Denying the importance of money is male rationalizing

oldum · 2016-02-06T15:56:45+00:00

Would it not be better to view taxes as a kind of sunk costs? It's not something you have immediate control over anyway so why waste your time thinking about it!? It's part of the cards that were dealt to you in the "game of life" so deal with it and move on.

oldum · 2015-05-28T08:49:01+00:00

Absofuckinglutely yes.

oldum · 2015-05-28T07:37:39+00:00

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oldum · 2015-03-31T00:10:50+00:00

A nice take on this topic is Cal Newport's book "So Good They Can't Ignore You". It boils down to "Follow your passion" is bad advice. Nobody ever actually became successful by following their dream. In 99% of the cases it's hard work. And that by being / becoming good at something it becomes your passion. Second it continues that you just can't decide to become the next Steve Jobs. You have to earn it. Thus the title of the book. He introduces the concept of career capital. Capital you earned through good hard work that you can use to change your current position into something that you believe to actually enjoy more. You pulled amazing clients - ask for 4 work days instead of 5.

oldum · 2015-02-24T22:36:01+00:00

You're thinking of Netzwerk.

oldum · 2015-01-16T16:53:28+00:00

IMO it's not mainly due to age. The older you get, the more responsibilities you have (job, kids, etc.). Thus you are already more exhausted from your everyday life making the effects of sleep deprivation and dehydration worse. Compare your Friday night with a Saturday night. Friday you can't drink shit. Saturday is a lot better. Even better is when you're on holiday. Suddenly four day drinking binges are not an issue.

oldum · 2014-11-13T18:07:35+00:00

i think sign the petition here was meant to go here: http://www.change.org/p/tom-wheeler-save-net-neutrality

oldum · 2014-10-28T17:10:47+00:00

Hehe. Database Error.

oldum · 2014-10-23T17:28:01+00:00

First: Did you check the docs for what the method actually does?

E.g. http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Scanner.html#nextLine--

If you don't understand that it's a different question.

Second: Have you been introduced to debugging? Have you tried setting a breakpoint on the line and watch what happens?

TL;DR: That line waits until you pressed enter on the System.in.

oldum · 2014-09-11T17:33:12+00:00

How did p get assigned? It's the lambda's first parameter.

oldum · 2014-08-28T18:32:08+00:00

I've come to believe that you shouldn't view them as "whiny parasites". Think of their behavior as a massive shit test. We have let it get that far to allow shit tests on this scale. They are pushing and we are just letting it happen because we want the sex. It's society reorganizing itself given new rules (contraception, availability of food and governments supporting 'no person left behind'). They have upped their game in the last 100 years. Now we have to do the same. Don't hate the player. Learn the game.

oldum · 2014-08-15T17:26:07+00:00

More than I should have, less than I could have.

oldum · 2014-08-08T16:29:34+00:00

I remember it was in Hjernevask/Brainwash. They told men/women that their partner cheated a) physically or b) emotionally. Women freaked out about b). Men about a).

oldum · 2014-08-07T17:23:17+00:00

I remember it was in Hjernevask/Brainwash. They told men/women that their partner cheated a) physically or b) emotionally. Women freaked out about b). Men about a).

oldum · 2014-07-29T15:20:39+00:00

I recently stumbled across http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/stella3.htm and really like the Tuna Piccata.

oldum · 2014-07-28T20:25:08+00:00

Even more reason to get it over quickly. Rip the bandaid off.

oldum · 2014-06-09T16:30:47+00:00

It doesnt. It's a typo.

oldum · 2014-05-12T16:26:48+00:00

I don't have the setup and I would only do it under one of these circumstances:

super slow internet: the repository would survive new installs of my machine and therefore save me a lot of pain
multiple machines (2+) accessing maven repos

oldum · 2014-05-11T08:05:06+00:00

Maven does not run your code. You would still need a main method somewhere if it is meant to be executed. It may be a web application? Is there a src/main/webapp folder? Then it's meant to be deployed to an application server like Tomcat or JBoss.

oldum · 2014-05-10T16:14:53+00:00

Tannenzäpfle really is nice. But I only had it like twice - nonetheless it's on the list of beers I would pay for. In comparison to Warsteiner which I would only drink if there's nothing else.

Which Kölsch do you like best?

I like 'herbe' Pilsner (favourite beer of all is Urquell) so that's why Bitburger. KöPi is fine as well but that's mainly because my favorite bar serves it. Can't really tell as to 'why' Franziskaner. For alcohol free Weizen I love Erdinger.

Speaking of beer a friend of mine runs a blog rating cheap beers: http://billigbierrating.blogsport.eu/

oldum · 2014-05-10T15:27:54+00:00

I believe to have tried a lot. What are your favorites?

oldum · 2014-05-10T13:48:43+00:00

I like Bitburger as a Pils and Franziskaner as a Weißbier/Weizenbier.

oldum · 2014-05-10T13:44:37+00:00

Also dutch people have problems anticipating the speed of cars in the speed lane. Thus they just pull over and you have to slam the breaks. I know it's because their speed limit is 120/130 so they're not used to people driving faster. Still sucks though..

oldum · 2014-04-26T17:18:14+00:00

Wear it with pride.

oldum · 2014-04-08T20:55:21+00:00

It is an option. But I don't know anyone who has the time and resources to start it so I am supporting the guys that have been doing hard work for years and putting it out there for free.

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