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by eloisant 1y ago
Yes, in the same way I chuckle when I hear people (often practicing martial arts) talking about how "a Sensei" would be a word you can't translate, to talk about some kind of magical mentor... Dude, it just means "teache
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by eloisant 1y ago
From my experience, the idea that you shouldn't waste things, and food in particular, is similar in Japan and France. That was even stronger with my grand-parents who lived through food scarcity during WWII in France. US however seems
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Well they can move anywhere in the EU, visa free.
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I don't think it's an issue to require Internet to participate in society, just like it wouldn't be an issue to require a mobile phone if you can use any phone (including a Linux phone or degoogled Android). The problem is th
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CPS is in the US I believe
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by eloisant 1y ago
Yes I was living in Tokyo in 2003 at the day when, according to the original comic, Atom was created. That's when they started to use this melody at Takadanobaba.
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by eloisant 1y ago
It's not about consumer trust, it's the chicken-and-egg problems of users and app devs. App devs only care about platforms with enough users, users only care about platform with enough 3rd party devs support.
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by eloisant 1y ago
Tokyo also have a vast network of "overground" trains: the JR lines (Yamanote, Chuo), but also Keio, Odakyu, Tobu... And that's not just commuter lines, the JR lines go through the city center. Honestly did the author visit a
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by eloisant 1y ago
You probably don't want to go get a plastic coin inside each time you get to the shop, so getting yours back is still more convenient.
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by eloisant 1y ago
When I was a kid we didn't have this coin thing in supermarkets in France, and the problem wasn't people stealing carts (which they could do for for €1 anyway) but many people were leaving them at random places in the parking lot,
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by eloisant 1y ago
Pixel phones also have a camera bump, but it's a band symmetrically placed on the back on the phone. Which is why it's stable.
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by eloisant 1y ago
- To get a desktop set up out of the box after install - To get more recent versions of software
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by eloisant 1y ago
OK, I have to precise it because this comment is not super clear... They're no longer providing 32-bit images. However if you have a 64-bit processor, and a 64-bit image, you can still run 32-bit binaries.
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by eloisant 1y ago
It reminds me of the latest, most advanced steam locomotives from the beginning of the 20th century. They become extremely complex and sophisticated machines to squeeze a few more percent of efficiency compared to earlier models. Then diese
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by eloisant 1y ago
You're talking about adults with severe mental health issues - I wouldn't be surprised if those are over-represented in open source contributors.
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by eloisant 1y ago
I don't think they know you tipped until the delivery is complete, to avoid that precisely.
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by eloisant 1y ago
> What I’d like to do doesn’t pay money That's the thing: plenty of people want to do the fun or fulfilling jobs, so that drives the salaries down. When it's really enjoyable, people will even do it for free! On the other hand,
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by eloisant 1y ago
It's not that it's difficult, it's that most people don't realize what the day-to-day job is. They assume they'll be hanging out in a coffee shop all day, chatting with regulars, but in fact the tasks and problems t
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by eloisant 1y ago
Little happened because work was done to prevent issues. Also it was a bit dumb to imagine the computers would crash at 00:00 on Jan 1st 2000, bugs started to happen earlier as it's common to work with dates in the future.
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by eloisant 1y ago
I've been using Firefox since it was called Firebird, and Linux has always been a 2nd zone citizen. Most Mozilla developers are on Mac, most users are on Windows, so Linux have never been the focus.
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by eloisant 1y ago
I also discovered the term "dynamic programming" 20 years in my career, when doing leetcode training for a job interview. I still have no idea why it's called "dynamic".
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by eloisant 1y ago
Businesses can also accept Wero payment by QR code. Although I don't think many do.
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...which is why saying "in Europe" makes no sense. There are so many differences between countries.
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by eloisant 1y ago
I'm not sure which European country you're talking about, but in France most transaction are now done by card. Yes it's mostly debit cards, but they're still handled almost exclusively by Visa and Mastercard. Many banks
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Altered Carbon
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by eloisant 1y ago
Yes they run Linux, but they either have their own user agent (not included in the stats) or are spoofing a real world web browser... In which case they might be spoofing Chrome on Windows even if they run on Linux. Either way I don't
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by eloisant 1y ago
The thing is that in 2020 it was too late. Firefox have been lagging behind Chrome for so long, that the headstart they had when Chrome was launched didn't matter. For example, Chrome had process in tabs when it was released in 2008. F
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by eloisant 1y ago
That's the other way around - life in SV is expensive because of all those high salary workers.
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CEO should exist, and it's normal that their compensation is the highest of the company. However it shouldn't be a 268 to 1 ratio with the median worker like the SP500 average. There is no way the CEO is worth that much money to t
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It's only true for the smaller denominations, 1c and 5c for USD. Other than that, coins are cheaper than bills on the long run, because they last longer. It would be cheaper for the US government to stop making $1 bills and have people

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