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by markvdb 9y ago
Draw out the process a bit, and fairly good chance the oldest generation voting "out" have died and replaced by younger "in" voters...
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by markvdb 9y ago
Let's say the UK is a net financial contributor to the EU as a set of institutions. It does look like that indeed. That does NOT mean that the UK is putting in more than it is getting out. Even when only considering the financial impac
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by markvdb 9y ago
Euro denominated transactions within the SEPA zone (more than just the EU!) cannot be more expensive than domestic euro transactions. See https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Euro_Payments_Area .
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by markvdb 9y ago
A related economics question, a thought experiment really... Suppose a private company manages to lower the cost of electric energy by 90%, using a device self produced fast with virtually no capex. From an economics point of view, they bu
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by markvdb 9y ago
You might allowed to be much more optimistic. A 50% increase could be much much more significant depending on the parameter optimised. Tokamak magnetic field strength for example has a factor ^4 effect towards net energy. Have a look at ht
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by markvdb 9y ago
Plus: * Stellarators like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendelstein_7-X are very interesting academically, and the only alternative approaching net energy positive fusion within an order of magnitude. * The shrinking o
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by markvdb 9y ago
The European payments council is working on "instant" SEPA transfers, within ten seconds. The first applications are expected in 201711. https://www.europeanpaymentscouncil.eu/what-we-do/sepa-insta... https:
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by markvdb 9y ago
A considerable part of their office work is done from Riga, Latvia. Which is fine if you ask me.
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by markvdb 9y ago
Update: spoke to the nginx maintainers again on irc, and Christos Trochalakis promised me to work on the packaging himself this week! Really really happy about that!
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by markvdb 9y ago
Obligatory classical film reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_Thieves
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by markvdb 9y ago
TLDR: Editorialist in UK conservative political magazine[0] tilting at windmills as sources of clean energy. His hobby, apparently, or his job[1]. It's too easy to shoot holes in his "facts". I won't even try. He's
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by markvdb 9y ago
HEADLINE: nginx-rtmp support in Debian DESCRIPTION: At https://fosdem.org , we are using the nginx rtmp module intensively. It seems it is becoming a de facto standard when an in-house streaming server is preferred, as opposed t
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by markvdb 9y ago
An example from Belgium. Imagine you're an employee and earning 38k€ a year including bonuses. Now you want to start a side activity as an independent contractor. You pay about 53.5% of taxes on this amount. On what is left after taxat
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by markvdb 9y ago
Following this logic, it's a question of time until GPG gets outlawed.
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by markvdb 9y ago
Read prof. Martin Seligman's Flourish. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Seligman
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by markvdb 9y ago
Nitpick: The chart you responded to set out life expectancy at birth. If you're 38, your remaining life expectancy is non unsignificantly higher.
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by markvdb 9y ago
Most people don't benefit from the logging and destroying the primeval forests in the country they live in. Quite to the contrary. The rest of Europe has to work with a Polish government right now that is anti-ecology, reactionary and
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by markvdb 9y ago
I would like to see median incomes compared instead of averages. I suspect that the trend indicated in the article would become even more pronounced.
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by markvdb 9y ago
Here's the example Maryland high school tests: http://mdk12.msde.maryland.gov/assessments/high_school/index...
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by markvdb 9y ago
http://www.designworldonline.com/coming-revolution-high-stre... (December 2014) seems to give a wider overview of non-rare earth magnet development: FeN, MnBi, Ce and exchange spring magnets.
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by markvdb 9y ago
Similar "institutional memory loss" happened in mechanics. On many occasions, it's not so much the theory as the fluency putting it in practice that might be lost...
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by markvdb 9y ago
"Do you think the top 1% of Americans consume significantly more government services than an average 1% of Americans?" They obviously do consume more of about everything, including government services. Have you compared the cost t
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by markvdb 9y ago
No answer to your question, but... I would totally buy a capital appreciation stock, depending on how the fiscal details are worked out. If I buy US stocks, I get taxed 15% US witholding tax on the dividends, then 30% Belgian withholding ta
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by markvdb 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill always makes me smile...
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The urban population rose up in support of democracy, not Erdogan.
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by markvdb 9y ago
* Many of them identify with their (parents' or grandparents') conservative countryside roots. * A community so much oriented towards Turkey consumes a lot of Turkish (the country) and Turkish (the language) media. * Turkish count
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by markvdb 10y ago
Emo. No content. "US patriots, protect our labour achievements from this evil German company!"
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by markvdb 10y ago
I would love to make a few of these connectors on my laser cutter. Seems like I will have to look carefully for source files...
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by markvdb 10y ago
You're describing more or less the Estonian system here. 22% flat tax rate, no taxation until the money actually leaves the company.
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by markvdb 10y ago
Please use SI units: 150 km/h speed, 300kg useful load. Thank you for the Pipistrel link!

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