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>I wish more of the internet was like this. I love that they're hosted on their own websits, too. Like the hamsterdance and other stupid things from the 90s. So much fun stuff nowa…

>You can see this in how ArianneSpace and ULA are trying to get to their next generation of vehicles (which won't be competitive in terms of re-usability) Arianespace is a company …

Are you saying resources get hurled into space when we use them? Also, value can increase in a finite resources environment. For example, my iphone is worth a lot more, and is a lo…

So, if you're looking at .gov as a service provider, why give it a monopoly on providing those services if that makes its users dependent on it? Roads may be a little tricky, of co…

It'd be surreal if the stars on their flags were bookmarks.

>not once did I see someone question if the government even has a right to determine who is allowed to be married, and why is should be involved at all. This has literally been the…

I'm not sure. I was in Maastricht for a few months in 92 when the treaty was being signed. Maastricht is a border town between Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Every bar and r…

France: "Why use your internet when we've got our own minitel?"

>Euro as a common currency makes travel super convenient for example, not to mention the Schengen area and open borders. Perhaps the various recommendations made in the late 80s an…

You might be right. Very unusual comments indeed. And ridiculous, too. Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but so much commenting here is literally just a catalogue of received i…

Like others here, I don't think WP is terrible if you look at it through the eyes of their typical users. I also disagree that nobody is building a better WP: I recently started wo…

>If your kid learns the alphabet at 4 or at 8, what's the difference? It's a huge difference. As soon as a kid can read, they can learn in a way that isn't just you telling them st…

>The fundamental problem is you can't have a partial union. I imagine you're talking about the monetary union, because it is of course possible to have partial unions in the EU (ma…

I've been directing creative brainstorms for many years, and reconsidering things we take for granted, like square wheels, is exactly what we do to trigger new ideas and solutions …

We live in a fast-changing world. Just because something was good for Germany/Greece once, doesn't mean that is still the case. I'm reminded of something PG wrote in a recent essay…

Not quite. The gold bull run of the 70s peaked at $850. So, even if you bought an ounce of gold at its peak, you'd be getting about $1300 for it today. Cash, on the other hand, wou…

>the only reason people purchase a stock is for that stock to be worth more in the future It depends on what you're interested in. Warren Buffett buys shares in companies he never …

Indeed (in der Tat), it's a remarkably easy language to learn for Anglo-saxons. Many words are even spelt the same way. Lamp lamp Light licht Arm arm Hand hand Finger finger Often …

Indeed. Sorry, I guess I'm showing my age assuming everyone knows which one I meant. Here it is: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Apple_iM...

Funnily enough, I too have often wondered about that. I've also often wondered why your gender is the state's business at all. One way to make the whole gay marriage thing a non-is…

Good point re: keyboard and mouse. Especially the round mouse, just looking at that gives me a funny feeling in the metacarpals.

Re: Stanislaw Lem. You're right, he definitely feels like he belongs in the Soviet writers context. You can tell the difference in culture, context, commercial preoccupations, etc.…