

    TLDR: If you book a taxi by phone or online, the driver is legally obliged to only start 15 minutes after that.
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    Taxi ride in Flanders? Legally mandated fifteen minute wait(translate.google.com)

    1 points by markvdb 7y ago|1 comments
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    by markvdb 7y ago

    Seattle is below Paris in latitude. Plenty of sunlight. That is definitely not the problem in terms of energy production. You have a point about the longevity of roofing materials though. You might want to use longer lived/higher quali
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    by markvdb 7y ago

    I guess it's different in the US versus outside. Banks in the EU work relatively well. Recent progress includes much improved and cheaper SEPA payments thanks to EU legislation, and transparent "the customer owns his data" EU
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    by markvdb 7y ago

    "Oracle's stuff" can most often be described more accurately as "what Oracle considers its stuff".
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    by markvdb 7y ago

    The Karhkiv tractor plant models from the USSR are one step easier still to maintain, and hence very popular outside the west: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv_Tractor_Plant The XTZ 150K: http://xtz.ua&
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    by markvdb 7y ago

    E-ink screen, but the battery life is bad. I can go about a week with mine.
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    by markvdb 7y ago

    Medical professionals will notice if healthcare moves somewhat away from the market. They will feel safer investing energy without expecting market based financial compensation. Compare to an free or open source project. A project that pays
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    by markvdb 7y ago

    Don't underestimate how many people find meaning in care work, whether it's financially very well compensated or not so much. Look at places where healthcare is less subject to market forces, like substantial parts of the EU. You
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    by markvdb 7y ago

    One should hope most rules in Ireland are in touch with reality. You might ahve just given an example of that. The Double Irish with a Dutch sandwich is/was certainly not one of those... There is no basis in reality for this entire con
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    by markvdb 7y ago

    There are more ways to prevent motorised traffic from using the bike lanes. Ample communication, warnings and fines come to mind. Police patrols actually cycling around the city can do wonders for that.
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    by markvdb 7y ago

    I see your point. Hardly applicable in our case though. We bought a humble fixer upper countryside retreat with two hectares of productive farmland for under 10k€ in cash. A one time insurance premium really rather than an investment. Even
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    by markvdb 7y ago

    2008-2009 was not totally black swan, but even then crazy things happened in the options market. An option is a contract. Counterparty insolvency, or in some other way allowed to not cough up. Both have happened under less extreme circumsta