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Maybe that’s the role of dreams
I had a really, really strange dream yesterday in the morning, while I was half sleeping, half awake. There was a frame made, like painted from thick black lines, and in it there were simple color...
View ArticleHow to measure and specify vee-belts?
Standards for vee-belt profiles Basically, there are three groups of vee-belt and other belt profiles in use in Europe today: conventional or classic vee-belts (German “klassische Keilriemen”):...
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Towards the free and open way of learning Spanish
Practice is the best way to learn a language. But of course. You don't need a school to practice, but still, my school English got me started. Now I'm starting at zero with Spanish, and I wonder how to...
View ArticleWhat is the “lashing capacity” LC of lashing straps?
It seems like this: The lashing capacity LC according to the norm (EN 12195-2) means the maximum allowed force on the strap in straight pull. When buying lashing straps, you might get an additional...
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Political street art: Espere Revolución
On a nice evening with a friend in Málaga this October, we developed this idea for political street art. (We were kinda oversugared from the best icecream in town … it explains something, doesn’t it? )...
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Satisfaction as a system
“For rent”. Too easy to find in some places … Getting around a bit in Europe, you easily get to know how people’s life is not a box of chocolates. That guy who destroys his body and his really...
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Makers, take a rest!
“Makers”. Last night (yes, whole night) I had the pleasure of reading Cory Doctorow’s “Makers“ sci-fi novel. My first novel in 14 years that I finished. Ok, I skimmed at times. But still. The great...
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Passage – the game that makes gamers shed a tear
Somehow I managed to miss this weird artful open source little computer game Passage since 2007; but I got a tip to it today (thanks, Jasmine!). Let me propose you to watch this 5 minute full...
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How to get health insurance for Germans abroad?
This is quite some stuff to work through, because everything in Germany is complex Travel health insurance or the foreign national health insurance? This will depend on the legislation in that country,...
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How to get low health insurance fees for self-employed Germans?
As an adherent of a voluntary simplicity lifestyle (and yes, I love tech), I am troubled with the German health insurance legislation. Self-employed people like me pay public health insurance fees for...
View ArticleHow to dimension a stand-alone photovoltaics installation?
This applies for example when you want to add a photovoltaics installation to your campervan, expedition vehicle, garden hut, off-grid house or similar. For having enough electricity year-round from...
View ArticleIt all. Nothing short of it all.
In your twenties, you were a visionary. You wanted to learn it all, and fix it all. All the world. Ever realized that you cannot do everything that is meaningful in your life? When you dedicate your...
View ArticleWhat powerline adapter to use that can be fully managed under Linux?
Powerline is a technology for transmitting data over the AC grid. All devices provide an RJ45 Ethernet plug (and some also wifi and USB), so they support client devices of all operating systems. Basic...
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Pilot-wave theory implications on the Big Questions
This draft-state article explores the implications of pilot-wave theory (see) on the "big questions" in life, assuming that pilot-wave theory is indeed adequate and that the universe is deterministic...
View ArticleBoom and bust of faith
I made some interesting observations of analogies between faith and economy. Of which we can learn – this time, not for economy, but for faith. The boom and bust cycle of economy is based on mass...
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Thou shouldst pioneer eternally
So now that we’ve grown up, and started to work for money, we finally start to ask ourselves: Wherefore should we live then? We see most people choose to live for children, and some choose to live for...
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Not so normal living conditions (Part 1)
So this is my home now, a 4×4 ex-firefighter truck from 1976. Bit older photo, but from the outside it still looks like this. Except it has a licence plate, means it's street legal now. It's misssing...
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Freedom as in free trash
So I just finished another little project: my new entrance ladder. Ok, let's say it's finished except for a layer of paint, as always. All paint jobs pile up for when I have no urgent needs and will...
View ArticleAgainst human trafficking in Europe: So much to do
A friend with a big heart for victims of human trafficking asked me to identify opportunities for helping trafficked women in Europe. As my (initial) results can be useful for others as well, I publish...
View ArticleIdea collection: Electric wheelchair hacking
Just a quick brain dump: more and less useful things you can do with the components of an old electric wheelchair (usually two 24 V DC geared electric motors of 200-400 W each, a motor controller, and...
View ArticleGod's moral standard is even higher than Old Testament Law
The old testament law said: Thou shalt love thy neighbor just as yourself. Which establishes a balance: do not harm your neighbor for your profit, but also, do not harm yourself, or allow yourself to...
View ArticleHipster or hobo?
First, head over here and have a look at the picture. Now: can you tell – Hipster or Hobo? Last Wednesday, I have been to Klassikstadt Frankfurt, in a mobile.de car seller seminar. Well, kind of. It...
View ArticleWhy are you so deistic, God?
If it would have been God’s foremost intention to just save the world, while minimizing human suffering, he would have done it right away after the fall. Instead of waiting 4000 years until sending...
View ArticleDilemma of attractiveness
There’s a lot of bad jokes about blondes being stupid. And sometimes I wonder if there could be some substance to it. But in a more general sense: is there any reverse correlation between intelligence...
View ArticleShaping the human mind
Now I think I found a revealing formulation for different approaches towards a happy life and happy world. What the different approaches have in common is the persuasion that the right human mindset is...
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