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My first thought reading the headline was 'great, yet another "The Onion" article'. Anyway, it seems that some German delegates pushed the wrong button too: https://twitter.com/woe…

> I enjoy getting my work done, so then I can work on my other projects or look for new jobs. When my required work is done, then I don't feel bad about doing other things... Do yo…

I would finish the master thesis first. Publishing a half finished app doesn't make sense for me. The whole thing rather sounds like some kind of procrastination. Successfully fini…

> May I ask you what gave you the confidence to say you "would not have a problem getting a quant position"? A lot of contacts , some of them I could activate at any time. For inst…

I agree, doing a PhD can still be worthwhile. It's just a considerable gamble in my opinion. > I don't agree. I work at a large industry research lab, and every position basically …

Assuming you run a legit SSH server on port A and an SSH tarpit on port B. What hinders an attacker to connect to port A an B at the same time? What is the advantage having an atta…

Earning a PhD is though, and can be very hard, depending on your advisor. But even if you've managed to finish it, you face a relentless fight for permanent positions, which accord…

> Vikernes himself, who has never shown any remorse for the murder, has called the film “slanderous garbage”, objected to his portrayal (“I have never participated in a threesome i…

> By turning sleep into a life goal, we’ve paradoxically made it harder to simply fall asleep. This is not my experience. My sleep improved tremendous since I started optimizing fo…

Same trend here in Germany.

> Clinicians should be conscious about the choices they make in relation to their app use and, when recommending apps to consumers, explain the potential for loss of personal priva…

Depends on your definition of "safe" and "social media". I would certainly not post pictures of myself to Facebook/Instagram, let alone flaunting my kids.

See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19450689

> The hard truth is that most things in your life – good and bad – are your fault. I find the premise of the article a bit simplistic. I'm all for an active mindset and ownership. …

> Instead the study suggests pro-social religions appeared after complex societies had already emerged. This completely makes sense. I've always seen monotheistic religions in part…

How I read the article it's due to a sense of entitlement and sanctity, accompanied by the fear of status loss.

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19440652

Do you talk about math lectures? Because during my university time I seldom met people, who understood a math lecture during that math lecture. Especially in advanced topics like c…

One could argue that one has to be weird to try drugs. I know one guy for sure how went straight to psychiatry right after first time mushroom usage. I don't know whether he was be…

> But how about creating the LaTex notes after class as a method to help retain the information? I recommend solving exercises instead (with pen and paper), and creating flash card…

In my math classes there was one guy who took notes with LaTex. He was quite fast due to his tweaked Emacs environment. He also uploaded his notes and the sources to some public SC…

Where I grew up, basically every youngster did drugs to escape the boredom of the 90s, as being trapped in their smallish german home towns. People did mostly cheap drugs like cann…

No TV consumption, no social media like Reddit, Twitter or Facebook. I don't buy newspapers and seldom magazines. My smartphone is only for traveling and snapshots, I leave it at h…

Lesson of the article: Professional poker is surprisingly hard and people regularly get broke because they don't factor in their expenses. Now, if one replaces "professional poker"…

That's pure clickbait. Here one can find the original speech of Maas: https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/newsroom/maas-konferenz-2... He actually said, he "dares to predict the nex…