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by oevi 3y ago
There was a similar scandal surrounding German news magazine „Der Spiegel“ with at least 14 articles fabricated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claas_Relotius
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by oevi 4y ago
XSLT 3.0 allows streaming for large XML files. See e.g. https://www.saxonica.com/html/documentation10/sourcedocs/str...
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by oevi 6y ago
The German Wikipedia article has some very nice animations to demonstrate the principle: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voith-Schneider-Antrieb
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by oevi 6y ago
The article says a Lightning to USB-C cable will still be included. So you can use any USB-C charger which can delivery the necessary power (as with the iPhone 11).
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by oevi 7y ago
This got me thinking about some standardized control elements websites could put in the address / menu bar. Something like media controls, progress bars or even consent banners. This way they would have an unified appearance and could
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by oevi 7y ago
A very good explanation on what we are looking at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUyH3XhpLTo
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by oevi 8y ago
In the field of Technical Writing there are whole books written on how to write for human and machine translation. Main takeaway: consistency and unambiguity. Controlled languages try to solve this with constraints. There is quite a bit of
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by oevi 8y ago
"The X axis represents time [...] and the Y axis represents scale" - Isn't it the other way round?
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by oevi 8y ago
Another good "countries of the world game" which is more based on maps is: http://click-that-hood.com/ Especially the Africa variant: http://www.youdontknowafrica.com/
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by oevi 8y ago
A bit like Daimler-Benz between 1985-95 when they tried to get into aerospace and electronics under CEO Edzard Reuter, which failed miserably and cost the company around 25 Billion dollars. Some called it the biggest destruction of capital
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by oevi 9y ago
Because it implies an association with the W3C
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by oevi 9y ago
Black holes are an excellent example for so called "cognitive metaphors". Because we found no better analogy, we named them "holes" despite the fact that they are basically the opposite: an object with enormous mass. Thi
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by oevi 9y ago
It is also interesting how the handle forced downgrades. I just lost some GBs from previous promotions (like Dropbox Campus Cup) and are now stuck with the following situation: - all files are still there, downloads are possible - they disa
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by oevi 9y ago
Here is a suprisingly comprehensive list of countries which have programs to reduce plastic bags: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_lightweight_plast...
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Apple will require all new apps to natively support iPhone X display from April(9to5mac.com)
2 points by oevi 9y ago|0 comments
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by oevi 9y ago
Nice work! It seems that it only supports microdata and not RDFa at the moment?
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by oevi 9y ago
Here they are in full resolution: https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/with/25254688767/
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by oevi 9y ago
another one still working is their .hk domain.
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by oevi 9y ago
There is also mdn.io which can be used as shortcut in every browser like this (for a search for 'await'): http://mdn.io/await
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by oevi 9y ago
Or the Renault Twingo for an even more minimalistic approach: http://i.auto-bild.de/ir_img/1/1/3/2/4/4/5/Renault-Twingo-72...
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by oevi 9y ago
There is Jodel [0] which is quite popular among students in Germany. It has strict guidelines [1] which try exactly this. [0] https://jodel-app.com/ [1] https://jodel-app.com/guidelines.html
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by oevi 9y ago
Teach coding to children and those who want to learn it.
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by oevi 9y ago
Not OP, but also in software consulting. Working with software means in most cases working with customer data, which is sensible by nature (either because it contains some kind of knowledge or employee details).
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by oevi 9y ago
Because this is B2B business and usually done by specialized software companies. These companies do not publish or open source their solutions because it is either against their own or their customer's interest. Examples are the whole
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33C3: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego [video](media.ccc.de)
2 points by oevi 10y ago|0 comments
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by oevi 10y ago
This talk revolves around exactly this question: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death... You might enjoy watching it.
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Adobe VoCo [video](youtube.com)
2 points by oevi 10y ago|1 comments
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by oevi 10y ago
Gameforge?
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by oevi 10y ago
Actually, it's not that much of a deal. You will barely notice it. The whole transrapid ride from/to the airport is a bit.. underwhelming. For me, Hong Kong and especially its skyline was much more futuristic and fascinating. If y
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by oevi 10y ago
My girlfriend instinctively used the TV remote to control the video playback on the PS4, and to my surprise it worked. It's a Sony TV and I can even control the PS home menu.

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