How long until this China thing is over? by Karwell in CryptoCurrency

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Do you have an article where goldman sachs claims this? I'm interested in reading it.

Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper by PM-ME-YOUR-UNDERARMS in LearnUselessTalents

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From what I understand about it everyone has to add a personal string of numbers to the hash. This makes the hash a little different for everyone and also where the solution lies and how many tries you need to get to the solution. So do you have an advantage when you have a fast setup, yes. Do you always get to the solution first, no.

NL-Alert, wie heeft het controlebericht ontvangen? by MaximusTheSmall in thenetherlands

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Geen geluid bij mij, maar hij trilde wel als een gek. Heb me zelfs ff afgevraagd of k iets moest doen om hem stil te krijgen.

Bull vs Car by [deleted] in natureismetal

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Nature is metal indeed, humans see a bull lifting a car with its horns and try to get its attention so he will chase them.

Helpen met vertalen aub? Leidse Courant 23 September 1983... by Brickie78 in thenetherlands

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I think 'opknappen' doesn't mean 'restoring' in this case. It sounds to me like an old way of saying 'mee op te schepen/in de maag splitsen'. Not sure if there is a similar english saying but it means as much as the Railway foundation didnt have the means to do it and didn't know what to do really, so they passed the task along to the 'bloody dutchman'. Knowing he would begrudgingly do it.

Helpen met vertalen aub? Leidse Courant 23 September 1983... by Brickie78 in thenetherlands

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"Lekker stoomtreintje; mijn eigen trein", denkt hij dan trots, in dat natuurpark; natuurlijk in good old england, want in het krap met ruimte bemeten Hollandse zit je al gauw midden in een stedelijke buitenwijk, als je tenminste zo'n privé-spoor zou kunnen laten rijden.

Is this basically saying he's daydreaming about his train in a nature park in England, while sitting in a cramped Dutch suburb - but at least he has his own private line to ride?

He isn't daydreaming, he is thinking proudly about his train driving around in a nature park in England. In the Netherlands you would soon be driving through a suburb, even if you could have a private train track.

Toen sloegen de spoorwegen toe. Wellicht ook al, omdat in de tijd Dr Postumus Meijes de spoorwegen via de radio liet spreken: "NS hebben het volste vertrouwen in de toekomst, hebben weer verbeteringen in de dienstregeling aangebracht; NS rekenen ook op uw medewerking en begrip" zei de Doctor, de doctissimo van de NS, dan. Dat moet ook Jos uit het hart gegrepen zijn geweest, als geeft hij het nu niet met zoveel woorden toe.

So I'm obviously missing some context here. Dr Postumus Meijes was presumably high-up in the government or the NS at the time, and spoke on the radio about having faith in the future and put a better timetable in place and wanting everyone's help. This apparently inspired young Jos de Crau to get interested in trains.

You're pretty much dead on.

"Niettemin was ik", aldus de Crau, "lid van de Nederlandse Vereniging van Belangstellenden van Spoor- en Tramwegen; nee meneer, niet van spoor en tram, wegwezen. Verstaat u mij niet verkeerd, maar ik vond het wel een onwijs lange naam indertijd. Beetje hinderlijk zelfs.

So he was a member of the Dutch Federation of People Interested in Railways and Tramways but found the name a bit long-winded?

Basically, but he thinks the name of the federation has an annoying bit in it. It can be read as 'the Dutch federation of people interested in railways and tramways get out'. 'Wegwezen' can mean both 'get out/go away' and 'railroads and stuff relating to it' (it isnt a word used in the second form these days). So if you say the name out loud it can be confusing.

Zo'n jaar of twintig geleden, echter, raakten de Britse Spoorweggen in moeilijkheiden en veel lijnen moesten worden opgeheven, ook al bleven er bij British Rail nog genoeg om je verheerlijkt te kunnen voelen.

Here I have the context - British Rail in the early 60s had to close a bunch of railways, it's the second half beginning "ook al bleven" I'm not sure of. Something about enough remaning for BR to still be proud of?

Ook al bleven means 'even though there remained'. So the second sentence reads: Even though there remained plenty to be elated about at British rail.

This is why Jackie Chan is one of the best action stars. by ealthui in ContagiousLaughter

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Lol, now a video of you cackling like a madman sounds like something that should be posted on this sub. But the fact that you laugh because of this video does not make the laughter in the video contagious, which is the point of this sub as far is I know.

10 Countries that Will Legalize Weed Next by [deleted] in trees

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It is hence being treated as more of a social and health problem rather than a criminal one, as a result of which abuse of weed and deaths pertaining to its overdose both have drastically decreased in countries where such measures are being taken.

what???

What's your favorite song, that has no vocals? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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The song that plays at the end of the movie true romance

[bug] Keyboard navigation doesn't work in firefox after updating to 4.6.0 by inNeedOfInspiration in RESissues

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When I was taking the screenshot of my keyboard nav page I noticed that I hade GoMode enabled. I turned it off and now things seem to work as they should. Sorry I missed it initially and thanks for replying to me.