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On the bike infrastructure and design of Houten, a small city near Utrecht, Netherlands

On the architecture of BLAME!

I was also surprised by the low score of NS. I think the ranking puts too much weight on pricing. NS is quite expensive, but the service is way better than say, DB. In my last trip…

For some reason, when talking about Japanese authors we (almost) always forget about: Ryunosuke Akutagawa [1], author of short stories like Rashomon or In a grove [2] (this actuall…

You are right, it is not specific to software, just wanted to add more context and also, because I don't know the answer and I believe there are multiple factors, but my two cents:…

Blaming it to the keiretsu is too simplistic. Here other factors that in my experience (living, studying & working) in Japan contribute: - Graduates don't apply to a job, but to a …

It isn't clear from the picture and I guess it's too obvious, but if you have a neighbour, they can climb from their roof. That's how my neighbour got his installation done. I have…

For me the problem with password managers, etc. is that it assumes that there will be a somehow tech savvy partner or relative left behind with all the knowledge of how to open it.…

I am not associated with this initiative nor EU institutions. I thought it could be interesting for EU-citizen expats.