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    Comment #25432741

    Travel apps never managed a "The winner takes it all" approach. Regarding "match". You would be surprised how much fraud exits in the dating industry. How many people get payed to …

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    Comment #25411346

    I don't think German is really difficult. Some things are strange for an English speaker: declension, therefore flexible word order and gender is more elusive compared to Spanish. …

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    Comment #25411136

    "Volkshochschulen" Volkshochschule are "low level" community training courses. Yet many people successfully learned Languages there. It is far below a University or a poly-technica…

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    Comment #25411113

    Fernuni is a public/government university. The big thing is that you get a UNIVERSITY degree that is recognized in Germany. This may have implications, e.g. doing a MS after a BS t…

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    Comment #25180258

    I ignore the war statements since I would have to review several issues again before I could give an opinion. "conservative liberal" Not sure that the Economist is conservative. Su…

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    Comment #25177404

    Not trying to troll here. But Monocle? I always wondered who reads this? Poor people who want to know how rich people live? (Trust me, no rich person I know of would buy this poser…

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    Comment #25177380

    I doubt there is a magazine in the world that can compete in deep, knowledge and network (And I can read magazines in at least 3 major languages, possibly four). Would you mind to …

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    Comment #25177365

    I tend to disagree. While a pro market magazine, it often suggests strong government actions. I think you have never dealt with real fee market fetishists. The only annoying things…

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    Comment #25177335

    Seconding The Economist. A league on its own. :-) I never subscribed, but like/liked to read (e.g. at B&N) THE NEW YORKER 2600 FOREIGN POLICY HARPER'S THE ATLANTIC Even the Rolling…

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    Comment #25140834

    Yes, likely. I also would not make sense for a small company to build distribution and marketing channels (marketing might not be necessary in this case). Also, big name. Nobody kn…

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    Comment #25137903

    Can I run a decent Jabber client on the phone? Does Dino run on it? https://dino.im/

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    Comment #25110373

    "sometimes one wonders why you just don't shut up and tell people to buy a PC with Windows or a Mac. No Gulag or lice, just a future whose intellectual tone and interaction style i…

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    Comment #24904294

    Illinois' Demographic Collapse: Get Out As Soon As You Can https://www.thestreet.com/mishtalk/economics/illinois-demogr... Illinois News Network reports "A Southern Illinois Univer…

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    Comment #24902344

    I host my Tiny Tiny RSS Reader and use this on Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ttrssreade...

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    Comment #24838551

    Yes sure. But with Russia it would be different. Mind the Poseidon torpedoes.

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    Comment #24670694

    Does this run under Linux? I can't install httpx...

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    Comment #24643947

    Ok. But you have not read my post. Yes, they have energy but only recently. They skipped coal and gas and the industrialization that goes with it.

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    Comment #24638564

    "For a long time, this volcanic island was one of Europe’s poorest countries, as only a small portion of the land is suitable for agricultural use and Iceland possesses virtually n…

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    Comment #24638118

    "How are other Scandinavian countries less Viking?" They are much more diverse and have interacted much more with the outside world. You can not compare Sweden with Iceland. Sweden…

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    Comment #22641798

    It sounds like music for a computer game from the 80ies, early 90ies the latest.

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    Comment #22641476

    "Admissions should disregard such superficial peacocking and focus on metrics like the SAT that disentangle intellectual and academic potential from wealth." Why? Not trying to tro…