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90km/h? I've come to the same conclusion. It felt too slow at first but I got used to it. It's safer, more economical, speed cameras aren't a problem and traffic pretty much dissap…

No one has said we should eliminate cars entirely. Cars make sense in rural areas, we should use them there. Cars don't make sense in cities, so we need alternatives.

It is possible for train A and train B to arrive at the same time, and depart at the same time, allowing convenient transfers in both directions. From my brief experience on Swiss …

This time. A fire on board a vessel is highly dangerous and should always be avoided if possible. If a car was the cause of the fire, additional safety measures should be implement…

Egypt is mostly desert, the only arable land is on the banks of the Nile.

4c group might be able to help you - https://www.4cgroup.co.za

Unfortunately code that did that would probably not pass the App Store review process.

The downside to doing this is you have to pay the transaction fee twice, once for the $1 and once for the $499,999. The transaction fee is a fixed amount irregardless of how much i…

Interesting, but what about the excrement and toilet paper that (I assume) ends up in the same tank?

All passengers on any flight leaving South Africa must show a negative PCR test, including those who have been vaccinated. Source: https://www.gov.za/covid-19/individuals-and-house…

Land is cheap in that part of South Africa, but certainly not that cheap. For reference, [1] is 231ha of almost undeveloped land listed for about $100000. I suspect it is tax evasi…

Some countries require a TV license to own a TV. Its a monthly license fee used to fund public broadcasters.

The TV license in the article is for a similar system in South Africa, which funds the local public broadcaster SABC

Probably the regulations of the country the oil rig is registered in.

But are you really locking your car from 5 miles away? I doubt the radio in the key will be strong enough for that distance.

No, in fact the numbers were not drawn sequentially but arranged in order after. The only exception is the powerball, the 10 in this case, which always is last in the draw and posi…

Some insurance companies where I live prevent extortion from tow truck companies by including a list of authorized tow companies as a part of the policy. Cars that aren't towed by …

The issue is app stores. Most app developers/companies won't deploy to any stores other than Google's and Apple's, so when it comes to choosing a device that can run most apps its …

I think the best compromise is a polite email saying no, but any further "why" questions can be ignored to prevent legal liability.

"crackers" or "security hackers". I'm sure most people on this site would consider themselves to be some form of "hacker", after all, this is "Hacker News".

Similar thing on Android. Doesn't matter what browser you use, it asks you to "continue with Chrome".

What is the app called?

Thank you for not using the cookie notice! This is clearly a better way of following this law, and probably what the EU intended when they created it. Cookie notices have become a …

Uganda is much smaller than the USA, and more densely populated. Country-wide LTE makes a lot more economic sense there, especially when you consider that mobile internet is the pr…

If I was aware of someone wanting to fire me without benefits by forcing me to quit, I'd probably try force them to fire me with those benefits. I'd sit at my desk playing games or…