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901.
by Y-bar 4y ago
What did the offer letter contain?
902.
by Y-bar 4y ago
> “Assume all of your users are experts in the app you’re building.” In Google's defense, I think the original rule is something along the lines of "assume all your users or experts in their field". Which is quite true, us
903.
by Y-bar 4y ago
This used to be the norm on older versions of Mac OS, and that was good. It would help enormously when writing blog posts (e.g. copy the descriptive text somewhere rather than transcribing it) or searching the web for the content of a en er
904.
by Y-bar 5y ago
This! This is my exact experience (well, with Mac:s and Amiga:s). My father introduced courses in Desktop Publishing and Digital video editing in the late eighties and into the nineties in his county school. He understood computers to such
905.
by Y-bar 5y ago
Maybe they thought Google was a mostly okay company with good potential and were under the impression that what they were hired for was to help them improve? There was after all a time when many of us really believed Google was a good kind
906.
by Y-bar 5y ago
> why is the European Union unable or unwilling to fund an open source software suite They are actually funding and working on it: https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/informatics/open-sourc...
907.
by Y-bar 5y ago
No! Of course not. But they should _obviously_ be able to dictate which power utility companies used to charge the car. Nobody knows what ampere or frequency non-Tesla electricity comes in. Only Tesla knows how to delivery electricity prope
908.
by Y-bar 5y ago
Telemetry (non-essential data collection) must be opt-in in my jurisdiction.
909.
by Y-bar 5y ago
> Population reduction is the most effective tool we actually have This is the ultimate "do as I say, not as I do", never seen a single person who has argued that there are too many people on this planet follow it up by removin
910.
by Y-bar 5y ago
> 1. We eventually found out the truth. Yes. Narrowly. After decades of suffering and deaths, which I personally suffer from today. And we were helped by putting legal limits on the lies presented by bad-faith participants.
911.
by Y-bar 5y ago
> What makes it a democracy is that all members of society participate in that conversation. Freely. Anything less is mere tyranny. Are bot accounts paid for by an external part (e.g. foreign government agency or multinational company),
912.
by Y-bar 5y ago
This author (Jacob Mchangama) is an absolutist with regards to free speech and subscribes fully to the idea that in the marketplace of ideas the truth and correct result will always come out on top. As an example, just recently he argued in
913.
by Y-bar 5y ago
I have never been able to consistently get Windows 10 to enter deep sleep for more than about 30 minutes, there is always something waking it up. So I have given up and try to remember to shut the computer off when not using it.
914.
by Y-bar 5y ago
My 9700K desktop draws 45-50W (excluding monitor) when idle. Main usage is: - GPU at about 11-15W - Fans on motherboard and case 7-10W - Disks (1 HDD, 2xSSD): 5-10W - Peripherals (keyboard, mouse, headset, ...) 2-5W - CPU 5-15W I can imagin
915.
by Y-bar 5y ago
I am not knowledgeable in high voltage transmission, but in which ways does the shallower water depth affect the transmission line?
916.
by Y-bar 5y ago
Why does the cables trace the Iberian and French coastlines rather than a taking a more direct route?
917.
by Y-bar 5y ago
It's an Electron limitation (because of course it is): > [...] does not work on macOS for audio capture due to a fundamental limitation whereby apps that want to access the system's audio require a signed kernel extension. Chro
918.
by Y-bar 5y ago
Yup, and I am still a bit salty Apple discontinued Aperture, which was to iPhoto as Final Cut Pro is to iMovie. I am paying for Lightroom Classic and there are still UI idiosyncrasies that makes no sense to me that just clicked in Aperture
919.
by Y-bar 5y ago
Zelenskiy was even considered the friendly-to-Russia alternative in the election: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6946395/Russia-welc...
920.
by Y-bar 5y ago
If you are on a Mac, using Transmit ( https://panic.com/transmit/ ) you can mount a SSH/SFTP connection as a local disk and edit there in your editor of choice.
921.
by Y-bar 5y ago
A significant portion of kids inherit clothes from their older siblings when I grew up, and I still see it happening today. If clothes are more durable more items will survive to be inherited or re-sold. Also, second-hand markets here are a
922.
by Y-bar 5y ago
UK as well: > Organisations must not make it difficult to opt out, for example > by asking customers to complete a form or confirm in writing. > It is good practice to allow the individual to respond directly to > the message –
923.
by Y-bar 5y ago
The front fan grille on my midi tower (Fractal Meshify) collects a lot of dust in its intake, I presume it is because any dust which would have fallen onto the desk in front of the computer instead gets pulled into it by the fans. From my p
924.
by Y-bar 5y ago
Similarly. Where I live (Scandinavia) we have seen modest change in precipitation on a yearly basis, and if you look at our country as a singular unit. However, the when and where when looking more detailed into the numbers reveal that lowl
925.
by Y-bar 5y ago
From a military-strategic point of view? Absolutely. But this is a political decision that should not be taken in haste, every choice here has significant ramifications and allowing for a less hasty debate is a good thing in my opinion.
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by Y-bar 5y ago
In addition to what you say: A snow cover will act as insulation and prevent ground frost from penetrating deep compared to bare ground (something small winter-active mammal can attest to).
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by Y-bar 5y ago
Nothing makes me believe that, why would I do that? That's why I ask you to clarify your question, it does not make sense from my point of view.
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by Y-bar 5y ago
Why not cross that bridge when those less clear situations happen rather than throwing about the false neutrality principle[1] as a defense now? [1] Thinking about this https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/99574-we-must-tak
929.
by Y-bar 5y ago
Care to clarify your question?
930.
by Y-bar 5y ago
It's a continuation of the thread started by OP: > [...] ineffectual administration [...] Those two words are verbatim what our right-wing parties use to describe the EU as a whole, especially when arguing why we should do our own B

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