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by adav 6y ago
In the UK at least, Netflix is often used by fraudsters to check stolen credit card numbers. I bet Netflix were fed up with expense of dealing with all the fraudulent transactions. Or if not the expense, Netflix doesn’t want the negative pr
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by adav 6y ago
Yep, that’s what I’ve been doing for my experiments with Hasura so far :) It just feels a little “off-piste”.
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by adav 6y ago
This approach means one’s own deployments of Hasura can’t be immutable?
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by adav 6y ago
I’m experimenting with Hasura for an MVP. Like you I wanted to have the schema config in code and version controlled. The docs are very lacking for this use case. However I think I’ve worked out a decent compromise: - I start configuring th
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by adav 6y ago
Why do you think it's a less standard definition?
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by adav 6y ago
> The only meaning of "oomph" which I could imagine that would put the Pi ahead of the iPad would be in flexibility in terms of what can be done with the device. That's exactly the point. A RPi is currently much more flexi
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by adav 6y ago
Pray tell, I’ve got a feeling you have a point to make.
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by adav 6y ago
You can plug an iPad Pro into a Raspberry Pi 4 over USB-C for a bit of occasional desktop oomph.
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by adav 6y ago
There could be some leeway to initiative braking on following cars quicker with control loop similar to existing emergency brake assist systems [1]. These currently apply the brakes quicker and more powerfully than a driver’s foot when the
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by adav 6y ago
ff0000 It was a stylised little world you could explore. Looked like kind of Victorian style and you could float around and chat to other visitors. I discovered it when I was a kid learning about web design from magazines like .Net and Comp
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by adav 6y ago
It’s a good point. Maybe I just really miss the little green or orange light on the MagSafe chargers. Then it was just a case of picking up the laptop and going, now I have to open it, give it a second to refresh its status, just to check.
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by adav 6y ago
We aim to please! :)
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by adav 6y ago
Agreed it could be confusing without some sort of prompt. Or maybe it could be opt-in from the settings just like the iOS “Optimised Battery Charging” toggle. Wrt all the ports being identical, it’s a bit of an edge case but there are alrea
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by adav 6y ago
But you can see what state the laptop’s in from across the room.
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by adav 6y ago
Hey Apple, this is the perfect opportunity to take advantage of the clean USB-C ports arrangement on new MacBooks! Charging Mode 1) By plugging the charger into the rearmost port, full 100% fast charge please. Charging Mode 2) By plugging t
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by adav 7y ago
My Uber driver has a one not because they want to be Leonardo Di Caprio. I think it's because they want to drive around London without paying the Congestion Charge but with the convenience of fast fill-up times and the range of petrol.
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by adav 7y ago
My partner is particularly prone to UTIs. In the UK, people in her position are given a virtually endless stream of antibiotics. Often doctors end up recommending taking a small dose every time after sex. No wonder resistance is increasing!
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Live BBC broadcast over 5G network on launch day fails(bbc.co.uk)
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by adav 7y ago
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj , the 26th section. I think that covers what we’re talking about here. As in, it is ok to just delete the link between a real person to an anonymous key and n
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by adav 7y ago
Set up a new iPad: + auto updating apps and OS + they don’t have the password to install anything new + install the apps they need for them + auto backups to iCloud Then drill it into them that they should “never click any link in an email
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by adav 7y ago
I wonder what would cost the Transport firm more: the time impact due to the low 5km/h speed or the costs of a human driver per truck? At was speed does the automated system pay for itself if speed vs human is a reasonable trade off to
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by adav 8y ago
In the UK, there's a privately-owned steam train that runs on the National Rail network. It was built from scratch starting in the 90s and completed around 2008. You can read about the history of the project here https://www
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by adav 8y ago
Is there even the appetite to try, from a PR perspective?
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by adav 8y ago
Perhaps this is in reaction to Maplin’s troubles? That would previously have been the only place I would have thought of to buy a Raspberry Pi on the high street.
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by adav 8y ago
> 3. Consider your platform. Licensing existing software to author and publish interactive video saves the time and money compared with building a bespoke platform from scratch, but you will have to work within its capabilities. Do your
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by adav 8y ago
There’s a really interesting section on Motorrail trains. You can take your car on a sleeper train!
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by adav 8y ago
> And my god, the people who will go FAR over the limit right down your street where people are pushing prams, kids are walking along, etc. is astounding. 100%. However, the majority of cameras are placed on deserted countryside main roa
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by adav 8y ago
> In development atleast contracting is looked down upon Would you mind elaborating on why you think contractors are looked down upon? In my experience – as a full-time and contract developer working in London – the opposite seems true.
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by adav 8y ago
There are a lot of HMRC pages/flows that desperately need the GDS treatment!
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by adav 8y ago
It's obviously subjective, but I really like the yellow-ish block background for the battery level. Lends the site a distinctive paper-like feel that reminds me of the Financial Times.

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