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by blankton 1y ago
Do you also send these books to Germany?
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by blankton 2y ago
It sounds like a gGmbH, but the Imprint ( https://www.ecosia.org/imprint ) still says Ecosia GmbH (-> For-Profit).
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by blankton 2y ago
Great Project. I am very thankful for this useful tool. Small "bug"/Different behaviour than expected I found: I you move the slider with Arrow-Keys, you are not able to move it beyond the currently visible time frame. If the
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by blankton 3y ago
The "Fall of Civilizations" Podcast by Paul Cooper is a outstanding long-form History Podcast. Definitely worth a listen.
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by blankton 3y ago
A great project. I tried searching for the german word "Eichhörnchen" and the third pronounciation was in swiss german. That is a different language. Use with caution :)
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by blankton 3y ago
In my family its common to lend money. Amounts range from buying a car to downpayment for a house. We are financially a diverse group. From poor to middleclass. That enabled buying houses and escaping rent for a lot of people. Maybe the cul
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by blankton 5y ago
I recognice myself in this description albeit only partly. Luckily I became aware early on. I force myself to give up things from time to time. Right now youtube is completly blocked from my phone. In the morning I take time to read and pr
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by blankton 5y ago
There are some very interesting approaches to Cochlea-Implants[0]. In Göttingen (Germany) a research group tries to stimulate the Cochlea via Light. That would allow for a lot better frequenzy bandwith and therefore better hearing quality.
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by blankton 5y ago
Overall great. It is important to me to sleep on a hard matress, without a pillow. Once I made these adjustments my Sleep improved greatly. But I am only in my early twenties so probably not that great of an reference. Also after hard physi
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by blankton 5y ago
A german Podcast from Historians regarding this incident: https://www.geschichte.fm/archiv/gag318/
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by blankton 5y ago
Singing and conducting choirs. Being a conductor is fascinating. I'm able to move and direct around 50 people in perfect harmonie and synchronisation (in theory :D reality sadly differs sometimes). The community aspect is also great. W
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by blankton 6y ago
Germany still pays for SMS, nobody here uses MMS because its so expensive.
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by blankton 6y ago
Graph Theory in General is extremly useful for all sorts of algorithms [1]. What the application for this particular discovery might be is also unknown to me. [1] https://mypages.valdosta.edu/dgibson/sjs.pdf
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by blankton 6y ago
Is the freedom of speech as stated in law enough? I can imagine that a lot of journalists are afraid to say what they want (or need) to say. The thread of losing the job is possibly a great burden in the pursuit of truth. We should enable s
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by blankton 6y ago
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by blankton 6y ago
In the german Bible the name is actually written: Sem. But I havent yet met a person named Sem.
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by blankton 6y ago
Pursue whats meaningful, not what is expedient. -Jordan Peterson Helps me to keep asking, what and how should i do and approach.
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Ask HN: Who Offers an Internship?
2 points by blankton 6y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Why does Microsoft make it so hard to disable Web Search/Bing?
3 points by blankton 6y ago|1 comments
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by blankton 6y ago
Definetly interesting, but also challenging: Archipel Gulag from Solschenitzyn. I learnd a lot about human nature, shaped by circumstances. Scary stuff. But this book is a historic document. Names are real, places are real, events are real.
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by blankton 6y ago
Im currently reading Archipel Gulag from Alexander Solschenitzyn and that joke sounds quite familliar. The reality of the past century in Russia really proved optimists wrong. Devestating to read that book. It literally puts me on breaks
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by blankton 6y ago
The Discovery of Slowness Its not necesseraly a fictious book, but pleas give it a try. It really helped me understand myself and also other people better.
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by blankton 6y ago
Useless apparently. Im far better of learning in the university together with some friends. At home I cant get me to do anything. Its frustrating. The possibilities are outstanding, that even adds to the frustration. From a Mental Helth poi
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by blankton 7y ago
Reminds me of the old movie "The Pentagon Wars" which I would highly recommend. Its about the absurdity of said politics, but in the army, where lives of people are on the line. The sad part is: The Story is true.
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by blankton 7y ago
Look up the german Apprenticeship Model. We are doing this. The students get paid, but not the amount a learned worker gets. Its called "Duales Studium" and is available for a lot of different jobs. Examples are: Engineering, Arch
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by blankton 7y ago
Guy from Germany here. I were with my twin (both guys) in the same class. Im also a Christian who really belives in the Bible (Really rare in my area). In short: I were an outsider (but together with my brother). Nonetheless bullying wasnt
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Ask HN: Did You Hack Something?
2 points by blankton 7y ago|1 comments
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by blankton 7y ago
germany too