AlexDanger

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   by AlexDanger 13y ago

   Consumer GPS devices have some interesting lock-down rules built into them. They shut themselves down if they detect you are travelling around Mach 2 or above 18000 metres altitude. The reasoning is fairly obvious - they dont want to see du
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   by AlexDanger 13y ago

   Thank you for your kind words. I strongly agree with you about fostering a positive work environment at the peer level. I think it compliments rather than interferes with the responsibilities of management. I've found that simply maint
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   by AlexDanger 13y ago

   Brilliant, i'll check it out. Can you recommend further academic publications or research on this type of toxic behaviour in the workplace? What is the term for these people? Some of them are psychopaths but that seems a bit extreme fo
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   by AlexDanger 13y ago

   Certainly these people are communicative, but that doesnt make them transparent. In my mind transparency implies an outsider having a reasonably accurate picture of the true state of affairs. These people (some of them psychopaths) will go
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   by AlexDanger 13y ago

   >What I'd like to hear from the OP is ways to counteract this kind of behavior, I suspect there might not be a way to do it if you're a peer, only if you're that person's boss. I think the article misses an important
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   by AlexDanger 13y ago

   So has anyone found a decent Windows text/XML editor for large files? Notepad++ is great but I've noticed it a bit unwieldy with 50MB+ XML files. I find myself using svndiff if I need to compare large XML files. The performance is
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   by AlexDanger 13y ago

   Another upvote for Everything. The first thing I install. I could never understand why MS didnt just purchase Everything and embed it within Windows. I've not tried win 8.1 search, but Everything is far faster/lighter/better
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   by AlexDanger 13y ago

   Or, to flip this on its head - remember this tale the next time you miss out on a job to 'the other guy'. Perhaps it will be a trigger for your own personal Onion moment.
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   by AlexDanger 13y ago

   All I'm saying is that if you have to use a winbox for work (because of corporate/it policy), then getting nix tools via WMVware and Unity Mode is quite a good experience.
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    by AlexDanger 13y ago

    Vmware + linux + unity mode. Vmware Workstation has always been very seamless with things like copy/paste between the guest and host. Havent used Virtualbox for a few years but I'm sure thats ok too.
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    by AlexDanger 13y ago

    Wow. anyone got an English free link describing this work?
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    by AlexDanger 13y ago

    Well done. After a couple of minutes playing with it i see your app has nuggets of subtle UX brilliance. I think my favourite is the eraser and how it responds when you start erasing faster.... Also very alluring marketing. Best of luck, I
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    by AlexDanger 13y ago

    Oh really? Thats a shame, because it actually seems like a pretty good idea....
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    by AlexDanger 13y ago

    You're aware of Wikimedia's doomsday policy? For some reason I cant find the link, but the gist is if the world finds itself close to a calamitous scenario, operators around the world are to begin printing articles deemed importan
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    by AlexDanger 13y ago

    I'm also considering a Chromebook for my dad. He's quite computer literate but not really happy with his Win8 laptop. A Chromebook would serve all his writing/email/browsing needs, but the only question I have is about U
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    by AlexDanger 13y ago

    Great article, and I highly recommend the rest of the articles on gwern.net if you're looking for thought provoking and well-researched writing on a range of topics.
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    by AlexDanger 13y ago

    Virtual card number? Never heard of this before. Sounds useful. Is this something unique to Netspend? Can you do it via Paypal or something if you're outside the US? I wouldnt need a physical card if I can link such functionality to my
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    by AlexDanger 13y ago

    This. If its a big task, I need to stay focussed and disiplined on not doing the task. Doing small tasks would just distract me from not doing the big task.
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    by AlexDanger 13y ago

    Remember how the Segway was going to be bigger than the internet? That said, I think the hype bubble for the HLoop has a small radius. Very much concentrated in tech circles. None of my non-tech friends (we fondly refer to them as normies)
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    by AlexDanger 13y ago

    Australia has the same full-time study allowance (Youth Allowance). When I was at uni it was about $350 a fortnight. Enough money for rent in a share house, food, a carton of cheap beer and perhaps some petrol. You could survive on it if yo
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    by AlexDanger 13y ago

    The only reason I suspect its not a big problem is neither political party seem to be whining about it. Perhaps the boom economy over the last few years has hidden the problem. Graduates from IT/Engineering/Geology had a very good
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    by AlexDanger 13y ago

    > The major criticism of the system is that students can just incur this debt then flee the country. Do you have any stats on how much HECS is lost in this manner? I've not heard of this being a big problem. One of my friends is in
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    by AlexDanger 13y ago

    Circuitlab is keeping me busy at the moment but thanks I'll check this out.
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    by AlexDanger 13y ago

    Wow, thanks - I played with it for hours and promptly signed up for the paid version. Great tool.
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    by AlexDanger 13y ago

    Perhaps someone could comment on simulation software, particularly on the simple/beginner side of things? For instance, recently I got some supercapacitors and had a few ideas for a simple circuit (consisting of resistors, diodes and c
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    by AlexDanger 13y ago

    I'm in Perth, Western Australia (my ISP is iiNet): 202.146.213.3 - 65ms 106.187.98.41 - 169ms 50.116.56.20 - 286ms
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    by AlexDanger 13y ago

    The success of Valve and Steam distribution show this is absolutely true. As far as I'm concerned its all that needs to be said on the piracy debate. The proof is in the profits. Valve are a private company but certainly worth billions
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    by AlexDanger 13y ago

    Rumsfeld sums up the problem rather succinctly: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/d/donaldrums148142.... I think Netflix and its Chaos Monkey software is a very effective way of dealing with the 'unknown unknowns' of distributed sy
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    by AlexDanger 13y ago

    Seriously, this is Hacker News, not Fox News. Misinformation has no place here. I'm calling you out. Provide evidence to back up your ludicrous claims. Canola/vegetable oils are just not good for you, do some cursory searches. This is abs
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    by AlexDanger 13y ago

    I'm going to call bullshit on pretty much everything you've said here. As I understand, Canola oil is a cheap, neutral oil with decent nutritional properties and an excellent range of cooking temperatures. Its a great alternative to olive o