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by kenty 5y ago
When done right, Bauhaus can look pretty good. However, living in Germany, I've come to mostly dislike it. The 70's style Bauhaus buildings are everywhere here, they are ugly, clumpy, and break with the medieval/Jugendstil fa
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by kenty 5y ago
I think that when Bahbaus is done right, it can be absolutely beautiful and functional. However, I've come to dislike it since I think that it is overu
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by kenty 5y ago
This. The issue is that once you start and put one on your laptop, it's hard to stop.
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'We are sick': Oil spill blasts Nigerian community(youtube.com)
1 points by kenty 5y ago|0 comments
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by kenty 5y ago
Microsoft even removed the default web browser setting from Windows 11. Instead of a single setting for the default web browser, customers must set individual “link associations” for the http:// and https:// protocol
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Fossil fuel companies have over 500 people at COP26 more than any single country(cnn.com)
6 points by kenty 5y ago|1 comments
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by kenty 5y ago
This. Thank you very much for the example! Additionally, let's break out out of the HN bubble and assume the role of somebody who is not a tech aficionado. E.g. the C-level exec of small and medium sized producing company in Germany (e
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by kenty 5y ago
It shouldn't. Arguments on HN are often reduced to China vs West where the tech world is much more global nowadays, e.g. Israel, India, Brazil.
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by kenty 5y ago
I would argue that human rights make it easier to do business in the EU. For example, a government which ensures that you don't go to jail for some bs reason is a government which I would be more trustful of as an enterpreneur.
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by kenty 5y ago
As an IT professional, I don't like it at all. The plethora of laws makes it much harder to do business in the EU: If you want to process any kind of data you are immediately forced to spend a lot of money on security certifications. T
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by kenty 5y ago
Something akin to: "mandatory travelling/flexible work location." Not only for reasons of me having to travel but also for being a pointer to a non-remote friendly and probably outdated work culture.
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by kenty 5y ago
After US withdrawal the Taliban probably had a massive financial advantage. They probably used the last years to save up billions which they used to buy them a "critical mass" of fighters that would steamroll the country with no c
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by kenty 5y ago
About the cookie: just install the extensions `CookieAutoDelete` and `I don't care about cookies`. No more cookie warnings, no more privacy problems. About the article: TL;DR: use a secrets file.
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by kenty 5y ago
What was the benefit of these flights anyways when you have a good rail and highway system? I see that pre 9/11 security was fast and easy but now just the worst case security checkup time makes me shrug at short-distance flights.
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by kenty 6y ago
can we agree to stop upvoting these posts please? This has been topping HN for like each month for the last year.
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by kenty 6y ago
Encarta was an amazing product that I fondly remember using in school. It was essentially wikipedia before there was wikipedia with the upside that it had curated and citable sources and generally a much higher quality of writing. In my eye
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Cliqz is shutting down(linkedin.com)
106 points by kenty 6y ago|56 comments
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How to maximize your impact in 2020(medium.com)
1 points by kenty 7y ago|0 comments
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by kenty 7y ago
The article does not point out that German car makers have mastered two things: * A brand image of luxury, comfort with a touch of 'arrogance', epitomized in the BMW turn signal meme * Creating a great looking and feeling interior