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by tingle 10mo ago
Confirm, update was finally successful.
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by tingle 1y ago
Chap. CCCLXIV. — On the Judgment of Painters. When the work is equal to the knowledge and judgment of the painter, it is a bad sign; and when it surpasses the judgment, it is still worse, as is the case with those who wonder at having succe
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by tingle 2y ago
The legislations for the 35 member countries of the CBCDG can be viewed here: https://rulesforuse.org/en/about-cbcdg e.g. for the US dollar: https://rulesforuse.org/en/currencies/us-dollar In
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by tingle 2y ago
Replacing 'twitter' in the URL by 'xcancel' can be helpful: https://xcancel.com/carrigmat/status/1884244369907278106
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by tingle 3y ago
Patrick Tierney's "The Highest Altar" [1] develops a very similar thesis, with first-hand experience by the author. Wikipedia provides some material on child sacrifice by the Incas in e.g. [2] and [3]. [1] https://
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by tingle 3y ago
Additional info on the station's web site, only in French, unfortunately: https://www.rts.ch/info/sciences-tech/medias/13976194-les-in...
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Robots run the show as Swiss radio tests AI voices for a day(apnews.com)
1 points by tingle 3y ago|1 comments
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by tingle 4y ago
Non-western publications of possible interest: https://asiatimes.com/ in english, mostly free https://www.jeuneafrique.com/ in french, subscription
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by tingle 4y ago
Threema doesn't require a phone number.
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by tingle 4y ago
The behavior of the United Kingdom looks incoherent: it wants to become a surveillance state [1], but without using cameras manufactured in China, on the grounds that China is a surveillance state. [1] < https://www.cctv.co.uk&
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by tingle 4y ago
Were you using Tor Browser ? From Switzerland, I can create free Proton accounts by solving a captcha, if I'm using Safari or Firefox. But if I use Tor on the same computer, the only option is to enter a phone number.
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by tingle 4y ago
No, I didn't. And I just tried with Tor Browser, but the captcha option is not available.
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by tingle 4y ago
Between 2019 and 2020, I've created a few free one-time ProtonMail accounts, which I used for creating throw-away Apple IDs. In fact, I just created one to verify. It's still possible. See for yourself: user: testaccount.forhacker
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by tingle 4y ago
The conductor took your passports for the cross-border check, since you'd likely be soundly asleep at the time when it would happen. You can view this as a service.
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by tingle 5y ago
Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world. -- George Bernard Shaw https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6809999-old-men-are-dangero...
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by tingle 5y ago
508 pixels/inch = 200 pixels/cm, exactly. The resolution unit in PNG is either the meter, or it is unspecified. 1 inch = 25.4 mm, 25.4 * 2 = 50.8. 508 is close enough to 600, and 600 dpi is a resolution commonly found in desktop p
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by tingle 5y ago
This interesting analysis was written in 2016. Is there a more recent version ?
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by tingle 5y ago
French expression is "chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin". First known use is 1652, source: https://www.expressio.fr/expressions/chercher-une-aiguille-d... (also provides equivalent expressions in s
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by tingle 6y ago
Some map makers seem to have indulged in this for fun: For Decades, Cartographers Have Been Hiding Covert Illustrations Inside of Switzerland’s Official Maps https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/for-decades-cartographers-have-...
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by tingle 6y ago
This is a very useful list. Information on mac OS defaults is not easy to discover.
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by tingle 6y ago
In backward Wallis, I've been receiving a single folded A3 page for at least 5 years. And since last year, I could even snapshot the substantiating documents with my mobile and attach them to my digital tax form if I wanted to.
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by tingle 6y ago
That was my rationale for voting "no". The task of deciding who is swiss and who isn't shouldn't be entrusted to some AI running on a facebook server.
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by tingle 6y ago
Maybe Diplomacy ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomacy_(game)
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by tingle 7y ago
"1830: The Game of Railroads and Robber Barons" is an enduring classic.