nonick

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by nonick 1mo ago
Retirements imply a regular payment called a pension, either from the government or from a private fund that you contribute to during employment years. It doesn't seem to be the case with the author.
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by nonick 2mo ago
Romania and Bulgaria are in the EU and don't even benefit from visa-free travel to the US.
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by nonick 3mo ago
Ingress still exists and has a similar scanning mechanism.
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by nonick 3mo ago
Or maybe kill themselves, since most scans are from the cities they live in.
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by nonick 5mo ago
Romania too has e-invoice (e-factura).
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by nonick 2y ago
I have used flipstory.com (no longer in business) in 2011 cu create 2 very nice flipbooks. It was 7,99 Euros, transport included from France to Romania. I still enjoy it, I keep it beside other family photos, as it's my months old son
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by nonick 2y ago
You can walk that much if you are healthy, have roads, have enough food and water, good clothing and shoes, there are no dangers that must be avoided and if you know what your destination is. If you have to stop daily to get food (hunting
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by nonick 4y ago
There's a Romanian startup that tries to address part of the issue. They estimate that their technology can decrease concrete use by 30%: https://svelte.eu/
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by nonick 4y ago
I've accidentally discovered that adjusting the sound volume from the keyboard exposes the title of the video in the popup: https://imgur.com/gallery/K3oUFlb
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by nonick 4y ago
Same in Romania, biggest salaries in the industry.
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by nonick 5y ago
He and the other elected auditor should make that oath in front of the notary public and then make the township supervisors pay out their own pocket for the elections they held knowing they would ignore the outcome.
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by nonick 5y ago
In the town that I live in, Red Bull is the sponsor of what they call "The World's Toughest Hard Enduro Rallye". Every year it draws a crowd of tourists to the city and produces some great entertainment. https://ww
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by nonick 6y ago
From a 4-by-4 inch square you can make 4 2-by-2 inch squares, therefore the loss from 4 small squares would be 0.86x4=3.44, same as one large square.
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by nonick 6y ago
"Most cans" you see there are the small ones. But as the quantity grows, it is the height of the can that grows, and not the diameter. https://www.google.com/search?q=large+cat+food+can
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by nonick 6y ago
I have never heard of this grape variety before, now I read this and the next thing I see is Lidl's next week's wine offer for St. Laurent/Spätburgunder wine. I will give it a try!
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by nonick 6y ago
You could blame Boeing for not taking control of the planes from the ground and prevent the terrorists steering them into the towers.
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by nonick 6y ago
The dangerous precedent I see is Microsoft making justice for itself (with authorization from a judge, but still, when did Microsoft become law-enforcement?). Blaming Microsoft for building "vulnerable software" because someone is
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by nonick 6y ago
I guess it's OK if I take a picture during daytime and then alter it digitally to look as if it was taken at night.
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by nonick 6y ago
> Chrome itself is a security nightmare, always with the mic on and listening I can understand the mic being always on as a privacy nightmare, but how is this a security nightmare?
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by nonick 6y ago
Too yellow, couldn't read. Changing to dark mode resulted in black fonts on black background. End of story.
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by nonick 6y ago
That is exactly what happened in Romania on August 10, 2018, when a peaceful protest was met with tear gas and Police violence, while law enforcement covered the ID numbers on their helmets. https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/
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by nonick 9y ago
It's kind of the same in reverse - does a parent encourage their children to embrace a risky sport/activity (karting, skiing, diving etc.) or keep them in the safety of home for fear of accident or death? We wouldn't have F1
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by nonick 9y ago
Just became his 7th fan on Deezer :)
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by nonick 10y ago
Actually, his name was always Iohannis, because in the communist period (when he was born) the state would try and romanize all foreign names. I know quite a few Hungarians in my home town who were given untranslatable Hungarian names just
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by nonick 11y ago
Netflix is great, I guess. I would know for sure if they were available in my country. Same as Pandora, Spotify etc.
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by nonick 12y ago
The cow was probably not injured, it must have slipped on the tarmac. Pictures taken a little earlier and later show it on its feet. Before: https://www.google.com/maps/@-23.3494262,-48.185634,3a,40.5y... Rigt before t
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by nonick 12y ago
Have a look at this earlier design by Romanian inventor Aurel Persu: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurel_Persu It had a drag coefficient of about 0.22.