luckys

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by luckys 11mo ago
There's a lot of good food places in Lisbon that you might not be familiar with yet. Enjoy your stay
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by luckys 11mo ago
In Portugal you can have one or more last names, but the very last one will be from the father's side. Unless both parents have the same double-barreled name? Never seen that here.
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by luckys 1y ago
Great name. Names can be so generic but this hits the nail on the head
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by luckys 1y ago
https://anycrap.shop/product/a-pi-sided-die > The Pi Sided Die is a mathematical novelty designed by mathematicians who dared to defy probability. This six-sided die appears to have six sides, but only five faces di
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by luckys 1y ago
We should thank you for the laughs! Re: costs - put some ads on the page, problem solved :-P
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Firing the Lorentz Plasma Cannon [video](youtube.com)
1 points by luckys 1y ago|0 comments
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by luckys 1y ago
I 100% agree with the right to privacy but the keyword there is arbitrary - if everyone's comms get intercepted that would not be in contravence of the Declaration, as it would be done systematically, i.e. not arbitrarily. The spirit
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by luckys 1y ago
There's something about analog I can't quite put my finger on it. Take digital photography for example. No matter how sharp, how "vibrant" the photos from a really good digital camera of today, it doesn't feel the s
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by luckys 1y ago
With Ublock Origin at least, you can whitelist websites that you want to see ads on.
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by luckys 1y ago
I still remember the immersive positional audio from using a Soundblaster while playing Thief The Dark Project in the 90's. Nothing short of amazing! Kudos to the Looking Glass Studios for taking advantage of the technology to its full
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by luckys 1y ago
That seems to have changed in March 2025 via executive order, with English now being the official language of the US https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_Stat... https://www.usa.gov/o
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by luckys 1y ago
Some more information here https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/08/20/microsoft-is-invest...
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Malware-ridden apps made it into Google Play Store, scored 19M downloads(theregister.com)
2 points by luckys 1y ago|0 comments
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by luckys 1y ago
This might be the one of the best website designs I've ever experienced. Agree with the content of the post but no idea how is it even possible to enforce it. The data is out there and it is doubtful that laws will be passed to protect
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by luckys 1y ago
I believe we humans have reached a point where, materially at least, everyone could live in reasonable comfort and there would be no space for wars. Yet we seem to often behave as if we're still hunting for sustenance and living in cav
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by luckys 1y ago
I find it fascinatig the Little Boy (uranium) technology hadn't been fully tested by the Americans before the bombings.
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Tom Lehrer – Wernher von Braun – with intro [video](youtube.com)
1 points by luckys 1y ago|1 comments
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by luckys 1y ago
Rest in Peace, Tom Lehrer. Your old jokes still make me laugh
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Attempt to outlaw AI that jacks up prices based on what it knows about you(theregister.com)
8 points by luckys 1y ago|0 comments
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by luckys 1y ago
Portugal. You would have to live here I guess. It was about 2 years ago and I don't have any sources to give you. Ask the locals if you know any. Olive oil may be more expensive in general now because of poor harvests but at the time l
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by luckys 1y ago
In the little corner of Europe where I live food became more noticeably expensive with the Ukraine war. Not everything but a number of items. At one point, the price of olive oil was raised because vegetable oil had to be cheaper than oli
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Winners of the $10k ISBN visualization bounty(annas-archive.li)
2 points by luckys 1y ago|0 comments
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The Digital Antiquarian(filfre.net)
2 points by luckys 1y ago|0 comments
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by luckys 1y ago
Weird, I'm using the latest stock fedora with gnome and the option is there to use the power button as "power off" command.
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by luckys 1y ago
I'm in Portugal. Mobile data was slow when it started, now it's much better. The sunny weather is very inviting outside for someone with the day off :-)