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How long until the Nexus 6 generation?

(found on /.)

(courtesy of phdcomics)

Having served a fairly long term at the Politecnico, an old friend graduated today.

Cheers, Mala! You’re really free, now!

Letto di recente.

“…non c’è distanza possibile che consenta d’evitare di fare i conti con se stessi, con le memorie e le nostalgie, con il rimpianto d’una storia di cui non si è stati capaci di scrivere una buona fine e con il peso delle assenze, dei gesti rinviati, delle troppe parole non dette. Nella cabala […]

Abbiamo tutti una curiosa tendenza a dimenticarlo,
ma il 19 luglio 1992 è stato orrendo quanto il 23 maggio.

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Disclaimer: this is not a spoiler. It is well known that a character was to die in this book. And I’m not revealing which one.

I have just finished the sixth Harry Potter book.

And I would just like to meet JK Rowling and ask her why, what the hell, why did she have to do that.
Bitch.

Aug 5th: last day at work
Aug 8th: CDG-FCO-PMO (arriving late in the afternoon in Palermo)
Aug 10th: Trip to Turkey
Aug 21st: Back from Turkey
Aug 26th: PMO-FCO-CDG (leaving late in the morning from Palermo)
Aug 29th: back to work

Can anyone here explain why this car would be called Herbie in the English and Italian version (thus referred to as “he”) and Choupette in French (thus referred to as “she”)?

As you might know, the Finnish President has recently suffered the humiliation of being the victim of a seduction attempt by the Italian First Dwarf.

What you probably don’t know is that her country is currently striving with a most embarassing issue.

According to “Libération”, social conflict in the paper-making industry has caused a dramatic lack of […]

Mauvaise nouvelle: les rosbeef ont gagné les jeux 2012. En tant que parisien d’adoption, je les emmerde cordialement.

Bonne nouvelle: les brevets logiciels ont été rejetés par le parlement européen. En tant que citoyen européen, pour une fois, je suis très fier de mes representants.

Choose a job. Choose a life.

Sounds simple, doesn’t it.

I was eighteen and sitting in front of my high school diploma committee. “So, what are you going to do next?”, the only question that was 100% expected, the one that meant the exam was over, the only one that I willingly refused to prepare, the only […]

Thanks to Xartin for raising the issue
Thanks to Span for understanding where it comes from :)

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