netrus

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by netrus 5y ago
So true! In High School, we sometimes had to take turns reading out loud from textbooks of literature. I sucked at reading out loud, often reading out words that were not there or losing the line. That was embarrassing, which did not help.
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by netrus 5y ago
But then the French would not need to call it a Royale with Cheese!
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by netrus 5y ago
Maybe a gyroscope is an option? Google Cardboard worked that way, it is good enough to choose between some menu items or to pull up a notification. For me, navigation is the killer app, I would love that when I am cycling. Give me an interf
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by netrus 5y ago
I would love to have more pronouns in signatures. I cannot count the times I used Google picture search to figure out the gender of students from cultures I am not well educated about (Chinese, Indian, Arabic, Vietnamese ...). Many foreign
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by netrus 5y ago
Clothes only get worse while being used (or cleaned). Thus, all clothes I donate are basically in a condition that I considered "fit-to-wear" just one usage ago. Is it a stretch that someone would be happy to get for free what wor
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by netrus 5y ago
I think the downvotes are unjust. For those missing the point: When large quantities of drugs are seized, often times the 'street value' of the drug is reported. But large quantities can only be found some steps removed from the
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by netrus 5y ago
To be fair, your door is basically open to your government. If it wants to be in your house, it can be. If it wants to observe you unnoticed, it can. There is no winning against corrupt governments - other than getting rid of them. That bei
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by netrus 5y ago
It's pretty similar to an arts museum. I don't go to the Louvre to read the signs, but to look at the artwork. As they are ordered by console, there is some context regarding the period and cultural context. I think it is an fanta
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by netrus 5y ago
I never realized that Christmas is right after the winter equinox (or never connected these two dates), but it makes a lot of sense, thank you very much!
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by netrus 5y ago
In Germany, the broker fee is a one time payment. That makes for an complicated calculation, as rentals are usually not fixed-term, and people will expect to stay for several years or decades. Is 900 EUR per month + 1,800 Euro one time paym
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by netrus 5y ago
The plan is in inject 6 Billion people with $vaccine. I have no medical expertise, but the idea of >3 million people dying from 6 Billion unregulated injections does not seem outlandish to me. Edit: especially taking into account one of
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by netrus 5y ago
If you want real HOA vibes in Germany, visit a Schrebergarten ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotment_(gardening)#Germany )!
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by netrus 5y ago
I have strong opinions on a lot of laws I have not actually read. I will rely on experts, and so do politicians (that might be experts within their party, staff, lobbyists ...). The main skill is to decide whom to trust. I do not really see
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by netrus 5y ago
> China and India are the number one polluters and as usual the UN and other supranational organization will look the other way US: 16t per capita China: 8t per capita India: 2t per capita I think it is pretty clear who is fucking things
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by netrus 5y ago
Cigarette companies spent a lot of money on advertising [in Europe]. When cigarette ads were banned, they continued to sell cigarettes, but saved on the marketing budget. Still, it would not have been wise not to advertise beforehand: The l
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by netrus 5y ago
I don't think anyone would call Berkshire Hathaway a large company - or be surprised if it doubles it's revenue in 3 years. I think Teslas stock is somewhere in the space between VW and Berkshire Hathaway, the value is already acc
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by netrus 5y ago
Well yes, many people will want to say "fuck you" to their boss at some point in time, and will not do so for fear of retaliation. In the example you post, someone is ridiculing a group decision on a sensitive topic. Do you actual
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by netrus 5y ago
Just to comment on the math (not the actual numbers): 624k/1M is the expected number of serious accidents. The probability of getting into at least one serious accident is 1 - (999999/1000000)^624000 = 46% (Every mile, you have a
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by netrus 5y ago
It's easy to put up fake street signs to troll/manipulate human drivers, yet that hardly ever happens. I have read stories of people putting up fake speed cameras in their front yard to slow down traffic, but no one dares to fake
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by netrus 5y ago
This chart should be far more prominent than it is in most discussions about housing in Germany: https://www.interhyp.de/ratgeber/was-muss-ich-wissen/zinsen/... The incredible increase in house prices tracks
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by netrus 5y ago
You conveniently left out the scenario where it continues to crash, and OP looses money twice by following your recommendation. It's a casino.
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by netrus 5y ago
Don't you issue bonds at the market rate? What should a truly green government do instead?
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by netrus 5y ago
You cannot really compare a production line to a warehouse. Production lines cannot function when people leave their position at random. On the other hand, there is no pressure to work as fast as you can, because the speed is determined by
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by netrus 6y ago
To be fair, to a certain degree that's part of the deal in academia. Tenure is like an reverse insurance, everyone gets a salary, even if only few will be able to make significant contributions. And that's okay, because a lot of l
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by netrus 6y ago
Just wear a safety vest and a safety helmet, people will recognize you as the problem-solver you are!
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by netrus 6y ago
The second one is true for sure.
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by netrus 6y ago
It is not okay to include others in your sexual activities without consent. That's the line. Getting aroused by doing something in the public / been seen doing something means involuntary participation of others, which is not okay
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by netrus 6y ago
Sometimes when people refuse to learn something new because they think they know better they are right, and sometimes they are wrong. Sadly it is difficult to know in which of these group you are, so it might be a good hedge not to refuse t
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by netrus 6y ago
How is that different from saying: "It's silly to eat Indian food [prepared by Americans] when there are plenty delicious American dishes"? No one is forced to eat fake meat, but as vegetarian who likes burgers, how am I sill
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by netrus 6y ago
It's possible to learn from other people's mistakes as well, I do believe that is happening at the moment. But anyway: if there are no negative consequences, I seriously doubt the perpetrator will even consider their action a mist

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