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jvdl

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About jvdl

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    Comment #14601314

    I live in South Africa. I can stream 1080p from YouTube with no issues, but Twitch is usually one of two outcomes: stuttering/lag across all browsers or, since the auto quality fea…

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    Comment #14392155

    But your argument basically boils down to: Stop using the operating system where everything works: apps, games, hardware, good office package, etc.; rather use an operating system …

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    Comment #14263660

    Wow, this thread. Plenty of people insisting on gaining access to source code they didn't write and had no part in developing. News flash: it's not your product, you don't own it, …

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    Comment #14050491

    Yeah... I don't think Johannesburg conforms to your ideas at all.

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    Comment #13883167

    Even worse in South Africa! I only got to play the shareware versions as a kid from floppies included with (I think) Computer Shopper magazines, which my dad used to buy.

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    Comment #13883158

    I found that jump mechanic very frustrating, but mostly because I could never time it perfectly!

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    Comment #13044907

    "View your emails messages and settings"; you must be insane to think I'd give you that kind of information.

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    Comment #12305737

    I prefer my writing as unambiguous as possible, so I also like that way of writing it. Like someone else mentioned, "mousewritten" is not necessarily the same as handwritten, so th…

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    Comment #12303460

    That's bad news for me, because I also plan to use the MNIST data in a project of mine. :)

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    Comment #12303414

    Add to that list, when I draw an 8, it's also recognised as a 2.

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    Comment #12303413

    I draw my 1's the way it's often displayed on screen, with a little tail at the top and a line at the base. Your system keeps detecting this as a 2. I've also had 3's detected as 2…

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    Comment #12100201

    Last I checked, France was not a "war torn country". He was already in France, then obtained a fake passport to illegally cross into the UK.

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    Comment #12100137

    I agree. I find this terrifying. This just shows how easily a terrorist could have done something similar.

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    Comment #12100127

    I must be missing something. Why didn't he apply for asylum in France then?