NamTaf

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by NamTaf 10y ago
Yeh, this always seemed doomed outside the US, which in general appears to be ahead of the US for card security. Especially in AU, I don't even really go to bars with cash any more, I just use contactless payment with my card literally
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by NamTaf 10y ago
I have/had [1] the Alessandro MS-1s [2] for near on a decade and I absolutely love them. Incredible for rock music and perfect for home listening. They leak like a seive so my partner sometimes complained that she couldn't focus w
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by NamTaf 10y ago
Yes I am. I'm aware the implications of suggesting that PMQ looks like a quality debate compared with AU's Question Time. It's not even a recent development either: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/
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by NamTaf 10y ago
We are a rich and educated country, however our politics is one that promotes extreme toxicity in the major parties towards any 'difficult' issues. Look at how non-committal MPs are about so many issues when interviewed. Never min
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by NamTaf 10y ago
That's one point. Another is to reduce the burden of owning a car. In smaller towns where congestion isn't really an issue due to population size and low population density, efficient public transport is also difficult because you
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by NamTaf 10y ago
Nonetheless, I agree that it's the best course of action.
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by NamTaf 10y ago
Don't worry, I'm in Australia. Also not sure how my original post got downvoted since it's just recollecting my opinions on open-plan offices. Maybe the Open Plan Cabal hates me speaking ill of their utopia. Go figure.
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by NamTaf 10y ago
My current office has 475mm high dividers. Next year they plan to relocate us to the 'workplace of the future' with barriers that in some instances are sub-300mm. They have 3 setups - a 4x desk each getting a 90 degree partition,
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by NamTaf 10y ago
If this isn't a perfect example of how your "hacky prototype" will never be replaced with a fully developed solution until absolutely necessary, I don't know what is.
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by NamTaf 10y ago
You're targetting espresso over drip. This is good in my books, but I don't know how the US oddity about drip vs espresso will affect your market. Europe and Australia/NZ will likely pose different marketing requirements. For
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by NamTaf 10y ago
At a company the size of MS that is not a CTO level decision by any stretch unless it is a broad-based 'all-in' or 'all-out' decision to steer the company at a high level. It's much lower than that and it almost cer
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by NamTaf 10y ago
What stops someone flying via a third country? Am I missing some logic here?
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by NamTaf 10y ago
I've never had a problem with mildew but I also tend to leave the door open for an unspecified amoutn of time once it's done. I'll close it later if I can be bothered but the open door doesn't get in my way so I don&#x27
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by NamTaf 10y ago
Yeh, it'd definitely want to be some form of hardened industrial version of Glass, but the base technology (unobtrusive screen in front of eye with data connectivity) would be a dream for me when I'm doing inspections on plant, fo
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by NamTaf 10y ago
This is where it always should've been. The ability to look at engineering drawings, etc. as you work on something, or being able to look through work instructions without having to down tools and clean off your hands is invaluable. Th
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by NamTaf 10y ago
I've railed on this for a while. I'm glad people are starting to find these edge cases, thank god in situations that don't end up with fatalities. Only when users see these issues will Telsa stop getting away with "beta
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by NamTaf 10y ago
Absolutely. The Windows Event Viewer logs heaps of stuff, and has heaps more you can enable. When I'm particularly lazy and forget to do my timesheet, I use it to look when I booted/shut/locked/unlocked down my work PC t
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by NamTaf 10y ago
I'd say keep the battle public. The more bad press they seem to have as it drags on, the more likely they'll do something about it.
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by NamTaf 10y ago
It's old emphasis from at least the IRC heyday era (where I picked it up), likley earlier as some of the sibling comments allude to. Interesting, HN takes asterisk characters around text and parses it to italics like this , but I tend
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by NamTaf 10y ago
It also cost 10x the price and was worse in just about every safety and operational metric. For all of the 'charm' that's disappeared out of flying, its democritisation has resulted in it becoming like car travel was in the 5
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by NamTaf 10y ago
I know others replied but I'll try to do a full, in-depth explanation of how it works here because the alternative is that I do producive work after lunch and screw that. Everyone earning a taxable income pays a "medicare levy&quo
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by NamTaf 10y ago
The rules state that the person must be living, but in the theme of disobedience I felt it pertinent to ignore that.
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by NamTaf 10y ago
Perhaps they could've given it to Aaron Swartz to support the legal issues they threw him in as a result of his responsible, ethical disobedience aimed at challenging our norms, rules, or laws to benefit society. I'm half-tempted
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by NamTaf 10y ago
It could well be the Gold Coast, too, which has just finished its light rail in preparation for the Commonwealth Games next year.
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by NamTaf 10y ago
In what possible universe do you think that TSA/border security/etc. is a power-symmetric universe? Of course they'll joke around and abuse their power if they like it - you, me and everyone else they're inspecting are p
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by NamTaf 10y ago
They're still an expensive and relatively difficult asset to replace. It's not like they're disposable front-line infantry. Assassins presumably have a fair amount of training. If you lose the assassin that's another exp
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by NamTaf 10y ago
Because slicing someone's head off requires you to be there, next to them, as it happens. You're standing next to the body as it gargles and bleeds everywhere and security will descend on you in a big way. Wiping someone's fa
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by NamTaf 10y ago
Being on the east coast of AU, I'm well aware and love visiting it. :) You're absolutely right, more people should visit NZ! Also, Garage Project do phenomenal work. Love their stuff.
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by NamTaf 10y ago
This existed before Trump. That's why I said 'the last few years'. It seems like the US government has had a steady drift towards police state for some time. This is reflected in many facets of the government's approach
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by NamTaf 10y ago
Over the last few years I've gone from wanting to visit the US and planning it as one of the next few holidays I'd like to do, to wanting to visit the US but holding off until 'later', to now simply not wanting to visit

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