quantum_magpie

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by quantum_magpie 9y ago
I completely agree with the article. Car drivers have to have a lot more responsibility for their actions. They are already the worst part of every city, with their excessive honking, stinky exhaust and lack of awareness of their surroundin
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by quantum_magpie 9y ago
Same experience. I switched 4 years ago, and the search results that I'm interested in were as good or better than google. Except scientific articles. I've yet to find a service that comes anywhere close to Google Scholar, which I
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by quantum_magpie 9y ago
As a person from northeastern Europe living in Tokyo, I really hate the Japanese doing something similar -- in the summer they set their ACs to 20-22, when it's 35 outside, while in the winter everywhere inside is at 25+, quite often e
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by quantum_magpie 9y ago
Not all of their pages support the ncr. For example maps.google.com/ncr 404's. And without the /ncr I get redirected to .co.jp where there is no visible option to change the language unless I sign in.
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by quantum_magpie 10y ago
Well, you can look at age timeline: Start school at 7; Start university at 19; Start PhD at 25 [4-year bachelors + 2-year masters] if you can do that immediately after masters, or 26; Finish PhD at 28, or 29 (if it's a 3-year PhD, othe
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by quantum_magpie 10y ago
In the present society, the advertisers managed to completely ruin the way cities look with their endless flashing neon signs (and in the past few years I've noticed a vast increase in audio-based advertisements outside), they have rui