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Gare

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  1. comment
    Comment #48355227

    > The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil. https://www.json.org/license.html

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    Comment #47707437

    10 years ago Wayland was in much worse state. It started being good in the last few years, though some features are still lacking.

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    Comment #47548041

    > and I don't think I know any pop stars with that background off the top of my head. But Romania gave us the Dragostea din tei (Numa-numa song :)

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    Comment #47547889

    In Croatia only Zagreb got changed to 10 000 (because capital), the rest stayed the same.

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    Comment #47194521

    Exactly, the threat of using nukes needs to be credible in order to work as a deterrence.

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    Comment #46941929

    > And they are also… a math nightmare. Differential geometry. Integrals. Oh my… Which is probably why most games don’t even dare. Wonder if cubic parabola (used by some railways, a…

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    Comment #46758086

    This collision happened precisely because of unfortunate circumstance that break in the rail and derailment happened just before the switch leading to the opposite track. Without t…

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    Comment #46153062

    Well, they could add speakers that make vroom-vroom noises.

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    Comment #46001659

    The Falcons have all three engines tail mounted, so not the same "type" of trijet as MD-11.

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    Comment #44833999

    AFAIK it should be a different system because the car asks the key first (same system as Keyless GO).

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    Comment #44540068

    Well, AI is plain wrong. Fuel cutoff switches on Airbus are in the same position as in Boeing planes, below the throttle.

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    Comment #44506482

    Technically, 2 EU countries: Greece and Cyprus.

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    Comment #44480193

    True, but that EU regulation is based on the ground truth of much less spacious roads and cities.

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    Comment #44222002

    You might consider it an eyesore, but the river is hardly ruined by it.

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    Comment #43676029

    I fully agree with that. Just a bit disappointed that Python is not even considering to fix/replace it's problematic datetime library (as far as I know). Excellent third-party libr…

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    Comment #43674685

    Fortunately, JS is getting Temporal, which will be great. No such thing on the horizon for Python yet.

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    Comment #43591898

    Not only that, some fonts have a vast number of tweaks available: https://rsms.me/inter/#features

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    Comment #43084592

    Railway crossings are not especially deadly if you're a train passenger. Most deaths are from train-on-train collisions or overspeed derailments.

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    Comment #43005475

    All newly sold vehicles in EU need to have either reversing camera or sensors starting from July 7, 2024

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    Comment #43005466

    Indeed, thanks for the correction

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    Comment #42999153

    EU requires them too

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    Comment #42999119

    If you think of watt-hour as "joule times 3600" then it makes sense

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    Comment #42998372

    kWh/h is a proper unit for average energy consumption over time, if a bit weird.

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    Comment #42989576

    > These are very important factors to keep in mind, even if the absolute numbers seem small. Expensive electricity makes everything else more expensive as well. It touches every fa…

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    Comment #42979237

    Which has been corrected since.