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gilstroem··on Germany has one of the lowest tuition fees
I think Scotland deserves an honourable mention here. Bachelor’s degrees are free, under a scheme called “SAAS” (Might be home and EU only). Interestingly, people from England have to pay the same in Scotland as they do in England.
gilstroem··on What if everyone had an air-mile allowance?
Alternatively, put much higher taxes on flights, and fund train/coach travel to make it more afforable, so more people can take lower impact, near home trips.

I’ve lived in north western Europe my entire life, and enjoy travelling by train/ferry and explore neighbouring countries - there is more than enough to see for a life time. It is astonishing to me how many people find it neccessary to fly to the other side of the globe to feel like they are on vacation (or more likely.. for vanity.)

gilstroem··on Amazon investing $10B to compete against SpaceX in satellite broadband
https://www.underluckystars.com/save-our-stars
gilstroem··on Stop Colour Theory
What is the goal? Will any of these make colours easier to use or understand?
gilstroem··on Bose Hearphones
Came to the comments to say this. Slightly awkward use of cheap classical marketing tricks, for such a big company.

It may still work for emails, because people might be unsure of how many mails are actually sent out, but this is cringe in 2016.

gilstroem··on Launchaco – Instantly generate a responsive, free, website
Super cool idea - Though one of my first interactions was to search for an emoji, which failed completely as it deleted my query when I typed more than one letter. (MacOS Sierra, Safari.) Other than that, thumbs up on the delicious UX.