lajosbacs

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by lajosbacs 1y ago
Yes! It is inconsistent, you think that finally reason prevailed and they nuked the 'feature', but then it appears randomly again.
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by lajosbacs 1y ago
I know, but on the other hand you have many Swiss who, when spoken to in perfect Hochdeutsch, prefer to reply in English. No way you're gonna win over these people with autotranslate to what they consider a 'foreign' language
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by lajosbacs 1y ago
Adding to my previous comment, in Switzerland, people speak very specific Swiss German, yet the videos are autodubbed to 'hoch' (standard) German. It's a bit of an exaggeration, but it is as if a person is Lisbon would get th
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by lajosbacs 1y ago
It is insane to me that you cannot turn it off in the setting even as a premium user. Or better yet, make this opt-in for everyone. I live in a German speaking country, yet my native language is other and German is almost never preferred wh
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by lajosbacs 1y ago
I don't even see any inofficial statements, which is puzzling, this must touch a huge amount of users.
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Ask HN: iCloud hide my email / Gmail issues
2 points by lajosbacs 1y ago|3 comments
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by lajosbacs 1y ago
Let's not forget defaulting the audio to an automatic translation. That is so dumb that I still a have hard time believing that there is not an option to disable this. They don't even get any ad revenue out of this, it is just idi
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by lajosbacs 2y ago
This is so well put, I have much admiration for Germans, but they just feel so gullible.
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by lajosbacs 2y ago
Agree fully. I got livid when traveling in a business class long haul flight with the Lufthansa Group, and was forced to watch ads on the screen in front of me. No option to turn the screen of (which was later enabled, during the flight). I
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by lajosbacs 2y ago
Apparently Turkey is the place to go for 'hair' transplants. https://youtu.be/VGhcSupkNs8?si=eMwRwpVpDSwu7ndA&t=858
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by lajosbacs 2y ago
This is every other ATM in Prague (euronet is the name I think), they helpfully convert it for you with like 30% markup. These people (and the lawmarkers that permit this) should be publicly flogged.
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by lajosbacs 2y ago
* actually deleted my reply, a non-troll cannot say this
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by lajosbacs 2y ago
What would then be a good example of socialism?
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by lajosbacs 2y ago
To contrast a bit with other comments, he is very much disliked in eastern Europe. He was always pushing his multipolar worldview and not respecting that the Poles, Czechs etc. do not want to live under the Soviet/Russian 'pole&#x
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by lajosbacs 3y ago
Of course it is a nice prank, but best 15 minutes?
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by lajosbacs 3y ago
Same for me. I realize that he is also pro-imperialism and would probably be worse for Europe than Putin (Russia would be more efficient) But him facing jail with an upright stance shows a lot of skin in the game, you cannot ignore that.
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by lajosbacs 3y ago
I'm pretty sure he means Slovakia. Not sure about any minister, but the policemen is true and there was the Kovac case -- maybe not minister, but president's son.
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by lajosbacs 3y ago
Replying here bc max comment depth. Absolutely not, boffinAudio, the other way around! It was you who brought US into this discussion, I did not. I am a citizen of a former satelite country of the Soviet Union and I do not want this situati
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by lajosbacs 3y ago
wow But ok, I'll give you that -- I prefer a unipolar world with US hegemony or whatnot rather than a multipolar world where I have to live in the Russian part (which by the way absolutely never respected the nations that it had subjug
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by lajosbacs 3y ago
Fair enough. Of course, that is a completely legit view that I also partly hold. However, this author is known for his looking up to a regime that is way worse (or 'not better form' as you say).
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by lajosbacs 3y ago
No, it is a hidden way of saying that small countries have no choice of their own and they have to belong to some pole. And as luck would have it, the closest pole to central Europe would be Russia! How can someone not want that?
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by lajosbacs 3y ago
Did not say this article in particular, but its author. Other commenters posted links. But basically he is pushing the Russian whataboutist narrative.
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by lajosbacs 3y ago
The author hates the post-totalitarian system of the Czech Republic ('89-) and has very pro-Russian views. Just be aware before wasting your time with his article.
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by lajosbacs 3y ago
I disagree on the cruise control, especially in Europe where the streets are narrower, it constantly thinks that it will crash and applies brakes. I sold my Tesla because of this
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by lajosbacs 3y ago
And it takes generations to forget. I spent only my infancy under communism, but through my parents this is ingrained in me. I am always very careful to voice my opinion and I care too much about what unknown ppl would think about me. Crimi
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by lajosbacs 4y ago
Yes, the regional products in Europe for sure. But a whole country and all products? I can imagine that Japan would do something like this, as it is usually synonymous with quality (as Swiss is) and they do not want brand dilution.
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by lajosbacs 4y ago
I once at party spoke with a Swiss lawyer that focuses on these infringements. He told me: 'If you label something as "Swiss" and a certain percentage is not actually made here, you will eventually get a letter from me'.
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by lajosbacs 4y ago
Didn't know it can do that (in iterm2 works nicely). My favourite use of gnuplot, over ssh, is to plot ascii, just like the presented tool does. Just use set terminal dumb size `tput cols` `tput lines`
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by lajosbacs 4y ago
I have an older BMW with ACC and had a Tesla Model 3 as well. The ACC on the BMW rocks, it reacts quicker than I do when a car slows in front of me, but never vigorously breaks. Phantom breaking is unheard of. It only needs attention when t
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by lajosbacs 4y ago
Does not seem to work with DVORAK.

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