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Mittelstand commonly refers to a group of stable business enterprises in Germany, Austria and Switzerland that have proved successful in enduring economic change and turbulence. The term is difficult to translate and may cause confusion for non-Germans. It is usually defined as a statistical category of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs; German: kleine und mittlere Unternehmen or German: KMU) with annual revenues up to 50 million Euro and a maximum of 500 employees.
Mittelstand
Angela Merkel
Already back in 2002, Nick Szabo wrote a paper about a formal language for contracts, in which he explicitly pointed out that the use of procedural computer language may be tempting but causing more harm than good. This doesn't even mention all the existing programming languages that are used in the financial industry or new ways of creating program languages, which allow for formal proving (samples here and here).
Code Is Law? Not Quite Yet
coindesk.com
Think of it this way: When I work on a book I have my Writing Room. I go into the Writing Room and turn off the internet and block distractions and do the Writing Room work. Even someone else simply sitting in the room would change the tenor of the self-ensorcellment that’s required for “flow” or “voice acquisition.”
Big Walk Energy, Story Demystified, Film Review — Roden Newsletter Archive
craigmod.com
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