L_226

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   by L_226 9y ago

   Sydneysider here. It's highly inconsistent. I've been to Tokyo a few times and people _always_ allow others to alight first. Here in Australia it's more often than not a free for all. I have even had people push me back into
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   by L_226 9y ago

   step 1 - don't use pandas
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   First image of SpaceX spacesuit(instagram.com)

   14 points by L_226 9y ago|2 comments
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   by L_226 9y ago

   I've owned the same pair of Danner Mountain Light II's since 2012 and have never had them resoled or serviced. These boots have been with me to 15+ countries including trekking in India, have been on many, many hikes and all I do
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   by L_226 9y ago

   Possibly the legislation could force a limited keyspace to be implemented, thereby allowing those with sufficient compute power to brute force all the possible private keys. Obviously this is a terrible idea. I think this is just an effort
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   by L_226 9y ago

   Estonia[0]. [0] - https://e-estonia.com/
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   by L_226 9y ago

   > We had the famous census night access issues due to a DDoS and I am just waiting for that data to leak That wasn't a DDoS, that was a few million Australians trying to use a poorly implemented system.
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   by L_226 9y ago

   > If you have a systematic approach to achieve safety and counter terrorism, without monitoring citizens, then please state it briefly. Attack the root cause of the problem, namely alienation of youths [0] (Aarhus Model). These preventat
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   by L_226 9y ago

   I got bored a few weeks ago and made (a very basic!) something[1] to turn the wikihole into a big single article. [1] - https://wikiflat.herokuapp.com/about
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    by L_226 9y ago

    > Digging up coal to fight climate change is just silly, and I doubt that flies anywhere. Well, it's trying really hard [0] to fly here in Australia. [0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCsUYltcJZU
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    by L_226 9y ago

    > For example, shows like "24" that have suspects giving up accurate and truthful information under torture, when any expert in the field of interrogation knows it doesn't work that way. There's a more insidious expla
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    by L_226 9y ago

    I work at a SaaS company in the energy industry, 4 of our engineers including myself (3 electrical, 1 chemical) have gone though the certification for solutions architect associate. We did this as we all transitioned to working on our SaaS
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    by L_226 10y ago

    Anecdata: Japanese airport staff are also humans, and treat you like a fellow human. Most pleasant immigration experiences I've had were at Narita. My own country (AU) treats me like a criminal on _departure_.
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    by L_226 10y ago

    Stripe
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    by L_226 10y ago

    Here in AU the Federal Government is considering allowing access to superannuation (compulsory retirement fund paid out of your wage) to first home buyers to help with a deposit. An interesting opinion piece[0] discusses how this might be c
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    by L_226 10y ago

    I think when most people offer "be yourself" they actually mean "don't pretend to be someone you're not".
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    by L_226 10y ago

    https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/3389/how-much-h...
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    Elon Musk guarantees South Australia 100MW in 100 days or it's free(twitter.com)

    9 points by L_226 10y ago|0 comments
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    by L_226 10y ago

    Indeed, and the message was "I'm insecure about my position".
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    by L_226 10y ago

    I had thought it was going to be a fentanyl or carfentanyl aerosol spray, I suppose that might have rendered him incoherent sooner though. The use of VX seems like bragging really (as if the act wasn't already adolescent enough).
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    by L_226 10y ago

    Anyone want to make a mobile app that emits 'noisy' light so when you use your phone in public CCTV facial recognition fails?* I'd be interested to know if this is a viable concealment strategy. It might only be effective at
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    by L_226 10y ago

    I like https://www.principles.com/ by Ray Dalio (of Bridgewater) for a 5 step goal-fulfilment strategy: > Have clear goals. > Identify and don’t tolerate the problems that stand in the way of achieving your goals. &gt
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    by L_226 10y ago

    That particular one was meant to be tongue-in-cheek, i.e. it's the least likely scenario in that if elites were to attain the status described in GP they would not care for responsible, 'fair' stewardship of non-elites as I h
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    by L_226 10y ago

    There's probably not much preventing a society similar to what you describe from arising. I've had some thoughts regarding this, in no particular order; - Surplus non-elite human stock will be used for mass colonisation of solar s
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    by L_226 10y ago

    I've always thought that ecological conservation work might be a decent solution (to redundant mine workers and the like refusing welfare/UBI). Reclaiming former mining land for forests via tree planting and land stabilisation etc
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    Australian ISPs Ordered to Block the Pirate Bay(abc.net.au)

    12 points by L_226 10y ago|2 comments
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    by L_226 10y ago

    > But a few thousand remained in my basement and I learnt: there's nothing sadder than a thousand expired condoms. +1 I was once given a few thousand spare condoms after the G&L Mardi Gras in Sydney. By given, I mean they sudden
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    by L_226 10y ago

    Forget where I read it, gliders might be a popular recreation on Mars due to low gravity and low air traffic.
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    by L_226 10y ago

    Amistics[1] may be of interest to you. [1] - http://www.newphilosopher.com/articles/the-art-of-amistics/
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    by L_226 10y ago

    This isn't as difficult as you think. When you know an area well, you know what species of fish are likely to be around - down to specific habitats like rocky vs sandy coastline, and even particular arrangements of rocks or sand format