Freak_NL

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by Freak_NL 10mo ago
When I subscribe to these I've usually already found that either they are the only shop to carry that product, or are already the cheapest. The 10% discount is just an extra at that point.
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by Freak_NL 10mo ago
> That said, the sites that employ the “spin the wheel” approach to winning a discount are too much, I bounce. I get the impression that that stupid wheel is some kind of feature of one or several large e-commerce platforms shops can ena
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by Freak_NL 10mo ago
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by Freak_NL 10mo ago
Frisian is not a dialect, and is not usually spoken outside of Frisia (the Dutch province). In German Ostfriesland they do speak a German dialect with Frisian roots.
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by Freak_NL 10mo ago
So Dutch and German? Actually, those ICE are staffed by Dutch NS personnel until Köln where they swap with their German DB colleagues. Usually that means Dutch and German messages from Amsterdam to Köln (sometimes English too), and German a
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by Freak_NL 10mo ago
American Express I get. No one uses that in Europe. Visa and Mastercard debit cards are what everyone uses and they work in all German ticket machines. You weren't trying to use a credit card where you? What language do you expect the
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by Freak_NL 10mo ago
At some point your Regio Express turned into an Intercity. Free upgrade!
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by Freak_NL 10mo ago
Why? Every name you pick is likely to be weird in one language or another. Mockito does one thing well as a name, and that is hinting strongly at what it is (a mocking library).
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by Freak_NL 10mo ago
There is now a neon add for some weird place called 'Hacker News'; right between the ones for Dunder Mifflin and Weyland Yutani Corp, over by the Catbus, behind that new huge pirate ship, but if you hit the Black Mesa ad you'
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Ghosts of Christmas Future?(theguardian.com)
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by Freak_NL 10mo ago
Who needs assistants? I'll make do with enough money to draw a monthly stipend covering my expenses and leisure from for life. You know, like a salary, but without wasting my time on pointless tasks that give me no satisfaction.
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by Freak_NL 10mo ago
What is the cut off date? It seems to miss the mentions of the late John Varley's books in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46269991 six days ago.
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by Freak_NL 10mo ago
Not explaining something is not the same as ignoring it. You can't really explain technology which doesn't exist without risking getting it completely wrong as actual science moves along, or just harming the narrative by focusing
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by Freak_NL 10mo ago
Strictly speaking, the beginning and the end of the whole saga. :) I found the whole trilogy enjoyable, and quite unique. If you enjoyed Wizard , pick up the other two and (re)read the whole trilogy.
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by Freak_NL 10mo ago
This is one of the things I like most about his writing. In the scifi-whodunnit The Barbie Murders the concept of changing your body without too much trouble is used by a cult of people who all look exactly the same — lack of genitalia (i
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by Freak_NL 10mo ago
Why would you use a wooden spoon for those? I use wooden utensils for frying and stirring in metal pots and pans. Everything else is just the usual stainless steel type suitable for utensils.
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by Freak_NL 11mo ago
These people have all set up financial constructions that will see them and their children safely into old age with the very best of medical care, pocket money to the tune of being able to just buy off the whole evening of their favourite f
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by Freak_NL 11mo ago
Mostly, although some text analysis would need to be done to prevent this: (people commenting about how a bad design choice in ACorp's flagship product AProduct led to the tragic death of ten labradoodle puppies.) AD: Buy tw
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by Freak_NL 11mo ago
That might sound strange at first, but we've seen enough now to know that this will inevitably mean that a lot of manufacturers will follow this model. I can imagine deals where you get a huge 'rebate' if you permanently enab
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by Freak_NL 11mo ago
Why should you absolutely visit Venice? It's not just the crowds that are unpleasant, you are actively contributing to a problem. No, you don't have to avoid Rome — it's not as bad as Venice, and can support more people — but
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by Freak_NL 11mo ago
> In the region? Because it's a gorgeous city with beautiful architecture, history and festivals? That would be a great answer to continue from. Would you come for the Biennale specifically? Do you care greatly about sustainability?
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by Freak_NL 11mo ago
The product website isn't convincing either. It's only in private beta, and the first example shows 'A scenic walking tour of Venice' as the desired trip. I'll readily believe LLMs will gladly give you some sort of
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by Freak_NL 11mo ago
> No one HAS to use AI. Well… That's no longer true, is it? My partner (IT analyst) works for a company owned by a multinational big corporation, and she got told during a meeting with her manager that use of AI is going to become m
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by Freak_NL 11mo ago
If a store actually delivers counterfeit bricks, returning them is not relevant. Bricklink stores rely heavily on their reputation, so anyone pulling a stunt like this would have to start over and over again. > I could also imagine that
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by Freak_NL 11mo ago
Is this conjecture or actually done? Bricklink Buyers expect Lego bricks, including the trademark on each stud, so any shop sending anything not produced by the Lego Group, but with the trademark on it, would be sending actual counterfeit p
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by Freak_NL 11mo ago
Just install the version without the bug? Have you never developed software in a company? Sometimes the JDK version you are targetting cannot be changed at that time, for a variety of reasons, most beyond your control. Sometimes the JDK con
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by Freak_NL 11mo ago
This goes for much of Europe. 'Peanuts' is hardly known. Everybody over the age of 40 knows Snoopy, mostly by virtue of it being a strong brand with lots of merchandise in the eighties/nineties.
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by Freak_NL 11mo ago
Ideally, yes. In the real world? Nope. The longer you work one some project, the bigger the chance you will run into some edge case determined by the major version of the JDK. It just happens. Even if you do all developing on the latest LTS
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by Freak_NL 11mo ago
It's not only normal, it is completely to be expected. Even if you have only one project, there will come a time when one branch will be used to test the jump from 17 to 24 or something like that, so you'll work on that, but also
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by Freak_NL 11mo ago
The update-java-alternatives tool is suitable for adjusting the JDK for everything at once, but it lacks the ease of use of something like SDKMan when you have one project stuck at Java 8 and another on 11, and another on 17, or perhaps you

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