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Comment · 5 years ago
Modern mov files are just mp4 containers.
Comment · 5 years ago
> Forgive me since I’m American, but wasn’t getting rid of foreigners taking jobs one of the selling points of Brexit?

That's what the media like to repeat, but I would suggest that you ignore them and take a broader view.

Reality is that both the UK and EU government failed to keep the population happy and continuously messed up. So much so, that the majority of people voted to leave the EU as they were discontent with their current situation. As someone who lives in the UK is that very little really has changed yet pre-brexit and post-brexit. It turns out outside of some temporary instabilities, things aren't doom and gloom. They're still crap like before though.

The only place where housing was really affordable in the UK was in Northern Ireland and sure enough, it's still very affordable in Northern Ireland.

General rule for getting on the housing ladder in the UK is the best time to buy was yesterday, the next best is now. Even if the housing market has a price crisis. It will never return to pricing to match up a decade ago; so don't live a fantasy waiting for it.

Comment · 6 years ago
Not really... You have to log out of one account, then login to the other; but then you need to use 2fa; but now 2fa is mad about something and making you jump through hoops while people are getting angry you aren't showing up as scheduled...
Comment · 6 years ago
I'm still using ICQ...
Comment · 7 years ago
Destiny 2 is free on Steam, no gold needed.
Comment · 7 years ago
Could you explain to me what is innovative about Google offering you fields to enter your social details on your Stadia profile for AIM, MSN, YIM, etc... And could you explain why they won't put fields for Google Talk, Google Wave, Buzz, Huddle, Google+ Messenger, Google Hangouts, Messenger, Google Allo, Google Duo or Google Spaces?
Comment · 7 years ago
That would be fine under GDPR actually.
Comment · 7 years ago
From what I'm aware, the military doesn't use IRC? IRC was inspired from BITNET, which was used by the DoD briefly and not the military as a whole? Military networks are encrypted at the network layer? User authentication is enforced at the session and presentation layers?
Comment · 7 years ago
It is intentional.
Comment · 7 years ago
My NHS trust doesn't even use Spine 2. That would require reliable Internet.
Comment · 7 years ago
You're probably outside the security sphere, but H1 is already taken seriously. There is no per-requisit for them to do so to be taken seriously as you state.
Comment · 7 years ago
If I compare cyclists in London (and, there are a lot) to pretty much anywhere in the Netherlands. In the Netherlands, the cyclists are far better behaved.

I don't have to worry for my life walking on a pavement that in the next moment a cyclist may decide to go on the pavement because there is a red light on the road at full speed, or almost knock me over, going across a zebra crossing when the light is green for pedestrians. Cyclists in London seem to think they can go regardless and no rule applies to them.

It wouldn't be too surprising in such a circumstance that they don't particularly feel safer with bike lanes.

I don't think this is a numbers issue.

Comment · 7 years ago
Yes, but not in Germany.
Comment · 7 years ago
> The "bonus" you get is actually paid by higher prices on the stuff people buy.

In the EU, we pay VAT on practically everything, so, US prices are still cheaper with credit cards etc.

Comment · 7 years ago
You can dispute, but the big difference between credit card and debit card is that on credit card, each transaction is insured through the merchant fee. Mastercard and Visa's rules also specific require the card lender to repay a disputed charge in full, regardless if they can manage to reverse a transaction or not; the same is not the case for debit cards (even if they are branded with the Mastercard/Visa logo).

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