Author: oliver

Ethics - IT - Family

Switch to Kotlin

Non-technical advice on how to switch from Java to Kotlin for Android developers Kotlin is a great addition to the Android world. For me it has the potential to be what intelliJ was to eclipse in terms of Android development. You’ve heard about it a lot and after several years of verbose Java development you’d…
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October 11, 2017 1

Collective Perception

I’ve been exploring an idea (on the toilet and under the shower) for more than a year now (don’t ask me about our last water bill). This is my simple chain of logic. Try to follow it, even if there is plenty of untold to the left and the right: There is a lot of…
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October 3, 2017 2

NZ Update – IELTS in Berlin

If you aim for the Skilled Migrant Visa to immigrate to NZ you’ll have to prove that you have a good command of the English language. The best way to do this is to get a 6.5 or higher score on the IELTS Test. So Ella, me, a Baby and Ella’s sister went to Berlin…
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September 26, 2017 0

uberspace.de

  Uberspace.de ist ein Hosting Service mit ein paar Besonderheiten welches ihn sehr von anderen Anbietern (strato, hosteurope, etc.) unterscheidet. Ich habe mich ein wenig ihn in verliebt und möchte hiermit ein wenig davon erzählen 🙂   Besonderheiten Den Preis bestimmst du. Minimal 1€ im Monat. Empfohlen sind 5 bis 10€ monatlich. Geteiltes Linux System.…
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September 16, 2017 2

Are you rich?

  Ever wondered how rich you are in comparison to the average person? If not, hopefully now you do! I believe it is quite important to know ones own position since (especially us germans) complain a lot about subjectively important but objectively negligible issues. Check out these beautiful sites! They are wonderfully designed, informative and it requires…
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September 10, 2017 0

NZ Update – Motivation

  To all who do not know yet. We’re relocating to New Zealand in 2018. This will be a series of posts describing this little adventure of ours. Why? Isn’t Germany good enough? Of course we have reasons. Here are some: We have three children. Bubbly children. Children who need space and a clean and…
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September 6, 2017 2

Organ donor

  In most countries, including the United States and Germany, organs are only donated if the person has agreed on it before death. Think about it. The required form/registration is completed within five minutes and could mean years of quality life for multiple people (saving up to eight people and improving the quality of life for…
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September 5, 2017 0