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"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live." - Marcus Aurelius
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2017-09-13 19:39
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galotta
money
2018-03-02 16:54
How Coindesk's #fakenews got my hyped for no reason: Germany *will* tax you for buying coffee with bitcoin
Pixabay Hey guys, yesterday I came across a quite interesting article by Coindesk headlined Germany Won't Tax You for Buying Coffee With Bitcoin. Referring to a recently published directive by the German
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galotta
science
2018-02-28 19:10
Curious Mathematics: Hedgehogs, why cyclones exist and why 3-dimensional humans can't have nice hair
Pixabay Hey guys, do some of you happen to have short to medium long hair? If so, I am inclined to presume that at least some of you have been pondering about the following issue: Why is there always
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galotta
photography
2018-02-18 13:15
Variety of lichen - in response to @dber
Hey guys, this is just a short post in reference to @dber's recent airport adventures. Upon reading his last post about the indigenous lichen of Geneva airport I realized that most them appeared vaguely
galotta
steemstem
2018-02-14 22:56
There and back again - A steemSTEM meetup at CERN
Good evening to you, After an truly amazing weekend with the steemSTEM community on our meetup an CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, I finally managed to peruse through my own pictures. In the hope of contributing
galotta
science
2018-02-13 10:06
The significance of mathematics - and why it can prove its own incompleteness
Hey guys, the recent steemSTEM meetup offered so many nice and enlightening conversations about different topics that I even got to discuss mathematics for a while (usually a total buzz-kill but not here
galotta
steemstem
2018-02-05 23:10
SteemSTEM Meetup - Things to visit in Geneva
Hey guys, the SteemSTEM meetup is coming up and the last time I presented some attractions outside of the scientific domain to discover in the vicinity of lake Geneva. Now let's see which characteristic
galotta
steemstem
2018-02-02 14:42
SteemSTEM Meetup - Historic things to visit around Geneva
Pixabay The first SteemSTEM meetup is imminent to take place next week in and around Geneva, Switzerland with a particular focus on a trip to the CMS detector of the LHC particle accelerator below CERN.
galotta
ico
2018-01-26 19:23
Polybius Bank to establish headquarters in Brussels, Belgium
Pixabay Hey guys, after a long period of medial absence an interesting piece of information with respect to Polybius Bank has emerged earlier today. Being a generally quite weakly represented and possibly
galotta
cryptocurrency
2018-01-17 01:05
Bitconnect finally collapses - Texas State Securities Board issues 'Emergency Cease and Desist' order
Coinmarketcap.com, Bitconnect, taken on Jan 17 2018 Hey guys, on an eventful day of an unfortunate but hopefully not critical general market correction of cryptocurrencies a very particular story appears
galotta
life
2018-01-14 15:01
Freedom in life - Epictetus
Pixabay By our very nature we are inclined to measure contentment by the proportion of our satisfied desires. But there are two inequivalent facets of being content: You can have everything you want -
galotta
life
2018-01-09 23:15
Seneca: The greatest obstacle to living (and crypto)
Pixabay “The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy. In anticipation of tomorrow it loses today. You are arranging what lies in Fortune’s control, and abandoning what lies in yours. What are you looking
galotta
life
2018-01-04 20:55
Epictetus - The chief business in life
"Thus in life also the chief business is this: distinguish and separate things, and say, 'Externals are not in my power: will is in my power. Where shall I seek the good and the bad? Within, in the
galotta
life
2018-01-02 16:27
Stoicism and the pursuit of a good life - A brief overview
Hey guys, If for some reason you happened to read my steemit account page maybe it occurred to you that I have cited a quote of Marcus Aurelius on there: It is not death that a man should fear, but he
galotta
life
2017-12-21 15:35
Why Tinder doesn't work(*) - Part 2: The Marriage Supermarket and opportunity costs
(*) mathematically speaking Pixabay This is a continuation of Why Tinder doesn't work(*) - Part 1: Nash Equilibrium and Prisoner's Dilemma I still owe you a mathematically inclined explanation of Tinder's
galotta
life
2017-12-16 18:10
Why Tinder doesn't work(*) - Part 1: Nash Equilibrium and Prisoner's Dilemma
(*) mathematically speaking Source Have you ever personally used Tinder or any similarly inclined dating app? Even if we pretend we haven't (hey I'm not judging :P) most of us probably are familiar with
galotta
steemstem
2017-12-15 14:03
What mathematicians do during coffee break
Christmas season is upon us and this is how we welcome it with a few different geometrical representations of the christmas star. The left one has cubic/octahedral and the other dodecahedral/icosahedral
galotta
cryptocurrency
2017-12-13 14:42
IOTA clarifies its affiliation with Microsoft - finally
Hey guys, maybe you have already picked it up in the news already but IOTA clarifies, that is does in fact not maintain a business partnership with Microsoft, at least not in the strictly formal sense.
galotta
steemstem
2017-12-11 15:18
The Hunt for Red October - A somewhat scientific review of stealth drives
During the outgoing era of cold war, Soviet captain Marko Ramius goes rogue as his state-of-the-art Typhoon class submarine, the "Red October", suspends all communication and employs its experimental
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bitconnect
2017-11-13 18:22
galotta reblogged
[Warning] Do Not Invest in BitConnect, it is a Ponzi Scam! Read these 10 Reasons Why
I came across this post How is Bitconnect Sustainable? How is Bitconnect Not a Ponzi? written by @craig-grant which seems like a nice guy but is clearly wrong on Bitconnect. He "tried" to state
galotta
steemstem
2017-11-02 21:53
World record surfaces - 100+ follower special
Hey guys, not until recently did it occur to me that I have accrued over 100 followers. This is amazing - and some of you are not even bots. 😋 Speaking of records: Did you know that records do not only
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