CaptainZapp

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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
Not necessarily so. A couple weeks ago Oman Air cancelled the return leg of a long distance flight due to a change in schedule. They offered to reroute me with the Qataris via Doha. I preferred to cancel the (in principle non-refundable) fl
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Why mental health apps are under scrutiny(theguardian.com)
4 points by CaptainZapp 3y ago|0 comments
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
That's what we have here. Fiber is owned by the city, which rents out access to a number of ISPs and communication providers. They compete on price and product offerings. Works like a charm.
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
A major factor was that Airbus launched the A320 NEO and die hard, lifelong Boeing customers showed interest and even ordered the Airbus offering. Designing a completely new plane (which was considered for quite some time) would have taken
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
> David Zapolsky, the Amazon general counsel, said: “Undue and disproportionate regulatory hurdles discourage entrepreneurs, who should be able to see acquisition as one path to success, and that hurts both consumers and competition – th
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
> Embraer, Bombardier, Mitsubishi Except for Embraer, which has a foothold in the regional jet market, none is relevant. Mitsubishi is not able to bring a regional jet to fruition and Bombardier (which designed an excellent plane) is now
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
Well, if this scum, which is adware companies, would have respected the Do-Not-Track flag set in the browser this wouldn't have been necessary. Now, would it?
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
> I think Horizon was anything but simple. Yes, you're probably right. But this is the part that really bugs me : "The inquiry heard that in 2008, a glitch in a system called CABSProcess, which automatically summarises a post
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
Not true. He asked a very concrete question : Wow. I mean, I just want to be clear, if somebody shows up on Substack and says “all brown people are animals and they shouldn’t be allowed in America,” you’re going to censor that. Tha
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
> Aldi Nord was one of the last big supermarket chains in Germany to introduce scanners at the registers (2003?) Aldi US is owned by Aldi Süd. Aldi Nord Owns Trader Joe's.[0] They are two distinct entities now which carve out the ma
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
I mostly agree with your take. Alas, I think it's ridiculous to fight a 25 hour recording requirement with the privacy argument. The recording should anyway only be retrieved under specific conditions and in a controlled environment. I
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
If the engineering of this plane wouldn't have been that great disaster would have loomed.[0] No question about that. [0] https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/a-matter-of-millimeters-...
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
> In the case of Tesla they make the argument that the safety features have saved far more than they have injured/killed Except that they never provided hard data to support this argument. Until they do that I'll consider it th
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SpaceX sues US agency that accused it of firing workers critical of CEO(theguardian.com)
4 points by CaptainZapp 3y ago|0 comments
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Chief executive of collapsed crypto fund Hyperverse does not appear to exist(theguardian.com)
91 points by CaptainZapp 3y ago|70 comments
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Reclaim Your Brain(theguardian.com)
13 points by CaptainZapp 3y ago|2 comments
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Google agrees to settle $5B lawsuit claiming it tracked users(theguardian.com)
2 points by CaptainZapp 3y ago|1 comments
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
We're here to help : https://www.galaxus.ch/en/s2/product/philips-toaster-toaster... I'm sure it's available wherever you live for around 30$ or so.
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
Seconded. My Philips toaster is more than 30 years old and in the super cheap bracket. Every few years I have to shake out the bread remains and that's about all maintenance it gets. Works like a charm and the outcome is very predictab
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
Yes, they usually are. But you can - if you're so inclined - buy plugs with screws and replace the molded ones by cutting the cable.
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
Here are the charges for Zurich airport (PDF)[0]. It's extremely detailed and I would assume every major airport publishes them. Also, let's just say that landing a heavy plane after midnight gets very, very expensive. [0] https:
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
Thank you.
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Meta in Myanmar (Full Series)(erinkissane.com)
6 points by CaptainZapp 3y ago|0 comments
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Google loses antitrust trial to Fortnite maker Epic Games(theguardian.com)
1 points by CaptainZapp 3y ago|1 comments
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
Well, there's the I Am Rich app[0], which essentially did nothing and cost US$999.99. The crux was, however, that the developer was totally upfront about what you got for the price and apparently there still were douchebags around fork
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
It's a safe assumption that such all you can eat sushi was of mediocre quality. But, when it comes to the real deal. Sushi from a tier one or two Japanese sushi chef then the rice is actually the most important factor in making good su
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
Send it by certified mail. Or fax it. Or even send it via Telex Any mode of transmission where you can prove you sent it but don't send it just by email.
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
Shouldn't you send such communication by certified mail? A company behaving that shady will have no qualms to claim that they never received your communication and a copy of your own mail may not pass legal muster. Not a lawyer, etc. B
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
> What do you think will happen to people who had their ancestry data stolen here? Sounds like an absolute treasure trove for a life insurance company. Or, would you disagree?
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by CaptainZapp 3y ago
What the article doesn't mention that Switzerland also supplies hard drugs, including heroin to hard core addicts. That was and is an integral part of the harm reduction pillar besides the opportunity to use in a safe and clean environ

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