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by aplummer 8y ago
Maybe controversial but I just find holding my arm in the air (assuming the keyboard is attached) to be tiring for big sessions. With a mouse I could relax.
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by aplummer 8y ago
I think you said it yourself in the middle, it will never be worth sending me to space on an Ariane X, but maybe I can afford a spot on the falcon 25. That’s what I find so exciting about the cheap version.
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by aplummer 8y ago
I’ve found it’s only good vs your own stack for small prototypes and MVPs, and that the debt builds up faster than anything else I’ve ever used (the cost too!) but YMMV. I use the analytics heavily though, the built in network reliability a
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by aplummer 8y ago
I think if you drive a manual the OP sees it as being _more_ involved in driving and more aware. There are some situations where driving a manual incorrectly is more dangerous (clutch coasting) but others where the extra control is better (
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by aplummer 8y ago
I just wanted to say j strange is my favourite novel, read it at least 10 times!
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by aplummer 8y ago
Sometimes it is external feedback, but bad researchers. Customer testing: “what feature you do use every day” “Stories.” We should put stories in.
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by aplummer 8y ago
6’7” (202cm) and about to get on the 15h LA to Melbourne today, no exit row possible despite many attempts - pity me.
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by aplummer 8y ago
Wouldn’t installing PV on people’s homes be more similar to building the power poles/ infrastructure that already exists for coal, and not just running a plant? This chart doesn’t break down solar maintenance and solar construction.
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by aplummer 8y ago
Yeah for peoples reference the new guy showed up to parliament with a lump of coal and yelled “don’t be afraid of coal!”. Looks like Australia will have a 45% renewable target in the next 6 months.
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by aplummer 8y ago
In my old company (consulting), they actually like it a lot. People leave and then return with new experience and a few things that can be learned from.
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by aplummer 8y ago
Sorry they referenced marketing laws generally, consumer protection is covered by a thing called “Australian Consumer Law” and it’s very hostile towards warranties etc.
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by aplummer 8y ago
Really can you give examples? To give recent general advertising law examples about how strict the standards bureau is, in Australia it’s illegal to show a woman doing most of the housework, or a man being a bad father.
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by aplummer 8y ago
> and also Australia, for that matter. what? Australia has some of the strongest consumer protection laws - sometimes I actually feel bad for the corporations... There is a whole strict regulatory system for determining facts vs mere puf
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by aplummer 8y ago
I don’t know if it’s that slippery a slope. Couldn’t you start with conspiracies about child victims of shootings and see how it goes.
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by aplummer 8y ago
Wait, isn’t most of the criticism at the _lack_ of censorship? I personally hate that half the platform is nutty conspiracy bots and hate speech.
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by aplummer 8y ago
Explained like that, it does just seem like a really hard to implement wiretap. Not necessarily the worst thing if it’s per user with the right warrants etc.
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by aplummer 8y ago
I actually really like that cigarettes are so expensive the above poster made that error.
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by aplummer 8y ago
1) tech companies employ people at will and engage in profit shifting 2) I did jump to two plausible solutions to what you were describing, true. 3) You did say tech companies shouldn’t be the arbiter of content people put on there. I said
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by aplummer 8y ago
(FYI I didn't downvote you because you gave a thought out answer, must be other people.) > ...most of whom are owned and heavily staffed by people who don't tend to describe themselves as centrists on the political spectrum? Th
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by aplummer 8y ago
I find the analogy between free speech (which he has, literally can say whatever he wants) and a platform being obligated to distribute _everyone’s_ content bizarre. Does a newspaper publish everyone’s comments? If I call you and ask you to
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by aplummer 8y ago
They are saying that the nature of the party (global superpower) is the final exemption criteria for every kind of obligation if you play that card.
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by aplummer 8y ago
Not by removing the ly though, but by choosing a more expressive verb.
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Foodora closes Australian operation during back pay dispute(theguardian.com)
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by aplummer 8y ago
Sometimes you need to have SSL pinning enabled and still check. You could include this and run the prod build which is pretty handy.
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by aplummer 8y ago
Genuinely can someone explain why this is downvoted? The answer says “the software” which people constantly discount - just look at the cycle predicting Nintendo’s death every few years.
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by aplummer 8y ago
What the heck - if you complain about an ISP in Australia it’s free for you and the ISP gets fined (a small amount even if the complaint isn’t genuine).
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by aplummer 8y ago
I think you’re wrong about most (seniorish) developers but I loved the way you said it haha.
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by aplummer 8y ago
Thank god somebody said it. We are in the golden age of cheap travel and leisure, perhaps the golden age of all ages (and certainly of all past). People spend your easy money and enjoy youth IMO.
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by aplummer 8y ago
Although I see the hubris point of view people here have, if oxygen dipped or some other catastrophy and someone fell unconscious, they could have been in a situation where this contraption was Useful. People like to jump to black and white
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by aplummer 8y ago
> They can work practically anywhere and make the same amount of money You are contradicting yourself by saying you’re in a boom town and also they can move anywhere. (Can they move to Thailand? I can move to Thailand as a programmer). I

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