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Re:How many of the 170k English words do you know? on Saturday June 20, 2026 @10:03AM (#48609318)
90/100 and 13/20 expert & 17/20 gm. Not too bad for a non-native speaker (but I've read books in english daily for years)
For us it was more than 10x the price of CPLEX.
Windy uses openmeteo, which in turn aggregates many weather providers under one roof/api
Re:Feral pig meat transmits rare bacteria on Sunday March 23, 2025 @07:47AM (#43452326)
You are safe as long as pig meat is cooked well done, which we always do in Greece. But it pays to be aware and careful.
My family (of 4) car is a Kia Rio :). We live in an EU city and do 300km trips every other weekend. Frequently it is a tight fit, but one can manage.
Re:Why Is the Speed of Light So Fast? (Part 1) on Friday October 04, 2024 @03:37PM (#41744870)
That was a nice read.
Re:The Smartphone of the Middle Ages on Monday June 03, 2024 @01:36PM (#40565086)
Yup, the title is clickbaity, but the actual article interesting.
Re:GPT-4o on Monday May 13, 2024 @02:11PM (#40346382)
I bet this will also cause model regressions.
Re:New capacitor with 19-times energy density on Thursday May 09, 2024 @03:08PM (#40311854)
I can think of many uses for a capacitor with close-to-battery energy density. The cap properties (endurance & high charge / discharge rates) are pretty useful in some applications.
Re:Kingdom Come: Deliverance II on Sunday April 21, 2024 @02:25PM (#40107975)
The game actually becomes pretty easy after a while (4-6 hours maybe). Some perks are pretty powerful, and knowledge of the game world brings dividents
Re:WinBtrfs – an open-source btrfs driver for Windows on Sunday April 07, 2024 @02:38PM (#39962738)
I dual boot and have been using this for a while now (the older version). It does work, but some problems are to be expected. While impressive, it is not production-level. For me that's fine since I boot windows pretty rarely, but probably not for everyone.

I would love to see that the new version works with fewer problems.

Re:Testing how hard it is to cheat with ChatGPT in interviews on Thursday February 01, 2024 @12:40PM (#39218731)
A round cover wont fall in, but a square or rectangular can.
That's true, but the overall trend is clear. Wine is pretty good these days. For old windows software it is sometimes better than the latest windows versions.