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Comment · 4 months ago
This is exactly how I use LLMs. "I wonder if it's possible to ...", and if I get something that seems to work or passes the test suite that gives me lots of added confidence that an approach is worth spending proper engineering time on.

Or sometimes you get suggested a method or library you've never heard of, opening your horizons.

Comment · 7 months ago
Imagine how "hounded" everyone else feels by driver friendly polies in other cities.
Comment · 10 months ago
Because Belgium didn't have capital gains tax it was actually common to (fake) retire to Belgium for wealthy individuals. There's supposed to be a capital gains tax from 2026 though.
Comment · 10 months ago
Exactly, all you need to start is "a significant amount of people from this area want to go to those areas".
Comment · 10 months ago
There should be a law forcing ride hailing apps to give anonymized ride data to local governments so that they can plan public transport better. If they sell it to marketers they must be able to do this technically.
Comment · 1 year ago
Surprisingly mobile networks seemed to stay up in Portugal. I'm not sure to what extent and if they lasted for the whole duration of the blackout. They definitely limited consumer use though.
Comment · 1 year ago
You can book a seat for an instrument. I've seen EXTRA, ITEM SEAT mentioned as name for one particular airline but maybe it can get more specific with others?
Comment · 1 year ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they

You might just not notice it.

Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
I think if you tried them out you'll find these bike paths are not unsafe (and I bet the accident numbers back that up), because it's a whole system. Design like this will have features to force drivers to take slow turns when crossing the bike paths, and they are raised so that it's clear to drivers they don't have right of way.

NL always goes for the transit stops that poke out like you mention as well when possible.

Comment · 1 year ago
That's probably an Amsterdam thing, smaller Dutch cities are lovely and awesome to cycle in. Rotterdam was also not enjoyable to cycle due to aggressive drivers when I visited.
Comment · 2 years ago
I think it must somehow use a recent kernel, otherwise Lunar Lake wouldn't be supported?
Comment · 2 years ago
I like that they do it this way. The bins always had plenty of space when I took the option, and otherwise you travel with a backpack which fits under the seat in front of you for the lowest ticket price.

The boarding and disembarking procidures are also much faster with Ryanair in part thanks to this policy, the other being air stairs boarding from both ends of the plane.

They offer a cheap 10kg hold luggage option in case the overhead bins have been sold out or you need to take a small suitcase with forbidden items.

Comment · 2 years ago
IIRC the difference with the first option is that you get seat selection too, but in reality, only amongst the cheapest seats.

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