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Comment · 6 years ago
I also think this is a US thing. In other countries a ring without diamond is also normal.

And I guess most people could not even distinct a diamond from polished glass.

Comment · 6 years ago
The paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/smll.202004... (you need access to see all parameters).

Anyway it looks like they created a very tiny diamond. So it looks to me we should not expect man made diamond rings soon.

Comment · 6 years ago
I think an onload limit is much more useful than file size.

A 700kB JavaScript page can take up to 10 sec. to render on older mobile devices. And a 500kB image can contain megapixels which will slow down non-PGU browsers.

Personally I always go for a max 2 sec. limit on all devices.

Comment · 6 years ago
As with other types of viruses. Nerve damage is very common.
Comment · 6 years ago
It is strange. I noticed all the ads lately, sometimes even 2 in a row.

But thinking about it I can't remember a single ad. Today more and more people have an ad filter in their head. This means that Google earns a lot of money from ads that have a lot of exposure but almost zero effect.

Comment · 6 years ago
https://www.ad.nl/buitenland/moeten-wij-ons-in-nederland-zor... (Dutch)

The storage and production is highly regulated. Every suspicious event must be communicated with the "Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding" (coordinator counterterrorism).

Comment · 6 years ago
"...and pretty much have their entire business on there..."

This is what I don't get about YouTubers. They created a business with basically only one source of income. This is bad practice in every business book.

I am a freelancer. If I only had one customer my business would be instantly over when they didn't hire me anymore.

YouTubers put too much trust in an untrustworthy business partner.

Comment · 6 years ago
In 2019 30,000 hours of content per hour was uploaded.
Comment · 6 years ago
There are already 2 known virus mutations: G614 and D514. In Italy new research suggests even a 3rd mutation might go around. And Denmark also had a mutation.

Do those vaccines work on all mutations or are they like the common flu vaccines that must be adapted every year?

Comment · 6 years ago
I seriously consider going away from Android (Google).

Is Linux a viable option as mobile OS? I've got a feeling that it is almost as a 'dumb' phone. You got your calculator and SMS app but that's about it.

Or would going to something like LineageOS be a better option?

Comment · 6 years ago
Imho Mercurial is much easier than Git. I have seen team members who lost data with Git but never with Mercurial.

I still miss Mercurial. Unfortunately most people moved to Git so I also moved to it.

Comment · 6 years ago
Privacy is the control to choose what kind of things about yourself you would like to expose.

If that control is gone there is no privacy.

Comment · 6 years ago
If so many people are confused by this, aren't VPN settings per app not insecure by default?

It looks like a lot of people are under the assumption that enabling VPN means system wide.

Comment · 6 years ago
It has always been like this.

The Mad Man series are about an advertisement company in the fifties.

Comment · 6 years ago
Maybe the Dutch website is different but I think it is one of the worst webshops I've been on. When you search for a product you end up in a flood of pages with half related products. No filters, nothing. So I never find what I am looking for and just leave.

Now I don't think Amazon is stupid so there must be a reason for this experience.

I also think they know something we don't.

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