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by 0xADEADBEE 9y ago
I'd disagree with your last point: 'Getting ahead', and the instinct behind it seems to me to be the main driver behind New Zealanders being generally much more entrepreneurial than their European counterparts (anecdotal is n
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by 0xADEADBEE 9y ago
Yes. What GP is omitting is that Wellington winters are akin to England but with a great deal more wind. In the summer, that commute is likely wonderful, but for four months of the year, it isn't.
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by 0xADEADBEE 9y ago
That's not true - while not a Christchurch advocate, Sumner offers wonderful views within that price range.
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by 0xADEADBEE 9y ago
I think you're on the money; bland food is not only tolerated but revered, at least in my experience, and I'm not particularly 'foody'. Recently moved here from England via Thailand and Indonesia so take my opinion for w
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by 0xADEADBEE 9y ago
Couldn't agree more. I try not to think about it but if I'd have had the resources available to me back then that I have now, I would be orders of magnitude better. I built my first computer about 17 years ago but dial up was stil
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by 0xADEADBEE 9y ago
I think it's myopic to dismiss this based on legality; companies of all sizes frequently flout laws and regulations. I agree that it's difficult to see the big picture (we didn't even see the paradigm shift of smartphones com
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by 0xADEADBEE 10y ago
How strange to see this atop Hacker News! I used to live in the nearby city and have been to these caves many times since being shown them around 2014 (I'm not sure why they're saying it was sealed up - it has been perfectly acces
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by 0xADEADBEE 10y ago
The whole reason speed limits for motor vehicles is a reasonable concept is that the majority of them weigh more than a ton. Applying similar logic to bicycles is asinine.
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by 0xADEADBEE 10y ago
In Philippines currently. Can confirm Tinder Social prompt has appeared for me.
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by 0xADEADBEE 10y ago
Is this correct? I lived in Australia last year and frequently saw police with firearms. I'm guessing it varies from state to state, but isn't a sidearm predominantly standard issue?
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by 0xADEADBEE 10y ago
If it helps anyone, 1.8 works with 2.7 and was an LTS release, which is supported until April 2018. You don't get the cool new features like Channels out of the box, but they're available via third parties.
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by 0xADEADBEE 10y ago
- [ ] I've been developing with Python 2 for 8 years now, and I take umbridge at the upgrade. Python 3 introduces a variety of breaking changes but in contrast to other comments, this is great. Python 2 has a litany of mistakes in it
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by 0xADEADBEE 10y ago
I thought this was common knowledge. Private Eye had a good write up on some similarly egregious practices a couple of years back: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/08/09/london-is-t... I wonder how