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    Comment #19397256

    When the force vector is coming from the back it has the tendency to go into any direction. When there is enough grip in the front you can steer. A heavy engine in the front means …

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    Comment #19396980

    You must be a drunk engineer. It's about pulling or pushing the car. When it snows all BMWs get stuck here.

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    Comment #19383316

    I went to a master painter for years. And the advice that he always gave was something like: to know how it will look you have to put the paint on the canvas. And that's it. Put pa…

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    Comment #19377059

    True, but two different issues. The domain part of signing is now being solved by DNS (PTR, SPF, Caller-ID). But signing still it has it's use because you also know the user exists…

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    Comment #19372680

    Trump tweeted that planes have become too complicated and that the old and simple form is much better. His tweet sounds dumb but there is some truth in it. As you say, planes and p…

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    Comment #19336843

    This is an indication that user commitment is very low on Facebook. As long as users are actively involved there is no need to send emails. Sending emails is a (bad) trick to make …

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    Comment #19278366

    I think this is huge. Those are 'affordable' prices and VW admitted Tesla is way ahead when it comes to range.

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    Comment #19261228

    A lot of people are switching banks because they don't like that their current bank is investing in war. I think Microsoft is going to lose users over this. Not much for sure, but …

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    Comment #19248136

    Because he was a curious man and wanted to see every detail?

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    Comment #19245129

    My question was: "Why does it block UVB?". Found the answer on Quora: https://www.quora.com/Why-does-glass-block-UV "With a band gap of 4eV, glass can't absorb any photons with les…

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    Comment #19208446

    I don't like your comment. I'm not saying we should not act. I'm asking if we know what we are up against.

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    Comment #19208339

    "the total mass of local flying insects had fallen by 80 percent in three decades" Ok, but what if it is now back at the 'norm' and there were just too many insects all those times…

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    Comment #19197939

    Stress comes from (the feeling of) responsibility you can't control. So I think it's not about what you hate but about what you can't control. Maybe you did not hate Windows, C# an…

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    Comment #19184360

    To add: you can even charge by the hour in blocks of 4 if you feel more like it. It will be the same as charging per half day, but it can help you and your client to accept that ch…

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    Comment #19183837

    It's also important to understand that color spaces are used for medium to medium conversions. Human perception is always a part of this but not always the goal. For example in pri…

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    Comment #19183503

    For small projects you might not need a lawyer or accountant. But when you feel the balance is right you should hire people who can help you with your problems. At the moment you m…

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    Comment #19142991

    (current) AI is not smart it's a method to have a reasonable predictable outcome from a wide range of inputs. But it is still a linear program. Let say we program a self driving ca…

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    Comment #19142484

    My kids love it! "Waah stop the traain there is a station coming up!"

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    Comment #19142366

    Press space to see the world from another side. Use the left and right to 'steer'. Also checkout his Short Trip which was posted here some time ago: http://alexanderperrin.com.au/p…

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    Comment #19133898

    Ever seen that glowing ball in the sky?

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    Comment #19127931

    Because 3D is just an extra dimension for the same calculations? The GPU does not accelerate 3D, but the computations (so 3D can be much faster).

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    Comment #19122063

    This was in 2014 and now 4 years later a group of experts launched the first version. Slat did not dismiss them because he said most are valid concerns. But he is working with a la…

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    Comment #19121393

    It is built by experts. Nobody know excactly how to do it. So it is great the first step is set. The team will now alter the design to make it better.

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    Comment #19114117

    I don't understand. My customers are super happy with ProcessWire. Have you ever tried it?

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    Comment #19114088

    Those SEO pages are horrible. I had the same problem. But there are multiple reasons I choose Symfony 4 over Laravel. And if you want a code comparison then this small example: Lar…