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jbi

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    Comment #13666799

    I can't say a lot about Leipzig but many german cities were rebuild far more car-centric then they were before. Public transportation, small streets and biking seemed outdated back…

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    Comment #13521072

    Could you bring up a source for your first statement? Obama stopped the refugee programm for Iraqi citizens for 6 months - it never affected people with valid green cards or dual p…

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    Comment #13470191

    As KeePass uses a single (encrypted) file, you can use any hosting service that you want. Just make sure you save the new version back into your storage when you edit entries. You …

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    Comment #13461781

    Don't assume that everyone owns a car. Especially people who are looking for cheap trips might not have one or prefer travelling by train (which works well in western europe).

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    Comment #13363633

    Had to do the same thing but had a different experience. It was hard to dive in and took some time but now I understand and appreciate the core concepts. There are many abstraction…

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    Comment #13078352

    Have to agree. I'm wearing a Pebble Time Steele and a lot of people like it but don't notice it to be a smartwatch at first sight (depending on the watch face of course). However, …

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    Comment #13023120

    use.fontawesome.com blocks loading of your website if it's not reachable. Can you move it from to the end of ? And TOS and privacy policy should not require a login ;)

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    Comment #12570739

    Too bad, Deutsche Telekom is blocking fiber built-up for customers in Germany by pushing VDSL vectoring.

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    Comment #12267126

    > when there's transience and anonymity, there's a high incentive for people to behave poorly Sometimes people tend to behave even more poorly if there is no anonymity. This happen…

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    Comment #12157412

    Right now western societies could easily go on with 30 hour workweeks. It would reduce unemployment and people who are working would have more time for their families or to do volu…

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    Comment #10938594

    This could be great for office users who are mostly using desktop applications. Acceptance for web apps is sometimes still hard to get. However, I haven't seen anything electron-ba…

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    Comment #10676065

    > China and India, which rank among the top greenhouse gas emitters globally Gosh. They rank top in absolute numbers. Germany ranks top per citizen. The western model is not a mode…

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    Comment #10575460

    How is the public web content different from the public app content?

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    Comment #10465198

    It's nearly the same in Europe / Germany. However, sports betting isn't really under control here. The reasoning is like this: Participation in the progress of playing makes a diff…

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    Comment #10071921

    I like that you can host it yourself. I'ld like to guide my company away from email+phone but it is a long way to go. And in Europe there are still a lot of concerns if you can't h…

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    Comment #10071867

    How does Matrix compare to xmpp? I do not see a lot of differences (however, xmpp is kind of mature)

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    Comment #9914893

    The problems mentioned can get real. Other simple solutions could be: - Allow to merge threads using special comments. Once a comment with a merge request gets 'a lot' upvotes / mo…

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    Comment #9684340

    There is a regulation like this in Germany. It leads to a behaviour where hospitals try to have as many well-paid treatments as possible. 'Surgery 1' does not pay well by list so t…

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    Comment #9684326

    Uhm.. Sometimes there is a need to go to a hospital ;)