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26 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments ReviewAndAnalysisChris [CH] $0.11
Immanuel Kant's Categorical Imperative states:—Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law. In other words, one should pursue an action only if they would be happy to engage in this a...
25 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments ReviewAndAnalysisChris [CH] $0.09
When my finance students ask me to describe the right way to answer a question, I always remember an apocryphal story about a physics student at the University of Copenhagen who once faced the following challenge: Describe how to determine the height...
10 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments mgaft1 $0.01
That topic brought to memory Pushkin's story "Барышня-Крестьянка" that I can perhaps translate as Lady-Pesant. It is a story takes us back to the beginning of the 19th century. At that time 90% of the Russian population were serfs, which is, omitting...
6 Feb 2020 2 minute read 1 comment mgaft1 $0.05
The multistory building where I currently reside has many security gates: to the building, to the living quarters, etc. Every time people go through those gates they have to put their fingers into a finger recognition panel. Usually, this works like...
5 Feb 2020 1 minute read 1 comment mgaft1 $0.03
She was looking, first to the right, then to the left - just like her forefathers had taught her. For Tsypa the lessons of forefathers weren’t a rhetorical statement. In fact, she personally knew her ancestors. Well, at least, some of them. Those who...
30 Jan 2020 1 minute read 3 comments mgaft1 $0.07
Hi everybody, Yesterday I made a beet soup called borscht. Now I and my son can eat it for a couple of days. Here's how I made it: First, you boil beef, preferably with the bone. Once you have the broth, you take the meat out and let it cool down....
13 Jan 2020 6 minute read 0 comments ZackNorman97 $0.05
A few days ago, an interesting, and expensive case of buyer's remorse has spilled over into a lawsuit, emerging from the purchase of rather unique, and collectable automobile. While I ponder upon the intricacies of this particular case myself, which...
2 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments mgaft1 $0.00
I woke up with a headache at around 4.30 AM from a nightmare. I was hiding from Nazis in some old house full of junk. Yet, I woke up when people with dogs were just about to discover me. Went to the computer and watched a video titled “How to start b...
1 Jan 2020 1 minute read 2 comments mgaft1 $0.07
In the movies, programmers often presented as some sort of geniuses; kids are breaking into Pentagon databases and so on. In reality, programmers are regular people who just happen to code as their day job. In fact, I remember one colleague of mine f...
19 Dec 2019 1 minute read 3 comments trumpman $0.11
Finally, after about 2 and a half really busy months I am enjoying my favorite cold beer stress-free. For the last 10 weeks I have been: Working daily on my daily job Attending 2 separate daily, 4 hour long seminars (5:30 to 9 pm). The first semina...
