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by tiatia 10y ago
Weird train rides in Germany? I guess you could give this a try: http://www.un-verschaemt.de/
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by tiatia 10y ago
Ou dear. The looses in Syria a minimal. By the way, the losses of the US in the Vietnam war were minimal too. They lost 60.000 People. In the 10 years or what, I assume they lost more people in traffic accidents and suicides. Just to put nu
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by tiatia 10y ago
Yes. But decimation, as far as I know, was something the Romans did to their own divisions for "unsatisfactory" services. But regarding Afghanistan, if you crucify a few thousand men, women and children every day for the smallest
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by tiatia 10y ago
I don't think the US did mass murder in Afghanistan. This was part of the problem. The Romans would have just made a population reduction of XX% per year and things would have been fine. I think you should put your judgement into persp
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by tiatia 10y ago
"Another traditional US ally re-aligning itself between the two major spheres of influence. The balance will tip further in China's favor as the USA recedes further from global development." China wants just an ally in the ba
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by tiatia 10y ago
The US is probably the nicest and most responsible super power ever. A super power like the Roman empire would have won the Afghanistan war for sure. But in a different way.
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by tiatia 10y ago
Really? I always was not impressed. I use vayama.com and dohop.com
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by tiatia 10y ago
Reminds me of this job ad: http://www.relatably.com/q/img/unemployed-quotes/Is-Your-Mou...
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by tiatia 10y ago
Why not? Yes, it is illegal but nobody gives a f. in Germany. The rule of law has long been gone under former secret police agent Angela Merkel (please google "IM Erika").
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by tiatia 10y ago
One way plane ticket: 500 Dollar Fake Syrian passport that unlocks residency, shelter, food, pocket money and health insurance: 250 Dollar A German chancellor that is a criminal and is breaking German law and Agreements like Dublin III: pri
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by tiatia 10y ago
"1. Don’t mess around with Google or any company that you simply can’t live without." Wrong. Get off of google ASAP. I have my own email. Yes I pay, yes it is a little bit less convenient. But I don't have to worry about such
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by tiatia 10y ago
"> (2) is a much lower risk than most would thing. But it is one of those things where the naive/amateur answer is far from reality, and that naive answer is scary. (Like nuclear, or more rules vs more responsibility.)" Wr
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by tiatia 10y ago
Brain Teaser, try to fly to FYN (CN) and back. But regarding your question. I once flew NYC<>Asunción. I don't remember the stops anymore but it was at least three, including El Salvador and Lima.
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by tiatia 10y ago
>> index fund are only good till that strategy doesn't work anymore. > The day that index funds cease to be the optimal > investment strategy (for most individuals) is the day > that stocks overall have stopped being a v
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by tiatia 10y ago
Sure. Housing prices in metropolitan areas are sky high, thanks to the asset price inflation of the ECB. Hey, even a house in a tiny village easily sets you 300k Euro back. The secret of the German export"wunder" is extremely low
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by tiatia 10y ago
"I am more worried about the effects of advance technologies, including it getting in the hands of people like ISIS who want to take down Western Civilization." This is true and this may be another nail in the coffin. "The th
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by tiatia 10y ago
"However, in many of the advanced economies, we have had gdp growth has been separated from energy consumption for several decades." Do we? "In recent years, a large share of the world’s manufacturing has been moved to develo
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by tiatia 10y ago
Well, I guess I am generally one of the worst performing employees. But why would you post such a statement in public? Maybe he is right in everything but in making this public I would never hire this guy. Probably would like to hang out fo
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by tiatia 10y ago
"Including total collapses of civilisations." It seems to be an inherent thing of civilizations to collapse. The Collapse of Complex Societies https://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Complex-Societies-Studies-Ar... The co
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by tiatia 10y ago
Isn't this called a market for lemons? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Market_for_Lemons
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by tiatia 10y ago
You can't inherit debt. At least you can't be forced to accept it. (You can select to reject any inheritance, be it positive or negative)
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by tiatia 10y ago
Ah. Steinhart. Good too. Kemmner, another one. Some kind of legend. But communication with him is said to be tricky: http://www.ebay.de/sch/erkahund/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&...
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by tiatia 10y ago
No. But a "good bang for the buck" manufacturer that keeps tempting me. http://www.archimede-watches.com/
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by tiatia 10y ago
"who can use which bathroom" Isn't this the major problem we have currently? Muslim terrorists. Warmongering Hillary, Zero Interest rates, crumbling infrastructure, imploding retirement funds. Who gives a fuck? But hey, bathr
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by tiatia 10y ago
"538 didn't give any predictions on the primaries." They gave predictions for every state during the primaries. Also see: https://mishtalk.com/2016/05/19/nate-silvers-self-serving-co...
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by tiatia 10y ago
Nate Silver has been criticized a lot by Mish ( http://mishtalk.com/ ) and Mish was more often correct with his predictions than Nate. (What was Nate's prediction of Trump becoming the candidate? "Trump's chanc
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by tiatia 10y ago
Depends on the device. Could be a totally reasonable number. Remeber the flying coffin? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter#Saf...
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by tiatia 10y ago
By 2040, computers will need more electricity than the world can generate. So says the semiconductor industry's last ever communal roadmap http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/25/semiconductor_indust...
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by tiatia 10y ago
Downvote but no reply. Wow. Arguments... :-)
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by tiatia 10y ago
Niederhoffer did his PhD in statistics. He is nuts but he basically invented quantitative trading. Maybe you read his book "Education of a trader" and the "New Yorker" article about him ("The Blow up artist").

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