Dieter Hallervorden? He used to be a staple in New Year‘s programmes, but not so much in the last ten, twenty years or so. As a child I always watched his shows.
No, I never would have guessed people would know him in India.
That's strange! I liked him when I was little, and today I know that he did and maybe still does some more serious stuff as well (mostly on stage). Have you seen his movies?
His movies from the 80s are worth watching, especially "Non-Stop Trouble with My Double", because they have this comedic bitter tragedy I haven't encountered anywhere else.
Ha, Ha! Teamwork is vastly overrated in the Industry. Almost everything achieved by mankind is because one man put together a lot of knowledge in his own head and came up with insights. Even when they worked in Teams each man was an individual and did his own thinking.
Today "Teamwork" has come to mean playing politics, jockeying for influence, taking credit for other people's ideas and so on.
When was the last time anybody cared what HR had to say? I've never encountered an HR department whose primary role wasn't to indoctrinate or to create roadblocks for everybody else.
E.O. Wilson's published work was read by Will Wright, creator of SimCity / The Sims / SimAnt, and the material is what inspired him to create SimAnt :)
Will has also stated that the pheromone system designed for SimAnt was repurposed to be used in The Sims! Very interesting stuff if you ask me :)
There are certain areas where the popular opinion is irrelevant. Warren Buffet said this in a more folksy way,
“It’s very important to live your life by an internal yardstick,” he told us, noting that one way to gauge whether or not you do so is to ask the following question: “Would you rather be considered the best lover in the world and know privately that you’re the worst — or would you prefer to know privately that you’re the best lover in the world, but be considered the worst?”
> “Would you rather be considered the best lover in the world and know privately that you’re the worst — or would you prefer to know privately that you’re the best lover in the world, but be considered the worst?”
Both of those options sound terrible. It's a curse either way. I'd rather be known as publicly as "better than average" and privately know that I'm doing pretty well/my best.
If forced to pick between the two though, being publicly known as 'the best lover in the world' would seem most likely to present more opportunities to improve my skill/confidence. It's still a lot of pressure nobody needs.
The options aren't meant to be realistic. They're only meant to tease out which side you personally have a preference for, by making you think about how these two extreme options make you feel. One probably feels worse than the other.
I mean, considered by whom? I'd like my partner's assessment of my ability as a lover to be more positive than my self-assessment. The reverse just sounds sociopathic.
I've been in rental cars that I wouldn't buy based on driving them for 5 minutes. IMHO, a test drive is to confirm the car basically works. Some of the value is just from sitting in the car, but is there any thing terrible going on with steering, visibility, pedal feel, shifting, etc.
For my car shopping, I've usually been locked into a model before I visit the dealer/private party, but if I test drive a car and it drives like some of those rentals, I'd be back to looking at other things. I also just recently test drove a lower trim / different engine/transmission configuration vehicle than I wanted, because that configuration was available to test drive and the desired one wasn't... and I was pleasantly surprised by the drivability, so I broadened my search (helps that the configuration I wanted is more expensive and less produced; it's easier to compromise towards something that I might be able to buy for less)
Yep, I've never gotten anything out of the test drive either - my mind was already made up based on price/features when I went to the dealership. I'm more-or-less just looking for something that gets me where I need to go safely, I don't care about "handling." My last car purchase (a Nissan Sentra) I didn't even bother with the test drive, I felt it would just be a waste of time.
The other thing is that some "car people" that I know will rent a car before purchasing it because the test drive is far too superficial for them.
I already answered in the comment you are replying to -
"my mind was already made up based on price/features"
and
"I'm more-or-less just looking for something that gets me where I need to go safely."
I know that "car guys" can't fathom this but I've driven a LOT of car models (as I've rented a LOT) and they are (mostly) the same to me; I consider cars almost a commodity. I wouldn't even know how to compare vehicle "handling."
>You’ve driven a lot of car models yet you wouldn’t know how to compare handling?
Correct. I've also been driving for a quarter of a century.
>That claim seems disingenuous, in order to serve up a point.
>You most certainly would be able to differentiate and compare
No I wouldn't. I swear to you I'm not lying. A car is a car to me. There are different sizes and some are a bit more comfortable than others but they are mostly the same to me. I don't even know what "handling" even means, I've never had a car behave unexpectedly when turning the wheel.
In sure I would notice a difference if I was racing or something, but I'm not, I'm just going to the god damn grocery store.
>We buy so many things "sight unseen" because of the quality and reliability.
Name 1 or 2 other things you buy "sight unseen" that are remotely close to the cost of a new vehicle.
>I will buy a reliable car sight unseen like I bought my big screen t.v.
If you have zero preference for the multitude of ways even similar cars can vary, you aren't an average car buyer. Most people care about these things, be it sight lines, headroom, where the chargers are, driving dynamics...
>Name 1 or 2 other things you buy "sight unseen" that are remotely close to the cost of a new vehicle
That question cannot be answered, we all know that nothing is comparable to that price in an average household's shopping list.
But a few years ago a shoe purchase was in store only but a month ago I bought a new pair online. Because I knew that I could try it and return it easily.
> I will buy a reliable car sight unseen like I bought my big screen t.v.
A few years back I was convinced I wanted a certain model Hyundai (Elantra), researched the hell out of it, figured I didn't even need to test drive as I had owned the previous model. Got to the dealership, sat in the drivers seat and found there was no headroom. I'm not that tall, but the new model was so "aerodynamic" (swept back windshield) that it felt claustrophobic. I bought another model (Sonata).
You are using “React-like” to mean something people don’t usually attribute to React, hence why there’s so much confusion in the comments. React did not invent component-driven code organization. I would say React is better known for reactive, declarative UI code (the reason for its name) and JSX.
It’s not even JSX-like templates in Go because one of the biggest advantages of JSX is that for any logic you just use JavaScript instead of having to learn a template language. It’s extending HTML in JS rather than extending HTML to allow for scripting. I agree with the parent comment that this is more like the Go version of ASP.NET templates.
Are Germans aware how popular the "Didi's Comedy Show" was in India during the 80s?
I grew up with that show and still crack up at Didi's antics.