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by kebman 7y ago
I actually tried it recently. It's gotten a lot better, perhaps even to the point of vindicating itself. :)
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by kebman 7y ago
Perhaps there is gold, then? Or adamantium? Or what if you cand find Mithril!??
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by kebman 7y ago
"Every reputable travel agent we approached turned us down point-blank, citing the prevalence of bandit attacks in the desert. Thankfully, we were able to locate a disreputable travel agent." For some reason this story reminds me
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by kebman 7y ago
I'm already not in the EU, thank you! :) Quite happy with that, weren't it for being treated like I am by American companies making catch-all filters in fear of the oh so scary EU fines.
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by kebman 7y ago
Well of course! The site is already in the USA. And as such, when I try to access it, I would expect American laws to apply. The problem here, is that the EU tries to regulate foreign web sites, hosted outside the EU -- even if they're
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by kebman 7y ago
Is making a web site, hosted in the USA, "marketing to the EU"? I don't think so. I think it's akin to opening a shop in New York. If you choose to go there, out of your own free will, then American laws should apply, no
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by kebman 7y ago
Except they're not "accessing EU markets." I'm a Norwegian, so I'm not in the EU. As such I never voted for EU laws to apply, and I feel they're being forced on me. Also, I'm the one who's technical
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by kebman 7y ago
Oh thank you, I didn't know. Perhaps I'll go a bit more easy on them. But mergers and ownership handovers aside, it still left me feeling betrayed.
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by kebman 7y ago
I beg to differ. There's just more competition, and the bar for entering is lower. And so you get a lot of chaff. But there are serious journalists with high standards and integrity out there that thrive on the donation model, such as
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by kebman 7y ago
The latest move of Flickr feels like my pictures were suddenly taken hostage. I decided to not pay them for that reason. Never negotiate with hostage takers lol! :'( I was a pro member before, when they actually had a good service for
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by kebman 7y ago
There was a German teacher in Norway who really hated how the Norwegian way of teaching German. In Norway the curriculi focusses a lot on grammar. This teacher decided to ditch all that in favour of speaking the language a lot more, however
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by kebman 7y ago
Dude, relax. Can you post proof to the contrary? If you cannot, then your position is indeed weakened. In any case, those links are in line with my own studies at four colleges and universities in Norway. If you can document something that
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by kebman 7y ago
I should think that attending any school of economics would give you that idea, but enter just about any faculty of the humanities or the social sciences, and the picture quickly becomes quite different.
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by kebman 7y ago
Tim Berners-Lee, Noam Chomsky, Stephen Pinker and Richard Dawkins are all well-respected, although you might not agree with everything they have to say. And scientiests _are_ raising the alarm, except politicians are ignoring them, especial
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by kebman 7y ago
Some American web sites simply stop EU citizens from accessing their pages from Europe (nevermind that not all European countries are EU countries) "for legal reasons regarding GDPR." So just because an EU citizen can access a web
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by kebman 7y ago
You are of course correct, but see it from Norway's perspective: They're looking to replace their aging fleet of F16's. Their goal was air defence; to shoot down incoming threats. The Fighting Falcon's really excel at th
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by kebman 7y ago
> If the seller country have significant control on the control units of the war instruments sold to another country, and if the seller country is able to update/modify/ control/restrict devices over the air, won't th
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by kebman 7y ago
First of all, Norway shares their border and coastline with Russia, who would like nothing more than to gain more control over Norway’s fisheries and oil fields, although they’re certainly more friendly now than they were during Soviet time
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by kebman 7y ago
Norwegian Unix User Group (NUUG) have campaigns from time-to-time where they highlight stuff like that to Norwegian state owned institutions, counties and municipalities.
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by kebman 7y ago
This article is over a year old. June 4th 2018. Norwegian blogs and press wrote about similar conserns already back in 2017. Not sure why this is pushed to the top at HN now :p
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by kebman 7y ago
Is there a probable cause?
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by kebman 7y ago
No, you don't need rules to understand or use language. You need rules to explain why.
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by kebman 7y ago
Well, there's always 3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw Take a look at his course, Essence of Calculus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUvTyaaNkzM&list=PLZHQ
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by kebman 7y ago
I've been teaching programming for five or six years now. I always start with HTML, then add CSS, and then add JavaScript. That way they experience mastery all the way, and see how they can be creative with the code. It's so great
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by kebman 7y ago
Here you go: ℝ
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by kebman 7y ago
I'm just surprised that it hasn't taken off in the West. It's super useful for a lot of things. I suspect that a lack of QR code implementation in apps for Facebook and Twitter has a lot to do with it. Kinda prevents mass ado
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by kebman 7y ago
Is that thing even scannable? Or do they paint the embossed parts for extra contrast?
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by kebman 7y ago
Banks are some of the most conservative institutions on earth. They also have a lot to lose if they do it wrong, so progress is usually slow. There are some who go against the grain, though, like for instance Revolut.
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by kebman 7y ago
Yeah that API was a no-go for me, as I don't really want to share all that data with Google. So I was stuck with ZXing.
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by kebman 7y ago
Perhaps you could offer some help with the project? :)

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