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by tomcooks 6y ago
Agree on the infinite scrolling being generally bad, especially on comments. Same goes for the obnoxious "more" tiny links that obscure half of the content for no reason
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by tomcooks 6y ago
Do you have any solution other than assuming things about others, their supposed privileges? Do you think the state should give you money or leave you to your enterprise? Do you think that taking things from businesses was some sort of cons
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by tomcooks 6y ago
Afaik most European countries have a travel ban unless it's for work. Minimizing contact and travel, together with masks and sanitation，is proven to work and currently the only solution- unless hey you have a non tyrannical alternative
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by tomcooks 6y ago
That sucks, had no idea you couldn't spend time outside over there. I can understand the ban on having friends over, but not allowing people to spend time outside is a recipe for disaster. UK having what seems to be the most potent var
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by tomcooks 6y ago
Which country more or less is it? When the hot season will arrive will you be able to go out and make an impromptu bar with friends somewhere free (public squares, forests, beaches, etc.)
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by tomcooks 6y ago
Exactly. Just like with open source software, if you don't like something make your own instead of creating cargo cult around the ashes of a mediocre past.
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by tomcooks 6y ago
There's no normal, there's only what you create now
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by tomcooks 6y ago
Maybe it's the rural setup where I'm from, but I'm glad that in 2020 and 2021 I barely visited bars. Summer was spent by lakes and forests, drinking beers, cocktails, appetizers, and eating freshly grilled BBQ for a fraction
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by tomcooks 6y ago
No problem with nuclear until you have a problem, then it's a catastrophe
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by tomcooks 6y ago
Please rotate the screen, ehhh.
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by tomcooks 6y ago
Yeah well
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by tomcooks 6y ago
Put in some money you'd use for Netflix, Amazon prime and a few other extras you can happily do without. Mark the amount you paid and its BTC value on the calendar and completely forget about it for one year until some out of the loop
463.
by tomcooks 6y ago
If the phrase "diamond hands" became a meme is because those who just held their bags and ignored bubbles ended up with 40x gains in a couple of years
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by tomcooks 6y ago
Great use of simple reliable tools, ignore the complainers.
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by tomcooks 6y ago
Isn't this a violation of copyright? Assuming edia is protected by international law even when you don't particularly like the nation that produced said content.
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by tomcooks 6y ago
There's a music album, Most Beautiful Design by Bienoise (cited in the PHD of the author of the site as a great example of how to work with MP3 compression artifacts and glitches) that is made of heavily compressed mp3s so that it soun
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by tomcooks 6y ago
> Pasta and meat together are common in Italy. As you can see in the results of the search you linked, its all ragù or other tiny bits of sausage. The reason why pasta and meat is considered dumb ("bad grammar") in most parts o
468.
by tomcooks 6y ago
Riso e pesce persico is a traditional dish in the lakes area up north eh
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by tomcooks 6y ago
As a sidenote on the availability of Google to look things up, how often do you find yourself stuck on a problem and locked into a result bubble where Google keeps on showing you the wrong results, usually spammy articles?
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by tomcooks 6y ago
Devils advocate: this is faster than markdown when writing on a phone/tablet with autocomplete
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by tomcooks 6y ago
how else would the author make money out of freely available data, once this gains traction?
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by tomcooks 6y ago
Third take: you use the free time to work on your projects and come out of lockdown stronger, healthier, and richer both in money and culture.
473.
by tomcooks 6y ago
it's worth trying but: it's not THAT good of an experience, it's kind of hard to eat because of the hole.
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by tomcooks 6y ago
10USD/kg bucatini + 10 USD shipping anywhere in the US contact link in description! sincerely, anonymous dealer seeking revenge for all those "badabibuppi" Family Guy and Soprano memes.
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by tomcooks 6y ago
> Not every story on Medium is free, like this one. Become a member to get unlimited access and support the voices you want to hear more from. Yeah
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by tomcooks 6y ago
American or not, I suggest you check the bunch of propaganda videos showing Mussolini himself harvesting crops and his calls to the rural, natural lifestyle of the forefathers (his milk only breakfast being a good example accessible to non
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by tomcooks 6y ago
I wish Italian history lessons featured also more lessons on the the protoceltic period in northern Italy and how it lead to the creation of what then became north European runes. A better approach to Latin studies would also be interesting
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by tomcooks 6y ago
Same here, pity that many things I've learned through that jewel of a site have been rendered useless by the same very constant updates Fravia himself warned us against.
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by tomcooks 6y ago
Boomers like me know all of the IPv4 obfuscation techniques thanks to Fravia' Searchlores, may he forever rest in peace. https://www.theoryforce.com/fravia/searchlores/obscure
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by tomcooks 6y ago
Isn't this "knowing how to use it" come with the usual dose of RTFM and/or trying things? Moreover, I suggest you fork the project and apply your own modifications instead of worrying about a GitHub project administrator

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