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by ajtaylor 12y ago
I agree with you on the popehat coverage. It was simultaneously horrifying, entertaining and thrilling. I don't regret for a moment the hours I spent reading the reports.
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by ajtaylor 12y ago
The different segments mentioned in the article reminded me a LOT of what the Cozzano's campaign managers in Neal Stephenson's Interface [1] did when segmenting the population to target the campaign messages. As a consumer, it&#x2
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by ajtaylor 12y ago
The article and discussion here left me wondering what will happen when some of the public pension funds inevitably start to default on their obligations? Based on the amount many states need to invest every year, an amount which they don&#
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by ajtaylor 12y ago
Thank for yet another gem of an article. As a mostly backend developer, I depend a lot on these types of posts to help me keep up with the current front-end best practices. Anything that is on igvita.com I pretty much absorb without questio
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by ajtaylor 12y ago
Pretty much every Pg related post on depesz.com is a gold mine. You should read them all, especially where he explains upcoming features in new Pg releases. I've learned a ton simply be browsing through his site, which is very readable
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by ajtaylor 12y ago
If this is true, then why do so many other countries around the world have both actual competition AND much more compelling products than the US? These other ISPs are also commercial entities and yet they aren't filing for bankruptcy l
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by ajtaylor 12y ago
As a family we've been taking a week and learning a little bit about composers. This week was Bach, so the timing on this post was perfect. I've watched two videos so far and was completely blown away! Beautiful music, fantastic c
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by ajtaylor 12y ago
I really can't decide if the music, the organ or the performance was more impressive! As the final notes faded away, I realised I had been crying for most of the piece. It was truly beautiful in every aspect.
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by ajtaylor 12y ago
Perhaps he had noble intentions, but any idiot can see that his methods were beyond stupid. Posting a SSN publicly is sure to get you noticed. The other thing I noticed is that either the FBI has gotten really good dealing with proxies&#x2F
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by ajtaylor 12y ago
The funny thing is I had to blackhole 8.8.8.8 on my home router earlier this week because of a change in the Netflix app on the Roku. Why won't people just take my money?
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by ajtaylor 12y ago
The last sentence was the kicker for me: "You have to be both. Then you can surround yourself with smart people, secure in the knowledge you can control your own art and your own career--because if you don't, someone else definit
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by ajtaylor 12y ago
The second time I saw him in Dublin, I remember walking out of the venue with this big goofy grin on my face and my ears ringing like never before. I walked down the street to a convenience store to grab a Coke, but when the cashier spoke t
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by ajtaylor 12y ago
Ahhh, "Summer Song", I remember you well! Many a day were spent driving in my Mustang with the windows down blasting this song. I've now been lucky enough to hear Satch play twice. He puts on an awesome show - highly recommen
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by ajtaylor 12y ago
The last time I did a wire transfer in the US (admittedly a couple years ago now) it was anything but instant. IIRC there was a lot of manual work that had to be done behind the scenes to complete the transaction. And you have to do into a
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by ajtaylor 13y ago
Thanks for the link. I didn't know about Formula E! I watched a video linked off the front page and while I missed the roar of a petrol engine, but it had it's own neat sound.
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by ajtaylor 13y ago
> They do it right. This is the hallmark of Postgres. Either they do it right or they don't do it at all. For a long time, this worked against them in benchmarks because doing it right meant that mysql was faster (due to cutting cor
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by ajtaylor 13y ago
Wow, you're absolutely correct. I read REAMDE about 2 months ago so the plot is still pretty fresh in my mind. It's a great, so consider this a recommendation.
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by ajtaylor 13y ago
I'm starting the work for my PR in Australia. We love it here, plus the paths are short and straightforward: 2 years as 457 => PR through employer sponsorship, 1-2(?) years as PR => citizenship.
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by ajtaylor 13y ago
The solution is downloaded playlists. It's annoying because you can't download an album, but have to make a playlist instead. It does work great though.
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by ajtaylor 13y ago
I live in Australia too and signed up for Netflix a few months ago. It's a bit of a hassle to signup and requires the use of a paid service to handle the DNS/location checks, but it does work very well. I completely agree with you
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by ajtaylor 13y ago
Interesting to note: I read earlier today (sorry, can't recall where) that one of the federal agencies was upset that Comcast hadn't lived up to their agreement to market this program to the people it was supposed to help. Inter
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by ajtaylor 13y ago
Another happy MapQuest user here as well. We saved tens of thousands a year by switching from Google Maps to OSM/MapQuest. Leaflet [1] is also a big feather in the cap - easy API, actively maintained, and it easily integrates with any
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by ajtaylor 13y ago
Webmonkey was pretty cool back then for sure! Still, nothing beat a good, heavy paper book in my hands.
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by ajtaylor 13y ago
I can now admit that I feel the same way, but it doesn't stop me reading this type of article. It's fascinating in a "this is really cool, but am I smart enough to understand it?" kind of way. The other thing that I wond
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by ajtaylor 13y ago
Plex is so awesome, I can't properly describe it. I've subscribed to the PlexPass simply to show my appreciation to the developers. For me, it's Plex + a Roku 3 though.
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by ajtaylor 13y ago
I was super excited until I saw the iOS only. Any chance of an Android version?
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by ajtaylor 13y ago
Oh, so THAT'S why it repeats tracks! I always assumed that the radio feature just wasn't very smart.
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by ajtaylor 13y ago
I'm also with TPG and can't fathom having a cap, much less the typically tiny ones offered. Recently I noticed that Optus is now offering an unlimited account for a reasonable price. I've heard anecdotally from people working
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by ajtaylor 13y ago
I had no idea about using a .. as a flip-flop, and I've been using perl for 15+ years.
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by ajtaylor 13y ago
In Australia, a pack of smokes costs something like $20. No idea where the tax revenue goes, but the cost alone seems like it would be a great disincentive to smoke.

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