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541.
by eCa 9y ago
Agreed completely. I hope I'm never in a situation where I'm forced to use my face or fingers as a password.
542.
by eCa 9y ago
You might enjoy this as well: https://www.wunderground.com/resources/education/hugo1.asp
543.
by eCa 9y ago
> If you want to equate murder, rape and plundering from and often enslaving strangers with the concept of unauthorized copying, then that's your prerogative. I certainly don't equate those things. But words have different mean
544.
by eCa 9y ago
> If you name copyright violation as piracy [...] I think that ship has sailed.
545.
by eCa 9y ago
He's charged with involuntary manslaughter[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Madsen_(inventor)
546.
by eCa 9y ago
The blog post: https://blog.getbootstrap.com/2017/08/10/bootstrap-4-beta/
547.
by eCa 9y ago
Orwell was an optimist.
548.
by eCa 10y ago
> But people that come to NYC have a much greater experience. That's quite a statement. I certainly enjoyed my NYC trip a couple of years ago, but there are many european cities that I rather (re)visit before going back to the US.
549.
by eCa 10y ago
Imagine seeing the quetzalcoatlus[1] fly... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatlus
550.
by eCa 10y ago
Sweden is probably not a target in and of itself, but the island of Gotland is pretty much an aircraft carrier in the middle of the Baltic Sea. If Russia invades the Baltic states they probably don't want NATO based on it.
551.
by eCa 10y ago
> There has been studies stating that (on the highway) a speeding driver is usually safer than someone driving under the speed limit. I doubt that would be true if no one was speeding. I also doubt that self driving cars will be speeding
552.
by eCa 10y ago
> The people here who are concerned that the culture will change are ill informed and likely haven't gone through an acquisition themselves. No, but many have been users of companies that ended their beatiful journey soon after bein
553.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 awarded to Bob Dylan(nobelprize.org)
731 points by eCa 10y ago|339 comments
554.
by eCa 10y ago
And then it is likely to (weakened) head back over the Bahamas and possibly southern Florida.
555.
by eCa 10y ago
Understanding the conversion is helped by using the same time unit: 1 knot (per hour): 1852 meters/hour 1 meter per second: 3600 meters/hour So 2 knots is 3704 meters/h, or less than 3% more than 1 meter/s. Good rule of
556.
by eCa 10y ago
Yes. 0K is -273.15C, and 273.15K is 0C.
557.
1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by eCa 10y ago|0 comments
558.
by eCa 10y ago
I once saw a person in the subway with their head in a (CRT) monitor. I steared clear.
559.
The Alraigo Incident(airspacemag.com)
1 points by eCa 10y ago|0 comments
560.
by eCa 10y ago
I'm sure that with a few more years of improper usage it will go the way of literally, which literally means either literally or figuratively.
561.
by eCa 10y ago
No one I have mentioned the map to knew about it before. It's kind of like progressive enhancement; if you need it it's there, otherwise it's unobtrusive. Just push the button.
562.
by eCa 10y ago
Around here they look like this[1]. They have about the same sound as the Australian. The entire thing vibrates with the sound. The blue area on the front is the button (not just the small circle). When pushed the light lights up[2]. On top
563.
by eCa 10y ago
> If you take the liberty to challenge Facebook’s rules, you will be met – as we have seen – with censorship. You are in Marks living room. He has asked you not to bring certain kinds of photos to his place. You did anyway so he took the
564.
by eCa 10y ago
This is Perl5, not Perl6.
565.
by eCa 10y ago
Another enclave complex in Europe was created when a German railway line was handed over to Belgium after World War I[1]. Parts of Germany ended up on the wrong side of the tracks[2].. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
566.
by eCa 10y ago
This thread would've made a much better example for the "users you don't want" article[1] than disabled children. It is not reasonable to expect a free service to solve all certificate related problems. On the other hand
567.
by eCa 10y ago
Lots of reasons[1]. [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=Why+wouldn't+you+put+tomatoe...
568.
by eCa 10y ago
It is not surprising that the dig site is near (about 30 km) Plovdiv[1], one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world. It was a settlement 6000 years ago. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plovdiv
569.
by eCa 10y ago
That reminded me of an old Alistair McNeil novel set in another geographic area where a natural catastrophy can be expected at some point in time[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_California
570.
by eCa 10y ago
Wikipedia[1] agrees with what I was taught in school. Finland is of course part of the (much more important and commonly used) Nordic countries. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia

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