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by jrk_ 11y ago
Of all the movies Kinski has done I saw Aguirre and "The Great Silence". I really liked Aguirre because it has a more positive vibe to it. The anti-happy-end of "The Great Silence" is also very appealing, yet really depr
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by jrk_ 11y ago
Thank you, now it makes sense to me! :)
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by jrk_ 11y ago
Why are you so specific about 3)? If it's a joke, then sorry, I don't get it. :)
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by jrk_ 11y ago
I hate to write this, but it must be more expensive than $80 to raise, brain-wash and train a human to become a suicide bomber..?
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by jrk_ 11y ago
I was thinking more about resources like clean air and water. Humans used to pollute rivers and air because they treated it as a free resource. However, the cost of air pollution are health problems. There is no such thing as free lunch: h
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by jrk_ 11y ago
Not a contradiction. The capitalism Smith describes is actually fair.
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by jrk_ 11y ago
Well, in theory anarcho-capitalism should also ensure a fair distribution of resources. It's one of several currents of the Libertarian philosophy. I found an interesting write-up about some real-life Libertarian societies here: [1].
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by jrk_ 11y ago
Hey, I thought the same when reading this paragraph! :) Are you in for living in the woods and preying for food when humanity becomes a society of degenerate VR junkies?
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by jrk_ 11y ago
> I hope one day to be as passionate about _something_ as he seems to be about everything... The last time I've been so passionate about something was when I was around 10 or 12. Since then I've trained myself to be (and act) n
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by jrk_ 11y ago
The real hard part comes after the initial novelty and the quick progress fade away: Staying motivated to do regular workouts without getting faster or lifting more weights every week. This also applies to healthy eating habits. Once you&#x
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by jrk_ 11y ago
> one Twitter post away from having your pick of three companies Can't concur on that one. I've been looking for more than a year for a job after graduation and getting through those interviews was hard. But maybe it's dif
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by jrk_ 11y ago
Not sure which part of Europe you are speaking of, but I have to pay around 15% of my income for the (mandatory) insurance, which then provides me with (almost) unlimited health care. If you are unemployed it is a lot harder to get health b
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by jrk_ 11y ago
> How much do you pay into those if you're not earning anything? Afaik (and I really don't know for sure, because luckily I had never the misfortune to need it) it is paid by the welfare system. However, there are many rules an
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by jrk_ 11y ago
I live in Germany, and health care at a bare minimum is around 150-200€/month, which is the "social" tariff. We also have a pension system, but you also need to pay a monthly contribution, depending on your income. There are
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by jrk_ 11y ago
Honest question: How do you handle health care issues? And how do you plan for times when you're more likely of not being able to do physical work anymore (in your 70 or 80s)?
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by jrk_ 11y ago
I think because this would be only about being self-sustained, without generating additional income. And there lie the downsides: No early retirement, no health care, no social insurance..
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by jrk_ 11y ago
I can't answer the question for OP, but for me it would be * Pursuing my own goals * Working directly on something which benefits me * A lot less boring than sitting in the office all day * Not sitting in an office at all * Nature * Re
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by jrk_ 11y ago
I'm really curious about database development. What level of experience are you looking for? Are you open to remote work?
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by jrk_ 11y ago
> Führerbunker You know that it is these kind of things that makes you look immature and discreditable no matter how valid your arguments are? Don't get me wrong, I'm not judging. I understand that this is a certain kind of hum
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by jrk_ 11y ago
If only there would be a way to write a high level description of a web server which shomehow gets translated into assembly.. :) Just kidding, nice effort!
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by jrk_ 11y ago
Personally, I prefer to get wasted every now and then, instead of getting into the habit of consuming a tiny amount of alcohol every day. But to each their own.. I also strongly believe in this: Everything in moderation, even moderation.
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by jrk_ 11y ago
For more awesomeness have a look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VA-111_Shkval
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by jrk_ 11y ago
Back in 2006 I had an internship at Siemens. In that particular building where I worked they still had a Paternoster elevator running. Always made me feel a bit uneasy to jump on that moving thing.
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by jrk_ 11y ago
I'll do the screencast for the beer only. :)
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by jrk_ 11y ago
My first thought was that this sounds like an idea taken from microkernels. Is this a correct analogy? Would it be sufficient to use libos and fuse to call the Linux kernel a microkernel? What would be missing?
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by jrk_ 12y ago
First thing I entered was the name of a German town. I got "Nein" as response and thought that it's a nice touch to provide localized responses. Then I tried some other cities and saw that it's random. Now I feel a bit d
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by jrk_ 12y ago
Do you consider remote candidates?
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by jrk_ 12y ago
Thanks for getting back to me. I've currently applied only for the OpenSUSE developer/packager position, but I'm curious about several other positions. A general question I have is if it's a problem that I wrote my appli
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by jrk_ 12y ago
As luck would have it, I'm living in Nuremberg and would love to work at SUSE. However, I didn't get any feedback at all of my applications. Any hints on what I could do to improve my chances?
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by jrk_ 12y ago
I'd like to add Welch's Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk [1]. I used it for learning TCL for an internship and it was not a bad experience for an undergrad. [1] http://www.beedub.com/book/

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