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Markoff
2,754karma·3,266submissions·December 31, 2016
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I'm not Russian, don't even speak Russian, just liked John Markoff in 90s.
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no offense with their narrative, but the picture - Shipwreck has become visible due to Danube’s low water levels - actually shows MORE GREEN than year ago if you don't focus on the river, look at…
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that's all nice, now tell it to Americans, Chinese, Indians and most of the developing world, EU residents won't fix a thing besides ruining their economy people are not going to die over ho…
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why are they fucked? you can just switch to plants grown previously further down the south, you can already now grow figs, lemons, etc. for instance, let alone tomatoes/peppers
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so I can click with cursor over element I don't want to remove it same way as in uBlock Origin? because without UI manually editing the filter is not an element picker. I'm unable to find an…
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1. Vivaldi supports uBlock Origin, if you consider Firefox a "major browser" then sure also Vivaldi and Brave are major browsers 2. while I use uBlock Origin on phone (Firefox) and desktop (…
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France's top court on Friday blocked a bill banning social media access for under-15s, saying it infringed upon freedom of expression, a setback for President Emmanuel Macron who asked his gove…
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nuclear is safer (per deaths per TWh installed) and more reliable than solar or wind energy though "The data available on fatal falls from height would indicate that rooftop solar power is severa…
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nobody forces you to keep AI Camera switched on, I disable it as one of the first things when opening camera on Xiaomi phone first time, just swipe up from top and tap on AI Camera and you are done, I…
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> Jack Ma is as scummy as the American tech elite, The whole 996 work schedule was from his companies. doubt that, 996 has long tradition in China (even in Huawei, at least for young interns), heck…
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not true 1. people losing income/jobs because of AI see it differently, you can even find videos of regular chinese talking about their daily life and how they see AI programmer's view - has…
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pretty sure even Xiaomi can do it, just disable stupid AI Camera and/or Super Moon, one of the first things I disable in camera on all Xiaomi phones (wife and me both have Xiaomi 13t and 13 respe…
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real for onsite viewers enhanced with fake for rest of the world I don't like it either
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This exercise should help save lives. In the end, everyone involved was probably just glad it wasn't an emergency. During a large-scale exercise involving more than 250 emergency personnel in Thu…
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tell that to my wife - native Chinese speaker - unable to find job in Europe, what you say may work for someone speaking perfectly local language (other than English), but not for just English/Ch…
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Is quid really used in UK by 80-90% people? I thought it's very informal slang word (of some lower educated people), in China most of the people just use kuai (well I guess not bank tellers).
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related: "It's hard to argue that the yuan isn't undervalued.
As the International Monetary Fund noted in its country report published in February, China's external position "…
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nobody really use jiao (1/10th RMB/CNY), same as nobody really use yuan (CNY/RMB) they are called mao (1/10th RMB/CNY) and kuai (CNY/RMB) in China but mao pretty much don…
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it's actually "kuai" (pronounced same way as popular incorrect name of famous The Bridge on the River Kwai (the correct name is K(h)waE)) in Chinese streets, if you use yuan or renmimbi…
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their yough unemployment rate sure is rising, it sure ain't great to be young Chinese looking for job now https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/business/china-you…
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Amazfit Bip has sleep tracking, pedometer and notifications, it has also GPOS (which will significantly shorten battery life), release in 2018, it can still last 4 weeks on single charge, you can buy …
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pfft, only 2 weeks + wearing garmin brick on hand? I would rather go with Pebble Time 2 than Garmin if I had to buy something new (used Bip for 15-20USD is still the best deal), it had decent thicknes…
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Can you sell Pebble Time 2 to me as Amazfit Bip user? All I need are notifications from smartphone, sleep tracking and pedometer. I am on my third Bip, the last two I bought used for like 20USD, why w…
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Can someone please bring back original Amazfit Bip? I am now on the 3rd one in 8 years (the first body popped out in warranty (got money back), 2nd I cracked the screen cover glass and then water got …
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More information here, can't find better source https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/chinas-experimental-bullet-t... …