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Udo_Schmitzon How pure is the beer in Germany?

The Reinheitsgebot is more of a myth though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th-f1ztar_U

> When you say "the obviously erratic, racist, bigoted, tax-dodging, incompetent, incoherent, sexually assaulting idiot", you're taking the opposition beliefs as fact,

That's actually the way most people in Europe see him. Our source is not any opposition but Donald himself: listening to his interviews and speeches lets him certainly come across as "erratic" and "incoherent", he bragged about "sexually assaulting" women, and how he talks about and treats minorities makes him seem "racist" and "bigoted". As he has no clue about the state of world politics and no coherent policy proposals (flip-flopping during the same speech, interview or even sentence) the "idiot" label seems hardly avoidable. You could argue the "tax-dodging" though, for all I care.

I also don't see him as a new Hitler, more like a Mussolini type.

>just like the Republicans who claim Clinton is an "obviously erratic deathly ill man-hating murdering warmongering power-hungry alcoholic liar."

In Germany she would clearly be a conservative, which I'm not, but listening to her she comes across as extremely smart and very coherent, so "erratic" really doesn't apply. No idea why I would think she is "deathly ill", never saw anything that made her come across as "man-hating", no idea where "murdering" comes from; "alcoholic"? Never heard about drinking problems. That leaves "warmongering", "power-hungry" and "liar": maybe not more than the average American President in the last 200 years.

Udo_Schmitzon First, Last, Invert, and Play: a technique for animations using CSS transforms

On Safari I really don't see much of a transition. The content suddenly appears with some flashing. Certainly not seeing anything that looks like an accordion.

Udo_Schmitzon The fishy ingredient in beer that bothers vegetarians

The Reinheitsgebot is more of a myth though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th-f1ztar_U

Udo_Schmitzon The iPhones 7

Do you have a link for your case?

Udo_Schmitzon The iPhones 7

https://www.wordnik.com/words/spiel

Udo_Schmitzon Twitter: A Clusterfuck of UI Mistakes

Yup, that's why I don't use twitter much. With a 3-character user handle I get a constant stream of totally unrelated mentions from all over the world. Mostly it's users not understanding the difference between @ and # or not getting that usernames on twitter can't have spaces, e.g. @Bob Smith will reach @bob, @bob_smith will never see the tweet.

Udo_Schmitzon Interview with Steve Wozniak

I see your Altair and raise a Micral:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micral

On the other hand, this never gets old:

http://www.blinkenlights.com/pc.shtml

(Edit: blinkenlights-link already posted as I now notice …)

Udo_Schmitzon Vesper, Adieu

http://daringfireball.net/preferences/

Udo_Schmitzon Amazon's Chinese Counterfeit Problem Is Getting Worse

Sometimes it is very easy to tell but Amazon will ship it to customers anyway. Imagine you are looking for a "85W MagSafe 2 Power Adapter" for a MacBook Pro at Amazon.com. First link after search for "apple power adapter for macbook pro" goes to:

https://www.amazon.com/Apple-MagSafe-Adapter-MacBook-Display...

Now read this review (verified purchase):

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RNA9AYHGA5JG0/ref...

Udo_Schmitzon Amazon's Chinese Counterfeit Problem Is Getting Worse

Every time I see counterfeit power adapters/chargers on Amazon I wonder why the original maker–e.g. Apple–doesn’t lean on Amazon to stop the sale of those. Additionally, if someone dies or a house burns down[0], couldn’t that open Amazon to lawsuits? [0] http://www.righto.com/2014/05/a-look-inside-ipad-chargers-pr...

Udo_Schmitzon 2017 will be filled more votes on the EU

You misunderstood. I was hinting at USA, Canada, UK etc. being different nations though they share the same language. Let’s change one of your sentences a little bit: “Take citizens from London,UK and Austin,TX: they still have more in common than people from two different cities in Belgium, just depending on which language is in the majority in the area.” Would this still hold? I’d say no. I am German and consider myself as European if not a world citizen. Coming from Bremen in northern Germany I have more in common with folks in Sønderborg or Groningen compared to Vienna or Zurich. More often than not Nations are arbitrary.

Udo_Schmitzon 2017 will be filled more votes on the EU

Doesn’t the choice of English in your example weaken your argument somewhat?

Udo_Schmitzon [dead]

And related: “EU Referendum Rules triggering a 2nd EU Referendum”

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131215

Udo_Schmitzon Apple Starts to Woo Its App Developers

Could be a polycarbonate model. Models of those up to 2008 stopped receiving upgrades after OS X Lion (2011):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook#Model_specifications

Udo_Schmitzon Keeping 1990s Virtual Reality Machines Alive

I remember trying one of these in the 90s. Very expensive for very short games. One of the “Virtuality” systems was installed in 1993 in Berlin [1] and is still playable at the Computergames Museum [2].

