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skeeks

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    Comment #43715701

    Isn't the solution really easy? Make the students show up on the first day in-person, compare.with ID and take a photo.

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    Comment #43099206

    There are a lot of applications where the startup time of several seconds does not matter at all. More likely, for most applications it does not matter. Of course, if you are FAANG…

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    Comment #42627348

    Mouse-over over the chart is broken (scrollbar shown and hidden again and again). I believe you dont need to set x-overflow-auto on the div where the scrollbars appear.

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    Comment #32034746

    Switzerland has no space for additional "simple roads". It would also be extremely difficult go get it approved, as it would pass through many municipalities. You would have hundre…

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    Comment #31764846

    That is a separate, standalone app, not the regular LinkedIn app

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    Comment #31121825

    And what if the server is compromised in the future? It is trivially to then extract all the cookies and send them to a attacker-controlled server. The attacker then uses those pas…

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    Comment #30976822

    And what about all the climate consequences?

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    Comment #30576722

    The claim in this comment is fake. Check facts. Without emotions.

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    Comment #29855256

    I doubt that any country could have prevented covid spreading through the world.

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    Comment #29606434

    "they"? It's an open source software. What exactly do you expect?

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    Comment #29361324

    Yeah, that's one side. But how you can guarantee that everyone that uses your software has really a license? It is not an easy problem. And once, the product is discontinued, they …

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    Comment #29243892

    > The app would assign the order to a free courier, triggering an email. Their Gmail was our mobile app! I guess, the MVP tracked which couriers are free and also would automatical…

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    Comment #28821216

    Hejlsberg said it multiple times: Most software developers handle exceptions centrally, e.g. around their event loop. If an API really throws a new exception which can be handled o…

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    Comment #28777030

    I would be very deeply concerned if Twitch, a multi-billion dollar company owned by Amazon, does not properly hash and salt the passwords of its users.

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    Comment #28583781

    When he mentions Open route serice, I assume none of the route calculations is done by himself, so Optimile is just an UI for Open route service.

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    Comment #28490686

    what is TUI? or what does it mean?

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    Comment #28034022

    Off topic: is it just me or is the font of that webpage barely readable on screen?

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    Comment #27590648

    The official validation apps will not show this detail to the user. Unofficial apps may come up but app stores will probably quickly ban those (they are very careful about the whol…

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    Comment #27590612

    On most ID cards, there is the full name and the birthdate of the person. So it does not matter if it's on the QR code too. The place of residence is neither on the ID card nor on …

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    Comment #27232099

    You're not the only one driving on the streets and often, other drivers are the greater danger.

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    Comment #27053358

    1) Nobody reads them. 2) nice, but not useful for further business. 3,4) maybe the contracts would disallow that.

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