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silvestrov
17y ago
Copenhagen, Denmark. 40 Mbps down, 2 up Mbps, not capped and full speed always available. Fixed ip, no restrictions. ADSL. 349 DKK/month (incl tax) ~ $53/month (excl tax).
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both. Older people refrain from using it, but for young people it's just an innocent filler word. We don't beep such words out on TV/Radio, and they can be said in primetime by guests without problems. And therefore it's easy for Danes wh
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17y ago
Another example of word import in Danish: the word "shopping" (in Danish: "købe ind") is now used when shopping for fun stuff (girls/gays buying clothes) while the danish word is used when shopping for groceries. So "jeg skal shoppe" (I ha
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silvestrov
17y ago
http://glimmerblocker.org to get rid of the annoying ads (by default keeps the Google text ads).
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silvestrov
18y ago
> the Googler embarks on a full-scale jihad against the very concept of taste I say: this is all based on prejudice, not on knowledge, and the author should have refrained from posting such a bullish article. Compare this diatribe to Li
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silvestrov
18y ago
Probably incremental update such as more RAM (many apps have a hard time because the OS uses most of the RAM, leaving very little for apps) and faster CPU (more responsive, faster web browser).
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silvestrov
18y ago
GlimmerBlocker supports injecting javascript and css, and it supports transforming the html (search-and-replace using javascript) before the html hits the browser.
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silvestrov
18y ago
Whoever you choose, make sure you always have an up-to-date local backup of everything on the site. Cheap webhosting is prone to loosing customer files when something goes wrong.
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18y ago
A backup is only a backup when you have restored from it successfully. Until then, it's no better than garbage. A disk raid is only a raid when you have tried pulling a disk and having the raid successfully rebuild (while running in produc
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silvestrov
18y ago
You forgot to close the BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file)); so you'll run out of file descriptions if backing up too many files. And bis.read(jpgByte); doesn't necessary read all of the files; at
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silvestrov
18y ago
An important subject which wasn't touched in the article: In Denmark jingle mail doesn't exist: you cannot run away from your debt (they would just laugh and send the keys back to you), and if you seriously fail to pay your obligations, yo
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18y ago
The 20% is not a required downpayment in cash, but you have to finance it using normal bank loans. The (sellers) estate agent normally takes care of the complete loan taking, so the buyer just has to provide proof of income for the last 3