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by happyraul 2y ago
The only one I've found that passes my test (no ads if you subscribe, and equally important, all the tracking crap is also gone), is ArsTechnica. I check the stories several times a week, so I'm happy to subscribe under those term
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by happyraul 2y ago
This sounds like a nightmare to me. The last thing I want out of my work day is to attend more "important meetings" and "multiply" my value. This is the kind of thinking that makes us less human, just widgets that are in
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by happyraul 2y ago
I too used Greenback once. The truth is that if one has a relatively simple situation, e.g. salaried employee, then it is entirely realistic to do this oneself. With more complexity (other types of income like interest, capital gains,...) i
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by happyraul 2y ago
How do OSS devs support themselves without money?
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by happyraul 2y ago
Winter tyres are less to do with freezing water and more to do with the way the tire compound in summer tires hardens/loses elasticity and therefore grip in lower temperatures, around 7 degrees Celsius.
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by happyraul 2y ago
This is a very limited perspective. There are many parts of the world not beholden to automobiles for transportation. Where I live, I can walk to the bank, and walk or ride a bike to entertainment. The alternative to data centers does not h
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by happyraul 2y ago
Your rent has doubled since 2017?
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by happyraul 2y ago
The irony is that we can't be sure of that, since "proper" and "incorrect" may mean something else.
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by happyraul 3y ago
In reality, the rear brake contributes nothing (apart from redundancy in case of front brake failure) to being able to stop quickly in an emergency. The quickest stop is achieved by using the front brake as strongly as possible while bracin
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by happyraul 3y ago
It's worth noting that subscribers to Ars get an ad-free and tracking-free experience (unlike others such as the New York Times, YouTube, ...), which is why it is one of the few online subscriptions I pay for.
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by happyraul 3y ago
I don't think we need to be particularly fair, given Apple's courageous decision to remove wired headphone ports from their devices.
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by happyraul 3y ago
I think it's fair to consider what the tool is designed to do as well. Generative AI is capable of distorting reality, but I would argue that it is not the primary purpose of the tool. Likewise, knives can be used to kill, but for the
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by happyraul 3y ago
This is a very US-centric view, where public subsidies for tennis courts exist. In Germany for example, there's no such thing as a public tennis court, as far as I can tell.
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by happyraul 3y ago
I'm not sure the fact that somebody can afford to pay it is a good argument. Do we really want more landlords/more concentration of wealth and power in fewer hands?
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by happyraul 3y ago
To exploit means to reap some benefit. If there's no profit, there's no exploitation, I guess. A profitable business is absolutely exploiting its workers, that's what exploit means.
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by happyraul 3y ago
For anyone not already in the know, "data centers" doesn't mean "building in which reside metal electronic machines that are connected by wires to other such machines all over the world, transmitting and receiving messag
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by happyraul 3y ago
I can relate to this when it comes to Python. Type annotations & mypy have undeniably caught bugs and forced me to write better & more correct Python. However, it's also true that I've felt a lot of frustration with them a
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by happyraul 3y ago
I use a Curta.
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by happyraul 3y ago
By what criteria do you judge the US to be "a pretty darn good place to live" compared to the EU?
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by happyraul 4y ago
You can buy "egal wohin" tickets for €40 each way and use them to reserve any route, not including seat reservation. It doesn't take away from your larger point, I understand.
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by happyraul 4y ago
Why not? Would that be rude?
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by happyraul 4y ago
The same amount of water in the air at a lower temperature is more humid than at a higher temperature. So as temperature rises, relative humidity tends to go down. Which is why air can feel so dry inside in winter.
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by happyraul 4y ago
In general, it's not that humid in Germany (at least in Bavaria). The number of days one would an AC annually is very low. It's not weeks/months like in the US midwest.
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by happyraul 5y ago
Would be curious to have some examples of things that are incorrect or not great wisdom.
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by happyraul 5y ago
Hanabi - a co-op game with surprising depth. You can get a physical version, but I would recommend going straight to hanab.live instead.
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by happyraul 5y ago
You seem to have a US-centric mindset. The article is specifically about EU prices. Renting, in Munich, Germany for example, is far less expensive than buying an equivalent home. Further, it is likely that the downpayment needed to take out
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by happyraul 6y ago
Pledged.
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by happyraul 6y ago
I've heard the difference between European safety nets/regulations and US systems described as "freedom to" vs "freedom from". If we accept your premise, that the hidden cost of regulating severance is a declin
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by happyraul 7y ago
What happens if you travel to another time zone, say 6 hours different to your home? Would you continue to fall asleep at the same time, or would you adjust? If you could adjust, does that mean the time you fall asleep is dictated by the po
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by happyraul 8y ago
As an American expat living in Munich, I honestly don't know which choice you made. For me the easy choice would have been the train... Large, comfortable seats, room to get up and walk around, no traffic, and no need to focus on drivi

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