[1](in german) http://www.technikjournal.de/cms/front_content.php?idcat=58&...

[2](in english) http://www.computerspielemuseum.de/1292_Highlights_of_famous...

Udo_Schmitzon Apps made for one OS shouldn't insist on aping the design elements of another

The author addresses this in the article: “Good Mac apps should feel like Mac apps, and good Windows apps should do likewise. If iTunes for Windows feels like a Mac app, Apple’s doing it wrong. (One could argue Apple’s doing it wrong with iTunes everywhere, of course…)”

Udo_Schmitzon Cook: 'This Is Not What Should Be Happening in This Country'

Not OP, but: I’d like to watch it, but it’s region locked :/

Udo_Schmitzon Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can’t Hack

If you are asked for a source it doesn't look great to begin your answer with: "I googled …" About the linked article: out of date (2013, mentions iOS 4.3.3). Very thin on actual information. 90% of article is about Blackberry but insinuates same risks for iOS. As a German I wouldn’t trust Der Spiegel anyway: when it come to IT issues my fellow countrymen are often fueled by longstanding anti-americanism and technophobia :/

Udo_Schmitzon What Is the Secure Enclave?

“[Apple] executives […] initially offered to help recover the iPhone's contents by connecting it to the Web from a network that the device had already accessed. That would have backed up the iPhone to iCloud and granted the FBI a way to obtain data without requiring it to crack a password, they said. […] The Friday DOJ filing to the court indicated that the county health department, which employed Farook and owned the phone, had remotely reset the password in an attempt to gain information, eliminating the possibility of an auto backup.”

Source: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/apple-iphone-privacy-j...

Udo_Schmitzon Captured: People in prison drawing people who should be in prison

“What is the crime of robbing a bank compared with the crime of founding one?”

Udo_Schmitzon Apple May Be Using Congo Cobalt Mined by Children, Amnesty Says

I think it's a good idea to buy from companies who make an effort to change things and are transparent about it.[0] Do you know any other manufacturer providing as much information?

[0] https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/pdf/Apple_Prog...

Udo_Schmitzon Macbook charger teardown: surprising complexity inside Apple's power adapter

You know what I think? It’s not our carelessness but the plastic they use for the cables: I own 2 chargers for my MacBook. I do the loop for the charger I carry around. The one I leave home on the floor never got wound up. It looks like this after about two years: https://twitter.com/Udo/status/667295383299579905

Udo_Schmitzon Computers made between the 70s and the early 90s

In Germany I know of:

Heinz Nixdorf Museum in Paderborn:

http://www.hnf.de/en/museum/video-about-the-museum.html

Computer Games Museum, Berlin:

https://www.computerspielemuseum.de/1210_Home.htm

Museum for Communication, Berlin:

http://en.mfk-berlin.de

Udo_Schmitzon All Websites Look the Same

Ugh, obviously they hijack scrolling. Unusable on Safari. Though I think side scrolling is a really bad idea it would work just fine if the designer lets me use native scrolling.

Udo_Schmitzon OS X Yosemite Security and Privacy Guide

Really? I got rid of Chrome when I saw Google-stuff constantly connecting to different servers even when Chrome wasn't running. And I was kinda surprised what a bitch it was to uninstall. Google put stuff everywhere :-/

Udo_Schmitzon How the Ballpoint Pen Killed Cursive

In Germany you can buy fountain pens for left handers. (Faber-Castell and Lamy I know of)

Udo_Schmitzon Why Finding the Original 1977 'Star Wars' Verges on the Impossible

More recent longer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXifjbxZDAM

I have to say—if he only wants 100% legal versions—the 2006 bonus DVDs (GOUT) are pretty much what was in cinemas in the early 80s. And even the 35mm and 70mm prints in 1977 differed at least in the sound mix. And the fanedit/despeacialized editions are hard to not find on the internet. I would not call that “Deep Web” :-/

Udo_Schmitzon Reykjavik Center Map

OK. Well … I suddenly decided to start with a very small area. And maybe todays Map services (Apples Flyover, Ex-Nokias Here) can stand in for the plane chartering. And I think I'll draw digital. znor, If you are still around: do you happen to know how graphic designers approached this in a time before computers? I remember seeing maps like this as a kid and assume none back then did 3D-modeling?

Udo_Schmitzon Reykjavik Center Map

Wow. I'm a graphic designer myself and always wanted to try this for my neighborhood. Do you really go and look at each building and draw it? And do I have to be slightly insane to do this or will I become slightly insane doing this?