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Jallal

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    Comment #48118997

    This. They use ambiguous wording throughout their site.

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    Comment #45542716

    Speaking from France, but this is one aspect of Decathlon (retail shop specialized in sport). It has been thriving for years.

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    Comment #45454403

    I'm pretty sure I saw some ChatGPT ads on Duolingo. Also, never forget that the regular dude do not use ad blockers. The tech community often doesn't realize how polluted the Inter…

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    Comment #43302633

    "Wasting resources on making even smaller special purpose web browsers integrate with the engine is not a move for a company that has been struggling with a lack of independent fun…

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    Comment #41355557

    One of the best games I played back in the day. However, I'm not "hyped" by this news. I'm way too afraid Ubisoft will favor nice gfx instead of a polished gameplay. I hope to be w…

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    Comment #31489087

    Aging is not a disease.

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    Comment #30954392

    This is an oversimplification of things, but I'll gladly explain. First, behind the term "newspaper", you have journalists. Not all of them are equal. Some are professionals, some …

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    Comment #30943645

    Actually, every newspaper has some bias regarding the information they publish, and it's unavoidable. The most honest ones acknowledge that, contrarily to "Le Monde" and all the ot…

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    Comment #28195905

    I second this ! Regardless whether it's a book on assassinations, it's a great read.

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    Comment #26970443

    I obviously do not know the context, but as a manager, you have to be extremely cautious with the estimates provided to you by your team. First because human are notoriously bad at…

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    Comment #25820381

    I'm not related to any of those company in any way. I do not work in this field, and to be quite honest, before your comment, I did not even know about ClearLink. I've highlighted …

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    Comment #25819614

    There's something very fishy about ClearInk. I checked their website to see what their technology looks like. I wanted to see how their product compare to a eInk screen use in many…

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    Comment #25033975

    I'm not sure to understand what 90% means in this context. We know that more than 80% of the infected people do not show any symptoms, and that around 0.5% (mostly elders) die from…

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    Comment #24399026

    Valencia marathon has been cancelled today.

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    Comment #23690911

    Last release was done on June 2, 2020: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/77.0/releasenotes/ The previous one was done on May 5, 2020: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/76.0…

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    Comment #23486522

    Actually, there are many cases for wich I believe the comments are useful: - When you have some "complex" technical code. Using natural language is sometimes the most effective way…

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    Comment #21911872

    I may have misunderstood the issue, but you can choose the DoH provider you want to use (Menu > Options > General > Network Seetings > Enable DNS over HTTPS > Custom). Sure, a defa…

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    Comment #21833134

    Actually, this has been a strong focus of Mozilla foundation for years. The good news is that Mozilla has done a lot of refactoring / rewriting of its FIrefox codebase during the l…

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    Comment #21804085

    Dune is great. Really great, especially the first part. While many books get a lot of praise/hype, Dune is one of the few that lives up to expectations.

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    Comment #21770803

    It's fine as long you know the game you're playing. And this is the big issue : no one learn has told you, neither taught you how to play it. But some people were. Those are fine. …

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    Comment #21545712

    Such claim would have been relevant if each kid of an age class (or at least several thousands, in various countries) is asked to pass an IQ test. Assuming that IQ stays constant t…

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    Comment #21116467

    Rust is far from being "an obscure programming language", and I'm pretty sure there are people here on HN that may find useful to browse the source code of a real world application…

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    Comment #20438963

    The article starts with "Given medicine’s poor record, physicians should prescribe and patients consume far fewer medications, a new book argues." : on the contrary, I think the cu…

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    Comment #20345260

    When you've read and understood some piece of code, you're more prone to replicate it, even without realizing it. And ReactOS developers have obviously some extensive experience wi…

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    Comment #18459691

    Same for me (actually, most of the people I know are focused on running, but I guess it could be applied to nearly all sports). The closer I get to my forties, the more important i…