jyounker

His photo is on the web page. He looks not-German to the common German racist.

You can look at his photo. In Germany, he is a person of color. In fact, he is from a group that is one of the specific targets of racism.

Having lived in Germany (and Switzerland) for fifteen years, I've come to really appreciate the Ruhetag. Having Sunday off gives a real rhythm to the week, and I really appreciate that there is a day where I'm not going to be running around between stores.

You need to understand that Germany is not logical. It is systematic.

That is a deeply scary looking compound.

It sounds like IntelliJ is out of memory and the GC is thrashing. Increase the IDE's heap size(1), and it will probably work fine.

(1) It's a menu option these days.

Are there things in that list that involve toilet humor and are funny?

You have nothing to worry about.

What a lame article. Even I can do better: one cucumber, vaseline, and a box of ultra-thin condoms.

Do you have proof of that assertion?

I'm glad you got lucky. I got it identified and treated with antivirals early (first 12 hours), a friend of mine turned out to be a research dermatologist who took over treatment in the first 36 hours, and still I ended up with long term effects. (Apparently if I'd gone another 12 hours without significant response, he would have put me on intravenous antivirals.)

I'm glad you didn't have any lasting effects.

That seems like being penny wise and pound foolish.

Yeah, I came here to say the same thing. I got it around 46. The horrible looking stuff on the outside is also on the inside, and it weakens your internal tissues. I know this because I tore one of the muscles in my lower back, and it still causes problems.

As someone who got shingles at about 46, yes.

Sears stopped making homes in 1942. They were strictly pre-WWII.

I can't imagine any Germans I know describing permanent residency as a business relationship.

You're always going to be an outsider if you can't speak the language, no matter where you go in the world. B1 is a reasonable level, as it's the bare minimum for doing day-to-day tasks in the local language.

I honestly can't image planning to live in any country for the long term without learning the local language to at least this level.

I wouldn't worry. The guide covers very basic material. It's stuff any undergrad genomics graduate should be able to recite from memory.

These aren't things you get by reading full chapters of an introductory textbook. These are the things you get from reading a few chapter summaries. (Of even just a book's intro.)

> To me it seems as if the article was written by an engineer. That's fine, but it also means that the thinking is quite biased.

It doesn't read to me as if it's written by an engineer. It reads to me as if it's written for engineers. A well written piece of introduction material bridges the gap between it's audiences, and must leave out significant detail.

It will take a bit more in general. I don't think we're at the point of Blair Mountain yet, but if things don't change, then it's coming.

That about sums it up. If it weren't for the Oder river, it would be hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. There are some places on the border where the only signs that you've changed countries are... the signs. (Specifically I'm thinking of Gorlitz/Zgorzelec.)

I know you can get herring in Bayern, and I know you can get a Weisswurst in Berlin. That doesn't change the fact that they're represented differently in the regional cuisines.

The cuisine up here in Berlin/Brandenburg is much closer to that of Poland than it is to that of Bavaria. I say that as a person who lives in Berlin with Polish roommate, and travels pretty regularly to visit friends in Munich.

So you acknowledge some classes of laws against use of property, and you agree with them.

Sounds like you remember that person because they were exceptional. That doesn't make them a good argument for the general case.

Smooth curving lines connecting into each other are very different from intersecting straight lines with clear stopping and starting points.

So how does that change what's practical with regards to testing at major universities or high schools? The things that were possible then are still possible now.

Re-writes often do not serve the business better.

Pop quizzes verify that you're up-to-date with the current lecture material.

Accommodations for those who have problems with writing has been a thing for a long time.

It's fascinating to see all the people here who are arguing that it is impossible to do what we did all the time in my step-daughter's childhood, my childhood, my parents' childhoods, my grandparents' childhoods, etc.

Developing fine motor control for cursive is actually improving cerebellar function. It turns out that the cerebellum is a general "organ" for fine control and synchronization of neural function across the brain. It is implicated in:

* Reading and responding to other people's emotions. * Emotional regulation. * Generalized sequencing. * Musical ability. * Counting. * Following patterns.

While you may see it as a waste, you may very well have benefited in significant ways from learning it at a young age.