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brettermeier··on Aldi: Culture and Operations of a Hard Discounter (2023)
Is it so bad in the US? In germany their food is often quite nice, compared to other discounters. (This is a personal opinion, but has also been claimed in some television reports where, for example, various ice creams etc. were tested.)
brettermeier··on Let it snow in your terminal
Interesting, a new meaning I have learned. There have been some new terms in the last few years, like gaslighting etc. In germany we don't even have translations for those, we just adopt the english wording. Let's see when "snow job" comes into our language, I haven't heard it here yet.
brettermeier··on Should you add screenshots to documentation?
I think so too. Screenshots help a lot, even if it's simple things as "where is the damn button?". To avoid screenshots completely is often a bad idea.
brettermeier··on Show HN: Spiderdash
Nice game, got lost a little in it.

But the time to try again takes a little too long, would be nice if the level would load again very quick.

brettermeier··on He steals them, of course
At least they don't check their own page on phones... Or they have bad taste.
brettermeier··on Pitivi – Free video editor with a beautiful and intuitive user interface
It just looks like every other app made in the last 5 years or so...
brettermeier··on Lucid dream startup says engineers can write code in their sleep
Oh man this is dumb shit.
brettermeier··on Modern C++ Programming Course
I don't know why this gets downvoted so much. It seems like a good newbie question.
brettermeier··on YouTube slows down video load times when using Firefox
Interesting question. Has anyone tested this?
brettermeier··on I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]
> accessibility being invention's other mother

Nice quote, have to remember.

brettermeier··on The Grug Brained Developer (2022)
This is my favourite read this year I think :D
brettermeier··on The Grug Brained Developer (2022)
Some sentences are, but the whole thing is a pleasure to read, I really enjoyed it :)
brettermeier··on Email and Git = <3
Damn, this is ugly and confusing, I mean, look at the threads XD! I'm glad I must not use this shit.
brettermeier··on Metric Time
What a great conversation. How did you find those posts from 15 years ago? XD
brettermeier··on Show HN: Use an old tablet as an extra monitor
I'm more of the 75,000 tabs faction, which is probably why I use 3 monitors. I prefer to have all the windows I'm actively working in open in parallel. With one monitor, the handling is too fiddly for me and the windows are much too small. If only one thing is in the foreground, I sometimes lose the context or the constant jumping back and forth annoys me.

Edit: Just looked it up, there were like 30 tabs ;) But also more browsers, because it gets too much in only one.

brettermeier··on Burning money on paid ads for a dev tool – what we've learned
While I try reading this, the site loads something and scrolls to the top of the page, even on 2. try. Who designed this? This page sucks.
brettermeier··on That's a Lot of YAML
> But to hate YAML for the fact that SQL looks less familiar in it, is a weird take.

True, it's a little side hustle that's funny but doesn't necessarily make much sense.

brettermeier··on That's a Lot of YAML
Hm, maybe it's because I'm so used to SQL, but I had to lol about the yaml example, I think it's quite nasty to read and I'm glad that SQL looks different.
brettermeier··on EU CAPTCHA, an Open Source solution for all Web services
I found them quite solvable. But I have to say I didn't try the slider on mobile. Rest seems okay, when you have bad luck with an rotating image, you could just refresh and get a new one.
brettermeier··on EU CAPTCHA, an Open Source solution for all Web services
I think it's a very good idea. Why should private companies that steal our data be the only ones sharing such (needed) tech?
brettermeier··on EU CAPTCHA, an Open Source solution for all Web services
Your comment? What's cringe about a governmental organisation going against those fucked up private companies that steal our perosonal data, like Google?
brettermeier··on Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month
I just tried it in german and searched for "vegan restaurant [my town]", and the results are good, comparable to Googles results.

It would be interesting where the "language barrier" drops in.

brettermeier··on Writing HTML by hand
But you can do it and it works. And because it's about taking quick notes, it's not really about the beauty of the layout or layout shifts, isn't it?
brettermeier··on Writing HTML by hand
Yes, it's really simple. And if he meant sizing, "height" and "width" parameters still work in an img-tag:

<img src="img.png" height="100px">

(also the other parameter is set to "auto" automatically, at least in Firefox)

brettermeier··on Opera's browser is now available with chess baked in
Please inform yourself. It's bought by Chinese and is in their full control. That they program this shit in Norway doesn't matter. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_(company))
brettermeier··on Mwmbl: Free, open-source and non-profit search engine
Oh thanks for clarification.
brettermeier··on Opera's browser is now available with chess baked in
Given the fact that Opera is Malware that sends all your data directly to China, I really don't care about there goodies built in to trap people.
brettermeier··on Mwmbl: Free, open-source and non-profit search engine
But it's a normal word, unlike "mwmbl" (I had to look it up, couldn't remember where the "b" and "w" goes after some seconds).
brettermeier··on F-35 can’t be found after pilot ejected
Where are the parallels? I don't see them...
brettermeier··on Homebrew Website Club
There are websites listed on the page? Where? Am I blind?
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