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Comment · 3 months ago
I agree that that's the ideal way to do this, but it's just not always an option.

I run valideparkeren.nl, a crowd sourced overview of all accessible parking spots in the Netherlands. Ideally, there should be a government-owned single source of truth, but the whole reason for starting this is because that source doesn't exist yet. I'm starting to work with the government to eventually hand this project over to them, which was the goal from the start, but the only way to make that happen is by first becoming the source of truth.

Edit: I was also planning to add my data to OSM at some point, but I'm reconsidering that after reading this. I completely understand that they only want high quality data, but in my case I'm convinced that high coverage and slightly lower quality is better than low coverage and high quality. Of course, transparency of how sure we are about the data is vital, so users can decide the risk they want to take.

Comment · 5 years ago
I highly doubt those elephants are getting killed if they don't have tusks, though.
Comment · 5 years ago
I still have no idea what Atek is.
Comment · 5 years ago
I think you misunderstood their question. Obviously immune response to common cold isn't effective against rona. But if this vaccine is effective against a wide range of coronaviruses, could it also be effective against the one that causes the common cold?
Comment · 6 years ago
That's not how vaccines and viruses work.

Normally when you get infected you get small number of viral particles in your system. Those then hijack your system to create more, and those new particles spread to other people through sneezing etc. In time your immune system learns how to recognise and kill the virus and eventually removes it from your system.

Now let's say you get vaccinated and you get that same small number of viral particles in your system. Your immune system will already know how to recognise and kill the virus, and immediately starts doing this. It doesn't multiply in your body, so it can't spread to others either.

Comment · 6 years ago
Yeah, I can't think of anything i'd need a video for, but still made one just to see if it works as well as the intro makes it look. And it really does work that well!

One small issue and a small feature request, tho:

- Undo of resizing images should restore it to the size that it was before you started dragging, currently it restores it to a lot of sizes during dragging.

- It would be great if you could switch between different kinds of text effects without having to remove the entire effect and re-enter your text.

[EDIT: found some more small bugs]

- Copy & paste hex colors for text doesn't work b/c it will paste the text element instead

- One time the download link for the video didn't work, it just closed the modal and i had to render it again. Worked fine the next time

All in all very well done! Will definitely be spreading the word about this one!

Comment · 6 years ago
Nice, this looks like something i might use to mock an api server in the early stages of a project.
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Comment · 6 years ago
That was a very short week!
Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
According to the Dutch wikipedia page, Chama and Fort San Sebastian are the same place.
Comment · 8 years ago
I really love javascript for programming behaviour in robotics. That's so much more intuitive to do in an event based language.
Comment · 8 years ago
It does! And another trick that can be useful in these situations is gaps in quotes: "the * fox" will return (for me): "the main character, Simon Fox", "The Fabulous Fox", etc.
Comment · 8 years ago
If you're feeling down and need someone to talk to, I can really recommend /r/KindVoice. You can be as anonymous as you want, it's just a community of people who want to help others when they need it the most. They also have a discord server, so it's a bit more of a direct interaction than through reddit.

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