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by pqs 10y ago
There are too many experts inventing new areas of expertise. We thought that new tech would create a world of leisure, but, on the contrary, we created a world where we work on stupid concepts. Our work world is so meaningless that people i
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by pqs 11y ago
West side. Balearic islands.
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by pqs 11y ago
<ironic>That's why people always die after their summer vacation on the seaside. </ironic> Facts show that people perfectly deal with all these viruses and bacteria. By the way, did you check the fauna on your keyboard
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by pqs 11y ago
I come from a Mediterranean island and I spend my summers swimming and diving, always with open eyes. I don't want put my feed on sea urchins or crash with a boat or rock! My eyes only hurt in swimming pools after a while. In the sea,
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by pqs 11y ago
I reply to myself in order to add an example. I just was told that a proposal we sent a few months ago has been denied due to formal problems (not the content). Apparently, there is an error of 1.8 € (the price of a coffee) on a total budge
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by pqs 11y ago
The problem is that the levels of bureaucracy are so high, that we spent a lot of time just managing research, which is not creative at all. And this management of research requires a lot of time, unfortunately. I would not mind to spend ho
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by pqs 11y ago
This is not new. History is full of powerful city states that were stable during centuries thanks to their trading networks. Venice is a very good example. There are many more examples.
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by pqs 11y ago
My 3 year old kid uses a thick winter pyjama. It solves the problem very well. http://blog.sealy.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/baby-wint...
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by pqs 11y ago
Yest, it would be better. But this happens once or twice in a year. It's really not worth it.
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by pqs 11y ago
Sleeping with heating on seems a waste of energy to me. At least in Spain. I have a dumb thermostat. It doesn't even have a clock. It just has two buttons, one two increase temperature, the other to decrease it. In winter, during the d
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by pqs 11y ago
I few days ago I made a related question, but I got no answer. I'll link it here, maybe somebody can answer it. Why can't Android run the full Chrome browser? Why can't Android's Chrome run Google Docs and Sheets? https
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by pqs 11y ago
You're right. Each generation, each individual, in fact, must rediscover the wheel. The problem is that our world (science, media, etc.) is heavily biased towards novelty. Somehow, it is compulsory to explain everything as if it was a
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by pqs 11y ago
Are we rediscovering the wheel all over again? Millions of people can confirm this. I also have ideas in the shower, when mindwandering. And also I have greate ideas when cycling home from work. At work I focus a lot, this allows me to push
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by pqs 11y ago
As you mention, just a few apps have been ported. It seems quite experimental and it also seems that at Google the tide now flows the other way. Are we heading towards the inclusion of Chrome to Android? My question is: what prevents includ
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by pqs 11y ago
Napples and Sicily also have been part of the Spanish crown for centuries. The Spanish kings held half of South America for centuries.
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by pqs 11y ago
In fact, christians also raided muslim lands and sold the victims as slaves. Everybody did this. You can read, for example, David Abulafia's history of the Mediterranean.
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by pqs 11y ago
Why can't Android run a full blown Chrome browser able to run the web versions of Docs and Sheets? I need a cheap and lightweight computer with a keyboard for work traveling and personal use. I now use an iPad with a logitech bluetooth
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by pqs 12y ago
I thought the same.
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by pqs 12y ago
My strategy is to disable notifications. Thus, I only open the apps when I choose to (WhatsApp, Twitter, etc.). Apps that are specially addictive belong to the second screen, in a folder (Twitter, etc.). This way I have much more control ov
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by pqs 12y ago
My mothers and sisters sleep too (Spain). But I remember that when I was I child, at my grandfather's house (my granny died before I was born), it was the men that slept because the women were busy in the kitchen doing the washing up.
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by pqs 12y ago
This comment is very disrespectful. Spaniards work hard. That's not the problem. The problem is bad management of public affairs due to complex causes, being the most recent one a 40 year long dictatorship where the political class use
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by pqs 12y ago
I hope advertisers don't discover this fact!
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by pqs 12y ago
I should add that, during siesta, many people fall sleep in front of the TV. In July, the Tour de France is perfect for that, due to the beautiful scenery and the flow of the race.
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by pqs 12y ago
This is a well known practise in Spain. I com from Spain and I have always seen my family (parents and grandparents) drinking coffee after lunch and, then, doing a nap on the couch. Usually, we sit on the couch, take the coffee together and
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by pqs 12y ago
If the only purpose of these shoes is to get directions, I would prefer a pair of bracelets, which I could wear on my wrists or my ankles.
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by pqs 12y ago
You are lucky. My mother tongue is not supported by Apple's VoiceOver. OSX or iOS can't read my diary entries.
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by pqs 12y ago
Thanks, your answer is valuable. We are doing the same ... writing but not reading our stuff ;-)
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by pqs 12y ago
I wouldn't be able to work without it. I use it to organize and log my work. I also use it to write documents and to publish my own personal website ( http://pere.quintanasegui.com ). Basically, I have a file, which is a tree
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by pqs 12y ago
This sounds great. I use Day One for my personal diary and org-mode for work stuff. This setup was quite good but now it is much better because, if it works as promised, Jrnl will allow me to add personal entries in Day One from the linux c
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by pqs 12y ago
I'm also in the habit of journaling. But for me it is much easier to write than to read my journal. I write almost everyday and some days I write several entries in the journal. Now I'd like to have a good method to retrieve the k

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