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niknetniko

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    Comment #40401959

    I don't get what this means? - There an option to compress images before uploading (which is probably on by default). Not unreasonable. - Content is deleted if you do not access Go…

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    Comment #38841201

    As everyone is posting, a similar one exists for Belgium: https://trainmap.belgiantrain.be/ (It is not 100% live, "The train positions are calculated based on timetables, real time…

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    Comment #35568190

    Of the top of my head, there are also: - ISO 8601: dates and times - ISO/IEC 9899: the C standard - ISO/IEC 14882: the C++ standard > This isn't how serious comp-sci standards work…

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    Comment #34400450

    Am I missing something here? I understand the "The IAB loves tracking users." part of the title, but where is the part about "But it hates users tracking them."? Based on the title…

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    Comment #33005339

    > I recently discovered a big cache - in terms of file number, 6000 files - of basically every edit I did in the last 6 months in VS Code - called Local History. Isn't this a featu…

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    Comment #28127215

    > These apps [single page web applications] also tend to feel snappier because page loads are not required for every request. This isn't my experience at all, especially when netwo…

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    Comment #24526737

    The site mentions: > Visual Mind is an AI engine specifically designed for understanding and scoring visual appearance of a website. Visual Mind has analyzed over a million website…

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    Comment #24133314

    They have an contract with MusicBrainz. They are listed on https://metabrainz.org/supporters/tiers/4 . > The Unicorn tier is for large companies or companies that would like to hav…

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    Comment #23678415

    A lot of EE folks I've met _think_ they are competent in software, but I'd beg to differ. Similarly, I've met plenty of CS majors who know their way round hardware.

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    Comment #23283417

    This is pretty cool. However, I do agree with some of the other contents that the style is a little dry for a webpage. I think it would be very useful as the "print" style for arti…

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    Comment #23270753

    This is a really nice looking blog, I'm impressed.

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    Comment #23090309

    Works for me, what's not mobile friendly about it?

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    Comment #23036402

    Link to the official announcement: https://cliqz.com/en/magazine/farewell-from-cliqz

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    Comment #22342582

    People who want an app on Android with similar features can try Sync for Reddit, which is my go-to app. https://www.reddit.com/r/redditsync/

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    Comment #22056095

    I initially had the same thoughts, especially regarding the increased height. However, in Intellij (and other Jetbrains IDEs), they've recently increased the line spacing to (I cur…

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    Comment #21930690

    I agree with the overal sentiment, yet the examples could be better. > Modern text editors have higher latency than 42-year-old Emacs. Text editors! What can be simpler? On each ke…

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    Comment #21875245

    I'm note sure about the EU part, because in Belgium you can mention competitors, e.g. "Darktable aims to fulfil the same need as Lightroom" is absolutely allowed, without problems.…

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    Comment #21801963

    > They even have been called out by the IETF by things. Source? I'm interested in reading about this

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    Comment #21549499

    Thank you for this. I am very disappointed in Matthew Walker. In fact, if I were working in the same field as him, these findings would cast a doubt on most of his other work. The …

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    Comment #21209076

    Android used to recommend to open the hamburger menu when people open the app automatically, until they have opened it once themselves. > Upon first launch of your app, introduce t…

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    Comment #21208958

    While I agree about Google Maps, I'm not so sure about Gmail. Take your example: - Forward is in the lowest toolbar in the hierarchy, since it applies to a single e-mail. - Archive…

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    Comment #20671378

    This is nice :)