MilaM

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by MilaM 14d ago
Most European countries offer some kind of government issued digital ID to their citizens, although adoption varies by country. I know two implementations first-hand and use them regularly. They work really well to prove your identity over
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by MilaM 7mo ago
A phone number (or email) is not strictly necessary [1]. Some banks do indeed require it for the Wero account setup, which in my opinion is a mistake. You only need the additional identifiers if you want to look up other Wero users using yo
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by MilaM 7mo ago
You should not be distracted by the fact that SEPA Instant payments are used as the clearing mechanism. The Wero (EPI) backend IS the payment network and provides the messaging layer between the customer's bank and the merchant. Paymen
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by MilaM 8mo ago
Driving 40 minutes to save 5p might not be worth it. What does make more sense (at least where I live) is to go to the petrol station in the late afternoon or evening instead of the morning hours. The intraday price span on most regular fue
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by MilaM 1y ago
That is pretty expensive, I agree. I pay zero additional fees when using my private account. For my business account I'm charged ~30 Cents flat per transaction. I know that there are banks offering better terms, but I'm too lazy t
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by MilaM 1y ago
SEPA is not crap. It's actually pretty awesome, considering that you can instantly transfer money between 5000+ banks in 30+ countries, with practically zero fees. The UX of SEPA is lacking in comparison to other modern payment systems
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by MilaM 1y ago
I live in a house next to a moderately busy street with car traffic and also some public transport (bus lines). I noticed that the windows (and frames) facing the street get dirty much faster than the windows facing the garden. The dirt on
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by MilaM 2y ago
I was wondering recently if there are any downsides of using MacPorts and homebrew for different packages on the same system. Homebrew excels at keeping all my single binary CLI tools up to date, but I don't particularly like how it fo
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by MilaM 2y ago
Interesting. Is there any indication as to when we can expect the ruling?
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by MilaM 2y ago
I'm pretty confident, that Apple has the same goal. We are not there yet, but how else will they satisfy shareholders with ever-growing profits?
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by MilaM 2y ago
True, but you have to rebuild the app every six or seven days, because it stops working. Unless you shell out for the paid developer account I think. Then your apps won't expire. My guess is that Apple thinks this route could be used t
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by MilaM 2y ago
With all the red tape the EU has created, I think it's still better than dealing with 27 completely separate jurisdictions.
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by MilaM 2y ago
This explains a lot, as this happened to me recently too. First, I thought that someone had managed to hack into my account. Booking support was not very helpful. In the end, I just changed my password and canceled the booking, hoping for t
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by MilaM 2y ago
I am aware, that ageing has a positive effects with regard to food safety. What I'm less certain of is if this is also true for viruses.
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by MilaM 2y ago
It is a French cheese, but bought in a German supermarket. So most likely more industrial production for the mass market. It's still tasty, but probably not the best one you can buy out there.
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by MilaM 2y ago
Just yesterday, I bought a raw milk, aged cheese. Now I wonder if it is reasonably safe to consume them in light of this development.
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by MilaM 2y ago
It's not too far-fetched, I think. Apple could have collaborated with Google and car OEMs to standardize an open interface for smartphone-car communication. Instead, we have two APIs that essentially do the same thing in every car OS.
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by MilaM 3y ago
You also need a burner phone number. Otherwise it will be difficult to get an account.
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by MilaM 3y ago
They would probably ban browsers altogether from iOS, if they could get away with it. Fortunately we are not there yet.
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by MilaM 3y ago
> If other browsers can add powerful PWAs then it competes with App Store. This is exactly it. If they can't have full control over how PWAs work, they prefer to cut the feature out of iOS.
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by MilaM 3y ago
Yes! Fermentation of fresh foods with lactic acid bacteria increases the acidity of foods and hence the shelf life. As far as I know, though, you also have to add salt to suppress the growth of less desirable microorganisms. Edit: You can s
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by MilaM 3y ago
I had exactly the same setup, and it worked quite well. But I decided after a couple of weeks to replace it with a low-tech wireless doorbell from Amazon. It's more reliable now, and I prefer my phone to be quiet most of the time.
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by MilaM 3y ago
I had a recent UPS from Eaton connected to my iMac with USB. Every couple of days, it would not wake up from sleep. The only remedy is to power-cycle. Not funny. I have the same UPS now connected to my Raspberry Pi 4, and it works without i
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by MilaM 3y ago
I don't think HA is for you, then. The whole idea behind it is to go online, buy a bunch of cheap actuators and sensors from different vendors, and try to make them work together in one system. It's never going to be as reliable a
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by MilaM 3y ago
A Playstation is used for gaming. No one needs it to function in society. Smartphones are personal computers, sometimes the only such device people own. I have to use them to commmunicate with relatives and friends, manage my finances, use
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by MilaM 3y ago
Not quite, in my opinion. It would only be a good comparision if Microsoft actively hindered competitors to launch a similar product like Steam on Windows, and if the only way to install and play games was through Steam.
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by MilaM 3y ago
I don't agree. Without the authors, the printer has no business. No one is going to want to be customer of ExamplePrint to buy books with empty pages. The problem is, that because of size and technological obstacles, ExamplePrint can d
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by MilaM 3y ago
Also worth mentioning are the numerous intellectual property rights that companies like Apple enjoy and skillfully use to stave off competition. If Apple wants lawmakers to drop market regulations like the DMA, then maybe we should consider
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by MilaM 3y ago
Nice analogy. The problem is, that ExamplePrint is the only shop the author can use to reach his customers. There is also PrintExample (Android), but it's customer base has zero overlap with ExamplePrint. Therefore the author has no ch
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by MilaM 3y ago
I also avoided smart appliances when replacing an oven and a washing machine recently. I would have considered them, though, if the "smart" part was based on the matter/thread standard. What I don't want, for sure, are a

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