jrnvs

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by jrnvs 2y ago
They can’t be made in a factory and thus the learning effect is very small (if it even exists - nuclear reactors have increased in price).
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by jrnvs 4y ago
I doubt it. The current system is a local optimum. Better local optimums already exist elsewhere. In The Netherlands, direct online payments using debit cards are very common. These are secure payments, verified through a bank’s mobile bank
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by jrnvs 5y ago
Burn biomass (plants) in a power plant to generate electricity, then store the carbon dioxide in empty gas fields. This is called BECCS, Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage [0]. Unfortunately, carbon capture and storage is not economi
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by jrnvs 5y ago
Here's an interview with the photo operator, in Dutch: https://nos.nl/artikel/2377417-fotofinish-operator-amstel-go... Interviewer: Is it possible that the photo was taken a wee bit before the black line? Photo op
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by jrnvs 8y ago
I was in the same situation and just made sure to always pay an amount in euro that would definitely be too much in Swedish Crowns once converted. Better to pay 1% extra than to lose much more paying ridiculous conversion costs to my bank.
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by jrnvs 8y ago
It helps because words describing a profession, a person or something animate are usually male/female. The same goes in Dutch, where "de" refers to male/female and "het" to neutrum. There are several rules of t
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by jrnvs 8y ago
How come this is legal in the US? It’s extremely unfair toward other businesses that are too small to coerce the government to make a tax exemption for their individual business. To me, it seems to create inequality before the law. I don’t
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by jrnvs 8y ago
But why do you let the students grade the course after they've already gotten a grade? That's insane. In my university, you'd get a paper for the teacher and course review after handing in the final exam. This means you can c
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by jrnvs 8y ago
It should come from adding value and thereby growing the economy, which is then reflected in an increase in the money supply.
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by jrnvs 8y ago
Great, so you made $50k because your $200k house is now worth $250k - a 25% increase. You now have a family and bigger income and are looking at a bigger house priced $500k. You are really glad that you “made” $50k on your old house. But w
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by jrnvs 8y ago
I’m Dutch too. This technique was mentioned in the book I read to prepare for the theoretical part of the drivers license exam. I never saw anyone use it in practice.
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by jrnvs 8y ago
Don't forget that car companies plan years ahead. Setting an end-date like this brings the subject on the table of the car companies' board rooms.
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by jrnvs 8y ago
Correct. Source: I'm Dutch. Related article: https://www.rnw.org/archive/amsterdam-tourists-mad-about-tru...
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by jrnvs 8y ago
Certainly not all EU Governments are elected. In The Netherlands, for example, you vote for Parliament. Parliamentary leaders then seek an agreement and propose a cabinet, which is formally instated by the King. When you cast your vote, you
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by jrnvs 9y ago
New countries joining the EU are obliged to adopt the euro once they meet the economic requirements. Only some of the pre-euro members have negotiated an opt-out. Also note that the article doesn’t claim the euro as essential feature for ev
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by jrnvs 9y ago
Some greenhouse farmers use geothermal energy, but this is far from a common energy source. It's been suggested that this might be our way to get off of natural gas, though. (After small earthquakes in the province of Groningen, the ex
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by jrnvs 10y ago
> DDG "The Web is an error condition" and you'll find a far-too-true-to-be-good rant on that topic. Actually, when I DDG this phrase, the only result is your comment in this thread.
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by jrnvs 10y ago
Re. 1: Actually, there is an effect. There are even two effects: medium-value customers spend more, while high-value consumers spend less. Unfortunately for King, these two effects balance out in this specific case . For other businesses,
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by jrnvs 11y ago
This is pretty much what happens in Scandinavian countries. E.g. in Sweden, parents each get three months of paternal leave. An additional part of the paternal leave can be divided between parents as they see fit. https://sweden.
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by jrnvs 11y ago
Richard Stallman wrote the GNU GPL. Eben Moglen assisted in writing version 3.
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by jrnvs 11y ago
Isn't that just horrible? A secure messaging service that requires a google account for installation.
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by jrnvs 11y ago
In Germany your arguably "lower" income comes with healthcare, unemployment insurance and pension rights, which probably makes up for the difference.
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by jrnvs 11y ago
It would be nice to see a summary of the projects and their effects after finishing the quiz. By that time, I had already forgotten about some and wondered what the answers were.
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by jrnvs 11y ago
You mean like an electric car which you can only "buy" with a rental contract for the batteries? One which comes with DRM that allows the manufacturer to remotely stop you from charging your car as they see fit? [1] Or perhaps the
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by jrnvs 11y ago
I had to think of Fred Dibnah's steam car. https://youtu.be/XvjHxXl8KYI?t=4m2s
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by jrnvs 11y ago
It's certainly not a watertight solution against targeted surveillance, but why wouldn't it be effective against mass surveillance? If someone were to open all these one-time links (and manage to fill in the captcha's automat
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by jrnvs 11y ago
There are several options, ranging from making the link one-time only to requiring a captcha or password. From TFA: ➜Can you explain more in details how Private Link Message (PLM) works? Private Link Message (PLM) allows you to send and rec
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by jrnvs 11y ago
Except when your house burns down or floods.
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by jrnvs 11y ago
Here's an article describing how to find out what someone is watching on Google Maps by analyzing the encrypted traffic. http://blog.ioactive.com/2012/02/ssl-traffic-analysis-on-goo...