Freak_NL

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811.
by Freak_NL 3y ago
Contemporary literature is valuable for its insights in the present. I love classics, and much of what I read was published before this century, but I would be missing out if I stuck just with tried and proven titles and authors.
812.
by Freak_NL 3y ago
This is definitely a case where you are much better served by information curated by enthusiasts and communities. For science fiction and fantasy, there are a bunch of images out there with flow charts and recommended entry points which sho
813.
by Freak_NL 3y ago
Did you read a different article? That is not what the author wrote about.
814.
by Freak_NL 3y ago
By car you'd notice, but that's mostly because suddenly the car goes quiet upon crossing over onto the smooth asphalt of the Dutch snelwegen. (Despite being neighbouring countries, the contrasts are often interesting.)
815.
by Freak_NL 3y ago
Really. Crossing borders within the Schengen-zone is trivial and goes unnoticed for most travellers. You can even cross multiple borders in your sleep on the night trains.
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by Freak_NL 3y ago
I should give it more love really.
817.
by Freak_NL 3y ago
This lack of availability in supermarkets reminds me of gooseberries. Lovely fruit to bake with or just eat, but apparently not economically viable to have them in stores even during their season. I have a shrub in my backyard, but it doesn
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by Freak_NL 3y ago
I don't know. I've lived in both the Netherlands and Japan, and studied the culture (and language) of the latter. In my experience, groups of Japanese people defer to authority in the case of an emergency with a minimum of fuss, w
819.
by Freak_NL 3y ago
I am inclined to think that this exact same scenario featuring a plane full of not Japanese, but, say, Dutch, English, or Americans, would not have resulted in a full evacuation in 18 minutes; possibly with casualties. Obeying commands as a
820.
by Freak_NL 3y ago
A curious thing here is that, if this article is correct, the man spent 16 months in prison, and had repaid the amount stolen by then. It seems reasonable to assume that if he had not invested his stolen money in real estate he would not ha
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by Freak_NL 3y ago
How did the neighbour take the new line in the end? Did he 'lose' land to you or did the boundary between your parcels move outward of his (presumed) land?
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by Freak_NL 3y ago
It's a credit to the image's source, which is unrelated to ownership. They credit Getty Images for some public domain imagery as well: that is where they got the image from.
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by Freak_NL 3y ago
And not leave a nasty surprise for whoever inevitably finds you.
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by Freak_NL 3y ago
Website doesn't seem to work. I get a header, a footer, but no content.
825.
by Freak_NL 3y ago
I can just imagine actors on some TV show saying this because the corporate sponsors demanded 'correct usage'.
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by Freak_NL 3y ago
> Nobody's going to move (back?) to "hook-and-loop," […] I do, depending on the audience — I'm fine with hook-and-loop. In general I try to avoid generic trademarks whenever reasonable. In English this takes more effo
827.
by Freak_NL 3y ago
If a name tag is broken in OpenStreetMap, I can fix it in OpenStreetMap. If a name label is broken in Wikidata, I now have to fix it there as well, and get into edit wars with folk from Wikipedia who use different rules for naming things. S
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by Freak_NL 3y ago
I noticed Namen/Namur too. That is one where the label seems to be drawn from Wikidata instead of using OpenStreetMap data which has the names correct for each language.
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by Freak_NL 3y ago
OSMAnd uses the data from OpenStreetMap itself, and doesn't add any labels from Wikidata when a translation is missing. This is good, because a place name without an explicit name in some other language (i.e., most villages worldwide)
830.
by Freak_NL 3y ago
As an OpenStreetMap contributor this looks weird. Some names are off from what is recorded in OpenStreetMap. I wonder if… …and sure enough. This app uses one of those moronic map styles which doesn't just use the names for places in th
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by Freak_NL 3y ago
Well… It depends. Lidl launched a range of good quality cordless tools under the Parkside Performance moniker last year. The 20V screwdriver and drill seem like solid pieces of work, and are holding up well in my tiny shop. Those are good
832.
by Freak_NL 3y ago
People who use such a feature would surely have a backup strategy in case their phone dies, the battery dies, is stolen, is lost, or is unavailable for any number of reasons (fucked up OTA update? hacked? some dumb app crashing their device
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by Freak_NL 3y ago
He'd need a dedicated handler, and even then judging from the article's portrayal he seems like a hopelessly unmanageable type. He'd fit in with a modern-day A-team, come to think of it.
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by Freak_NL 3y ago
scrip*
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by Freak_NL 3y ago
Kids read less and less. Assigning them works not likely to be absorbed properly and certainly not enjoyed is tantamount to souring them on reading permanently — something which has been done in many countries for way too long with teachers
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by Freak_NL 3y ago
Shops worldwide do this; whether it is $1.99, €1,99, £1.99 or ¥499. It's a psychological trick. The exceptions (like the Dutch HEMA for which whole unit prices are part of its heritage) use it as a distinguishing feature, but most shop
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by Freak_NL 3y ago
I feel privileged to never having read Dickens before my thirtieth or so (I'm not a native English speaker, so avoiding Dickens as a teenager was trivial); it would have given me the wrong impression. His works are great, but require i
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by Freak_NL 3y ago
Short or long change you, depending on the amount, so in the long run it evens out assuming you buy multiple items at a time with a certain variance in cost. €2.97 will net you 2 whole cents if you pay €3 in cash and get a five cent coin ba
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by Freak_NL 3y ago
Do stores in the UK actually hand back a single penny for a £0.99 purchase? If I buy something for €0.99 in the Netherlands, I won't get my cent back if I hand over a €1 coin. The 1 and 2 cent coins still exist, but shops all but banne
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by Freak_NL 3y ago
Related to Dickens and Collins: anyone who's read works by Dickens (who hasn't) and Collins (usually The Moonstone or The Woman in White ) and would enjoy a fictional exploration of their relationship in a somewhat darker, rath

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