Toenex

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   by Toenex 11y ago

   > I wish I could see actual updates from people instead of being kept abreast as to what piece of third party content they've liked at some point in time, what third party content they're sharing, etc. This nicely captures the
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   by Toenex 11y ago

   I've found Davmail [ http://davmail.sourceforge.net/ ] a pretty decent solution to this. You run a local service that exposes Exchange as IMap.
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   by Toenex 11y ago

   I may have missed it but it looks like the plot from cell 'In [64]' hasn't converted from Euros and GBP to Dollars.
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   by Toenex 11y ago

   Link not working in the UK due to copyright. This one does though https://youtu.be/L3pXnzBPT98?t=27s It's from a comedy pilot called 'Golden Years' which is very clearly a development step towards 'The
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   by Toenex 11y ago

   Begins to sound like a science fiction novel where a bunch of sleep researchers discover that far from being 'down time' sleep is actually a period where our neural hardware is being used by beings from another dimension to perfor
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   by Toenex 11y ago

   Yes I wonder if this is a little short sighted. Currently Uber needs to hire drivers who use their own cars. Once self drive vehicles become available they only need the cars. Given that most peoples cars spend the majority of their time
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   by Toenex 11y ago

   Yes this too. I think I read GTD as too prescriptive and sought a single system. It took me a long time to realise that that wasn't necessary.
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   by Toenex 11y ago

   Yes I tend to agree. I still see people at work hunting for the correct folder to store email. Showing them how to use labels (in whatever client they are using) is often something of a revelation. Seeing the freedom you have just handed t
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   by Toenex 11y ago

   I like the 'simplified job description'. All too often a job description is simply a list of technologies the last guy claimed to be using/have used/knew something about.
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    by Toenex 11y ago

    What about once they are older and want to play online games with their friends? Whilst you may be able to suggest open alternatives - I know my kids still enjoy the odd game of Open Arena with dad - it's not necessarily the best decis
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    by Toenex 11y ago

    PyPI for Python https://pypi.python.org/pypi
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    by Toenex 11y ago

    I can't see it really taking off until it has at least half a dozen web frameworks and a decent befunge binding layer.
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    by Toenex 11y ago

    It took me a minute to realise why there are only read and blue sections.
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    by Toenex 11y ago

    Without robots how will we fight our Capitalist overlords?
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    by Toenex 11y ago

    I live and work in Manchester UK and we dream of 7-8 months of rainy weather (rather than the actual 11 months).
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    by Toenex 11y ago

    Thats a really nice way to phrase a sentiment I, and I would guess many other HN'ers have long felt.
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    by Toenex 11y ago

    Best of luck with that. As someone who has taken medical imaging software through both, my preference would be to get CE marking first and allow the market and the device to become establish before going for a 510K. The FDA predicate devi
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    by Toenex 11y ago

    Failures?
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    by Toenex 11y ago

    Brilliant.
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    by Toenex 11y ago

    Given Apples 7.6% share of the 'PC' market as reported in 3Q15 ( http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3146617 ) I wouldn't be suprised that the vast majority of dropbox users are on Windows, simply beca
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    by Toenex 11y ago

    I'll admit I spent a couple of minutes trying to establish a link between paired programming and the 'less than 3' before my teenage daughter helped dad out.
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    by Toenex 11y ago

    Does anyone know what percentage of these loans are being repaid? I recall that a couple of years ago the press were quoting figures like 85% will never be repaid.
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    by Toenex 11y ago

    There is another way to read this title that creates a way more interesting mental image...
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    by Toenex 11y ago

    I always view London as a 'world capital' that just happens to reside in England.
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    by Toenex 11y ago

    For academic labs you can add 'perceived future commercial value' to that list. In my experience these groups are often run by people with little or no commercial experience and lack the skills to appreciate the difference betwee
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    by Toenex 11y ago

    Absolutely. The problem with statistics is not the maths but what it means. I think this is one reason why people become so easily unstuck with statistics, carelessly applying techniques to data without really understanding the assumption
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    by Toenex 11y ago

    switch-for-me. I don't care who my household energy supplier is, I just want to pay the least each month without the hassle of monitoring my usage, comparing prices and administrating the transfer. You do it for me and you can keep a
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    by Toenex 11y ago

    Isn't the equation tragedy + time = comedy?
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    by Toenex 11y ago

    I think this is targeted at the scenario where the developer works in Lua but is deploying to platform without any Lua dependencies. Not sure if it will pull in any used packages though.
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    by Toenex 11y ago

    Perhaps "write like you want them to hear" is a better way to think about it as it acknowledges the inner voice the reader will use when they read.