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by nicbou 1y ago
AdGuard is also very effective on Safari for iOS.
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It was a hilarious read. It reminded me of Mike Judge's view of Silicon Valley, and "Every Bay Area House Party". Please, keep writing. https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/every-bay-area-house-party
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I monitor 404 errors on my website. ChatGPT frequently sends traffic to pages that never existed. Sometimes the information they refer to has never existed on my website. For example: "/glossary/love-parade" - There is n
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I have made a Bürgeramt appointment finder. It was down for a few weeks after the city of Berlin changed its anti-bot measures. I just released an updated version that works again: https://allaboutberlin.com/tools/appoi
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Playwright is a great tool for this. There is a helper for writing automations. It's commonly used for automated testing but it's good for controlling a browser with Python scripts in general.
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A few years ago I've made an appointment finder for the Berlin Bürgeramt. It got blocked by anti bot measures last month so I'm now fixing it. Basically, I'm moving from Python requests to running an actual browser with Playw
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Mine did. I can't remember telling the same stories multiple times. I even laughed at my own joke after it was told to me, not realising it came from me. If someone asks me what I've done yesterday or last weekend, I blank out com
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Totally. It's fair to keep people's preferences in mind. I have friends to party and friends to do sports. Someone who never makes time is not really a friend, or at least not someone I'd keep inviting.
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One thing I had to learn is that clear is kind and unclear is unkind. If your unstated expectations are unmet, it's on you. I used to be like the "she" in your story, and I realised this behaviour is manipulative and rarely g
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If people keep declining invitations, I take the hint. Otherwise I feel like I'm pestering them. From my perspective, Anna is indistinguishable from someone who doesn't like me/the group/our plans that much. Organizers a
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Collective hysteria does not need to be planned. Sometimes things just fall into place, just like the conditions for a hurricane. It seems to me like too many yearly bonuses are tied to AI implementation, due to FOMO amongst C-levels. The h
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The random ones I got from Amazon a few years ago have been just fine. I have a longer one for my MacBook on longer trips.
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I also got the email. I am surprised that I was automatically opted in, but then again, it's Microsoft. I wouldn't leave my drink unattended around their employees.
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The alternative is to build the audience first, then sell things to it. If you don't command an audience, you must use someone else's, usually at a cost. You don't have to be the loudest and most outrageous if your product is
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I have been doing something similar for years. My website helps immigrants settle in Berlin. Recently, I've been writing a lot about health insurance. For the last few months, I've been monitoring all health insurance topics in so
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Fully committing to USB C was a wonderful move. It's much easier to pack for the day, but also for hiking, cycling and motorcycle trips. I wired my motorcycle panniers to have USB C chargers inside them. Retractable C to C cables are a
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It could be that the designers have to contend with greater forces: marketing, management, available developer time, politics, sprints etc. It could also be that their work is dictated, so they don't get to explore and research. It cou
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Todoist, Wachete and Spotify. That's it!
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I agree. There's always so much to do just to stay on top of things. Everything from writing to people down to watering plants and updating software. Last summer I went to a festival, and for a week I was unreachable, had no working ph
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"Can you make it pop more?"
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We have the same thing in Quebec. It pairs with the use of "on" to imply that you and everybody else is doing the thing: "ce vendredi, on vote bleu". It's a sort of mild suggestion.
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Okay that seems pretty nice. A lot of small improvements to day-to-day use. This is what I want from a desktop OS update.
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Germany is a great country to study and live in, if you pick the right area. The language barrier can be really isolating, even if you study in English.
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Buying in Germany seems widely considered as a bad idea, both for renting and for living in. It's more of a lifestyle decision, if it really makes you happy.
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The location should be mentioned. Renting is a lot more sensible in countries with strong tenant rights.
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That's the theory. I practice, even in famously recycling-obsessed Germany, it's impossible to return electronics in places that are required to accept them, even two years after that law passed. The staff is really confused when
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That makes sense since it's an American dessert. Germany seemingly only produces the worst possible version of American bread and butter popcorn.
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In what context did you hear "clear is kind"? That expression is new to me
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The lack of images made Gemini unworkable for me. I know it's by design, but illustrations are an important part of my writing. It's more sensible to build the sort of websites I want to see, and to use Reader Mode for other peopl
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Paper is best. I love flipping through my notebooks. I do it a lot more often, even if only to find the next empty page. I revise my paper sketches a lot more often because I see them again and again. Digital is faster and more convenient

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