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11y ago
It seems that there are significant differences in browsers as well. Windows 8 -------------------- Firefox v38 | 2629ms Chrome v40 | 4281ms IE v11 | 7899ms
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11y ago
> If anything should be open and free, it's art. I'm not sure that would work with all types of art and for all types of artists. If an author spends a year writing a book, how is he supposed to make a living? A few authors can
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12y ago
I'm a Scandinavian in my mid 30s and haven't bothered getting a driver's license either. I could certainly afford a car, but it's just too much hassle.
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12y ago
I think it is a basic ability most animals have. They need to know which animals are prey, dangerous or harmless. Just look at how dogs reacts differently when they see another dog, a cat or a human.
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12y ago
In my opinion, discussions were handled better in the old Usenet days. How about running a private NNTP server and use one of the programs that forwards the mailing list to the NNTP server? There are still lots of good NNTP clients out ther
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13y ago
I was planning to make something like that myself, but there seems to be plenty of competition from https://stormpath.com/ and others
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13y ago
I haven't used WhatsApp, but from what I can tell it runs on a lot of platforms, including feature phones. An iPhone app is of no use to someone who can't afford one. Perhaps there are more affordable cheap Chinese Android phones
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13y ago
http://turbo.style64.org/about-the-turbo-assembler-homepage "Turbo Assembler is a native c64 assembler which was introduced in 1985 by the German company, Omikron."
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13y ago
Most companies specify a 6 month probation period where the contract can be terminated with 1 month notice. That should be enough to plan ahead. The customary 3 month notice only applies to "permanent" employees, but the company i
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13y ago
" But the downside is that it makes employers hesitant to hire someone in the first place if they know they will be stuck with them for three months. " The 3 month notice period is actually not required by law, but is so widespre
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13y ago
I agree. As a Norwegian who have never considered voting for them, I have to say they are misunderstood. I think it all started when the Swedes thought they were similar to the Swedish "SD" party. That caused a lot of attention in
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13y ago
Yes, but the money is transferred by the central government and is included in the national budget numbers that were posted earlier.
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13y ago
I think the number includes local spending. Municipals are given money by the government.
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13y ago
30% of the population of North Dakota is of Norwegian ancestry. Not that it has anything to do with their economy. Just an interesting historical coincidence.
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13y ago
> the cost of a private university is prohibitive for many if not most families The public universities are free and of good quality. Most of the private universities tend to be more specialized. Some are for students that can't g
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13y ago
I often forget ending for/while/if statements with a colon. http://markmail.org/message/ve7mwqxhci4pm6lw In my opinion they should not be required because they cause more problems than they solve.
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13y ago
There are companies that provide hosting services for Exchange, so there is no need for a local installation.
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13y ago
> With no reason to save I could do whatever I wanted. You still need to pay for food, clothes, housing etc. As a minimum you will have to sign contracts that bind you to a job for a minimum amount of time (probably years). Someone will
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13y ago
If someone loses "he lost". If someone wins "we won"
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13y ago
I assume that your employees have worked at least one week with over 60 hours. Would you accept them working only 20 hours another week? Why should employees donate extra time to a for profit project if you can't do the same. If a situ
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13y ago
Only those with bad thoughts have something to hide. You can't let the bad guys win
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13y ago
My city (Oslo) has reduced some of the cans by having an optical sorting robot at the garbage processing facility. You can use one can for general, biodegradable and plastic by using different colored bags.
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13y ago
In local news media where I live (Oslo, Norway), there have been stories about the "muslem morality police". These are people who use social control to make sure girls dress properly and don't have too much contact with outsi
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13y ago
Right now he has been noticed by almost every politician in the world. Prime ministers and presidents mention him and everyone is wondering what will happen to him. Perhaps he wants to keep the focus on him until he is granted asylum. It ma
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13y ago
Some ideas: - optional domain names - custom branding for companies wanting a blog engine - sponsored articles linked from home page - as others have mentioned they could create e-books based on popular topics
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13y ago
Have you considered supporting compressed files or compressing them automatically after uploads? HttpGzipModule and ngx_http_gunzip_module will handle these files automatically. A server can handle more pages and probably also decrease the
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13y ago
You have probably been in contact with lots of unhygienic stuff during the day, so why not wash your hands anyway?
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13y ago
AFAIK all Latin1 characters codepoints with Unicode too.
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13y ago
You should also clean the search parameters: Example: http://alturl.com/6a7vw
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13y ago
I agree. It's hard to say exactly what they should improve, but I feel that it takes more time to find what I need. Perhaps they should add some colour to give better contrast.
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