Freak_NL

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by Freak_NL 1y ago
I guess authors and publishers do like being able to show that a certain title is forthcoming.
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
> When I raised it with Goodreads they wouldn’t interfere as they said the reviewer had a perfect right to predict if they’d enjoy it or not . Ah yes, the illustrious omniprescient reviewer. I've published a novelette a few months
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
Romanes eunt domus!
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
Why are you writing 'AMZN' instead of 'Amazon'?
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
> Nobody switches cars with humans in them. What do you mean? Changing the train consist during the trip? That is exactly what they can do. Hamburg/Amsterdam on one end, Innsbruck/Wien on the other. Those wagons get shuffled ab
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
Yup. These two points are not an issue at all, and are in fact strengths for sleeper trains. Being able to redirect a sleeper train without any (or minimal) impact on its timetable is a big plus. Usually they depart from the last boarding s
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
I've listed four major causes. These are cumulative, not mutually exclusive. You can't compete with aviation on price currently. Not while its environmental costs are graciously overlooked and left out of the ticket price. This
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
Sleeper trains are held back by flying getting subsidised heavily by not having kerosene taxed, and national governments giving airports effectively unlimited room to grow; happily externalising the environmental cost. Why take a train if y
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
These renders do not make me feel as if I am even considered as a desirable passenger at 200 cm. The new ÖBB wagons seem much more practical (and currently exist). A normal sleeper train wagon with stacked beds in compartments is fine for m
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
Besides, sleeper trains really are modular already, using existing standard rail infrastructure. Wagons are the natural unit of a train consist. Ideally, we end up with a big enough network of sleeper lines that it makes sense for ÖBB, Euro
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
Same here — the compose key is so convenient you forget most people never heard of it. This em-dashes mean LLM output thing is getting annoying though.
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
Pff… You wish. Depending on the sector you are in, ISO 27001 can either be a hard requirement (either directly or through national standards built upon it, like the Dutch healthcare NEN 7510) or completely irrelevant. If this company needs
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
How about advertising without the tracking? Advertising not shown specifically to me because of any attributes Google thinks apply to me? Advertising limited to a 5s lead in at the start of the video (today, this video is sponsored by …) an
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
The replicator in Star Trek doesn't seem plausible to me any more. Flawlessly outputting a cup of Earl Grey? The computer-based drinks machine onboard the Heart of Gold on the other hand… Trying to order tea there now sounds suspicious
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
Especially compared to Hamburg and Berlin, which, comparatively, lean a lot more left politically speaking.
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
It's all relative¹. 1: https://media.karousell.com/media/photos/products/2018/11/10...
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
A major player amongst the tiny world of user-centric privacy-focussed third party Android based OSes I guess. Their major selling point — aside from privacy and maximal degoogling — is that you could take a Pixel, install GrapheneOS, and h
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
Aw man… GrapheneOS makes owning a smartphone bearable. I hope this isn't the beginning of the end.
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
I believe it. If you are a die-hard Microsoft person, your view of computing would be radically different from even the average developer today, let alone devs who are used to using FOSS. Turn it around: If I were to apply for a job at Micr
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
The article doesn't hint at that though. The store's owners seem to have their hands full at just running the store. Besides, they seem to want those bargain hunters in there. Not just for the guaranteed $10 sales, but also to kee
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
> “The goal for all the reverse logistics stuff,” says Roberson, “is to keep things out of the landfill.” Or rather, to make sure these things are bought and thrown out by consumers instead. Getting rid of unused products costs money unl
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
Sure. Gardening does make one thirsty.
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
That thing where your every first sentence starts with a short statement followed by an em-dash and then continues? Stop that. That's what's really annoying people. Em-dashes as such are fine — really, you can use them if you want
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
Or use 'pooping' or 'defecating'. It never ceases to amaze me people do that without any prompting. Why? What is gained? We are meat puppets who occasionally shit, piss, fuck, bleed, and die. Use a thesaurus if you must,
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
Genetics and a bit of dice rolling. That's the biggest part of the equation it seems. I have only one specimen to work with (and I am not inclined to create more), but he was reading at 4 and currently at 6 reads at a 3rd or 4th grade
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
All that means is that as the receiving party there is absolutely no reason for me to sign anything, or even use my actual signature. Indeed, if the pallet was delivered to the wrong address and someone just took it, the burden of proof wou
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
Doesn't it just give the shop a way to fetch the full address from some public API? I don't think you can just jot down that number on a box and have it delivered. > Under the system, users can input these seven-digit codes on
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
I wish we had those hanko . Signing off on any parcel is complete bullshit at the moment. Most delivery drivers neglect to ask for one (or that code you are supposed to give them for some delivery services), and when they do, you just make
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
It has been a thing in Japan for ages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilets_in_Japan#The_Sound_Pri...
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by Freak_NL 1y ago
Note that Lieferando is Thuisbezorgd is Just Eat. Different brand names, same thing.

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