The electoral system is there to prevent the large states from stomping on the small states.
This. Nationwide Clinton got 2.8 million votes more than Trump. In California her advantage was 4.2 million. That's exactly the situation Electoral college was designed for: one heavy populated state flips the nationwide vote.
That is why you need more university students from abroad: they are much more likely to integrate into the German society than refugees or foreign low-skilled workers.
Funny, just today an intern where I work told me that she wants to go to TU Ilmenau to study electrical engineering. This university has indeed a good reputation.
Otherwise, my story is similar to yours except that when I've started 2002 to study for Dipl.-Inf. (comparable with M.Sc. in computer sciences) there were no tuition costs. They were introduced later, but my university has adopted the approach of charging long-term students only. So I could get a degree with no debt which is nice. After the university I've decided to stay in Germany. Sure, the taxes are somewhat high. I pay them gladly though so anyone willing and capable can get top education like I did regardless of how much money the parents have.
In the US college degree is now what high school was earlier: bare minimum required. The system where you basically force a great swath of your generation to take on a debt to be able to achieve that minimum is utterly broken given that they cannot even default on this debt. I was offered more pay in the US, but I won't be going. I'd rather not be supporting such a system and becoming part of the problem.
As for federal holidays: there are 13 of them in our federal country (Bavaria). This year we have 9 of them which are not Saturday or Sunday. Our company also has a policy of "bridge days": if a holiday is on Tuesday then the company's building is closed on Monday. Same with a holiday on Thursday: the "bridge" day is Friday then. You have either to take a vacation or to spend accumulated overtime. This usually leads to an extra vacation week on Christmas. But such rule is not common.
If you absolutely want to work on the weekend or on a holiday, you have to jump over some major hurdles: you can't work alone and you have to notify the security and the management in advance. It is being frowned upon either.
The US concept of sick days is pretty alien here in Germany. You can be sick for up to three days in a row without doctor's notice. If you're sick longer than three days in a row, you need a doctor's notice. But there is no limit set: neither the employer nor the employee can really predict how long one will be sick.
It is seen as a better alternative to employees showing up sick and probably contagious because they don't want to lose money. Last winter I had to take medical leave quite often, probably had had any flu virus that was around. No complains from management whatsoever. My superior was worried about the state of my immune system though and has recommended that I make some additional medical tests to be sure.
So my 6 weeks are guaranteed, if I'm sick, I simply call sick. No change to available vacation days.
In the industry I work the unions have enforced contracts to prevent the abuse you are talking about (Germany).
38-hour weeks are an exception here with 35 being the norm. We are basically forbidden to work more than 10 hours a day. It is not forbidden per se, but the law states that you cannot operate a vehicle after more than 10 hours of work and the company is therefore required to pay for the taxi home. So it is being frowned upon and if you work longer than 10 hours your superior is in big trouble.
Vacations are mandatory, 30 days per year (6 weeks in US terms) +1 extra day for Christmas. You have to take them, otherwise your superior is in trouble. Same with overtime: if you have too much of it, you have to take some days off. And you're getting paid extra if you take a mandatory vacation.
Many engineers here are not happy with the rules but they also understand why these are in place.
I was offered a job in the USA once with almost double the payment. But after I have calculated missing vacation days, overtime insurance costs, vacation and Christmas bonuses etc. I found out that per-hour payment is better here.
Technically speaking, the Authobahns are indeed unrestricted except when the road signs state otherwise. Such restrictions are pretty common though: areas with heavy traffic, bad roads, slightly sharper curves etc.
The MooseTick's comparison to the real estate agents is valid. Not everyone is selling crappy houses because there's demand for good ones too. But quantity above quality principle is still valid here. Why risk losing a contract on a salary negotiation trying to make additional $300 when there's $9000 at stake?
Maybe that's just me, but I could secure a better job by myself than anything offered by recruiters. They usually got me offers which have nothing to do with my desired area which is embedded programming. Then again, it's pretty close to full employment amongst software developers in Germany nowadays.
> So if you want to look at it another way, given I am paid a % markup, I want you to get paid the most I can negotiate for you.
No, you don't. You want to give your "candidate" a job as soon as possible, any job. Two people with crappy wages will net you more than one high-salaried person for whom you have to spend twice the effort.
You have interesting labour laws in the US. I am (as a software engineer) officially not allowed to work more than 10 hours a day. If I do so, the company is obliged to pay for the taxi home. It's kind of a tough rule especially if you get caught in solving a tricky problem on a regular basis:-) Work on the Weekends and official holidays is not allowed as well: I can't even get into the building without a special permission by the management. And we are basically forced to take vacations, 30 days per year.
