Tag: europe
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Sony stops DNS resolvers
The Hamburg Regional Court today ruled that they would not suspend an existing injunction against Quad9 in a case filed by Sony Music Germany. The case centers around Sony Music’s demand that Quad9’s servers located in Germany stop resolving DNS names of third-party sites which are claimed to have URLs that contain copyright infringements. Source.…
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Highest Railway Station In Europe: Jungfraujoch In Switzerland
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Why are German numbers backwards?
My German is relatively basic, but this is true for Dutch as well. 42 is pronounced twee-en-veertig (“two and forty”). Spoken language was in existence before written language. Many numerals existing today were created long before reading was practised, so if there is any direction in a language at all, German does not “read” “backwards”,…
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Airtags, DHL and North Korea
Fun project, and crappy customer service from DHL.
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Octopuses, crabs and lobsters to be recognised as sentient beings
Octopuses, crabs and lobsters will receive greater welfare protection in UK law following an LSE report which demonstrates that there is strong scientific evidence that these animals have the capacity to experience pain, distress or harm. The UK government has today confirmed that the scope of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill will be extended to…
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Europe
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If you ever wondered how fast the Eurostar goes
Bar some tunnels (Lille, Channel) this gives a quite good overview using GPS. Brussels Midi to London St Pancras.
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Fishies
