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Reading this directly reminded me of a great poem "The Chaos" by Gerard Nolst Trenité (or is it Trenite? ;): http://ncf.idallen.com/english.html

This is really cool! When I was learning numbers in another language, I would say license plate numbers out loud (or in my head) each time I saw one. This would have been nice at t…

I haven't, and this looks great! Thank you.

My fiancée is Finnish, and she's very patient with me trying to speak Finnish, but my progress is slow (due to lack of structured effort). Do any of you HN Finns or language connoi…

I'm pretty sure you can buy them from inside the SBB ticket centers, but you can at least buy wrist watches from mondaine: http://www.mondaine.com/mondaine/ edit: Looks like you ca…

Here's one for you: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=grand-desig...

By now you may recognize that each hint uses letters preceding the current letter, therefore use that to guide you on a new answer. After all, it's a hint for a reason :). So for d…

Perhaps it's for the same reason as why we like to help others in an area we're knowledgeable about. We are experts of ourselves, we love to talk authoritatively on subjects we kno…

Right, but they are still subscribed to many of the same rules, most specifically the "free movement of people" for which they are bound by EU law. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swi…

Correct, but they subscribe to many of the same rules http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland%E2%80%93European_Un...

Getting a visa in Switzerland is extremely difficult (for non-EU nationals). The employer needs to first prove that they cannot find an adequate candidate in Switzerland, then they…

Perhaps the intention is not to facilitate the needs of Google "power users", but instead help ease others into the core products that they're focusing on. I, like others here, hav…

I'm in quite a similar situation being in Switzerland, except I'm required to live (and work) here for 10 years before I can get the green card equivalent. Getting the permit was t…

Perhaps Money4 is what you're looking for? http://www.jumsoft.com/money/