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by netrus 11y ago
More like a spike in sales of sprouts after a food scandal because people only become aware of the offer through the press coverage
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by netrus 11y ago
I see it as a story of success of an old idea through tech-evolution. The idea is so obvious. It is horrible that I have to lock my bike. I would much prefer not to! And I would be happy to share my bike with others. I could even tolerate s
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by netrus 11y ago
While I agree with what you say, you might under-appreciate the value of cool pictures. Yeah, they are doing cool science stuff up there, but a good part of the value of these missions is to get people excited about space, kids interested i
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by netrus 11y ago
In Hamburg we now have an IKEA in a shopping street, where most customers come without cars. It sure is possible to build car free cities. Yes, you have to allow transporters and garbage collection and buses, but that still is an significan
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by netrus 11y ago
I just rediscovered it after it was recommended to me by a professor some years ago. Still relevant after 20 years, concerning the relationship of technology and people.
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ARAMIS or the Love of Technology (1996) [pdf](dss-edit.com)
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by netrus 11y ago
Who invested in companies that were happy to have any profit at all, back in the days? I mean, we are talking about days when inflation was >4% ...
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by netrus 11y ago
Funny enough, eggs are the example used to discuss the impact of TTIP. In the US eggs at the supermarket are very clean. In Europe, it's forbidden to clean the eggs in any way. Often enough, you will have feathers and feces on eggs bou
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by netrus 11y ago
It becomes mainstream. We are at a point where we get less content, because revenue for content-creators is impacted by blocking.
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by netrus 11y ago
Even if you got the car for free, because the manufacturer wants people to see you driving it? Sounds unethical to me.
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by netrus 11y ago
But isn't it obvious why people might benefit from such a right? If you are uncomfortable with something in your past (not all too uncommon), baam, you benefit. The only interesting question is, if this right should stand above free sp
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by netrus 11y ago
In Western European societies: YES! Something like a public register of sex offenders is UNTHINKABLE in Germany. You get a sentence for your assault, but public shaming is not part of the punishment. That's not inherently worse or bett
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by netrus 11y ago
Small correction: Maas is the minister, Range is the Generalbundesanwalt.
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by netrus 11y ago
Wow, the American attitude is strong with you ;). Looking forward to see what the SN-ratio of all these strong statements is! edit: As I am beeing downvoted: "you'll use many of these in your home or neighborhood within the next 1
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by netrus 11y ago
Less than half of my friends use their (full)real name at facebook
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by netrus 11y ago
Looking at the 5y chart I have to ask: what happened in June '14? That appears to be the more extraordinary date.
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by netrus 11y ago
Doesn't Tesla send over-the-air updates for critical systems to its cars? From my understanding, that means there is a way for a similar attack with a fake-firmware. Am I wrong?
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by netrus 11y ago
And it makes the training less pointless. Words without meaning are useful for nothing besides winning Scrabble, knowing strange words WITH meaning however has a chance to be useful outside the game.
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by netrus 11y ago
Sooo ... it would be great to get a look on that sheet ;)
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by netrus 11y ago
This practice was widespread in WWII. German families buried their belongings before going West. A lot of silverware is still buried, and occasionally found by construction teams.
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by netrus 11y ago
That's a huge claim, and a short Google-voyage did not show any such claim. It is very counter-intuitive given the overall quality of the Cuban medical system. Do you have a source for that/ link to the HN discussion?
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by netrus 11y ago
If only stuff were as easy (regarding your epaper-plan). Propaganda has been there since ages. It does not work well on foreign nations, because people are suspicious of everything their enemies say. WWII would not have changed a bit if all
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by netrus 11y ago
You can stop opperations at London Heathrow within 15min with one or two phone calls. Yes, it is that easy. People regularly don't do it because (1) what is good for and (2) what ever it is good for, is it worth paying the damage cause
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by netrus 11y ago
If by many you mean about 100: Apparently yes.
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by netrus 11y ago
In Germany sales tax changed once in the past 20 years. Everyone noticed it.
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by netrus 11y ago
A little off-topic: The famous Forbes-List estimates her wealth to be 4.5b, because she owns half of a company that has raised 200m. If she is somehow reasonable with the finances of her company, it is likely that her actual bank-account (o
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by netrus 11y ago
2^(106*17) only has 543 decimal-digits. So with a high likelyhood, the formular will plot "this is so wrong" in several basic fonts and languages for smaller n's as an input.
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by netrus 11y ago
Hm, to me this feels scammy, like the 'my-crack-is-nothing-but-the-32894239487th-prim'-trick. Count me impressed as soon as the plot also contains the input range ;)
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by netrus 11y ago
Or, if it is a social network, acctually hurt the value of the company to be acquired. It's certainly a good thing for a social network to have the status of "the place to be" and not "the sinking ship".
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by netrus 12y ago
I guess it's time to take a look at Der Spiegel again, but if I remember correctly, their focus is much more centered on Germany, Europe and the West, while the Economist has news from the whole world. And it's articles are short

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