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nekgrim

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And still, our right-wing politics (in France) still think euthanasia shouldn't be allowed.

Screw this world if you want, but at least let me die before you kill us all.

Love that "Wake up" is 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30 precisely. So regular, so predictible.

We really need to learn to listen to our natural sleep cycles.

Got a LG Gpad 8" last year. Used it for reading comics and playing strategy/RPG games (unplayable on my 5" nexus due to screen size).

However, I hadn't used it long, and I'm thinking about selling it. A good device for consumption, but I always have a computer near me (at home or work), so useless for productive work. And I can read on my computer too. And play games.

I'm in France, salaries are different. I'm around 40k/year.

In my case, I use about 150-200€ for midday lunches in a normal month (eating out, I'm in a client's office, and eating at my desk would means eating alone, and I forbid myself to do this anymore). So that's 200*12 every year.

If it's free food, it's money I don't get, so I don't have to pay taxes on this money. I'm in the 30% range, so free food = about 3k€/year salary.

I consider perks as a part of the salary. Let's take an extreme case: free food. If I can eat for free 5 days a weekend, that's a lot of money I don't have to pay!

1. Backup your documents on Dropbox/GDrive/Whatever (edit: can be you personal server. You can use Truecrypt, and not upload your datas uncrypted. The point is that you must not have the datas on your pc when you pass the border).

2. Wipe your PC.

Optional 2.5. Download a bunch of fake personal files.

3. Pass the border.

4. Access Internet.

5. Download your datas.

When my glass is full, I empty it. When it's empty, I buy an other one.

Started socializing (as in "going in bars with friends") this year, but I really dislike my behaviour. So next year, I will try to REDUCE it.

Moderation is everything.