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by gpvos 23d ago
It wouldn't surprise me if that is (maybe even a large) part of the reason for this change.
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by gpvos 23d ago
I even suspect that the name of the child was dependent on the domain name being free... but then, it shouldn't be too hard to set up the request in advance and just press the button once the child is born. Maybe there was some rule th
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by gpvos 23d ago
They have been generally scummy throughout their existence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verisign#Controversies is a good start.
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by gpvos 23d ago
EM = ?, IC = ?
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by gpvos 23d ago
Mr. Beast is really big. You should actually ask those kids; you may be surprised.
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by gpvos 24d ago
Rational thinking includes thinking about the long term.
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by gpvos 24d ago
Yes, I read that in other comments too, and it's the main factoid for me to take away.
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by gpvos 24d ago
There has been a lot of EU-bashing in general for many years of course, but I hadn't noticed an uptick on HN yet.
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by gpvos 24d ago
I'm not sure this is EU bashing, it could equally be Sweden bashing.
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by gpvos 24d ago
Europe is scrambling to expand its electricity network, which doesn't have enough capacity. I don't know how badly Sweden and Denmark are affected, but in e.g. the Netherlands it inhibits the move away from fossil fuel for both ho
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by gpvos 25d ago
Does it? For me, updates still fail, but now silently.
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by gpvos 28d ago
Verscheißifizierung
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by gpvos 28d ago
True. ":" is the rough equivalent to M-x, though. Also worth mentioning is Q , which puts you in ex mode, essentially just ":" prompts one after the other until you exit or issue a "vi" command to go (back) to
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by gpvos 28d ago
That's why it specifies 2003, that's about the point when Office had all the features and usability one needs. The Office versions after that are worse.
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by gpvos 28d ago
It is a different meaning from that in the parent comment by OroPla.
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by gpvos 29d ago
The problem is that my bank is starting to do this, and for things I actually use. I am considering changing banks because of this, but it's a big step.
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by gpvos 1mo ago
I read a bit too quickly over "It's only once you know that A does not appear twice", thinking it disregarded the case where A appears three or more times, but if read well that was addressed in the remainder of the sentence.
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by gpvos 1mo ago
There's a difference between intelligent and smart, the latter including being able to use your intelligence for a practical, real-life purpose, like improving your own life.
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by gpvos 1mo ago
It took me a minute to find out that I needed to close the instructions to see the actual game. A Play button would have been nice.
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by gpvos 1mo ago
That's an interesting opinion, but EU law says the opposite.
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by gpvos 1mo ago
Are there no words with the same letter three or more times?
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by gpvos 1mo ago
Service in the local language, quick delivery, a local place where people can actually come by to buy or pick up things.
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by gpvos 1mo ago
BSD = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_and_Swinnerton-Dyer_conjecture GRH = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_Riemann_hypothesis
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by gpvos 2mo ago
Fonts are a side interest for a very large number of hackers. In fact this page has been submitted before and got 857 points and 122 comments.
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by gpvos 2mo ago
On Fennec on Android, no images appear to load at all. Edit: they do, it just takes ages. Could be the slow connection.
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by gpvos 2mo ago
Good for you! Personally I'm not so much interested in building things. On the other hand, my ideal life would be to make a computer do new cool tricks all day.
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by gpvos 2mo ago
Many, yes, but I think you misjudge the less vocal but large majority of people saying less meat is better for the climate and environment.
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by gpvos 2mo ago
Sounds like the standard should say that it results in an implementation-defined value (or wording to that effect). Saying it's UB gives the compilers way too much leeway.
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by gpvos 2mo ago
Rendering yeah, understanding nope.
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by gpvos 2mo ago
Crazy funny, yes, but not good.

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