codfrantic

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by codfrantic 12y ago
To Clarify, banning illegal downloading sounds quite logical. Until now, downloading of copyrighted material such as movies, tv shows and music was allowed for personal use. This apparently has been overruled by an EU court. Quite intereste
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by codfrantic 13y ago
On your unusual first name: Jimmy Carr: "I got talking to a girl in the front row; I asked her her name. She said, 'It's Pataka.' I said, 'That's an unusual name. You don't hear that every day.' To wh
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by codfrantic 13y ago
Like Yetanfou I use a motorbike to get to and from work (no sidecar though, maybe in the future for winter riding!). I absolutely love to air out (literally) my head on the ride home every day. I get home totally relaxed. This is probably h
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by codfrantic 13y ago
The Higher spec Model S' has active suspension that will lower the ride height at high speeds to reduce drag. The active suspension's control system was changed to lower it less.
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by codfrantic 13y ago
>This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. ridiculously awesome?
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by codfrantic 13y ago
A Dutch TV programme ('de Keuringsdienst van Waarden') did a show on oscillococcinum, they went to the factory and actually got a tour. When they started asking about the duck they were quickly taken to lunch (also no Duck). They
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by codfrantic 13y ago
True, some highways in the Netherlands already use a system like this. Worst part is, in a stretch of road with for instance 15 camera's . they won't take the average speed between camera 0 and 14, they'll fine you for the mo
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by codfrantic 13y ago
So it doesn't matter that the 'mythical' Apple AirPort devices don't run iOS?
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by codfrantic 13y ago
I've seen many Model S' driving around Amsterdam. Mainly because I filter through the traffic jams on my commute. Yesterday I was at a company which had two parked in front (connected to a charger on an EV-only parking spot next t
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by codfrantic 13y ago
In the Netherlands an EV will come with a charger at street level if there isn't allready one available within 500 meters or something. Some cars come with two, one at home and one at your office...
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by codfrantic 13y ago
>how much of Western Europe can fit in Texas? Texas is roughly similar size as France. http://mapfight.appspot.com/texas-vs-fr/texas-us-france-size...
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by codfrantic 13y ago
Also Sophos http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/virus-remova...
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by codfrantic 13y ago
Hey m3mnoch, you asked me to remind you to tell us about the time you ran a database query on production that nuked the entire website for the publicly-traded software company which relied on -- wait for it -- the website to do all its comm
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by codfrantic 13y ago
Uk gallons are slightly largers than US Gallons. (4.54 L vs 3.78 L)* *(note how I used the universal 'Liter' measurement to stunn you all! ;-) )
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by codfrantic 13y ago
I used http://www.hckrnews.com/ for that :-) But I actually usually prefer reading the comments more than the links ^_^
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by codfrantic 13y ago
http://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/spotify/ But you were looking for something more detailed?
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by codfrantic 13y ago
>and also shouldn't trigger the camera for exactly the same reason they won't trigger the light-change cycle. I have a similar problem on my motorcycle. There are many lights which are not triggered by my being there. But the c
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by codfrantic 13y ago
Luckily you can customize the lenght of that Avatar-II cable. the maximum input it allows is 1010 meters. For the low low price of: $10,006,050.00 ... [Add to cart]
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by codfrantic 13y ago
Red Star OS is available from http://www.openingupnorthkorea.com/DPRK%20Red%20Star.iso Once found it through the wikipedia page about it. Installed it in a VM and ran it full screen to scare some of my colleagues :-)
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by codfrantic 13y ago
Exactly! I've had friends living in school buildings(huge!) empty post offices, bank buildings, even a church! The guy in the church stayed there for about 4 years...
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by codfrantic 13y ago
My guess is many people on HN are happy with their ISP but you never hear from them :-) I have 100/100 from xs4all.nl with no bandwidth cap whatsoever :-) (55€ / month and it includes spotify premium)
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by codfrantic 13y ago
ThisAmericanLife is usually a really interesting listen, not anything Hacker specific but usually a nice insight in other (people's) worlds.
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by codfrantic 13y ago
>He[Hitler] contracted Porsche in 1934 to design and build it to his exacting standards. Ferdinand Porsche and his team took until 1938 to finalise the design. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Beetle
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by codfrantic 13y ago
How much extra range does this actually end up giving if you take into account that they actually cost range to power the camera(s) and the screen(s) though ? :)
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by codfrantic 13y ago
> I've been using one of these with the HD screen since the spring, So not the Haswell version the review is about?
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by codfrantic 13y ago
From 'theSaddestMoment' "As it turns out, Ted the Poorly Paid Datacenter Operator will not send 15 cryptographically signed messages before he accidentally spills coffee on the air conditioning unit and then overwrites your t
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by codfrantic 13y ago
In the Netherlands it's really easy, go to any phoneshop and walk out with a pre-paid sim after paying cash. In Germany you need ID, maximum 2 per ID at a time....
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by codfrantic 13y ago
Dutch railways has silent carriages too. Most people don't notice / care, but when told off they usually move or shut up :-) http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&pr... (Google Tran
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by codfrantic 13y ago
How many countries do you expect to visit, doing 4 / 5 countries in 15 days would seem like the best idea. Any more and you'll be on the train non-stop.. https://www.google.com/search?q=US+vs+EUROPE+size&tbm=is
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by codfrantic 13y ago
Last year I did exactly that. Was in Lucca, wanted to go to Florence for the day. Came to the station, bought a ticket, all very easy, even shows you what trains are available and allows you to choose a specific one, which I did. On the tra

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