It comes at a price, of course: the taxes in Germany are pretty high and the wages are somewhat lower. Still, wouldn't want to swap our system for the US's.
I've been told once that the managers in the US love to have indebted employees as they will put up with all kind of crap being thrown at them. You can't really force a dev to show up on the Weekends co clear the mess you've created if such dev is able to quit any time and has enough on his savings account to look for a more fitting job for at least a year without having to change his standards of living. And if a team loses a somewhat important dev in the middle of blowing the deadline then the manager is in trouble himself. So it should be basic logic to treat such a guy well.
On the other hand, someone who has to pay a loan for the house, for the car, for all the other fancy stuff he's leasing and lives from paycheck to paycheck will do anything to keep his job. No need to give him a raise, he'll be working anyway.
That's interesting. Not the bestiality, but the stats. Do you know any reliable sources for that? Sounds plausible at the very least. There are indications that the availability of porn reduces "conventional" rapes as well.
If no child is being harmed in the process of making such a drawing then it should be ignored. Sure, it's sick drawing them but the CP laws were created to protect children which are "starred" therein, not to protect some moral values. If the drawing is hyper-realistic than IMO the drawer should be investigated whether he or she had children "models" involved to create such a drawing.
- Creating CP should be illegal, buying CP — too. On this we may all agree. - Downloading and keeping CP is at the very worst like not reporting a crime to the police. The question arises what to do with the possession of all the beheading videos then. - Mangas, drawings and 3D renders should not be legally prosecuted.
I don't know of any science about the effects of CP-like imagery. I do recall reading however that the rapes go down if availability of porn increases. Which may be the case with pedos as well. Keep in mind though that the majority of abuses are done by the people living in the same household as the victim, not random strangers who saw some imagery on the internet. And that problem cannot be solved by making arbitrary things on the web illegal.
In some states where corporation run the prisons it is already the case. For example Management & Training Corp. had a contract with Arizona's government that the latter should keep the prisons at 97 percent full or pay fines. Such provision is actually common in a majority of America's private prison contracts.
Don't the bulbs have 2 years warranty? I've made some calculation and saw that for my usage an LED bulb will pay back within two years (Germany has high electricity prices too). It's a win-win compared to ordinary bulbs then: either it's on 2 years warranty or you've saved more money than you've spent.
I have more than 30 LED bulbs in my household, various sizes and sockets. Plus a dozen at my parent's place which I gave them because I've replaced my older LED bulbs with brighter ones. For more than two years since I have started buying them, not a single one broke. And I buy whichever goes, sometimes the cheapest option.
Having computer illiterate relatives myself, I have created a few simple scripts and use SSH port forwarding.
Each relative's computer gets a unique port (yes, the system is not really scalable) and connects on network start to my server. This is done via a script in Networkmanager's dispatcher.d. I simply have to connect to my server using SSH with a specific port to get into the relative's PC. Also there is port forwarding for VNC for the cases where a console isn't enough. Should work with any kind of firewall. The system relies on keys, not passwords so it should be relatively safe. There is single point of failure though, but all the keys are backed up and setting a new SSH server in case the old one is broken is a trivial task.
And for the cases when something is really broken, there's a LiveCD created for the sole purpose of connecting to my server and giving me a reverse port so I can chroot into a broken system or simply try and safe what's left on the hard disk. The LiveCD starts without asking the user *anything* and has all the Wi-Fi keys. Every relative gets a copy.
The relatives in question live in other towns and even in other countries. So it's crucial that nothing gets broken. Therefore the relatives use LTS versions only. Have switched from Ubuntu to Mint some time ago because of a more familiar interface. Other reason for LTS is that I won't risk upgrading the whole system when I am some thousands kilometres away.
The relatives must be willing to use Linux and to accept that I have full control over their PCs. In my case the choice I gave was "Linux or do it yourself". And they appreciate that I can solve their problems without having them to do anything.
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The electoral system is there to prevent the large states from stomping on the small states.
This. Nationwide Clinton got 2.8 million votes more than Trump. In California her advantage was 4.2 million. That's exactly the situation Electoral college was designed for: one heavy populated state flips the nationwide vote.
What would be interesting if just relaxing and e.g. listening to your favourite music for an hour would produce similar results.
On the other hand, "Akademik Lomonosov" powership has twice the needed capacity (2x 32 MW reactors).
