axolttl88

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by axolttl88 4mo ago
While the stones are usually roped off from up close viewing still loom large because of their cultural impact, the area around them is beautiful. The Heritage org. has brought up huge tracts of land around them to protect it and restore it
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by axolttl88 1y ago
Tab styling across the board is terrible. I'm struggling to read inactive tab labels in Terminal. I've used and loved macs for decades. This is the first time (maybe the second, if you count early Apple Music) that I've thoug
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by axolttl88 1y ago
Your point about not tackling the hardest challenges is well made. However the benefit of needing to appeal to the political Centre (a factor of compulsory voting) is that Australia also avoids the crazy swings and debilitating division of
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by axolttl88 3y ago
It’s not, though. It might be uneven in different markets, but they’ve been working very hard at improving the content and UX and in a number of markets it’s a viable and very strong competitor to Google Maps. It will sometimes feel the lac
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by axolttl88 3y ago
This and music control are the uniques cases where Siri Just Works for me. “Add toothpaste to my shopping list” no fluff no nonsense replies, just “I added that to the shopping list” - and it’s on my phone’s Reminders in that list. I wonder
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by axolttl88 3y ago
‘For real’ is definitely an Australian-ism (pretty old fashioned, usually inflected up as an incredulous question ‘fa REAL?’, but I’ve not really heard ‘For real life’. Could be a kid thing.
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by axolttl88 4y ago
Very much dependent on the country. Where they have rolled out their “new” maps based on their own mapping (and not licensing a mix of others like TomTom), they are much much better than people think. https://www.apple.com/a
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by axolttl88 4y ago
They did not use an OS from Blackberry / RIM. Vertu emerged from Nokia when they were at their peak - Frank Nuovo was the key designer there, and it was one of his projects. From memory the original versions (Vertu Signature, Vertu Asc
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by axolttl88 5y ago
Australia has a generally highly-regarded and affordable health care system (public and private).
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by axolttl88 5y ago
They were installed as useful & beautiful features in the Qantas First Class lounge at Sydney International Airport, and are much loved: https://theluxurytraveller.com/2019/03/review-qantas-first-c...
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by axolttl88 6y ago
While both AppleCard and AppleID were involved in the story, the situation wasn’t exactly that. Apple issued this statement in response: “We apologize for any confusion or inconvenience we may have caused for this customer. The issue in que
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by axolttl88 6y ago
*Vietnam not landlocked; but in the middle of a very populous region
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by axolttl88 6y ago
The ability to limit spread by controlling your border has been a factor, and that’s certainly easier for island nations. But it’s not the only factor: well-managed healthcare systems, clear government policy and action, and public support
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by axolttl88 6y ago
Australia. After a (relatively) small second wave spike in one of the states (Victoria) which is now under control, there are very few cases of community transmission. It’s the result of a combination of: controlled island borders, unpopula
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by axolttl88 7y ago
Australian here: It’s not a given that the other hotel residents are going to get sick. The quarantine residents are bussed in directly from customs / border control and isolated to separate parts of the hotel. Their rooms are locked d
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by axolttl88 7y ago
It’s bad. I’ve lived in Sydney 21 years and there’s been nothing like this before. We were on the harbour this summer afternoon staring directly at the sun at 5pm - it was a barely visible red dot in the smoke haze - and ash was raining dow
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by axolttl88 7y ago
my experience with Slack technical folk (on some tricky auth bugs and other issues we've hit over the years) has been excellent. They're fast, knowledgeable, never pass the buck, and communicative. If it's the PMs doing this,
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by axolttl88 7y ago
Sounds a bit like what Apple are doing with the Siri face on watchOS. It surfaces what it believes are relevant tiles/cards in a timeline based on your interests, appointments, interactions, current location, and daily activities.
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by axolttl88 7y ago
OneDrive and OneDrive for Business (which is really the Sharepoint thing) really has turned out to be good. We’ve been using it for about 3 years now in our small business which is mostly a Mac + Office365 + Azure AD shop. We have a mix of
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by axolttl88 7y ago
Microsoft blog: “The new iCloud for Windows app introduces a new iCloud Drive experience for Windows 10 users powered by the same Windows technology that also powers OneDrive’s Files On-Demand feature, enabling users to be more productive o