Viewing profile — LittleNemoInS

They still are, you can find then on this website : https://www.apgsga.ch/apg-ecommerce-platform/apg-product-fin...

Yes, of course. If something is really interesting to the ADHDer, he or she can completely forget every thing else and enter in hyperfocus mode [1]. When one is diagnosed, and awar…

The price is fixed by the editor, there is no state mandated price. The purpose of the law is to have the same price for a book in every bookshop (with a 5% discount possible). Thi…

And there is a GNOME extension to change your wallpaper to the APOD : https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1202/nasa-apod/

I visited the Caran d'Ache [1] factory in Geneva a few years back, it's very similar [2]. Except they have a system to be sure all the pencils are in the same position in the box, …

Something like the Samsung Frame ? https://www.samsung.com/us/tvs/the-frame/highlights/

For the record, there is a place called Apples in Switzerland : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apples,_Vaud

They are building something similar in Geneva (Switzerland), but it's a little bit nicer : https://ww2.sig-ge.ch/actualites/un-projet-innovant-de-piste... The result is quite simil…

While I agree that bouton can mean pimple or zit, it's the rest of the phrase that I don't understand. Bouton doesn't mean projection, and sure isn't a verb...

Inflation occurs when demand is greater than production. This means there is too much cash flowing around. By raising interest rates, you tighten the cash flow : It's harder to get…

Yes, the concept applies to all bank accounts. As I said, Nostro is also used for own accounts. The account refleting the position of the bank (its own money and assets, not the mo…

You are right, sorry for the confusion. (However, the WP article is not really accurate, nostro accounts can also be our money in our system)

Yes. If I want to wire you some cash from bank A to bank B, my bank (A) will debit my account,and credit their account (called a nostro). There, we have two possibilities : * The t…

> To simplify heavily, is SWIFT just an accepted and legal alternative to the hawala system? No. To simplify heavily, Swift is the network on which the hawala system runs. To trans…

If your daily commute is only a few bus stops, you'll find it way cheaper to get a pass from the local transportation company. This is for people who are travelling a lot (like com…

Just to clarify : In Switzerland, one can buy a CA Travelcard (for CHF3860 a year, approximately $3850). With this card, one can travel on (nearly) all public transports in Switzer…

In french, we say "plat du pied, sécurité" (roughly translated to "side foot, security")

Hardly the first... The SeaBubbles were tested on the Geneva lake (the one in Switzerland) three years ago... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaBubble

This is not Tesla, but Seat has already done it : https://www.seat.com/company/news/company/from-making-cars-t... Less techie, more down to earth, they used wipe motors.