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Bending Spoons acquires Vimeo for $1.38B(investors.vimeo.com)
66 points by nixy 1y ago|42 comments
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Church being moved 5 km in Kiruna, Sweden (live stream)(svtplay.se)
10 points by nixy 1y ago|1 comments
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by nixy 2y ago
I assume this is partly interesting/funny because in the UK, both "Iceland" and "Spar" are grocery store chains :)
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Johan Hultin(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by nixy 5y ago|0 comments
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by nixy 5y ago
I went to Apple Music already back when Spotify decided to give Rogan their platform and the millions of dollars. Can't say I regret it.
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by nixy 5y ago
But Google is now Alphabet, so should be MAANA
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by nixy 5y ago
But a map app is so much more than street maps and navigation. I have tried to switch to Apple Maps, and it works great for navigation or getting an overview of the streets. But I cannot use Apple Maps to explore! With Google maps, I just f
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by nixy 5y ago
I diagree. The c / z in American pronunciation can cause confusion in verbal communication here. "at ey bee [see] dot ex why [see]"
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by nixy 5y ago
To be honest, it is more a F-U to your competitors' customers than to your own. I don't get why Apple creating a feature for their own ecosystem has to be made available to other ecosystems as well. It's not like Face Time is
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Epic Games sues AR company Nreal for sounding too much like ‘Unreal’(theverge.com)
25 points by nixy 5y ago|29 comments
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by nixy 5y ago
I think the OP is referring to ground effect above the water surface, as employed by for example eraknoplans ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lun-class_ekranoplan )
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by nixy 5y ago
Candela will also provide boats for a trial with the Stockholm Public Transport system, which currently employs quite a few traditional boats for transport around the city. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/candela-speedboat-ab&#x2
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by nixy 6y ago
You should definitely be able to convince her this is a road trip to take! On the way you will pass the lovely Virgin coast archipelago as well as be able to visit the UNESCO world heritage sites Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland and the
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by nixy 6y ago
... but only 1% of the world's vehicles
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by nixy 6y ago
The capital "A" in the submission headline confused me, but it is a variety of the fruit, not the company, that has been discovered :)
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by nixy 6y ago
I had the exact same problem as a 12 year old kid, only I was in assembly where Auschwitz survivor Emerich Roth was telling us about his hardships. He stopped with annoyed patience and waited for me to silence the alarm before continuing. I
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by nixy 6y ago
This has been submitted multiple times as a “Show HN” but as it is a paid service, I guess this is a marketing strategy. https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=unscreen.com
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Sweden to present findings on Olof Palme assassination(theguardian.com)
3 points by nixy 6y ago|0 comments
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by nixy 6y ago
So what happens as soon as people want to start visiting NZ? Seems like you will forever have to be scared of corona entering your country again, it must be a huge blow long-term to the tourism sector? Not trying to be snarky, genuinely try
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by nixy 7y ago
The world's largest scale model of the solar system is in Sweden and stretches along most of the country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Solar_System
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Silphium(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by nixy 7y ago|0 comments
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by nixy 7y ago
Funny, in Sweden where surströmming is from I have heard the exact same words used to describe the production of Hákarl. But Hákarl is easy to smell and eat compared to surströmming, which is gut-wrenching when you smell it.
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Uber orders 24,000 Volvo XC90s for driverless fleet(techcrunch.com)
7 points by nixy 9y ago|1 comments
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Lunch arrives on Wrangel Island, and 230 polar bears show up for the feast(siberiantimes.com)
2 points by nixy 9y ago|0 comments
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by nixy 9y ago
It was because the phone had been rebooted, and iOS requires a passcode after a reboot.
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by nixy 9y ago
But swipe left/right on the bottom bar shouldn't be too hard for them to learn. This also switches between apps, and it was blazing fast in the demo.
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by nixy 9y ago
Except for that large padlock icon that shows the unlocked state when Face ID has identified you?
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by nixy 10y ago
For B2B: be local. Have presence where your customers are. B2B relations are so much easier if you are local, so you'll be rewarded if you are able to open up offices close to strategic customers or in potentially big markets.
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Unearthing the Secrets of New York’s Mass Graves (2016)(nytimes.com)
2 points by nixy 10y ago|0 comments
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by nixy 10y ago
I haven't used Pandora in a long time, but I have to say that everything you mention can be applied to my experience of Spotify's discovery/radio features as well. Plus it handles playing songs on-demand.

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