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How often carpenter needs to study while constructing what is the correct method to build to wall, and while doing that, try to find out whether the client wanted the wall or a floor, or even both of them?

Try to give any proper estimations before actually starting that kind of project, when the scope is not known and there is no buy-in to spend half of the time just to plan all little details.

It is not just "give an estimation", but a whole procedure to complete.

Smaron COBOL has been “dead” for so long, my grandpa wrote about it

> print food if tasty?

Ruby is nice.

Smaron Microsoft's 'Recall' feature can't be uninstalled after all

Microsoft has a history of re-enabling privacy violating settings after a while, so I would be concerned too.

Smaron Plausible Analytics: GDPR Compliance w/o Cookie Consent Banner

You still need to ask permission for storing identification data, regardless whether user's browser is told to save cookies or not.

Smaron The history of Alt+number sequences

On Linux, I've set up a compose key so I csn press compose key, ~ and A to get Ã.

Smaron How innovative is China in nuclear power?

I'd think more nuclear would be better for environment. Since sun does not shine around the clock and other renewables have larger negative environmental impact. Batteries for storage is not good either with today's technology.

Pure nuclear, or even as a majority production method, would be fool's errand, though. Unless someone manages to invent small enough reactors that can be started and stopped at will, to adjust a day's power demands. I doubt that can even be possible, though.

Smaron Firefox development is moving from Mercurial to Git (2023)

As long as MS won't do something shitty, like closing half of Github's APIs.

Smaron Debian's /tmpest in a teapot

/home/.cache/ is for regular users.

Smaron Kate editor on all platforms

Kwrite nowadays supports tabs. Try if it fits to your purpose now.

Smaron Diffoscope – In-depth comparison of files, archives, and directories

So does kompare.

Smaron Linux Crisis Tools

I would just decompress the .deb in such case. As a last resort, even a .rpm might work.

Of course handling dependencies by hand is annoying, but depending on situation it might be faster anyway.

Smaron First-in-class MKK4 inhibitors enhance liver regeneration, prevent liver failure

This souns a lot like ethanol.

Smaron I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train

Here in Finland, I've only ever purchased tickets from the machines on stations. I suppose they are not used in most countries?

Smaron A game magazine that spent two years taunting a Final Fantasy VIII hater

My favorite! A2 after it, maybe. But Advance is highly underrated.

Smaron Appearances of MIT in Anime

Japan had close relationship with differnt European countries, before USA was having any official contact. So for historical settings, these countries are maybe more familiar.

For worlds timed to circa 1000 - 500 years, US was pretty different from Europe.

Also remember close ties between Japan and Germany during certain war.

Smaron 29M-year-old grasshopper nest found intact with eggs, study says

29 year old male grasshopper nest with eggs would certainly be something.

Smaron Italian province orders all dogs to be DNA tested in poo crackdown

Yes, automatically burying their output. Even thinking in ahead that there will be soft enough ground there, for the little, cute killing machine to be able to dig a hole.

Smaron Gang crisis shaking Sweden

Which one of the unrelated systems did you mean?

Smaron A failed AI girlfriend product, and my lessons

Maybe better to call it AI doll rather than AI girlfriend...