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While it is true that securing funding for new ventures is much easier in the US compared to Europe, the question how much this contributes to the building of successful and sustai…

I usually listen to podcasts for about 6 hours per week while working out. Mostly these podcasts offer a shallow introduction into a topic, often even point towards the literature …

Should of course be nuclear.

The trigger for the decision was not the recent Chernobyl series but the Fukushima incident combined with an important election. If Fukushima would have happened a month later, Ger…

Sadly, it's not always that easy. A large amount of swiss property is owned by pension funds, which are legally limited in their possible investments. So increasing the supply of h…

From a european perspective, eating out is a luxury. Eating out once a week is considered spendy where I live.

Modernize public transit to better connect the outer quarters. Build new apartments on these outer areas.

Luxury housing, too, does create supply. Prohibiting the construction of luxury apartments will just end with rich people paying luxury money for standard apartments thus raising p…

While smartphone camera sensors have come a long way, lens technology did not progress as much. You still have a fixed focal length and quite small fixed aperture. This means that …

That's actually wrong. An employer can require you to inform him about side jobs but is legally not allowed to prohibit you from taking a side job unless you work against his inter…

Holy Moly, they seemed to just have changed the player a few hours ago. And you're problem seems fixed.

Here's the problem: Merkel can't politically justify to give Greece more german taxpayer money because it isn't spent wisely. After 5 years of crisis, Greece still has a primary de…

This strike is so ridiculous. I agree that warehouse work isn't the easiest work(physically), but that's part of not being skilled. If you take a look at the wages Amazon pays (10€…

This strike is so ridiculous. I agree that warehouse work isn't the easiest work(physically), but that's part of not being skilled. If you take a look at the wages Amazon pays (10€…