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781.
by elric 2y ago
Because it wasn't always a Dutch speaking part of the country. History happens. And sure, we don't have a French word for Amsterdam, but we do have a Dutch word for Paris (Parijs), obviously not a Dutch speaking city. You're
782.
by elric 2y ago
Because you don't know the place or its history as well as you seem to think you do. Flamingantism is a scourge upon Belgium. Louvain is fine in English. Much like ruuban is the correct form in Japanese. There's a whole article fu
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by elric 2y ago
Couldn't agree more. A browser used to be known as a User Agent [1], but most browsers no longer act in the user's best interest, but rather pander to adtech enablers. It is a sad state of affairs. [1] Shameless plug to my rant on
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by elric 2y ago
That's very much apples and oranges. One is a biological necessity, while the other is a consequence of surveillance capitalism.
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by elric 2y ago
Care to elaborate as to why?
786.
by elric 2y ago
That might make more sense than my original interpretation.
787.
by elric 2y ago
Eclipse is still a great option for Java. And I was pleasantly surprised at Devoxx last month when Oracle's Stuart Marks whipped out ye olde Netbeans for some live coding during a talk. Dev tool monopolies are as bad as any other monop
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by elric 2y ago
Given the current political climate, this seems like an odd thing for Congress to spend time on. Is this meant to be a distraction or what's the deal here?
789.
by elric 2y ago
Two remarks: Those bird illustrations are amazing. Both in terms of detail and in terms of preservation. And: how does one die of a congenital foot defect?
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by elric 2y ago
I'm not sure what the point of your comment is. Are you surprised that this happened? Is this a value judgement? Would like you discuss the merit of this change? Or are you just being reactonary because someone mentioned the word gende
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by elric 2y ago
IIRC illegal access can be locked down and be controlled in a fine grained manner with the add-opens and illegal-access flags on newer JVMs.
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by elric 2y ago
In Belgium it's no longer available without prescription since this month. Reasoning is that it can trigger cardiac issues, neurological issues, and even psychiatric issues in some people.
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by elric 2y ago
I hope you mean CPAP machines and not machines that give you sleep apnea -_- Sleep apnea sucks. Get tested. Get treated. It's a hassle but it's worth it. I'm typing this just after putting on my mask.
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by elric 2y ago
I had ear plugs made to size. I think they were 50-100eur. They're comfortable, easy to clean, and very good at their job. I have a pair for sleeping which blocks out pretty much all noise, and another pair for loud concerts which redu
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by elric 2y ago
I first tried to shake the coffee to see if I could make a mess, didn't work. When the mug is empty, the github logo becomes visible and you can click through to the github repo.
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by elric 2y ago
Also the perceived need of (not) being useful. I don't feel the need to have all my stuff out there. That's as true for many of my unpublished blog posts as it is for many of my unreleased projects. The world doesn't need ano
797.
by elric 2y ago
Can't we just ban exploitative & manipulative social media instead? This is another case of the baby and the bathwater.
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by elric 2y ago
The lack of daycare is indeed something that comes up on the regular. I had assumed this was an expense issue (daycare is typically expensive just about everywhere unless heavily subsidized). But maybe it's a supply issue instead? Is t
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by elric 2y ago
Not Japanese myself, but have some Japanese friends. From what I understand, the cost of living is very high, and women are typically expected to stop working after marriage or childbirth, meaning the men have to bring in a fair amount of m
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by elric 2y ago
It's usually a good thing that the heart sits inside a boney cage. Not so much when you're trying to coax it into action.
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by elric 2y ago
Brexit was a special case of stupid. There should never have been a referendum with such a stupid question, devoid of any context or potential impact. Democracy only works when voters are informed.
802.
by elric 2y ago
When I was attending a first aid & CPR class, one of the first things the instructor explained was that the chance of successful CPR is very, very low, but not attempting CPR obviously reduces the odds even more. Not to discourage anyon
803.
by elric 2y ago
I often write blog posts only to never publish them because they served their purpose (and I'm too lazy to edit them until they make for a nice read).
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by elric 2y ago
I wouldn't be embarrassed about that particular ebook, it's probably the best looking one out there. The other 99% of ebooks however are atrocious. I get that this isn't an easy problem to solve, with many different screen si
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by elric 2y ago
Is Synapse still the only Matrix server implementation that is not in beta? The matrix.org site seems to suggest as much, but I don't know how up to date that is.
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by elric 2y ago
Still using the original Solarized myself. My colour config has been migrated across machines for 13 years now. I'm obviously a creature of habit. I can't remember which terminal colours I used prior to Solarized.
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by elric 2y ago
It may well be that there is no alternative. Maybe Dropbox did try everything, maybe tried to let those 500 people work on producing different products or on finding other sources of income, I don't know. And I get that it's impor
808.
by elric 2y ago
It's not. And that's not a very nice take on something that's affecting 500 people (and their families).
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by elric 2y ago
Meanwhile in Belgium, we have to spend (literal) billions on power cable projects so we can connect offshire windfarms to our grid.
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by elric 2y ago
Depends on what you're optimizing for. I imagine most people who are in standard 2-people relationships want to be good at pleasuring their partner and themselves. They're not aiming for a gold medal in the sex olympics.

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