Such a tank is perfect for concealing time of death: body is permanently kept warm.
Maybe I've watched too much Columbo.
What if Putin tries to influence the Brexit's outcome with media reports about possible influence over Brexit's outcome by Putin?
That is why you need more university students from abroad: they are much more likely to integrate into the German society than refugees or foreign low-skilled workers.
Funny, just today an intern where I work told me that she wants to go to TU Ilmenau to study electrical engineering. This university has indeed a good reputation.
Otherwise, my story is similar to yours except that when I've started 2002 to study for Dipl.-Inf. (comparable with M.Sc. in computer sciences) there were no tuition costs. They were introduced later, but my university has adopted the approach of charging long-term students only. So I could get a degree with no debt which is nice. After the university I've decided to stay in Germany. Sure, the taxes are somewhat high. I pay them gladly though so anyone willing and capable can get top education like I did regardless of how much money the parents have.
In the US college degree is now what high school was earlier: bare minimum required. The system where you basically force a great swath of your generation to take on a debt to be able to achieve that minimum is utterly broken given that they cannot even default on this debt. I was offered more pay in the US, but I won't be going. I'd rather not be supporting such a system and becoming part of the problem.
As for federal holidays: there are 13 of them in our federal country (Bavaria). This year we have 9 of them which are not Saturday or Sunday. Our company also has a policy of "bridge days": if a holiday is on Tuesday then the company's building is closed on Monday. Same with a holiday on Thursday: the "bridge" day is Friday then. You have either to take a vacation or to spend accumulated overtime. This usually leads to an extra vacation week on Christmas. But such rule is not common.
If you absolutely want to work on the weekend or on a holiday, you have to jump over some major hurdles: you can't work alone and you have to notify the security and the management in advance. It is being frowned upon either.
The US concept of sick days is pretty alien here in Germany. You can be sick for up to three days in a row without doctor's notice. If you're sick longer than three days in a row, you need a doctor's notice. But there is no limit set: neither the employer nor the employee can really predict how long one will be sick.
It is seen as a better alternative to employees showing up sick and probably contagious because they don't want to lose money. Last winter I had to take medical leave quite often, probably had had any flu virus that was around. No complains from management whatsoever. My superior was worried about the state of my immune system though and has recommended that I make some additional medical tests to be sure.
So my 6 weeks are guaranteed, if I'm sick, I simply call sick. No change to available vacation days.
In the industry I work the unions have enforced contracts to prevent the abuse you are talking about (Germany).
38-hour weeks are an exception here with 35 being the norm. We are basically forbidden to work more than 10 hours a day. It is not forbidden per se, but the law states that you cannot operate a vehicle after more than 10 hours of work and the company is therefore required to pay for the taxi home. So it is being frowned upon and if you work longer than 10 hours your superior is in big trouble.
Vacations are mandatory, 30 days per year (6 weeks in US terms) +1 extra day for Christmas. You have to take them, otherwise your superior is in trouble. Same with overtime: if you have too much of it, you have to take some days off. And you're getting paid extra if you take a mandatory vacation.
Many engineers here are not happy with the rules but they also understand why these are in place.
I was offered a job in the USA once with almost double the payment. But after I have calculated missing vacation days, overtime insurance costs, vacation and Christmas bonuses etc. I found out that per-hour payment is better here.
AFAIK, there is no such rule in Europe (yet).
Dumb as a box of hammers, looking to spend taxpayer money on unproven voodoo, and this guy is a conservative??
Well, yes. I fail to see the contradiction though.
As far as single mothers go -- yes.
Technically speaking, the Authobahns are indeed unrestricted except when the road signs state otherwise.
Such restrictions are pretty common though: areas with heavy traffic, bad roads, slightly sharper curves etc.
The MooseTick's comparison to the real estate agents is valid. Not everyone is selling crappy houses because there's demand for good ones too. But quantity above quality principle is still valid here. Why risk losing a contract on a salary negotiation trying to make additional $300 when there's $9000 at stake?
Maybe that's just me, but I could secure a better job by myself than anything offered by recruiters. They usually got me offers which have nothing to do with my desired area which is embedded programming. Then again, it's pretty close to full employment amongst software developers in Germany nowadays.
> So if you want to look at it another way, given I am paid a % markup, I want you to get paid the most I can negotiate for you.
No, you don't. You want to give your "candidate" a job as soon as possible, any job. Two people with crappy wages will net you more than one high-salaried person for whom you have to spend twice the effort.
