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Comment · 4 years ago
Milder winters could be good. Snow is nice but gets old very fast. No more plowing, smaller heating bills...
Comment · 5 years ago
Interesting, this was 2014, perhaps clerk did it to save me money for device registration.

Now I just use my EU data plan, it has enough data for short stays.

Comment · 5 years ago
Of course they will take your passport. First time I bought sim in store, it was illegal to use foreign phones, and shop owner had to fake his IMEI. Airports never had this restrictions or asked for IMEI.
Comment · 5 years ago
Well, I am going to Turkey for couple of months this spring.
Comment · 5 years ago
You have to buy sim at airport, there is an exception from this registration, it is easy.
Comment · 5 years ago
First you buy a house and get established, then you start family. In Asian culture it is not even possible to get married without that.
Comment · 5 years ago
I think that can be disabled, or encryption key exported for backup.

Anyway, it is stupid argument. It is like saying car does not need spare tire, because wheels are welded to save 10 ounces on bolts.

Comment · 5 years ago
》The primary argument against soldering the SSD, or really any other part, down like this tends to be that "Oh, now you can't just save money by upgrading it yourself|replacing it when it breaks

Are you trolling? The primary argument is data recovery. Anything on laptop can die: charging port, motherboard... With soldered ssd your data are gone! You need to resolder SSD into exact same machine type, it may take 5 weeks if you are lucky!

It takes 5 minutes to swap normal SSD into new machine and reboot! Maybe 1 hour if you have to go into shop!

Comment · 5 years ago
Most countries have real safety concerns and their weapons are VERY effective.
Comment · 5 years ago
Java has only single dominant JVM, but in several flavours. It is doing fine.
Comment · 5 years ago
Mozilla may pivot to VPN and network privacy stuff. But that won't save Firefox. I would rather have independent party on Chromium source, to balance large corporations, than half baked alternative engine.
Comment · 5 years ago
Australia sorting algorithm:

Stay at your index!!!

Comment · 5 years ago
Please.

Weather is a big issue. It is impossible to put kid into buggy/trolley in rain without it getting wet. 1 year old with pneumonia is a horrible thing. Add shopping in rain etc...

Bikes have horrible safety record on their own, even in "safe" bicycle infrastructure. Crashing into pole on bike and in car is a big difference. Common bike-buggies have zero protection for kids.

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