LittleNemoInS

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by LittleNemoInS 1y ago
They still are, you can find then on this website : https://www.apgsga.ch/apg-ecommerce-platform/apg-product-fin...
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by LittleNemoInS 3y ago
Yes, of course. If something is really interesting to the ADHDer, he or she can completely forget every thing else and enter in hyperfocus mode [1]. When one is diagnosed, and aware of this hyperfocus thing, one can use it very efficiently.
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by LittleNemoInS 3y ago
The price is fixed by the editor, there is no state mandated price. The purpose of the law is to have the same price for a book in every bookshop (with a 5% discount possible). This was supposed to help small booksellers, who could not comp
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by LittleNemoInS 3y ago
And there is a GNOME extension to change your wallpaper to the APOD : https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1202/nasa-apod/
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by LittleNemoInS 3y ago
I visited the Caran d'Ache [1] factory in Geneva a few years back, it's very similar [2]. Except they have a system to be sure all the pencils are in the same position in the box, with the name on top. It's a system with a ca
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by LittleNemoInS 3y ago
Something like the Samsung Frame ? https://www.samsung.com/us/tvs/the-frame/highlights/
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by LittleNemoInS 3y ago
For the record, there is a place called Apples in Switzerland : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apples,_Vaud
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by LittleNemoInS 3y ago
They are building something similar in Geneva (Switzerland), but it's a little bit nicer : https://ww2.sig-ge.ch/actualites/un-projet-innovant-de-piste... The result is quite similar to the CGI, but not finished y
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by LittleNemoInS 4y ago
While I agree that bouton can mean pimple or zit, it's the rest of the phrase that I don't understand. Bouton doesn't mean projection, and sure isn't a verb...
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by LittleNemoInS 4y ago
Inflation occurs when demand is greater than production. This means there is too much cash flowing around. By raising interest rates, you tighten the cash flow : It's harder to get cash from the banks, thus the demand will diminish, an
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by LittleNemoInS 5y ago
Yes, the concept applies to all bank accounts. As I said, Nostro is also used for own accounts. The account refleting the position of the bank (its own money and assets, not the money or assets deposited by its clients) is also called a nos
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by LittleNemoInS 5y ago
You are right, sorry for the confusion. (However, the WP article is not really accurate, nostro accounts can also be our money in our system)
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by LittleNemoInS 5y ago
Yes. If I want to wire you some cash from bank A to bank B, my bank (A) will debit my account,and credit their account (called a nostro). There, we have two possibilities : * The two banks are connected (meaning B has an account in A), A wi
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by LittleNemoInS 5y ago
> To simplify heavily, is SWIFT just an accepted and legal alternative to the hawala system? No. To simplify heavily, Swift is the network on which the hawala system runs. To transfer cash from a bank to another bank, one can : * call th
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by LittleNemoInS 5y ago
If your daily commute is only a few bus stops, you'll find it way cheaper to get a pass from the local transportation company. This is for people who are travelling a lot (like commuting between cities on a daily or weekly basis).
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by LittleNemoInS 5y ago
Just to clarify : In Switzerland, one can buy a CA Travelcard (for CHF3860 a year, approximately $3850). With this card, one can travel on (nearly) all public transports in Switzerland (trains, coaches, subways, trams, etc.) free of charge.
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by LittleNemoInS 6y ago
In french, we say "plat du pied, sécurité" (roughly translated to "side foot, security")
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by LittleNemoInS 6y ago
Hardly the first... The SeaBubbles were tested on the Geneva lake (the one in Switzerland) three years ago... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaBubble
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by LittleNemoInS 6y ago
This is not Tesla, but Seat has already done it : https://www.seat.com/company/news/company/from-making-cars-t... Less techie, more down to earth, they used wipe motors.