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cedex12

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    Comment #27144412

    I think to the swiss market, branding it as 100% swiss is both reasonable, and a positive point. So, not silly. And for the international market, probably "swiss" is mostly to be u…

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    Comment #27005296

    Thanks a lot!

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    Comment #26996784

    Alright, thanks for the clear up! I'm confused about your quote though: is "remarkably minor" meant to mean "less important than expected"? Were there other forms of "phonetic writ…

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    Comment #26984735

    >> It seemed to me from that same documentary that pretty much all writing systems appeared independently from spoken language: In a sense, written and spoken appeared independentl…

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    Comment #26981847

    Since you seem to know about this stuff: * It seemed to me from that same documentary that pretty much all writing systems appeared independently from spoken language: In a sense, …

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    Comment #26970753

    I think the parent is maybe referring to something else, that I also heard in a documentary: that all writing systems with a "reduced" alphabet descend from the same source. I gues…

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    Comment #26366974

    start here maybe? https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01876848/document

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    Comment #26140232

    I feel like linuxfr.org also deserves a mention: had pretty thorough articles on lots of subject, as far as I could judge them (and knowledgeable members!).

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    Comment #25956131

    > Overall, HHS teams are more likely than professional teams to create truly creative game designs. That's a pretty bold statement to make in the highlights in my opinion.

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    Comment #25430693

    Good idea, thanks!

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    Comment #25428089

    That's interesting. Thank you!

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    Comment #25421712

    Related question: What's the best way to ventilate an old european house during winter? I've taken up the habit of letting my bedroom windows (slightly) open at nighttime to have f…

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    Comment #25059618

    sounds nice but the page has no content to speak of: a bit disappointing.

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    Comment #25043818

    Personal experience: I came to like mathematics by way of computer science: so first got an understanding and appreciation for discrete maths, logic, etc, and only later on analysi…

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    Comment #25027892

    People might be interested in the olive editor: https://github.com/olive-editor/olive which seems promising, from an outsider's perspective. But I guess it's not the same league, e…

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    Comment #24941439

    hum, aren't both of your assignments the same (modulo 3.3%) ?

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    Comment #24910856

    your link misses an `i` in `wirth`

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    Comment #24910784

    I'm no expert but it seemed to me the whole Pascal, Modula, Oberon story is in big part about Wirth chasing/exploring some optimal/balanced¹ programming language. So, it makes a lo…

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    Comment #24855981

    Well, thanks for telling me that! I went swisscom-> mbudget on my fixed line but it seems wingo offers the full 1gbs up/dow for less than I pay now for mbudget mini. Guess I'll cha…

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    Comment #24846680

    On the subject of side/long term effects of covid: I've heard, second-hand from doctors/physicians, that the long term effects of covid are not necessarily that bad compared to e.g…

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    Comment #24787433

    “Smart Client, next ITERation” it seems

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    Comment #24764646

    It's interesting that your description sounds a lot like (some aspect) of math (science) or say PLT: you develop a system and explore it (maybe both at the same time, maybe one aft…

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    Comment #24718309

    I had a similar idea: build a kind of "stackexchange" of search engines. You start with a "generic" search engine infrastructure, and each community runs its own instance, tweaked …

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    Comment #24697722

    > in order to sustain an upper class lifestyle for a small percentage of the total population. But this seems to agree with industrialization itself not being the problem, but the …