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they never dominated the 90s, someone is trying hard to rewrite history, when someone was sharing something with me they used either 3.5" floppies or CDR, never in my life I held in hands zip dri…

why it wouldnt work? unless there is some hardcoded switch I doubt my offline Kindle where I copy offline books over USB will suddenly stop working, it's more likely work exactly same as it did i…

having TV in children room ≠ watching TV whenever kids want to

just because we had older TV in our children room shared with sibling in the early 90s it doesn't mean we were allowed to watch it unlimited and it was not certainly unusual, in 90s kids could ha…

is there any photo of jagger there? I can't find anything, Clinton is no problem to find

non-paywall link https://archive.ph/pcSki

still fail to see how would fighting in organized army help my family instead of staying home, taking care of them and protect them from whoever wants to attack them directly my family is not some dum…

> I would do my best to defend my country if it became necessary I still don't understand this in my 40s and after serving in military (conscription) - why would you defend any country? I can&…

I am sure some Ryanair customers would risk it for good price.

I wouldn't really worry about flying, but more about taking off/landing. Related from December 2025: Garmin Emergency Autoland deployed for the first time https://www.flightradar2…

Are you aware that Magyar was with Orban until 2024, right? It's funny how some people think he is some amazing change...

tried it and returned to original reader, it was more inconvenient than built-in reader, I liked the idea but it had too many issues

"Church services are limited to a maximum of 100 people, and singing is prohibited; the same applies to public participation in municipal and regional government meetings." "In other re…

Cromite on Android 15 stock Pixel ROM: Error constructing CesiumWidget. Visit http://get.webgl.org to verify that your web browser and hardware support WebGL. Consider trying a different …

yup those are simplified meteorological seasons from lazy meteorologists small kids also learn in school I always tell my kids if they wanna accurately measure the seasons they must use astronomical s…

meanwhile Czechia literally BANNED free Wi-Fi in restaurants and other establishments during COVID, so people will spend there less time, I understood the rationale if people already didn't have …

The non descriptive names are better because they can be consistent across different countries not depending climate July in Croatian - Srpanj August in Czech/Polish - Srpen/Sierpen because …

while I agree this post is off topic on HN, seems people don't care anymore and it's full of politics in recent years (I read it here like 15+ years under various accounts) with general main…

this will be flagged in 3 2 1 but it would be kept here if it would be killed Israelis

on related note what would be the best VFM sneakers/hiking shoes which will be mostly used in the city and are also available in Europe? in US you have pretty sweet deals on sneakers or some walm…

not necessarily, my kids have citizenship of my home country while daughter never lived there and son only for a year, and for none of them it's their mother tongue

same goes with car quality, long gone are the times when German engineering was synonym of quality, if I had to choose something German or Japanese in the last at least 15-20 years the choice would be…

Where I come from it's almost always considered sincere and I would think it would apply for mos of the Europe where we don't greet each other "how are you" without being intereste…

Google says: illiberal - opposed to liberal principles; restricting freedom of thought or behaviour. AI overview says: Illiberal describes attitudes or policies that are narrow-minded, bigoted, intole…

> It wasn't that long ago that men would sign up for almost-certain death in defence of their families, their people, their nation. I would say WW2 was pretty long time ago, none of the latter…

do your research before buying, they have this reputation ofr many years it's like complaining about HP ink printer everyone was warning about for last 10-15 years at least same should apply to S…

I think I would disagree naming the car brand Lemon (Citroen). When life gives you Citroen...