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sl956
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Comment #26601911
The correct link to the actual Mona Lisa is this one: https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010062370
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Comment #17032039
1) The Art of Computer Programming 2) The Art of Computer Programming 3) The Art of Computer Programming 4A) The Art of Computer Programming
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Comment #16856501
https://github.com/dinsic-pim
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Comment #16856488
Actually the source seem to be already available here: https://github.com/dinsic-pim
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Comment #16711839
No need to scrape Open Food Facts, they kindly offer a download of the whole database as csv, rdf or mongodb dump: https://world.openfoodfacts.org/data It is 100% crowd sourced ope…
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Comment #8944305
Hello SoloX5. Open Food Facts contributor here. I absolutely love examine.com. Would any of your data be reusable under some open license or is it a strictly proprietary database?
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Comment #8158373
You're right lucb1e: OSM is definitely good enough to replace proprietary sources (aka Google Maps) for this use-case in the Netherlands... ...but the Netherlands and Denmark are t…
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Comment #6246174
Web version unusable on a 7" android tablet (1280x800): the left side of the gaming area is out of the screen, neither scrolling nor resizing seem allowed. Same problem in landscap…
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Comment #1668965
That is not totally true: there is a fundamental difference between a closed source OS purposefully locked by its maker, and an open source OS tentatively locked by a mere distribu…
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Comment #1664381
I don't have any hard data, but I would guess a majority of the users of the Latex+Dropbox combo are not on Windows. All those various nix users will not find any useful meat in th…
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Comment #1649096
It is already. Oddly enough it is already available on my Google Apps account but not yet on my standard Gmail account.
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Comment #672232
That's a way to protect the trackball if you lay the phone face down on a flat surface. On the G1, it is not that pocket unfriendly.
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Comment #417241
Of course it is crazy. So what? I did it 7 months ago. Leaved what had become a 350 people company to start a new project. Back to square one. Not a single regret. I for one like t…
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Comment #271584
My main point was that the ruggedness and superior build quality of Thinkpads used to have limited drawbacks: they were at worst 10 to 20% heavier than alternatives (and sometimes …
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Comment #271538
I used to think so... and I was (like you) thinking that my (6.77 pounds) T61 was "lightweight". I finaly replaced it by a Portégé R500 (my first non-Thinkpad laptop in years). Les…
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Comment #271527
Light as you can get AND linux friendly: that's exactly what I was looking for. I am now the very happy owner of a sub-2 pounds, Ubuntu certified, 12.1" laptop for 6 month, and tha…
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Comment #174887
Windows only...
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Comment #174883
Depends where you are from. In the UK, it can be up to 5 years before getting permanent resident status.