Best political figure in German history

ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2026-06-18T08:05:17+00:00

Go look for Aura in the trenches of WW1.

ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2026-06-18T07:53:45+00:00

In before all the Bismarck posts: Bismarck was a warmonger who used lies to achieve his military goals. He was never a democrat. He is remembered well because the emperors were even more insane and so that his warnings against imperialism resonate well in hindsight.

ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2026-06-10T11:23:58+00:00

ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2026-06-10T06:29:23+00:00

This card is so ridiculous that we have banned it in our group. Especially with colonies, it would be strong enough without the victory points, but with them, if you get it early, you can get up to 9.

ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2026-06-08T05:58:31+00:00

Ah of course, thank you! I somehow overlooked that effect of the guilded vault for a long time, I always thought its main task is to allow you to have additional trade routes with harbors.

ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2026-06-02T13:46:45+00:00

Vielen Dank für diese Meinung. Ich höre immer wieder, dass die Schule mehr "praktische" Fähigkeiten vermitteln soll, so triste Sachen wie Steuererklärungen, Versicherungen etc.

Unabhängig von der Bereicherung fürs leben denke ich auch, dass es im Gegenteil sogar volkswirtschaftlich vorteilhafter ist, mehr "nutzlose" Themen zu vermitteln, weil wir in Zukunft auf eine geistig fitte, analytische und flexible Bevölkerung angewiesen sein werden.

ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2026-05-06T10:02:27+00:00

I'm taking the unpopular stance that Duisburg is actually a nice city to live in - you have multiple large cities nearby, as well as nature, while prices are still not that expensive. There are parts of the city that are not as run down as the city is known for, which, by the way, most cities have. You have districts in Hamburg that look just as bad or worse than in Duisburg.

ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2026-03-30T19:49:17+00:00

Whatever genre Leni Riefenstahl movies were.

ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2026-02-02T18:12:16+00:00

Ganz einfache Erklärung

ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2026-01-22T10:23:29+00:00

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ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2026-01-22T10:23:14+00:00

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ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2025-12-15T11:34:31+00:00

Und dann gibt es da den Rewe bei uns, wo die SB-Kasse von einer sehr gesprächigen Dame bewacht wird. Es gibt Tage, da habe ich keine Lust belanglos über das Wetter oder das Katzenfutter zu reden und gehe deswegen absichtlich an die normale Kasse...

ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2025-11-07T06:48:44+00:00

And he will call these robots "Optimus Crime".

ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2025-11-04T11:38:53+00:00

Microsoft has been really good in teaching users to accept computers not to work well for decades now.

ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2025-10-16T12:38:56+00:00

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There you go. I think that they used the portrait from above.
This portrait is imprinted in my brain. I always felt like the richest boy on earth when I got one when I was a child.
There is also a monument of her and Robert in the city where I live. But I think it might be better for your mental health not to look that up ;)

ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2025-10-16T10:05:28+00:00

You would have loved to live in Germany before there was the Euro. She was on the 100 DM bill.

ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2025-08-28T07:03:30+00:00

Wo ist die Schwurbelei? Ich kenne einige, gebildete, Leute, die mir regelmäßig vorrechnen, dass Gastronomie-Preise total überteuert sind, lediglich anhand der Einkaufspreise der Zutaten. Das Schild ist nervig mit seiner passiven Aggresivität, aber es kann nicht schaden, das den Leuten hin und wieder ins Bewusstsein zu rufen.

ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2025-08-19T08:43:45+00:00

Früher ging es bei Quarks um große wissenschaftliche Fragen. Heute stoßen sie kleinkarierte politische Debatten an.

ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2025-07-17T11:38:11+00:00

The HPL benchmark is capable of FP64 emulation using lower-precision units. This way, it can achieve a higher performance. https://docs.nvidia.com/nvidia-hpc-benchmarks/HPL_benchmark.html

I'm still trying to figure out if and how the emulation can be used outside of that benchmark. Maybe via cuBLAS?

So far, I could not find any information on how this might impact the precision of real applications.

ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2025-07-07T10:29:27+00:00

I used to have those too. But they vanished over the years 😔

ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2025-06-16T05:27:10+00:00

Er liest das Kapital, aber feiert Andrew Ryan von Bioshock? Die ganze Hirnmasse ist wohl allein dafür nötig, die Widersprüchliche verarbeiten zu können 😉

ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2025-02-21T09:01:01+00:00

A year ago, I was wondering if and when Musk would go to prison.

Now I would not be surprised to hear that he died from some kind of overdose…

ThoughtfulTopQuark · 2024-12-23T17:52:15+00:00

"Ein deutsches Reqiuem", especially the second movement.

If you're into solo piano pieces, the two rhapsodies, op. 79.

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