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They can’t be made in a factory and thus the learning effect is very small (if it even exists - nuclear reactors have increased in price).

I doubt it. The current system is a local optimum. Better local optimums already exist elsewhere. In The Netherlands, direct online payments using debit cards are very common. Thes…

Burn biomass (plants) in a power plant to generate electricity, then store the carbon dioxide in empty gas fields. This is called BECCS, Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage […

Here's an interview with the photo operator, in Dutch: https://nos.nl/artikel/2377417-fotofinish-operator-amstel-go... Interviewer: Is it possible that the photo was taken a wee bi…

I was in the same situation and just made sure to always pay an amount in euro that would definitely be too much in Swedish Crowns once converted. Better to pay 1% extra than to lo…

It helps because words describing a profession, a person or something animate are usually male/female. The same goes in Dutch, where "de" refers to male/female and "het" to neutrum…

How come this is legal in the US? It’s extremely unfair toward other businesses that are too small to coerce the government to make a tax exemption for their individual business. T…

But why do you let the students grade the course after they've already gotten a grade? That's insane. In my university, you'd get a paper for the teacher and course review after ha…

It should come from adding value and thereby growing the economy, which is then reflected in an increase in the money supply.

Great, so you made $50k because your $200k house is now worth $250k - a 25% increase. You now have a family and bigger income and are looking at a bigger house priced $500k. You ar…

I’m Dutch too. This technique was mentioned in the book I read to prepare for the theoretical part of the drivers license exam. I never saw anyone use it in practice.

Don't forget that car companies plan years ahead. Setting an end-date like this brings the subject on the table of the car companies' board rooms.

Correct. Source: I'm Dutch. Related article: https://www.rnw.org/archive/amsterdam-tourists-mad-about-tru...

Certainly not all EU Governments are elected. In The Netherlands, for example, you vote for Parliament. Parliamentary leaders then seek an agreement and propose a cabinet, which is…

New countries joining the EU are obliged to adopt the euro once they meet the economic requirements. Only some of the pre-euro members have negotiated an opt-out. Also note that th…

Some greenhouse farmers use geothermal energy, but this is far from a common energy source. It's been suggested that this might be our way to get off of natural gas, though. (After…

> DDG "The Web is an error condition" and you'll find a far-too-true-to-be-good rant on that topic. Actually, when I DDG this phrase, the only result is your comment in this thread…

Re. 1: Actually, there is an effect. There are even two effects: medium-value customers spend more, while high-value consumers spend less. Unfortunately for King, these two effects…

This is pretty much what happens in Scandinavian countries. E.g. in Sweden, parents each get three months of paternal leave. An additional part of the paternal leave can be divided…

Richard Stallman wrote the GNU GPL. Eben Moglen assisted in writing version 3.

Isn't that just horrible? A secure messaging service that requires a google account for installation.

In Germany your arguably "lower" income comes with healthcare, unemployment insurance and pension rights, which probably makes up for the difference.

It would be nice to see a summary of the projects and their effects after finishing the quiz. By that time, I had already forgotten about some and wondered what the answers were.

You mean like an electric car which you can only "buy" with a rental contract for the batteries? One which comes with DRM that allows the manufacturer to remotely stop you from cha…

I had to think of Fred Dibnah's steam car. https://youtu.be/XvjHxXl8KYI?t=4m2s