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oevi

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    Comment #39173816

    There was a similar scandal surrounding German news magazine „Der Spiegel“ with at least 14 articles fabricated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claas_Relotius

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    Comment #34738147

    XSLT 3.0 allows streaming for large XML files. See e.g. https://www.saxonica.com/html/documentation10/sourcedocs/str...

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    Comment #26355093

    The German Wikipedia article has some very nice animations to demonstrate the principle: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voith-Schneider-Antrieb

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    Comment #23675954

    The article says a Lightning to USB-C cable will still be included. So you can use any USB-C charger which can delivery the necessary power (as with the iPhone 11).

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    Comment #19680405

    This got me thinking about some standardized control elements websites could put in the address / menu bar. Something like media controls, progress bars or even consent banners. Th…

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    Comment #19671585

    A very good explanation on what we are looking at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUyH3XhpLTo

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    Comment #18976872

    In the field of Technical Writing there are whole books written on how to write for human and machine translation. Main takeaway: consistency and unambiguity. Controlled languages …

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    Comment #18662204

    "The X axis represents time [...] and the Y axis represents scale" - Isn't it the other way round?

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    Comment #18648525

    Another good "countries of the world game" which is more based on maps is: http://click-that-hood.com/ Especially the Africa variant: http://www.youdontknowafrica.com/

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    Comment #17773079

    A bit like Daimler-Benz between 1985-95 when they tried to get into aerospace and electronics under CEO Edzard Reuter, which failed miserably and cost the company around 25 Billion…

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    Comment #16617417

    Because it implies an association with the W3C

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    Comment #16481721

    Black holes are an excellent example for so called "cognitive metaphors". Because we found no better analogy, we named them "holes" despite the fact that they are basically the opp…

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    Comment #16446298

    It is also interesting how the handle forced downgrades. I just lost some GBs from previous promotions (like Dropbox Campus Cup) and are now stuck with the following situation: - a…

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    Comment #16437928

    Here is a suprisingly comprehensive list of countries which have programs to reduce plastic bags: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_lightweight_plast...

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    Comment #16368567

    Nice work! It seems that it only supports microdata and not RDFa at the moment?

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    Comment #16323130

    Here they are in full resolution: https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/with/25254688767/

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    Comment #16078830

    another one still working is their .hk domain.

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    Comment #15506266

    There is also mdn.io which can be used as shortcut in every browser like this (for a search for 'await'): http://mdn.io/await

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    Comment #14880695

    Or the Renault Twingo for an even more minimalistic approach: http://i.auto-bild.de/ir_img/1/1/3/2/4/4/5/Renault-Twingo-72...

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    Comment #14430038

    There is Jodel [0] which is quite popular among students in Germany. It has strict guidelines [1] which try exactly this. [0] https://jodel-app.com/ [1] https://jodel-app.com/guide…

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    Comment #14375408

    Teach coding to children and those who want to learn it.

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    Comment #14026565

    Not OP, but also in software consulting. Working with software means in most cases working with customer data, which is sensible by nature (either because it contains some kind of …

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    Comment #14005921

    Because this is B2B business and usually done by specialized software companies. These companies do not publish or open source their solutions because it is either against their ow…

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