ferongr

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by ferongr 9y ago
>Also, you can't crank in reverse. That usually just loosens the chuck Get a drill or chuck that costs more than a couple of Big Macs
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by ferongr 9y ago
If you're gonna dig some tunnels, a train on rails is a way more efficient way to move people around.
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by ferongr 9y ago
You don't have to "stay up to date on pop culture".
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by ferongr 9y ago
The EU directive might say that but countries codify that into law differently. For example, here in Greece, there is actually no law stating warranties should be two years. It only says that the warranty should be "reasonable dependin
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by ferongr 9y ago
You'd be surprised, here in the poorer European countries where high-power engines are taxed, and speed limit enforcement lax, you constantly see 100HP sedans with 4 people and luggage cruising the highways above 150km/h. Engines
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by ferongr 9y ago
An 125HP car of normal weight (on American landbarge or anything) surpasses 180km/h and can easily maintain a cruising speed of 160km/h with tolerable noise, but mediocre fuel consumption.
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by ferongr 9y ago
Do people outside Germany even care about DIN standards?
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by ferongr 9y ago
Jules Verne was an advocate of heavier-than-air flying machines though.
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by ferongr 9y ago
I share it. What now?
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by ferongr 9y ago
Please quote the rule that Google broke. In all 28 EU countries.
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by ferongr 9y ago
I doubt it. We have a price aggregator (skroutz.gr) here in Greece that people prefer because it's actually useful. The above site doesn't look like that.
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by ferongr 9y ago
As a user I like AMP. it loads faster than the normal bloated websites and doesn't freeze my device while megabytes upon megabytes of scripts try to run.
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by ferongr 9y ago
I'm left-handed and I can't switch tabs without using a second hand with Fx for Android. The UI also lacks polish in many places and looks really outdated and alien.
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by ferongr 9y ago
But then you have to suffer the UI of Firefox for Android.
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by ferongr 9y ago
My suspension of disbelief is destroyed every time I see missiles without proximity detonators.
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by ferongr 9y ago
>ARM is much less power hungry, and produces less heat This seems like a myth repeated without any proof to back it up.
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by ferongr 9y ago
I personally have disabled Windows Defender consciously since it tends to perceptibly affect system responsiveness.
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by ferongr 9y ago
The 35b profile with active DSLAMs in neighborhood cabinets "may" reach 300mbps with a fully vectored network (but just a couple of loops not being vectored greatly reduces speeds [1]). It still requires lots of infrastructure upg
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by ferongr 9y ago
LLU still requires connecting the "loop" from its original termination point in the exchange to the space your ISP rents for its DSLAM racks (usually the next room or the same room, just a couple of corridors away).
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by ferongr 9y ago
Varoufakis is irrelevant.
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by ferongr 9y ago
In my case at least, replacing a 70s Carrier "window A/C" (that was actually embedded in a hole in the wall instead of a window) with a modern ductless mini-split with inverter-powered compressor resulted in almost 70% lower
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by ferongr 9y ago
The "aliens watching us" meme is overused and tiring to see. The aliens could actually be unable to perceive their existence. Or their civilization could be an ancap paradise/nightmare. Or a an authoritarian, communist dystop
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by ferongr 9y ago
With most sensors having a 4:3 aspect ratio and smartphone displays having a 16:9 (or wider) AR, there is no need to block the image being composed with any fingers. The blank areas are filled with all relevant controls and a virtual shutte
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by ferongr 9y ago
I would of setting up a browser for my preferences didn't take 1 hour of my time.
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by ferongr 9y ago
Aren't there torrent clients in the App Store?
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by ferongr 9y ago
Because one of these things actually exists and the other does not?
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by ferongr 9y ago
Do you have access to the source?
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by ferongr 9y ago
For how long? Sustained performance of SOCs in tablets and smartphones is way lower than what measured by benchmarks. Edit: Furthermore, something looks fishy with the Intel results. Desktop Intel CPUs definitely have a multiprocess score r
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by ferongr 9y ago
College is not "free" in the "modern world" whatever that means.
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by ferongr 9y ago
What does "stuff" mean? And what's a "right" in this situation? Does "stuff" include things like a Tesla Model S, and a "right" means that Tesla cannot remotely brick your car due to modification

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