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by PostPlummer 6y ago
As a Papierli-Schweizer let me thank you for the most comprehensive & understandable description of the Swiss system I have come across. I am truly appreciate for the time and effort it most have taken you and I am looking forward to yo
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by PostPlummer 6y ago
What I found the biggest turn of in Ham, versus the communication medium I choose at the time, was the fact that everything was already close to perfect and people in the community knew close to everything and where very conservative. &quot
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by PostPlummer 6y ago
No not at all. All I wanted was to watch the movie in its native language (or a language I could understand at least). Getting my money back from google is impossible, according to google. Since they could not offer a solution to the langua
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by PostPlummer 6y ago
Straight from the heart! Only yesterday I rented my first ever item on YT. An English movie, found with an English search query. "Based on my location" they gave me a French dubbed version of it. No alternative sound track, heck n
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by PostPlummer 6y ago
From Wikipedia: A continent is one of several very large landmasses. Generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, up to seven regions are commonly regarded as continents. Always thought a continent was a clearly defin
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by PostPlummer 6y ago
To me, I like to describe my role as mommy & daddy rolled into one. I need to take the time to comfort the group as I need the time to correct them. Since I have had the opportunity to raise my kids, I have grown tremendously as a manag
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by PostPlummer 6y ago
Easily said: give them excellent managers. People don't quit jobs, they quit a boss.
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by PostPlummer 6y ago
Except you can't in any serious organised form, like the olympics would be, or they'll come after you / the payers.
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by PostPlummer 6y ago
> survivorship bias Makes a lot of sense, thanks.
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by PostPlummer 6y ago
I like to start typing whatever I'm looking for, in the browser bar. There a list will be populated with "suggestions" which I like to use (arrow down) to extent my search query and add some more words. Safari expects me to &
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by PostPlummer 6y ago
> but I can't reproduce either behavior myself Me neither. manOS Catalina, Version 10.15.5. Safari Version 13.1.1 (15609.2.9.1.2) EDIT: Still can't get used to Safari's URL completion behaviour. It is completely unnatural
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by PostPlummer 6y ago
Most surprising thing it: users on HN seem to love this "Facebook kinda content", counting the replies.
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by PostPlummer 6y ago
100% sure. I have been using gmail since forever on all sorts of networks and devices and never ever has taking "being useful" 20 seconds, unless there is something very wrong on my side. Weirdest thing is that an add-on makes it
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by PostPlummer 6y ago
You can and it is good. Had to a couple of times the last couple of years and every single time the support was stellar. Not just did the first person on the phone know what s/he was doing, they went to lengths to verify my credentials
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by PostPlummer 6y ago
Nobody commenting on the (lack of) formatting? I mean, I know we techies love plain and simple markup but this looks like taking a piss at the readers. The content is not that great and the plain text does nothing to make it feel technical
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by PostPlummer 6y ago
Pen & paper. It helps me getting away from the drive to 'just give it a shot' and forces me to work so much more structured. I still love to doodle with a pen and different color markers and it allows me to have it permanently
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by PostPlummer 6y ago
If we could just get a standard for -? or /? or --? I would be happy already.
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by PostPlummer 6y ago
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