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  1. Comment on Traveling to Italy in February for ten days, what to know? in ~travel

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    I live in Rome. All good advice here (sometimes a bit weird, reading as Italian). Speaking of food, you should go to the "Ghetto" (that was the place where Jews used to live, it's around the...

    I live in Rome. All good advice here (sometimes a bit weird, reading as Italian).
    Speaking of food, you should go to the "Ghetto" (that was the place where Jews used to live, it's around the Synagogue) and try the Jewish-Roman cuisine there. It's really interesting, and unusual (as you can imagine). Just another note on eating: in the "carbonara" (as is made in Rome) there are: eggs, sheep cheese, and "guanciale" (that's not bacon, nor pancetta, it's the lard from the the pig's cheek). And absolutely no cream at all (it's creamy because of the eggs). Guanciale is a sort of religion here in Rome, please avoid calling it in any other way (even if I have to admit is not actually really different from the pork underbelly, when not smoked).
    As per sites/things to see, all great advice here, I'll just add the Basilica di San Clemente, it's a crazy interesting church from XI century, built on another church of IV century, built on a Mithraeum from I Century, built on a Roman Villa from before the Great Fire. You go down some stairs and see the other sites one over the other. It's crazy and fascinating (there is even a spring down under, because the Mithraeum needs a spring for the rites.
    Don't forget to get lost in the city center! Just wonder around by feet and be amazed by the little things around...

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  2. Comment on Evernote, the memory app people forgot about, lays off entire US staff in ~tech

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    I vaguely remember that, at one point, they removed the (perfectly working) native OS X app and moved to an electron (or other web technology embedding a browser), trading quality (and features)...

    I vaguely remember that, at one point, they removed the (perfectly working) native OS X app and moved to an electron (or other web technology embedding a browser), trading quality (and features) for a cheaper development. Sorry for the lack of details, it was many years ago…

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  3. Comment on I, like many of you came from Reddit. But what brought you to Reddit? in ~tech

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    I started (after Fidonet and usenet) with Slashdot (I still sometimes login there). I remember Digg but, after the demise, I did not migrate to reddit... I made an account but it really never...

    I started (after Fidonet and usenet) with Slashdot (I still sometimes login there). I remember Digg but, after the demise, I did not migrate to reddit... I made an account but it really never clicked on me until I discovered Apollo (it seems I can't really use the standard reddit UI). Reddit in itself became my primary sources of news after the twitter debacle (now I'm without one).
    Meanwhile I also used HN (and Lobster, recently) and some private Slack but I think there is a place for meaningful discussion. I'm new here (a few hours) but so far I really like it and it seems it can be the place I'm looking for.

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