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"The US is a big place" , but the world outside the US using Celsius is even bigger, more populated, and with more temperature differences. Fahrenheit being more natural is purely …

Silent at the end of a word only (and when it is part of a conjugaison or accord suffix such as -es or -ent). Also, depending on the accent of a person, the ending "e" can be prono…

Agree, that would be the best scenario. The worse one would be that they actually can block sites and access to the internet is forever changed, now at the will of the ISPs. (fortu…

If there is competition, one could think it's okay. But if they are allowed, I imagine the competitors ask why they can't do that either. If they can, they'll block sites too. Then…

For more than a decade, we have seen how social networks let conspiracies and extremist views thrive and how they were amplified. There is ample evidence that "listening" does not …

Are we starting to see Ajit Pai's dream for Net Neutrality coming to reality?

"Stop The Steal" is nowadays very specifically referring to the conspiracy theories surrounding the US November 2020 presidential election that was started by Trump supporters. May…

I think you underestimate the power of American politics and its influence over other countries. Many politicians are publicly supporting Trump despite sharing none of his values a…

As popular as Joe Rogan is, he seems to be a drop in the bucket of the news (infotainment) business. Also, it's debatable that his podcast promotes higher-level discourse even if i…

Yet you seem to side with the less complex interpretation of current event being "he gave a rousing speech"

I just spent an hour on minesweeper

This also depends on the country and its work culture. For instance, a senior engineer can be valued and respected internally, and paid accordingly in the US. In a country like Fra…

Can you clarify? They both offer chatrooms and depending on your definition of webapp framework they both are as well (external app integration, bots...).

How does it compare to Symphony [1]? They want to get the financial market companies, but a lot of them already have their own solution. [1] https://symphony.com/

IBM also has presence in Miami and a few other places in Florida

How did you get information about Tallinn specifically and what other cities did you consider in the same category?

I disagree. I was surprised the conversations were public and visible on the website itself. What would be more scary, and probably happens already in other cases, is if nefarious …

I think consent is important for tracking, but I noticed an implementation problem/annoyance: On the same device, I consume news of the same sites from multiple sources or embeded …

I agree they need to ask to track us. But the little personal data you mention is not only given to them but to 224 different ad networks. Most of them make it impossible or diffic…

Most of the ideas are good, especially the size reduction of the header. Some thoughts: 1. I like seeing when something in a folder has been modified, and be able to spot easily wh…

The author mentions the similarity between the name InOui and "ennui" (boredom), but seem to ignore that "inouï" is an actual word that means unprecedented/incredible/unheard-of. h…

Related, in France as well: Hyperloop TT is developing, in Toulouse, the futuristic hyperloop idea: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/26/hyperloop-firm-unveils-first...