beachy

32 ms·

301.
by beachy 3y ago
This is the law in NZ at least. When selling to consumers, you must include the GST in the displayed price. If selling to businesses, you can display the price excluding GST.
302.
by beachy 3y ago
> If a random AC employee gave you a free flight, on the other hand, you'd be entitled to it. And if it was a billion dollars?
303.
by beachy 3y ago
My understanding is that DC currents are more dangerous as the effect is continuous. Whereas there is some electrician humour that at least with AC you have 50 chances per second to pull away (Americans get 60 chances per second)
304.
by beachy 3y ago
The EV is also DC, significantly more dangerous than the AC at the same voltage.
305.
by beachy 3y ago
I did not intend to be confrontational and you are correct that talking up your company without declaring your affiliation is not against HN guidelines. I feel it is however a convention that is widely followed and for good reasons. Obvious
306.
by beachy 3y ago
Insufficient disclosure. You must be aware that of the companies you listed, one (yours) sticks out as being unknown. Don't die on this hill, just do the decent thing and add a disclosure. This doesn't show you in a good light.
307.
by beachy 3y ago
To clarify (the first thing I wondered) each computer needs its own HDMI cable plugged into its own input on the monitor. So not true KVM as many people would think of it, but this saves you from having to use the monitor's input selec
308.
by beachy 3y ago
If you could only turn things off then perhaps that is less than a nightmare in some settings.
309.
by beachy 3y ago
Much as I love a good rant like this, I have to wonder if this is just the world moving on. I used to hate it (still do a little) when I toggle a checkbox, then go to hit "Save" and realise that the checkbox had immediate effect.
310.
by beachy 3y ago
> If your daughter is anything like mine, she loves getting badges in apps This may sound curmudgeonly, but I try to drill into my son's awareness that he should aspire to be a producer of technology, rather than just a consumer. We
311.
by beachy 3y ago
> I personally spend over $1k/yr on SubstacK I imagine your photo might be up on a "whales" board back at Substack HQ, and the growth team might refer to you by name in their weekly meetings when they hypothesise on how t
312.
by beachy 3y ago
> all the public web servers in the world seem to manage this without any trouble Incorrect. Most large web sites invest in DDOS protection e.g. Cloudflare. Cloudflare DDOS protection as an example is a lot more sophisticated than merely
313.
by beachy 3y ago
If the provider is bearing the costs (like here) then they always need some kind of authorization, or they have no way to shut off abusers or people with misbehaving clients. An API key is about the simplest possible way to achieve that, an
314.
by beachy 3y ago
Sounds interesting (but a bit above my pay grade). AWS uses a streaming tech called NICE DCV which runs in a browser (chromium) on my raspberry pi. I was using a RP 4 before, but the performance is noticeably better with the RP 5.
315.
by beachy 3y ago
It's a good question. Here's my specific use case, I'm sure there are plenty more. I have a golf simulator running in the cloud (AWS) on a g4dn.xlarge ec2 insurance. At home, I use a raspberry pi 5 as a thin client. It plugs
316.
by beachy 3y ago
His testimony is infuriating. Every question answered quickfire and monosyllabicly, trying to shut it down. Exactly the mindset that led to this giant fubar in the first place.
317.
by beachy 3y ago
I attempted this within a few days of first being exposed to vi - 35 years ago. But since I was logging into different machines all the time I soon decided it was better to just use vi the way it came out of the box, modes and all. That phi
318.
by beachy 3y ago
This leaves out the most obvious reason - it's better financially for the company. If every employee was highly mobile, aware of their own value and motivated to be always on the hunt for new opportunities, then yes, companies would ne
319.
by beachy 3y ago
The real purpose of the scrum in rugby is to tie up half of the players (the forwards - the backs are not in the scrum) when restarting play. Literally to remove the forwards from the play after a restart, by having them all bound together
320.
by beachy 3y ago
I tell my kids not to rage against voice assistants in case the machines finish up in charge.
321.
by beachy 3y ago
Not sure about that, but animals are cautious and will usually interact with a baited trap for some minutes.
322.
by beachy 3y ago
One thing that springs to mind is a monitor for predator (pest animal) traps in remote bush regions. The system spends most of its time asleep, and is woken and starts consuming power only when a PIR sensor is triggered from a visiting anim
323.
by beachy 3y ago
The world is different from the 1970s. There was nothing to do then in your apartment but watch TV and call people on your landline. These days people can lead intense, immersive (though certainly unhealthy) lives from their couch.
324.
by beachy 3y ago
UBI. Stoners sitting in their apartments watching Netflix and ordering in pizza are good for the economy and good for the environment, compared to being starving and out stealing.
325.
by beachy 3y ago
Maybe not gold but as the old British saying goes "there's brass in muck"
326.
by beachy 3y ago
Marijuana was mentioned as enjoyed, but not as quit.
327.
by beachy 3y ago
Employees are financially dependant on the company for salary and perhaps stock options - surely that counts as "a financial stake".
328.
by beachy 3y ago
> Unfortunately, you don't know where the QR code leads you before you scan it and then it is already too late What are you so scared of? It isn't the 90s where by tricking someone into following a dodgy link their windows mach
329.
by beachy 3y ago
Wait until you learn that it's incredibly common to look candidates up on Facebook to learn more about their personal life during the recruitment process.
330.
by beachy 3y ago
> I don’t want basic income. I want the ability to differentiate myself and earn more than others. Universal basic income (UBI) does not mean everyone is fixed at the same income. It means everyone earns the same basic income, and on top

More ›