jbi

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by jbi 10y ago
I can't say a lot about Leipzig but many german cities were rebuild far more car-centric then they were before. Public transportation, small streets and biking seemed outdated back then. A lot of medieval building were destroyed after
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by jbi 10y ago
Could you bring up a source for your first statement? Obama stopped the refugee programm for Iraqi citizens for 6 months - it never affected people with valid green cards or dual passports.
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by jbi 10y ago
As KeePass uses a single (encrypted) file, you can use any hosting service that you want. Just make sure you save the new version back into your storage when you edit entries. You can use Owncloud, Google Drive, OneDrive, ...
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by jbi 10y ago
Don't assume that everyone owns a car. Especially people who are looking for cheap trips might not have one or prefer travelling by train (which works well in western europe).
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by jbi 10y ago
Had to do the same thing but had a different experience. It was hard to dive in and took some time but now I understand and appreciate the core concepts. There are many abstraction layers ("[...] schemes") and IMO that is a good t
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by jbi 10y ago
Have to agree. I'm wearing a Pebble Time Steele and a lot of people like it but don't notice it to be a smartwatch at first sight (depending on the watch face of course). However, it did not receive good reviews. I guess in part b
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by jbi 10y ago
use.fontawesome.com blocks loading of your website if it's not reachable. Can you move it from <head> to the end of <body>? And TOS and privacy policy should not require a login ;)
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by jbi 10y ago
Too bad, Deutsche Telekom is blocking fiber built-up for customers in Germany by pushing VDSL vectoring.
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by jbi 10y ago
> when there's transience and anonymity, there's a high incentive for people to behave poorly Sometimes people tend to behave even more poorly if there is no anonymity. This happens when they think that they are morally right
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by jbi 10y ago
Right now western societies could easily go on with 30 hour workweeks. It would reduce unemployment and people who are working would have more time for their families or to do voluntary stuff. Another idea is a basic income which allows a s
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by jbi 11y ago
This could be great for office users who are mostly using desktop applications. Acceptance for web apps is sometimes still hard to get. However, I haven't seen anything electron-based with proxy support. Any ideas on that?
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by jbi 11y ago
> China and India, which rank among the top greenhouse gas emitters globally Gosh. They rank top in absolute numbers. Germany ranks top per citizen. The western model is not a model for the world. Source: Matthews et. al, national contri
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by jbi 11y ago
How is the public web content different from the public app content?
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by jbi 11y ago
It's nearly the same in Europe / Germany. However, sports betting isn't really under control here. The reasoning is like this: Participation in the progress of playing makes a difference. In one case you are just placing mone
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by jbi 11y ago
I like that you can host it yourself. I'ld like to guide my company away from email+phone but it is a long way to go. And in Europe there are still a lot of concerns if you can't host something in your own environment. I don'
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by jbi 11y ago
How does Matrix compare to xmpp? I do not see a lot of differences (however, xmpp is kind of mature)
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by jbi 11y ago
The problems mentioned can get real. Other simple solutions could be: - Allow to merge threads using special comments. Once a comment with a merge request gets 'a lot' upvotes / more than the corresponding thread, it gets mer
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by jbi 11y ago
There is a regulation like this in Germany. It leads to a behaviour where hospitals try to have as many well-paid treatments as possible. 'Surgery 1' does not pay well by list so they add 'Unnecessary Treatment 2'. My po
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by jbi 11y ago
Uhm.. Sometimes there is a need to go to a hospital ;)