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Safari on iOS/iPadOS displays a great "white page fast reload loop" when opening a website missing the intermediate certificate of an internal CA, even when that intermediate CA is installed in the device's keychain. That behavior is so weirdly specific, it's at least easy to identify the cause if you have seen it before.

Dave Wiskus, one of the co-creators of the standard.tv network behind this platform, gave some insights on the /r/CGPGrey2 subreddit [0] and on Twitter [1].

[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/CGPGrey2/comments/bs52a1/nebula_an_... [1] https://twitter.com/dwiskus/status/1131587829136601088

Sitting at the other side of the table (as a regular engineer in BigCorp), that was an interesting read. One thing I recognized from too many demos and product workshops (whether they are on site in our offices or remote) is this section: > Ask lots and lots of questions. Follow the 80/20 rule: 80% of the demo content should be about your customers, and 20% should be about your solution.

Spending an hour explaining our systems, our business and our pain points to a random sales rep is usually not a good use of my time, especially if I still don't really know or understand your product yet (don't expect me to have even visited your website before the demo if I'm not the person who booked it).

They seem to avoid mentioning the version of Android they are running - the specs only say "Android".

I'd like to be exited about this, but this uncertainty combined with the fact that their security personnel is a team of dogs[1] makes it quite hard for me.

[1]https://www.essential.com/about

Nitpick: YouTube was 1.5 years old (founded in February 2005, deal finalized in November 2006)[0].

I just looked that up because I really thought YouTube had been around longer before Google acquired it. That's interesting to learn, so thanks for pointing that out.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube

To elaborate on "minor fees": For the current semester (6 months), a student at a public university in Cologne pays around €250 [0][1].

For the FH Köln, the exact amount is €246.20. This comprises the following:

* Administrative fee for "Kölner Studentenwerk", providing services such as cheap apartments or help with financial questions: €68.00

* Public transport ticket for the VRS region (around Cologne): €116.80

* Addon ticket for public transport in the whole state (NRW): €48.10

* Fee for the student council ("AStA"): €13.10

* Solidarity contribution (for Eastern Germany): €0.20

There may be additional fees for some courses, such as 100€ for "study material" for distant learning courses. Public universities may also offer some courses that require you to pay, as the FH Köln does for their Master's program for Game Development. However, the vast majority of courses don't require such fees.

Of course, there are also private universities. Their fees are roughly €400-€700/month.

[0] For the FH Köln: https://www.fh-koeln.de/en/academics/fees_5908.php [1] For the University Köln: http://verwaltung.uni-koeln.de/studsek/content/studium/rueck...

It also works with SoundHound. Thanks for that, I didn't expect that song, that really made me laugh.

There's a typo in your first link - it redirects to a scam site. Thanks nonetheless!

Honest question: How do I find those? Online, local brick-and-mortar stores?

Did the Macbook Pros just get a whole lot more expensive in Europe (or specifically Germany?)? I don't remember the 15" MBP with a discrete graphics card being 2800€. Or have they adjusted their prices to the weak Euro a while back?

I think the headlines are generally okay, but the "text" sections are a bit too soft. For me, the grey is just a little bit too light. Same for the text on the orange background, but the headlines are okay here, too. One exception: the headlines at the top (orange background with picture), for me that's a little hard to read too.

I find the text to lack a bit of contrast that makes it just a little hard to read. Other than that, I like the design and the contents, it's intriguing!