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by MandieD 3y ago
Has been done and amusingly documented: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35540154 (izzymiller, 7 months ago)
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by MandieD 3y ago
When you do, I'll be eager to try it, as I currently rely on FlightAware's local web display to show my 3 year old what planes our antenna is picking up.
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by MandieD 3y ago
Spanish spelling is so regular that my mom, a first and second year middle and high school Spanish teacher, promised on the first day that you’d be able to read out just about anything within two weeks. Your accent would be atrocious, and o
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by MandieD 3y ago
I remember enjoying those as a kid - I even chewed a few without my parents knowing! In the early 80s, a lot of over-the-counter medication bottles still had minimal to no child-proofing.
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by MandieD 3y ago
Stop relying on local property taxes to fund the schools. That’s a US thing that isn’t replicated in most other well-off countries. The closest thing Germany has to US-style annually-billed property tax is Grundsteuer, and for homeowners, i
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by MandieD 3y ago
For a 13B model, depending on what quantization you choose, you’re going to need a system with at least 16GB RAM, and even my AMD Ryzen 7 5800X at full throttle feels a bit sluggish on 7B Llama - a Raspberry Pi or similar would be painful.
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by MandieD 3y ago
The (Fine|Friendly|F-ing) Article
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by MandieD 3y ago
Biggest reverse culture shock I experience when planning trips back home from greater Nuremberg to Texas: it is pretty much impossible to get from city to city without a car, even if you have a high tolerance for long, convoluted bus routes
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by MandieD 3y ago
There are three Louisianas: - New Orleans - Cajun Country - Eastern East Texas/southern Arkansas The first two are the source of many unique, wonderful aspects of American culture. The third is the source of this mayor/judge, a pe
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by MandieD 3y ago
The world where Mrs. Carter had the responsibility of deciding what Christmas decorations to put around the White House solar panels in the early 80s…
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by MandieD 3y ago
Autoimmune disease, but for organizations/societies instead of individual organisms.
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by MandieD 3y ago
I still call them “Maibatsu Monstrosity” because my senior year roommate played a lot of GTA 3, and I can still hear that silly radio ad in my head.
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by MandieD 3y ago
Click the time it was posted (e.g. “2 hours ago”) and then “favorite”
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by MandieD 3y ago
All other things being equal, taller front bumpers and hoods make for worse pedestrian outcomes, as well.
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by MandieD 3y ago
iFixit
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by MandieD 3y ago
This looks like a fine toy for children who are old enough to type their own prompts and thus well past the basic language acquisition stage where they’re still repeating a lot of what they hear, but I’m absolutely not going to use it to
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by MandieD 3y ago
April 2010.
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by MandieD 3y ago
Total cost of planned C-section as a private patient (that is, paying significantly more than public insurance) in Germany, including 3 day hospital stay (short because pre-vaccine, pre-quick test Covid times): about 5000 EUR. That’s not wh
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by MandieD 3y ago
I was about to say, "we do too have those monstrosities over here!" but then remembered it was actually the Ford Ranger, which looks freaking huge here, despite the increasing popularity of SUVs (small by US standards) and crossov
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by MandieD 3y ago
Costs of childcare from 7:30-16:00 in metro Nürnberg (Nuremberg) at publicly-subsidized locations open to all children, without any further income-based subsidies: - 400 EUR/mo fees plus 80/mo lunch and drinks for 12 months - 3 ye
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by MandieD 3y ago
I guess each individual filter list; you can check your uBO settings to see which ones you use.
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by MandieD 3y ago
Accolades and money - Mr. Gorhill asks us to consider donating to the filter list maintainers instead if we want to give money to uBO.
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by MandieD 3y ago
I initially thought being called a YL was a bit of mockery since I’m over 40, but to most other hams, I am young. And seconded on the more hackers wanted! Don’t be put off getting a license because you’ve heard about grumpy (or worse) old
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by MandieD 3y ago
And German office culture is even less presentee-ist than American. Unless you have a relatively high salary, you have a 35-40 hour contract full time, with a lot of us on part time contracts. Pre-Covid, we really were only around for those
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by MandieD 3y ago
Because your great aunt will diligently learn how to take photos and later send them to you, but then some clever young designer goes and moves the buttons around and adds some "smart" reorganization, and now she can't find t
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by MandieD 3y ago
I taught myself how to make jam - my mother never did, and as far as I know, neither of my grandmothers did after childhood.
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by MandieD 3y ago
This site is a great resource not only for canners, but anyone storing food... which should be pretty much anyone. The tips for dry food are important if you don't want moths. Side benefit of deposit jars for yogurt in Germany: basical
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by MandieD 3y ago
Strong, socially-enforced taboos against alcohol and tobacco consumption are probably a major driver of the longevity difference.
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by MandieD 3y ago
400 EUR would cover dinner and two nice bottles of wine for 6 at the fanciest restaurant I’ve been to in Nürnberg. What the heck kind of restaurant costs 400 EUR for a single dinner?!
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by MandieD 3y ago
As a resident of Germany, I sincerely hope my neighbors paid attention in history class and won’t ever retry what produced that economic opportunity.

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