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by adrianb 6y ago
Extrapolating from other coronaviruses, it's probably that you CAN catch it again but it's "very unlikely" to produce serious consequences after the first time. So basically only first time you will experience more serio
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by adrianb 6y ago
This reminded me of the abuse internet fans are subjecting GRRM to. Probably also because he used to be involved with the online communities.
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by adrianb 6y ago
> This is a good way to escape reality, but not much more The news have been biased towards negative stories for many decades, way before the internet so I wouldn't say watching/reading the news gives a good, balanced picture o
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by adrianb 6y ago
> This process can take years if the background rate of infection is low enough. This is why the phase 3 trials tend to be organised in countries with high rates of infection, such as Brazil, South Africa or India. In locations with low
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by adrianb 6y ago
I definitely feel the increasing apprehension and postpone updates for as long as possible all the time. But the change to "mandatory updates" came after numerous incidents of "millions of users running unpatched software fel
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by adrianb 6y ago
People (especially online) have been shockingly dismissive of everything , in COVID context. Worried about the economy? You probably only want to get rich on the stock market. Worried you might lose your job? You probably have one of those
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by adrianb 6y ago
It's an even better deal: companies are replacing paid advertising with free exposure from being mentioned in news stories and bonus points for "standing up for what's right". In addition, plenty of people (and the news
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by adrianb 9y ago
Unlike Scotland, Greenland is not part of the EU. The correct way to think of it is not as a part of Denmark but as a separate country under the same queen. Similar to the Dutch Caribbean territories or the British Channel islands.
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by adrianb 10y ago
Maybe like PGO? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profile-guided_optimization
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by adrianb 11y ago
2015 article
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by adrianb 11y ago
From the article: So far, none of the women Prince stole images from have sued him -- but one of them, a user by the name of “Missy Suicide”, has done something even better: she’s begun selling (wait for it) photos of Prince’s photo of her
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by adrianb 11y ago
Launch is limited to selected users in Silicon Valley.
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by adrianb 11y ago
That's still not good enough. I've had recruiters look at who my current employer is then call the public phone number of the company (the reception) and ask for my name. I'm not joking. Happened more than once.
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by adrianb 11y ago
I stopped answering the phone to unknown numbers because of this.
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by adrianb 11y ago
Landing slots at airports have different fees. If you the A is a very expensive airport (e.g. Heathrow) the price of flying from and to A can be higher than the reverse.
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by adrianb 11y ago
Has anyone compiled a privacy checklist for Windows 10? What settings people have determined are best to use? I was somewhat forced to do the upgrade and didn't have the time to explore all settings (also they got more confusing since
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by adrianb 11y ago
The connection is probably at least used to crowd-source live traffic information. Most people would like this feature.
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by adrianb 11y ago
I believe it's not trivial to get a job there, especially if you come from outside the EU. And soon restrictions will be imposed on EU countries as well.
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by adrianb 11y ago
To me it sounds like it combines the disadvantages of video calls (the attention required, transparency - no lying about your whereabouts, the intrusiveness - no video call at the office because you might reveal something confidential...) w
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by adrianb 11y ago
Probably this concert hall in Hamburg... terribly over-budget and late https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbe_Philharmonic_Hall
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by adrianb 11y ago
No, but it is the most expensive. It's the most expensive weapon program ever.
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by adrianb 11y ago
It's the same situation on both sides of the Atlantic. Both JetBlue and Norwegian are low-cost carriers and offer free Wifi while the big flag carriers charge for it, if it's even available.
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by adrianb 11y ago
Mobile phones can receive special emergency broadcast messages (for the US see http://www.fcc.gov/guides/wireless-emergency-alerts-wea ). Probably a more effective way of attracting people's attention as well, sin
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by adrianb 12y ago
Any ORM?
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by adrianb 12y ago
> First point is kind of hard to fight in my opinion, since a company has the right to publish its own services. Microsoft was forced to include a browser choice screen and not use IE by default on Windows computers sold in the EU. The s
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by adrianb 12y ago
My point was: heterosexuals can be married. They don't need to make statements, they can just bring their husband/wife to the company party.
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by adrianb 12y ago
Heterosexual CEOs have wives...
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by adrianb 12y ago
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS#Timekeeping : GPS time is theoretically accurate to about 14 nanoseconds. However, most receivers lose accuracy in the interpretation of the signals and are only accurate to 100 n
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by adrianb 12y ago
I believe a more formal way to do it would be by registered mail. In Europe at least. Mail gets a timestamp that is trusted.
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by adrianb 12y ago
So why is EOF in C defined as -1 (when it is)?

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