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Of all the movies Kinski has done I saw Aguirre and "The Great Silence". I really liked Aguirre because it has a more positive vibe to it. The anti-happy-end of "The Great Silence"…

Thank you, now it makes sense to me! :)

Why are you so specific about 3)? If it's a joke, then sorry, I don't get it. :)

I hate to write this, but it must be more expensive than $80 to raise, brain-wash and train a human to become a suicide bomber..?

I was thinking more about resources like clean air and water. Humans used to pollute rivers and air because they treated it as a free resource. However, the cost of air pollution a…

Not a contradiction. The capitalism Smith describes is actually fair.

Well, in theory anarcho-capitalism should also ensure a fair distribution of resources. It's one of several currents of the Libertarian philosophy. I found an interesting write-up …

Hey, I thought the same when reading this paragraph! :) Are you in for living in the woods and preying for food when humanity becomes a society of degenerate VR junkies?

> I hope one day to be as passionate about _something_ as he seems to be about everything... The last time I've been so passionate about something was when I was around 10 or 12. S…

The real hard part comes after the initial novelty and the quick progress fade away: Staying motivated to do regular workouts without getting faster or lifting more weights every w…

> one Twitter post away from having your pick of three companies Can't concur on that one. I've been looking for more than a year for a job after graduation and getting through tho…

Not sure which part of Europe you are speaking of, but I have to pay around 15% of my income for the (mandatory) insurance, which then provides me with (almost) unlimited health ca…

> How much do you pay into those if you're not earning anything? Afaik (and I really don't know for sure, because luckily I had never the misfortune to need it) it is paid by the w…

I live in Germany, and health care at a bare minimum is around 150-200€/month, which is the "social" tariff. We also have a pension system, but you also need to pay a monthly contr…

Honest question: How do you handle health care issues? And how do you plan for times when you're more likely of not being able to do physical work anymore (in your 70 or 80s)?

I think because this would be only about being self-sustained, without generating additional income. And there lie the downsides: No early retirement, no health care, no social ins…

I can't answer the question for OP, but for me it would be * Pursuing my own goals * Working directly on something which benefits me * A lot less boring than sitting in the office …

I'm really curious about database development. What level of experience are you looking for? Are you open to remote work?

> Führerbunker You know that it is these kind of things that makes you look immature and discreditable no matter how valid your arguments are? Don't get me wrong, I'm not judging. …

If only there would be a way to write a high level description of a web server which shomehow gets translated into assembly.. :) Just kidding, nice effort!

Personally, I prefer to get wasted every now and then, instead of getting into the habit of consuming a tiny amount of alcohol every day. But to each their own.. I also strongly be…

For more awesomeness have a look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VA-111_Shkval

Back in 2006 I had an internship at Siemens. In that particular building where I worked they still had a Paternoster elevator running. Always made me feel a bit uneasy to jump on t…

I'll do the screencast for the beer only. :)

My first thought was that this sounds like an idea taken from microkernels. Is this a correct analogy? Would it be sufficient to use libos and fuse to call the Linux kernel a micro…