What implications are there for encrypted LVMs? Is it advisable to run such a setup on an SSD anyway or will it break some internal algorithms?
You have interesting labour laws in the US. I am (as a software engineer) officially not allowed to work more than 10 hours a day. If I do so, the company is obliged to pay for the taxi home. It's kind of a tough rule especially if you get caught in solving a tricky problem on a regular basis :-) Work on the Weekends and official holidays is not allowed as well: I can't even get into the building without a special permission by the management. And we are basically forced to take vacations, 30 days per year.
It comes at a price, of course: the taxes in Germany are pretty high and the wages are somewhat lower. Still, wouldn't want to swap our system for the US's.
I've been told once that the managers in the US love to have indebted employees as they will put up with all kind of crap being thrown at them.
You can't really force a dev to show up on the Weekends co clear the mess you've created if such dev is able to quit any time and has enough on his savings account to look for a more fitting job for at least a year without having to change his standards of living. And if a team loses a somewhat important dev in the middle of blowing the deadline then the manager is in trouble himself. So it should be basic logic to treat such a guy well.
On the other hand, someone who has to pay a loan for the house, for the car, for all the other fancy stuff he's leasing and lives from paycheck to paycheck will do anything to keep his job. No need to give him a raise, he'll be working anyway.
That's interesting. Not the bestiality, but the stats. Do you know any reliable sources for that? Sounds plausible at the very least. There are indications that the availability of porn reduces "conventional" rapes as well.
If no child is being harmed in the process of making such a drawing then it should be ignored. Sure, it's sick drawing them but the CP laws were created to protect children which are "starred" therein, not to protect some moral values. If the drawing is hyper-realistic than IMO the drawer should be investigated whether he or she had children "models" involved to create such a drawing.
- Creating CP should be illegal, buying CP — too. On this we may all agree.
- Downloading and keeping CP is at the very worst like not reporting a crime to the police. The question arises what to do with the possession of all the beheading videos then.
- Mangas, drawings and 3D renders should not be legally prosecuted.
I don't know of any science about the effects of CP-like imagery. I do recall reading however that the rapes go down if availability of porn increases. Which may be the case with pedos as well. Keep in mind though that the majority of abuses are done by the people living in the same household as the victim, not random strangers who saw some imagery on the internet. And that problem cannot be solved by making arbitrary things on the web illegal.
In some states where corporation run the prisons it is already the case. For example Management & Training Corp. had a contract with Arizona's government that the latter should keep the prisons at 97 percent full or pay fines. Such provision is actually common in a majority of America's private prison contracts.
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At least in Germany buildings and structures with large glass panels have stickers depicting predatory birds on them so other bird would stay away.
Don't the bulbs have 2 years warranty? I've made some calculation and saw that for my usage an LED bulb will pay back within two years (Germany has high electricity prices too). It's a win-win compared to ordinary bulbs then: either it's on 2 years warranty or you've saved more money than you've spent.
I have more than 30 LED bulbs in my household, various sizes and sockets. Plus a dozen at my parent's place which I gave them because I've replaced my older LED bulbs with brighter ones. For more than two years since I have started buying them, not a single one broke. And I buy whichever goes, sometimes the cheapest option.
Having computer illiterate relatives myself, I have created a few simple scripts and use SSH port forwarding.
Each relative's computer gets a unique port (yes, the system is not really scalable) and connects on network start to my server. This is done via a script in Networkmanager's dispatcher.d. I simply have to connect to my server using SSH with a specific port to get into the relative's PC. Also there is port forwarding for VNC for the cases where a console isn't enough. Should work with any kind of firewall. The system relies on keys, not passwords so it should be relatively safe. There is single point of failure though, but all the keys are backed up and setting a new SSH server in case the old one is broken is a trivial task.
And for the cases when something is really broken, there's a LiveCD created for the sole purpose of connecting to my server and giving me a reverse port so I can chroot into a broken system or simply try and safe what's left on the hard disk. The LiveCD starts without asking the user *anything* and has all the Wi-Fi keys. Every relative gets a copy.
The relatives in question live in other towns and even in other countries. So it's crucial that nothing gets broken. Therefore the relatives use LTS versions only. Have switched from Ubuntu to Mint some time ago because of a more familiar interface. Other reason for LTS is that I won't risk upgrading the whole system when I am some thousands kilometres away.
The relatives must be willing to use Linux and to accept that I have full control over their PCs. In my case the choice I gave was "Linux or do it yourself". And they appreciate that I can solve their problems without having them to do anything.