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by Markoff 6mo ago
meanwhile Czechia literally BANNED free Wi-Fi in restaurants and other establishments during COVID, so people will spend there less time, I understood the rationale if people already didn't have mobile data in phones anyway other thing
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Dave Gorman: Why the Calendar Makes No Sense [video](youtube.com)
4 points by Markoff 6mo ago|0 comments
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by Markoff 6mo ago
The non descriptive names are better because they can be consistent across different countries not depending climate July in Croatian - Srpanj August in Czech/Polish - Srpen/Sierpen because for obvious reasons harvest time in Croa
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by Markoff 6mo ago
while I agree this post is off topic on HN, seems people don't care anymore and it's full of politics in recent years (I read it here like 15+ years under various accounts) with general mainstream news not related to tech/hac
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by Markoff 6mo ago
this will be flagged in 3 2 1 but it would be kept here if it would be killed Israelis
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by Markoff 6mo ago
on related note what would be the best VFM sneakers/hiking shoes which will be mostly used in the city and are also available in Europe? in US you have pretty sweet deals on sneakers or some walmart or other cheap good quality brands,
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by Markoff 6mo ago
not necessarily, my kids have citizenship of my home country while daughter never lived there and son only for a year, and for none of them it's their mother tongue
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by Markoff 6mo ago
same goes with car quality, long gone are the times when German engineering was synonym of quality, if I had to choose something German or Japanese in the last at least 15-20 years the choice would be easy...
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by Markoff 6mo ago
Where I come from it's almost always considered sincere and I would think it would apply for mos of the Europe where we don't greet each other "how are you" without being interested in the actual answer like certain oran
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by Markoff 6mo ago
Google says: illiberal - opposed to liberal principles; restricting freedom of thought or behaviour. AI overview says: Illiberal describes attitudes or policies that are narrow-minded, bigoted, intolerant, or restrictive of personal freedom
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by Markoff 6mo ago
> It wasn't that long ago that men would sign up for almost-certain death in defence of their families, their people, their nation. I would say WW2 was pretty long time ago, none of the latter US wars was about thing you mention, ev
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by Markoff 6mo ago
do your research before buying, they have this reputation ofr many years it's like complaining about HP ink printer everyone was warning about for last 10-15 years at least same should apply to Samsung TVs at least in the last 5-10 yea
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by Markoff 6mo ago
I think I would disagree naming the car brand Lemon (Citroen). When life gives you Citroen...
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by Markoff 7mo ago
No paywall link: https://archive.ph/EqJJZ "Mr. Back and Satoshi shared many of the same writing tics. We collected the archives of three internet mailing lists where Cypherpunks congregated in the 1990s and 2000s. We m
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by Markoff 7mo ago
this was not really an issue before food delivery apps came into fashion btw. kids up until certain age can pretty much in all countries ride bike legally on sidewalk, are there any countries where 8yo can't ride bike on sidewalk?
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by Markoff 7mo ago
it is quote common family name in Czechia, my daughter's classmate has this family name as well same with most of the Japanese car brands or even Citroen, Peugeot...
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by Markoff 7mo ago
I'd like this for subway escalator sounds, I loved one somewhere in Prague city center which made exactly Sicario soundtrack rhytm.
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by Markoff 7mo ago
Rules for everyone except Epstein coalition I guess.
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by Markoff 7mo ago
exactly, it's very naive some folks fall for this China invading Taiwan narrative, just look what happened with Hong Kong, it had size of like 30% of Chinese economy (when they took over), which is why they agreed with autonomy, now it
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by Markoff 7mo ago
> It just rubs me the wrong way to have to play approval roulette with some bored jerk working for Apple or Google. I've had both reject things that were previously alright, then weren't, and then were again. As someone who wor
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by Markoff 7mo ago
> A lot of older people rely on yougins for tech support not because they have to, but because it's easy learned helplessness. Already as young guy in 20's I've found this also works with female government bureaucrats (tax
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by Markoff 7mo ago
TBH it's pretty much synonyms nowadays web app/website=desktop, app=smartphone
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by Markoff 7mo ago
> [Conflict] Avoidance is really prevalent in people nowadays Nowadays? Fight Club was joking about it quarter century ago. Relevant clip: https://youtu.be/WWNrPCakd2I?si=tOaYgRd3g0Zarbzl&t=8 Western society is made
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by Markoff 7mo ago
what's wrong with Cromite or Ultimatum on Android or Vivaldi on desktop? FF is both on desktop and mobile inferior product with devs hating their own users
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Don't want to pay for YouTube Premium? Morphe picks up where Revanced left off(androidauthority.com)
1 points by Markoff 7mo ago|0 comments
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by Markoff 7mo ago
Firefox + uBlock Origin on smartphone and desktop = no ads (though I personally prefer Vivaldi on desktop, but for simplicity just recommend Firefox) SmartTube on Android TV has no ads and skip sponsors so all you need to remember are two a
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by Markoff 7mo ago
as I said it's excluding external central heating which covers also hot water for shower, so it always comes down what you use for heating to compare, someone use gas, someone electricity and someone is outsourcing it to heating factor
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by Markoff 7mo ago
dupe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47598378
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PS6 Could Ditch Built‑in Disc Drive,Let Players Buy Ext. Unit for Physical Games(extremetech.com)
2 points by Markoff 7mo ago|0 comments
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by Markoff 7mo ago
what if you don't want to connect it to grid and use it in islanding mode? seems like it shouldn't be anyone's business

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