ThePadawan

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1201.
by ThePadawan 9y ago
I'm only sort-of aware of the background on this one, so bear with me: Avon is a brand of cosmetics being sold door-to-door, so it became a favorite of many transvestites in the UK, many becoming Avon salespeople themselves. So "Y
1202.
by ThePadawan 9y ago
I'm glad as well - I've found that even seemingly similar products by different brands will wildly vary in carb/protein content. I could go grab two brands of non-meat burger patty off the shelves right now, and one will be 2
1203.
by ThePadawan 9y ago
Same here (on a very high-DPI display). Apparently smoothscroll.js is responsible.
1204.
by ThePadawan 9y ago
From my European point of view, I find the whole hangup about the parking space regulations very interesting. Here in Zurich, there are the same sort of complaints about parking for new buildings going up, however there is now a different t
1205.
by ThePadawan 10y ago
Up until now, I was under the impression that CRPG stood for "Classic RPG" (as opposed to J(apanese) RPG, Action RPG or MMORPG). Am I alone in this? If not, this seems a topic worth discussing.
1206.
by ThePadawan 10y ago
Cannot access this at work for zeronet.io being involved in P2P activity. I cannot help but feel disappointed and unamused.
1207.
by ThePadawan 10y ago
Switzerland has been using the 5CHF coin for a long while now, and as an end user, my only issue with it is its size and weight, originating from the fact that the coins ranging from .50 to 5CHF are defined to linearly scale in weight.
1208.
by ThePadawan 10y ago
Don't quote me on this, but I think drivers are allowed to drive on a flashing yellow light without coming to a full stop, while this red light requires drivers to come to a stop.
1209.
by ThePadawan 10y ago
I used PIX back in 2012 for porting an engine from D3D9 to D3D11, and I'm happy to see that it finally got an update to be brought up back to scratch. Old PIX used to be a powerhouse, but riddled with inconsistencies with new D3D11 fea
1210.
by ThePadawan 10y ago
Generally, as the bank also tracks the rate at which your passwords get invalidated (by being used), they will automatically send you a new sheet when there are only ~20 remaining on your current sheet.
1211.
by ThePadawan 10y ago
For anyone interested in contributing to open-source game engines, there is a nicely curated list (by language and game genre) at http://osgameclones.com/ .
1212.
by ThePadawan 10y ago
This differs quite a big on the size of the respective business (of sales). Amazon.de e.g. offers the choice of * credit card (as internationally) * direct withdrawal (meaning you give them your bank account details and they withdraw the a
1213.
by ThePadawan 10y ago
We use similar displays for room occupation displays on our campus (made by https://www.roomz.io/ ). For me, the most interesting thing to learn was that "battery-powered" means that the manufacturer expects a batt
1214.
by ThePadawan 10y ago
> Nowhere else in the United States - or the world - has quite the unique mix of red-blooded capitalism, concentrated wealth, and a culture of innovation. Now that you put it into a sentence, I find it less surprising that Switzerland is
1215.
by ThePadawan 12y ago
Has the link has changed since your post? The ToC is linked for me.
1216.
by ThePadawan 12y ago
Not living in the USA.
1217.
by ThePadawan 12y ago
Seeing as there is little sense applying it above let's say 1.2m, that means 5m of house front that's now safe. If you had a store in an area notorious for drunks peeing against everything, investing less than $2k to completely co
1218.
by ThePadawan 12y ago
Your math is off by a factor of 100.
1219.
by ThePadawan 12y ago
To get a better picture of salaries in relation to cost of living, you should probably also check out http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/city_result.jsp?country... .
1220.
by ThePadawan 13y ago
This seems as if the answer is pretty related to how profiling works, i.e. you would use the restaurant's clients as a sample set and sample it at regular intervals and then use the average scaled to the city's population.
1221.
About to graduate, unsure what to go with my life
5 points by ThePadawan 13y ago|1 comments