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by vertis 6y ago
Yeah, I discovered Altered Carbon had been canceled by Netflix for much the same reason (expensive). It was one of the few shows that I was really excited about. Am I going to cancel my Netflix subscription? Probably not, they still have al
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by vertis 6y ago
Having been part of the VR ecosystem since the DK1 and I having had the opportunity to go to Oculus Connect 1, I can't say that I'm surprised by Facebook/Oculus' move in this direction. At OC1 they handed out copies of R
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by vertis 6y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong but it looks like the HTC Cosmos is PC VR. The Quest/2 is mobile VR. While I've had some amazing PC VR experiences (I've been using and working with VR since the DK1). For me, Mobile VR with the c
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by vertis 6y ago
Sure, this was less me trying to correctly localize it, since I would never do that with my absolutely rudimentary command of German (I use phrase.com and professional translators for that) and more defending against the person that knew ev
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by vertis 6y ago
That's really useful for my German learning. I knew that "im" was "in the" I didn't realise it was a contraction. Very slowly learning the language.
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by vertis 6y ago
'in' is the same word in German, though I'm not 100% certain either, because my German is basic. "Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch".
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by vertis 6y ago
Yes absolutely it should. I think you get a pass if you're a tiny startup on some of your i18n and a11y. But not if you're one of the biggest software companies in the world. Users should not be expected to know a second language
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by vertis 6y ago
I'm not arguing against chat in itself, merely implementations of it that interrupt the flow of what you are doing. For example, chat popups that ask you to interact before you've had a chance to even read the title of the page. E
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by vertis 6y ago
Yep, It's not just Clippy, it's anything that I would want to dismiss and then it doesn't persist. https://coworker.com has this annoying banner at the moment advertising their global pass. Nice X to close. I refr
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by vertis 6y ago
There is a chance of survivorship bias. You get a bunch of messages through the chat interface and all of a sudden you believe it adds value, when in reality you're potentially annoying a whole bunch of users that aren't necessari
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by vertis 6y ago
I find those chat boxes to be completely irritating. Doubly so if it doesn't go straight to a human, there are ones that want to shove you through the crappy zendesk "are you sure this helpdesk article doesn't answer your que
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by vertis 6y ago
The rich do tax avoidance, completely different thing. Of course they have the luxury of doing it 'legally', which is not something you can do without a certain amount of money.
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by vertis 6y ago
That temperature is a give away. I remember Sydney had some fairly decent cycling routes when I was there. Perhaps not when compared to Copenhagen and Amsterdam, but they always got me from Alexandria to the CBD without riding on the road (
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by vertis 6y ago
It's my impression that Europe has been a little bit more relaxed than "only idiots are traveling". It's only now that the numbers are rising again that they're again putting increased measures in place.
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by vertis 6y ago
I crossed the border (by Ferry) into Estonia the other day, and was informed by the border guard that I would need to isolate for 14 days[1], and asked to sign a document saying that I understood the isolation. The way the border guard appr
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by vertis 6y ago
Quite often, at least in Europe, the AirBnBs do charge the tourist/hotel tax, varies city to city.
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by vertis 6y ago
I've stayed at plenty of aparthotels, and they just do not compare to an actual apartment though.
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by vertis 6y ago
I suspect we pay a higher price because of the competition for short term rentals in much the same way that it has an impact on rental and for-sale markets. Assuming it was still possible, without AirBnB we would likely be paying private re
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by vertis 6y ago
I don't think I've had one go bad so as to not have a bed for the night. Having one go bad 2 days before you arrive and having to rebook, or having one that is really bad that you just can't stay at any longer (and then yes,
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by vertis 6y ago
There is truth to the fact that I can't stay everywhere and experience everything, but I have a deeper understanding of the different ways the people live and the different things that communities value than I could ever have dreamed b
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by vertis 6y ago
Wasn't decent, and one could argue that we got what we paid for :)
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by vertis 6y ago
This is equally true of a apartment block full of long-term tenants (at least in Australia). If none of the owners live there then they have precious little incentive to fix things and the tenants have no power.
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by vertis 6y ago
Yep, though in the context of this article AirBnB is just the biggest target. The problems that people are complaining about (justly) are no different if the short-term rental offered on Booking.com.
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by vertis 6y ago
Being a digital nomad comes with plenty of first world problems, which I try not to complain about because I understand they are self-inflicted. Though its nowhere near as expensive as people seem to imagine (depending on your destination).
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by vertis 6y ago
That's some good context, and I am absolutely privileged to be able to travel, though it's not some unobtainable goal, it is very possible to keep to a budget similar to renting at home (in Australia). The important thing is actua
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by vertis 6y ago
Yep that's true. Though I have stayed in some really bad aparthotels, that are just not livable when you stay in them for a month (tiny studios, with barely a kitchen). As far as renting from a regular owner, I think the hard thing abo
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by vertis 6y ago
I agree with a lot of your points, AirBnB has just made it much more accessible (they're not alone just the point) Regarding living like the locals live, of course it's not exact. For example, knowing the language matter a lot, bu
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by vertis 6y ago
Oh absolutely, and we had an experience in London where the apartment upstairs was used for a party while we were there and the landlord, who owned both apartments didn't care, wouldn't take responsibility.
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by vertis 6y ago
As a digital nomad we almost always look at accommodation before deciding to go somewhere and it's mostly always AirBnB, since hotels don't have the facilities we need.
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by vertis 6y ago
Hah, that's funny. I had a horrible night at a hotel in Ireland, where the room next door was partying and the attendant was just powerless to stop it (he tried).

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