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A quick question: are you looking for feedback on search results in other languages (as in, what I expect vs. what I get), or is it too early for that?

Monarchy never really works for long in Tolkien's works either. The history of the kings of Gondor is all strife and crises, and in Tolkien's abandoned sequel already 100 years lat…

I suppose it fits with the rest of this article being rather disingenuous. Alex Gleason, Spinster and Neenster are part of a controversial group that detractors call "trans-exclusi…

Yes, that was explicitly stated in an interview[1] a while back. Quoting from the specific section: > “Okay, well, WhatsApp — we have this very strong commitment to encryption. So …

I think they should be able to govern their instance as they wish, but it's odd that they don't understand that putting (for example) criticism of the Chinese communist party under…

There is an English version. It pops up when looking up subjects on https://www.thefreedictionary.com/ , but I don't think there's a way to directly browse it (and I find the site …

I studied art history in university, and for some reason, when looking up a certain obscurer topic brought up during a lecture on architecture, the only online source mentioning at…

I use GoldenDict on Linux. Unfortunately, the Webster's 1913 dictionary I use with that software (downloaded from a link in Somers' blog post) lacks the markup of this Mac version.…

Splendid, this sounds exactly like what we need in our channel. Is there a specific project page/Github issue/… I can keep an eye on, so that I know when this functionality is depl…

One of the reasons for period tracking is identifying changes to one's menstrual cycle, which may indicate health issues.[1] So even if periods normally were to only last up to 10 …

Yeah, I usually preview a feed in Firefox before adding it to a proper RSS reader.

An ante-anti-library, perhaps?

Yeah, there’s: * Allo (text chat) * Duo (video chat) * Android Messages (SMS etc.) (And Google Voice also does SMS iirc) And of course Hangouts, which is able to do all of those cu…

I’m getting really fed up with Google. Yet another time when they nudge me towards using a service, only to retire it a while later. A separate app for SMS again , just when I’m co…

>It’s illegal to share a picture of the Eiffel Tower light display at night. The display is copyrighted — and tourists don’t have the artists’ express permission. Here in Belgium, …

No, I’m not American. :-p

Likewise, though I was taught about Macaroni in a course on fashion history before I first even heard the Yankee Doodle song.