kifki

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by kifki 10y ago
Not related to Japanese, but to large numbers in general: I just learned that there are to scales for billions - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales
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by kifki 10y ago
Here in Italy Telegram is slowly gaining traction. Even the municipality in my city uses it (for traffic notices and other warnings), very useful. Bonus points: bots, Gif search and stickers!
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by kifki 10y ago
I still own&use one; I upgraded SSD and ram an it is still pretty ok for small web dev and internet browsing.
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by kifki 10y ago
Manual car with start&stop owner here; I always use it when driving in the city, so do all of my friends. It's just slightly uncomfortable the first times, when you have to train your muscle memory.
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by kifki 10y ago
That, and the integrated gifbot. My teenage sister went crazy when I showed her how to search for stickers.
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by kifki 11y ago
They aren't. This is the Italian police investigating Italian products.
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by kifki 11y ago
Thank you, I didn't know that. Do you think that there are key differences between the two?
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by kifki 11y ago
I don't see the news here. Shirataki is quite popular and quite easily found. I think it became popular with the Dukan diet.
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by kifki 11y ago
Yes, I know... Developers are constantly asking for an API of some sort, but seems that Xiaomi ignores that. Too bad, since the MiBand is a nice little device. Are you trying to use it on Android? There is also an iOs library (but seems ver
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by kifki 11y ago
http://allmydroids.blogspot.de/2014/12/xiaomi-mi-band-ble-pr... This is a nice post about their protocol, although it seems that they are trying to prevent reverse engineering by obfuscating it in newer releases.
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Ask HN: How do you spend your daily commute?
2 points by kifki 11y ago|0 comments
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by kifki 11y ago
Very strong in Italy too. All of my friends know it, and a lot of them used it at least once.
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by kifki 11y ago
I don't know how it is in the US, but in Europe thefts are VERY common, and because of this trust/relationship plays a very important role. That said, the industry is very, very old school, spreadsheets at best. Although with the
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by kifki 11y ago
I like Lea Verou: http://lea.verou.me and Nicole Sullivan: http://www.stubbornella.org/content/
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by kifki 12y ago
Is that available in the US only?
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by kifki 12y ago
I think he's from Slovakia, which is part of the EU.
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by kifki 12y ago
...and it's also strange that people read it voluntarily, and not forced by the school. I hated it so much back then, although Inferno was kinda fun.
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by kifki 12y ago
Yes, I noticed this as well. Sometimes it also loads the page, but without images.
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Astronauts put GoPro into a floating ball of water(youtube.com)
4 points by kifki 12y ago|4 comments
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by kifki 12y ago
http://parkorbird.flickr.com
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by kifki 12y ago
It happens to me a lot! And sometimes I can't find words in neither of my languages, and then turn to English (which is strange, since I learned English at a later point).
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Everything you know about hangover is wrong(wired.com)
1 points by kifki 12y ago|0 comments
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by kifki 13y ago
I know it's hard. I know that you think that everything sucks, because I used to think that, too. But there is passionate people around you, there are good companies, there is an interesting work. You have just to go and find them. Net
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by kifki 13y ago
They come very cheaply (or for free) with most phone operators.
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Dear Barbados, I think you've got a problem.(barbados.org)
2 points by kifki 13y ago|0 comments
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by kifki 14y ago
What about a real espresso machine (with standard pods)? You get all the Nespresso pros, and you can choose between a variety of options for the coffee you want to put in.
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by kifki 14y ago
I check hacker news every morning, scan the titles and read the interesting (and shorter) pieces. Then I have a read later list (which is pretty huge, ops) with longer reads.