nicbou

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by nicbou 6mo ago
Metal, accelerated to roughly two thousand feet per second, usually does the trick.
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by nicbou 7mo ago
One of my favourite writers. I fully recommend him.
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by nicbou 7mo ago
Do you see an impact on how people behave at work?
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by nicbou 7mo ago
Fewer people migrate to Germany, and those who already migrated struggle to find jobs. My website helps people settle in Germany. Many of my colleagues are relocation consultants. They feel the difference. I spoke with someone at the city&
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by nicbou 7mo ago
It's one of those websites that's an instant click from me. Whatever they make, I know it will be interesting.
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by nicbou 7mo ago
I maintain a website about German bureaucracy. The bigger the website grows, the harder it is to keep track of certain facts. I'm building a pipeline that monitors various sources for changing information, and creates a pull request or
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by nicbou 7mo ago
I moved from Canada to Germany to avoid that work culture. Everytime I visit home, I feel like everyone is working all the time. When I work with North American colleagues, I have to explicitly tell them that I don't expect a reaction
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by nicbou 7mo ago
The article does not answer its own question, or say anything, really. In a sufficiently competitive environment, players abandon a value for a temporary advantage. When other players follow suit, that value is gone, but the playing field i
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by nicbou 7mo ago
> Or does the 'LLC/Corp' absorb all responsibility like some capitalist papal indulgence? That was a solid line Callous indifference seems fine if it’s done at a large scale and the harm impersonal enough. Murder is too sm
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by nicbou 7mo ago
I moved to paper after years of reading digitally. I find it easier to stay engaged because a book has only one purpose while my iPad Mini also has Instapaper and the internet. It’s also much easier to pick up and keep reading, and the book
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by nicbou 7mo ago
It's a useful mind trick, but for watercolour, good paper makes all the difference. It's still affordable, so I just bought a second pad for tests and practice. It costs the same, but it's not part of my notebook so I feel be
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by nicbou 7mo ago
I'm making more and more art. I'm meeting friends, and we sit together and doodle and paint. I've made so much progress in a few months simply by practicing more, experimenting more, and allowing myself to waste paper and mak
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by nicbou 7mo ago
It’s a mixed blessing. I am Canadian, and I prefer my quiet life and small flat to always being at work or mowing the lawn. I am always stunned to see how much people back home work. My friends in Germany have much more balanced lives. If i
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by nicbou 7mo ago
What about a life well lived?
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by nicbou 7mo ago
You can microdose idleness. Be productive in general, but make time for doing nothing without guilt. I made it a habit to spend my first waking hour idle, and it feels great.
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by nicbou 7mo ago
It’s interesting that it mostly translates to paresseux (lazy) and not the more obscure oisif (leisurly idleness)
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by nicbou 7mo ago
Two things can be important
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by nicbou 7mo ago
I start my day with deliberate idleness. Just coffee and music in my living room, or tea on the balcony. Productivity needs purpose and direction, and you find those through pausing and looking around you. This reminds me of our painting te
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by nicbou 7mo ago
I think it’s more that at a certain income, you kind of plateau. You can afford all the little pleasures you want, but you couldn’t meaningfully improve your life without doubling your income. It would not get you a nicer apartment, would n
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by nicbou 7mo ago
Why did Iran start shooting?
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by nicbou 7mo ago
> Iran is already teetering on the brink of collapse "We only have to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come crashing down" - Adolf Hitler about invading the Soviet Union. Again, I must reiterate my point: te
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by nicbou 7mo ago
This is a textbook definition of terrorism. That the military uses the civilian infrastructure is a justification that not even the US tried to use. This is pure terror bombing, and they admitted as much.
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by nicbou 7mo ago
That's not something I would cheer for. For what it's worth, this did not Germany, Japan, North Korea or Vietnam to collapse. What makes this time different? Japan: Not without total defeat on every front
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by nicbou 7mo ago
Well yes, if cruelty is the goal, bombing civilians is cruel. If I'm not mistaken, the Obama administration was about to accomplish every single one of those goals with a treaty, which the Trump administration cancelled. Bombing a coun
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by nicbou 7mo ago
My point is that you can't bomb a country into submission. You can use strategic air power in addition to other methods, but the bombing alone was proven again and again to fail. More often than not, it hardens the enemy's resolve
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by nicbou 7mo ago
They did not manage to bomb Germany, North Korea, or North Vietnam into submission and they tried for years. Winning through bombing alone has never worked.
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by nicbou 7mo ago
From each according to his ability
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by nicbou 7mo ago
Needless obscurity is not a virtue
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by nicbou 7mo ago
That's a mild way to describe how the current administration antagonizes its allies The keyword here is allies.
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by nicbou 7mo ago
I found it neat to be given the choice. Both formats were good.

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