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by pintxo 6y ago
Similar here, but without learning the CLI first, I would not be comfortable with the GUIs.
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by pintxo 6y ago
I fear the problems with Word and PowerPoint are mainly on the users, most simply have never heard about paragraph styles! My personal hate object is the Windows10 client for OneDrive/Sharepoint. I have had it on multiple occasions rem
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by pintxo 6y ago
Why spend? Just start ordering large and/or strangely shaped stuff online. With free shipping you can always order a single piece and your kids will grow up thinking that cardboard is in free unlimited supply /s
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by pintxo 6y ago
Don’t we split this into user (child) / customer (the one paying) usually?
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by pintxo 6y ago
Not sure there is any High speed trains that do allow to open windows though.
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by pintxo 6y ago
In some podcast someone mentioned that in (some) asian countries it feels like air conditioning in public transport is build to ensure quick and regular air exchange. And it would absolutely make sense, as they are way more used to these so
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by pintxo 6y ago
I usually just generate long >32 chars random strings as answers to these stupid questions, and store the string in my password manager as well. Worked great, until some support person on the phone actually wanted to know the answer...
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by pintxo 6y ago
Taking a screenshot of your actual browser means you either reveal details about your personal preferences (bookmarks, plugins, etc) or you have to use a factory standard browser. Also this way, you cannot just easily choose the used browse
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by pintxo 6y ago
Interesting take to interpret "Like" button widgets as wiretapping. Also interesting that Facebook is the bad guy here instead of the actual side owner including the widget. I mean without everyone including those scripts on their
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by pintxo 6y ago
but if all of them would, the price would fall...
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by pintxo 6y ago
in Germany, private plans are often 1/2 of the public plan. But only at young age, prices will go up with age and switching back in the public system is legally blocked (for most cases). Also private plans are mostly only available abo
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by pintxo 6y ago
> Greenpeace didn’t save the whales, switching from whale oil to petroleum and palm oil did According to [1]: The depletion of some whale species to near extinction led to the banning of whaling in many countries by 1969, and to a worldw
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by pintxo 6y ago
Thanks for explaining the reasoning behind the mask order. Sick people (according to your own words about 1/3 of them) may not know That they are sick. So if the sick should wear masks this can only be ensured if everyone wears a mask.
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by pintxo 6y ago
I am inclined to believe it comes down to a fundamental error in our current way of taxation. Which is that we primarily tax work or the added value. While luck (the lottery, having rich parents) is not taxed at all or at measurable lower r
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by pintxo 6y ago
This is if you get long lasting antibodies from an asymptomatic case, which seems to be unclear. This seems to be early researcher needing more confirmation, but see for example here: https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-ant
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by pintxo 6y ago
Goeguessr is the best. Remember the day it put me right in front of a street sign basically stating the exact location. But then in the next game you are placed right on midway island with no clues but sand and some birds... Fun times
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by pintxo 6y ago
Standard approach is to check the provided pictures for any containing the roof or parts of it. Color of the tiles, the form of windows etc are good features to look for on a google maps satellite view. This usually brings up several possib
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by pintxo 6y ago
Doing this quite often as we are currently looking for a new house. Real estate offerings here in Germany often omit the actual address. So some research on the actual location is needed. It’s fun and reduces the list of possible objects ea
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by pintxo 6y ago
... to become AOL
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by pintxo 6y ago
My TLDR: > 1h of up-front thinking about the problem and your solution can save you days of refactoring, testing, debugging. The author proposes writing specifications as good way of up-front thinking. Authors own conclusion: > There
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by pintxo 6y ago
Using non-tracking ads could win over even more privacy conscious consumers. Question is of there are enough of them to justify it? (Probably not)
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by pintxo 6y ago
Some of these seem to be as much art as engineering.
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by pintxo 6y ago
Forget the truck, there seems to be a person (the truck driver?) standing some 50m in front of the truck, waving the oncoming cars to the side. And the Tesla seems to completely ignore the fact that a human is standing basically right in hi
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by pintxo 6y ago
I also immediately switch to the English version of any documentation. Worst offender here is the MS knowledge base with it’s really bad auto-translations. For me part of the reason most people use English in CS boils down to the English te
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by pintxo 6y ago
Some might use „Zweig“.
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by pintxo 6y ago
I usually go for asking questions. „Is this the most plausible reasoning?“ / „wouldn’t x be way simpler/cheaper/easier?“ The sceptic guide to the universe by Steven Novella also has a short chapter on how to seed some skeptic
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by pintxo 6y ago
Lending is tight to a banks equity. Prior to Basel II (early 2000s) this was some 8% per loan. So the more equity you have, the more loans you can provide. As small regional banks are unlikely to have the same amount of equity than JPMorgan
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by pintxo 6y ago
> b) ... this means that if more people put money in the bank, the bank will have more money to lend out and interest rates would fall This is not how lending works for banks in the western world. Banks do not lend out their customers sa
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by pintxo 6y ago
It‘s a Thinkpad, who cares for the touch pad /s
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by pintxo 6y ago
It's interesting that this works seamlessly and without issues in Germany. With an account number basically anyone can draw money from the account here. But the account owner can return the money for 6 weeks without limitation. The ban

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