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    Comment #45863865

    From which country are you connecting?

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    Comment #45808021

    Centralized only became mainstream when everything started to be offered "for free". When it was buy or pay recurrently more often the choice was to buy.

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    Comment #45451789

    Also the last one where important features were not reserved for enterprise volume licenses but available in the Pro version.

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    Comment #44134059

    The repository uses it to abbreviate "Model Context Protocol".

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    Comment #43998263

    Times are given as "c.t.", cum tempore.

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    Comment #43797554

    > Meanwhile jet fuel for private jets is (and remains) not taxed at all, even in the EU. Not correct. Fuel for private aviation is taxed, including jet fuel and avgas. However, the…

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    Comment #43661533

    "if your application requires a non-standard custom solution, then you should use the WebTransport API" That's a pretty convincing use-case. Why use something standard if it can be…

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    Comment #43458469

    Calling it "oldest" instead of "first known" would have avoided most of the confusion.

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    Comment #43371331

    Full scale is unlikely. Russia could not, but they might send 250k/year to die in Estonia. EU and Nato (with or without US) would defend. But I doubt they would go all the way thro…

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    Comment #43370754

    Even if the EU doesn't collapse there's a non-zero risk of war though, after Russia is done with Ukraine.

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    Comment #43298565

    Light pens are old, too, and with touch screens we are going back to that, without the light of the pen needed.

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    Comment #43217086

    Drop tanks, well, drop batteries, to get rid of the excessive mass.

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    Comment #43106167

    How about not actively providing false information, but being allowed to respond with wrong information?

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    Comment #43042651

    Starting from the second note the brain switches to reative mode (at least a brain that got some relative recognition trained before) and no AP pitch will be memorized.

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    Comment #43027410

    Looks like primer used for aircraft, as if they forgot to paint their builings.

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    Comment #42882348

    Renaming the company is also fun when its name is used for folders / package paths. The history isn't lost, just unusable.

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    Comment #42881667

    In some parts of the world a will must be written by hand or needs an attesting notary.

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    Comment #42866831

    Notepad is attempting to fix spelling without asking.

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    Comment #42843056

    If you get bitten by flying bug, that's it. No escape. I would love to live a carbon-neutral live, but giving up on flying - no way. An easy choice compared to those at war. Bader …

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    Comment #42820359

    Ads are doing worse, not better. The purpose of an ad isn't to be clicked but to increase revenue. In the end of the year data will show clicks have gone up but other more importan…

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    Comment #42790081

    Huge difference between EU and US: In the EU, the seller always pays VAT to the government. In case of B2B, the buyer can claim it back from the government. As proof, store the inv…

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    Comment #42747186

    2024/1257 [0], for checking fleet compliance, not the individual vehicle, anonymously. How a car is supposed to connect to a cell tower anonymously isn't explained though. "6. The …

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    Comment #42747058

    By "subscription" do you only mean subscription? Don't notifications need to be enabled in addition (bell button)? I'm using the RSS feeds, so I'm not sure...

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    Comment #42735257

    Not yet. But soon, when cars are required to transmit data about emissions.

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    Comment #42533072

    Those windows are not just pieces of art to look at. They do also tint the sunlight, and with that the inside of the cathedral. The proposed new ones each use different colors, whi…