CretinDesAlpes

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by CretinDesAlpes 1mo ago
KOReader is amazing, I had an old Kobo Clara HD that I almost had given up on, and after installing KOReader I use it almost daily as I read a lot of documents on it. You can ssh it, so you can easily scp kobo to send/receive documents
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by CretinDesAlpes 2y ago
How can you be discriminated on a technical level? Is there even a case of a candidate who sued a company at a technical stage we are aware of? This seems like a weak argument considering the hassle of time and potential legal fees, especia
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by CretinDesAlpes 2y ago
My bet is the collection and reselling of personal information, legally or illegally. Many (most?) people do put their real name, real address, real phone number and real email on their resume. You automate this on linkedin and can get a lo
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by CretinDesAlpes 2y ago
I've been on a career break / job search for about a year. I used to work in "AI" before it became fashionable, here are some observations of the tech job market: 1) There are so much BS jobs in BS companies it's ha
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by CretinDesAlpes 2y ago
What they say isn't necessarily what they end up doing, like many corporations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy_concerns_with_Google
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by CretinDesAlpes 2y ago
Especially since ownCloud was started originally by Frank Karlitschek who left to fork and create Nextcloud!
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by CretinDesAlpes 2y ago
> In addition to Russia and France, Durov is also a citizen of the United Arab Emirates and the Caribbean island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis. So four citizenships? It's getting hard not look at this as dodgy.
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The Ordinal Society(theordinalsociety.com)
3 points by CretinDesAlpes 2y ago|0 comments
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Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde: "No one does tech for good -especially not in fintech"(sifted.eu)
1 points by CretinDesAlpes 3y ago|0 comments
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by CretinDesAlpes 3y ago
Anybody has done breathwork naturally without even knowing about its existence? I didn't know any of this (had 0 interest in the body/yoga/meditation before) and I used to do this pattern of deeply inhaling slowly and holding
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by CretinDesAlpes 3y ago
> The book tells the story of a psychiatrist who makes daily decisions based on the casting of a diсe. Ahah, that sounds crazy/extreme, thanks for mentioning
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by CretinDesAlpes 3y ago
Elder people have a lot to say and some (not all) have a lot of wisdom. However I agree that whatever advice you take and follow, you will end up making mistake in other areas, so at the end of the day you have to live your own life, realis
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by CretinDesAlpes 3y ago
I have this game that I call "Coin of destiny", not sure where I heard this from or if it is widespread, but the idea is to flip a coin for dilemma when you can't decide. It also works in group. The hard part of the game is t
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by CretinDesAlpes 4y ago
I experienced one of those strict Vipassana retreat for 10 days where most of the distraction you take for granted in today's life are forbidden: no reading, no talking, no phone, no internet, no physical contact in the premises and no
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by CretinDesAlpes 4y ago
Yes, he is known for this graph (The Lancet, 2010): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nutt#/media/File:HarmCau...
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by CretinDesAlpes 4y ago
I am more or less in the same situation (s/FAANGs/startups) with a shift in interests (though still interested in CS somehow...), would be great to chat if you are up to.
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by CretinDesAlpes 4y ago
I don't want to hijack this post but I wanted to let people know I am running a Fairphone 4 (5 year warranty, 5G ready, one of the most ethical and repairable phone that exists in the market) with CalyxOS (which is based on Android 13)
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by CretinDesAlpes 4y ago
It's a good point, but I would say it's not awkward, just expected unless exceptional circumstances (for example two single persons sharing a flat and having similar interests at that time). Like any relationships, friendships evo
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by CretinDesAlpes 5y ago
This is why we need alternatives to Google and Apple phones/OS, here is a list I have written over the years althought it may not be entirely up to date or completely accurate: * Phone hardware alternatives to mainstream brands * F
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by CretinDesAlpes 5y ago
This 2018 talk from Dr Yapko, "Keys to unlock depression: Why skills work better than pills" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVgQ_tgWMyU - suggests a multidimensional viewpoint rather than purely biological. He
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by CretinDesAlpes 5y ago
This is an interesting discussion as I wasn't aware that meditation could go wrong if done improperly (never really thought about it). I have only started mindfulness recently, here in the UK via an NHS approved course (though not free
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US intelligence sources discussed poisoning Julian Assange, court told(theguardian.com)
46 points by CretinDesAlpes 6y ago|2 comments
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by CretinDesAlpes 6y ago
For those interested in the pulse rate extraction, there is actually a branch of biomedical engineering/computer science called "remote photoplethysmography" (rPPG). I worked on it a bit at some point, it does work pretty wel
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by CretinDesAlpes 6y ago
If you have to work during your holidays then they shouldn't be called holidays.
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by CretinDesAlpes 7y ago
Completely agree. If you can't read documentation's software, you shouldn't do data science/ML in any cases.
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by CretinDesAlpes 7y ago
Really? Myself and most of my friends have never taken a black cab and will never do. We always go for Uber, much cleaner, less expensive and friendly drivers.
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by CretinDesAlpes 7y ago
Unfortunately the black cab lobby is too powerful for the mayor to do much in my opinion. The slightest change make them go blocking entire streets with their cabs. That's a shame because I still don't understand why they have the
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by CretinDesAlpes 7y ago
Is there any book you would recommend on this topic?
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by CretinDesAlpes 7y ago
I am European with not so much knowledge about the US justice system, but between this, Julian Assange's recent events [1] and this guy's book [2], it's hard to believe it is an independent and a fair system. [1] https:&#x2F
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by CretinDesAlpes 7y ago
I hate it when journalists/reporters do not link to the actual study. It looks like the related publication is https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2019.02.020

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