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skipnup

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    Comment #48266177

    Anyone here who uses kagi in a language other than English? Specifically German? Is it any good?

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    Comment #45971762

    The Swiss and German railway clocks actually work the same way and stop for (half a?) second while the minute handle progresses. https://youtu.be/wejbVtj4YR0

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    Comment #44969872

    Doesn't look like it: > PlutoBook depends on the following external libraries: > Required: cairo, freetype, harfbuzz, fontconfig, expat, icu > Optional: curl, turbojpeg, webp (enab…

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    Comment #44113255

    He doesn't either, does he? But he's great in outlining how to get to the point of having enough idea to go through with his project.

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    Comment #43124197

    Correcting the number/date formatting will probably be the more challenging, yet still boring, Job, I guess.

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    Comment #42722108

    Don't know much about corporate traffic usage, but at some cheap VPS place like Hetzner you get 20TB traffic per month included für less than 4€. Seems like a lot of traffic to me,…

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    Comment #41667693

    I switched to doing most of the automation in power automate This of course only works with exchange afaik, but why else would I use outlook.

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    Comment #41378722

    The author of the software called it like that. Maybe quotes would still make sense.

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    Comment #40498046

    It’s actually compressed. It uses https://github.com/nodeca/pako and then applies base64. Try entering hundreds of "a" and you’ll see that the base64 doesn’t really get much longer…

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    Comment #40266605

    And if you live with a toddler, even those have to exist and are necessary for becoming a healthy being. At least if they are met with understanding by the parents.

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    Comment #39514366

    https://fontreviewjournal.com/feed/ ?

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    Comment #39371156

    It always was, you just didn't realize that as a student. At least here in Germany.

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    Comment #38748988

    Sounds about right...? End of November 2023 the average German worker hat 20 sick days already. Add 2 for December and 2 for good measure and you're at 2/month.

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    Comment #38748431

    Same thing on Android, e.g., WhatsApp uses Google storage automatically for backups.

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    Comment #38419548

    But that could be said about each an any dependency. And some (very rare) companies do enforce that, everyone else has to build up a bit of trust.

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    Comment #37031609

    As the guy is German and most certainly uses ä/ö/ü/ß, he probably has an idea.

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    Comment #36684223

    From the site itself: > 1. All processes have a core of complexity that cannot be designed away and therefore must be assumed by either the system or the user. > 2. Ensure as much …

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    Comment #36682924

    One extremely convenient situation for me is getting sorround sound from the TV to the AV receiver in a single cable.

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    Comment #35259606

    You wouldn't believe how much tiktok helps at parenting, giving tiny bits of information every day to help with the problems you have with a newborn. To have you constantly updated…

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    Comment #35182036

    All the time actually. I have monthly folders, automatically backed up by my phone to the NAS. Each month my wife and I sift through the photos and delete all duplicates and boring…

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    Comment #35091045

    Click on the red glowing "autopilot" link to turn on on (glowing green)

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    Comment #34674752

    WoltLab Burning Board was the one big German counterpart to PhpBB, quite popular in Germany at the time.

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    Comment #34410665

    Not really a problem one would be aware of. Double glazing is the default since 50 years at least in Germany, so the manufacturing processes are quite good. Still, leakages happen,…

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    Comment #33957430

    In this case (it's was couple of years ago) it was a beta release by the manufacturer. Thing is, to me as an end user it doesn't matter who's at fault, if it doesn't work it doesn'…