GertG

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by GertG 14y ago
Yes, but like that comment, his profile could probably do with some editing and a different form of publication, like in a proper site/blog article. There's a whole paragraph duplicated in the profile, starting with "I'm founding director".
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by GertG 14y ago
Median age doesn't say much about the number of people over 40. Life expectancy in iran is around 70 [1]. Also, the last shah was overthrown in 1979. [1] http://www.indexmundi.com/iran/life_expectancy_at_birth.html
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by GertG 14y ago
Resident Assistant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_assistant
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by GertG 14y ago
Do you mean "communicate"? The word "commune" exists too, but is not quite the same.
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by GertG 14y ago
I realize the bamboo part is not the point of this post, but can anyone confirm that this is actually how (some) bamboo grows? The only references to it I've found all go back on Coelho's novel. As far as I know/knew, bamboo shoots reach mo
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by GertG 14y ago
From that overview: "This newer strategy...with fewer releases but more features and changes manifesting in each one...has held through to subsequent Firefox releases to date." History sure changes fast.
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by GertG 14y ago
"So long as it is private (probably not for long), our healthcare system will be "the best" -- in terms of quality, but not necessarily cost" And again a overly broad claim that you don't back up with facts. Instead of keeping slapping each
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by GertG 14y ago
"Our healthcare system actually is pretty great, if you do not believe me try getting a major surgery done in another country." I'm amazed that on a website full of such thoughtful sensible people, an American would still have this world vi
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by GertG 14y ago
Left middle on T, on a querty-based keyboard? And you've never broken anything? :-) [1] has what seems to be the classic way, with t and even r being typed my the index finger. [1] http://www.powertyping.com/qwerty.html
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by GertG 14y ago
I propose a new law: An observation of the form "Maybe <counter-argument>, but <observation>" can probably be adequately dismissed with <counter-argument>.
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by GertG 14y ago
From personal (European) experience, I can also recommend it. If moderately used, it's dirt cheap compared to owning a car. I spend about as much on it as just renting a garage would cost me in Brussels. I was not a heavy car user even when
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by GertG 14y ago
Actually, here in Belgium my carsharing service (Cambio) tries very hard to aim at businesses too, although more for traffic between work and home/station than business trips. Since most private use is in the evening or at the weekend, this
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by GertG 14y ago
"Modern gadgets are meant to be disposable machines, not eternal repositories of all your stuff. " I think that would be a better subject to get worked up about than the feeling you're getting conned because the profit margins on one (optio
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by GertG 14y ago
I appreciate that you can't go far into technical details in an HN comment, but after a statement like that, you could at least give a pointer to those "good reasons". They might not be as obvious to everyone as you assume.
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by GertG 14y ago
I think you're being unnecessarily harsh. Sure, that quote is not the best or most subtle summary of his own point, but in my opinion the basic insight and the clear, memorable illustration still make this a worthwhile read for plenty of pe
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by GertG 14y ago
Love the presentation. Nice work. I tried it with a European City and a bogus city name. Both were processed without complaining. Maybe a validation check would avoid frustrated users that never receive a mail because e.g. they mistyped the
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by GertG 14y ago
With no experience at all, I'd like to add a marketing lesson: if you write a blog post concerning your project, make sure it features an easy link to that project.
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by GertG 14y ago
Amusing (and recognizable) that you use the long developing time as attention getter and then feel the need to point out that you're really a fast developer. O Vanity. :-) Seriously though, site and API look great. The best of luck with you
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by GertG 15y ago
I like the idea, but have some remarks/questions: 1. I don't understand some of the rules at all, possibly because I haven't read "Style: Toward Clarity and Grace". In particular, the that/which rules seem to detect any that or which after
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by GertG 15y ago
I'm sorry to be negative, but I really can't see the use of linking to a Google Translate version of a very general German article about someone that anyone here already knows plenty about. Well, except for a bit of a laugh, I guess... ("Ea
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by GertG 15y ago
Which, to be fair, is her second bullet point.
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by GertG 15y ago
I use Cambio for car sharing here in Belgium, and it works great for me. The price for one trip may sometimes feel steep, but overall it works out a lot cheaper for us than owning a car. Even when I had a company car, I paid more for it in
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by GertG 15y ago
I think the article sufficiently demonstrates the relevance, interpreting this as a rare glimpse of the habitual censorship used to misinform the people of NK.
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by GertG 15y ago
23% of all US car accidents are caused by cell phone use. [1] That's 1.3 million crashes per year. I'd call that a big problem. [1] http://www.nsc.org/Pages/NSCestimates16millioncrashescausedb...
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by GertG 15y ago
Actually, studies really show there's no difference between hands-free and hand-held. See e.g. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/DrivingIssues/2006083010503... I assume the obvious physical limitation makes at least some drivers more aware
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by GertG 15y ago
That's actually too rosy a picture of the situation in Europe. While indeed many people have no objective need to own a car, most families do own at least one. We might not have quite the ridiculous amount of cars as the Americans, but larg
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by GertG 15y ago
In that case, maybe ghostery.com is more suitable for you.
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by GertG 15y ago
Also, those numbers actually suggest that by far the most active language group (relatively speaking) on twitter are the Dutch speakers, who are almost all Europeans. Actually, I thought the number and growth for Dutch had to be a mistake,
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by GertG 15y ago
Usability and design considerations aside, I find it more worrying that this year's campaign seems to be entirely centered around him and that in general Wales is acting more as the face of Wikipedia than he used to. All that can lead to is
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by GertG 15y ago
In Belgium it is indeed illegal to send unsolicited mails, IF it is sent for publicity reasons. The law includes a definition of publicity, the gist of which is "promoting goods, services or a company". It's the sender's task to prove that

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