greencactus

greencactus , vor 4 Tagen

Bei mir stehen bald Prüfungen an. Ich studiere Psychologie, deshalb sind unsere Prüfungen immer notorisch groß und lernaufwandig. Das macht mir etwas Sorgen.

greencactus , vor 12 Tagen

Hat mich sehr gefreut. Gute Nachrichten zu Tagesbeginn sind sehr willkommen.

greencactus , vor 18 Tagen

Ubuntu actually. I hated Ubuntu for a long time, until there was a game which only ran on Ubuntu. And now, after installing it, I'm actually pretty impressed and like it a lot. Yaru is a very good-looking theme, and the customizations Ubuntu made to stock GNOME are actually pretty logical (like adding windows buttons). It has among the best documentation and package support in the whole Linux universe. I'm a guy who likes to tinker, but for whom it is more important that the PC runs well, and I haven't encountered a single problem with Ubuntu yet - no kernel panic, no weird Bluetooth stuff, no apps which don't run for some reason,...

Everything just works. And that makes me happy. So Ubuntu it is.

greencactus , vor 19 Tagen

Ich wünsche ihm viel Erfolg.

greencactus , vor einem Monat

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c988jdxl02vo

greencactus , vor einem Monat

I think we have a different view in Europe on it - Germany had a model of national military service until 2011 (with the option of civil service), the Nordic model includes military service etc. So it isn't completely unimaginable - we just have a different view on the topic.

greencactus , vor einem Monat

Yes, exactly - it is the idea of "well, you can gain life experience and serve for the state". However, it is (rightfully IMO) criticized as just a cheap way of gaining labor forces. I think that German culture is generally more connected with respecting authorities, rules etc., so this attitude of " you need to return something to the community who raised you up" is still prevalent.

Since 2011 the service was not enforced anymore (but not abolished - in German it's called "ausgesetzt"), but now there is a debate again to reintroduce it in light of the war. I personally am highly skeptical of it, for the exact reasons you outlined. A year ago I have went through the process of refusing to serve in the military in a defense case. We have something here called Kriegsdienstverweigerung: you can refuse to be drafted and serve under arms if it is incompatible with your conscience. I am glad to have went through the process, but I wouldn't have done so if I were younger; in fact, I probably would've been absolutely okay with serving in the military. So instead of training people to shoot, I advocate for providing opportunities for people to learn medicine and science and stuff and leave war to professional soldiers, who aren't 18- or 19 year old enscripted boys. It is also widely known that lots of guys cheated their way out of serving (e.g. drinking a lot the evening prior, so they make a bad impression on the recruiting officer), so the system was weird anyways. So I think the current debate is between "Russia and China are a threat, we need to get ready to fight, let's pump up our military production" and "War is no option, our infrastructure is in a state of disrepair, we need to invest into schools and hospitals instead of arms, and drafting teenagers can't be the solution of the problem".

greencactus , vor einem Monat

It was a difficult wordle - I wouldn't have figured it our without my gf.

Spoiler: It is

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greencactus , vor 2 Monaten

Als Psychologie-Student: Das System ist richtig scheiße gerade. Der Stoff des Studiums ist eigentlich ganz fein, aber die Kassensitzproblematik ist katastrophal. Solange es nicht mehr Kassensitze gibt, kann auch die beste Ausbildung nichts bringen.

greencactus , vor 2 Monaten

Great meme :))

greencactus , vor 2 Monaten

Die Zeit hat ja richtig seltsame Fragen gestellt... Schien irgendwie gebiased zu sein.

Abseits dessen gutes Interview, und danke für den Link :)