coconut_crab

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by coconut_crab 8y ago
I can think of a few reasons: - Convenience & economic: one kg of nylon bag costs around 2$, 20~40 times cheaper than biodegradable plastic, and nylon bag are taxed at more than 100%. - Local market are full of farmers selling their fre
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by coconut_crab 8y ago
> ...in 200 years we went up by 6 billion? It's not because of we are breeding more but much much better health care, sanitary and less people killed in war. The growth rate is lowering, some countries such as Japan, Germany or Kore
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by coconut_crab 8y ago
Posteo.de, run by a group of treehuggers so they make a big deal about how their data center is run by renewable energy, but they also care about privacy too. One down side is that you can't use your own custom domain.
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by coconut_crab 8y ago
Not Debian directly but one of their derivative: Armbian, they have great support for Allwinner SoC and it's easy to build your own image.
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by coconut_crab 8y ago
Nematode aren't insect though :)
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by coconut_crab 8y ago
Farmed insects like silkworm should be safe to eat, I often stir fry them as a snack with beer. Quite tasty!
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by coconut_crab 8y ago
> How can I bring a child into the world when it appears likely that the child will suffer greatly? Suffer from what exactly? In my family, half of my father's siblings and cousins died from war and hunger, the rest also had to hid
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by coconut_crab 8y ago
Office suite is the biggest obstacle, all documents are in .doc or .docx, for both governments and businesses. Oh and the occasional breakage of Linux on desktop really hurts too. In early 2010 I volunteered to migrate IT system of a rural
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by coconut_crab 8y ago
My friend is a highschool teacher and he is teaching 12 years old kids how to program with Scratch, playing with Arduino and Minecraft . And his school is just a normal school in a small town. AFAIK they are pushing IT and English to be mo
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by coconut_crab 8y ago
China deemed anything can be weaponized, and everything should, be it Huawei or construction companies building Belt and road initiative. They will use every means possible to retake their position as the centre of the world. Check 'Un
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by coconut_crab 8y ago
It's very hard to find one like that with all the VC money poured in, only those cool startups get all the money. I am making 3~5 times as much as friends who are working in civil/mechanical engineering.
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by coconut_crab 8y ago
Same, I help writing systems to 'optimise advertisement effectiveness' == encourage consumerism and maybe creative negative value for society. It sucks but I have to support my family and extended family as the main bread earner.
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by coconut_crab 8y ago
When I was a student, my university always boasted that it had helped research a way to detonate these mines and so helped the North win the war and I have always assumed so. Who could have thought that solar wind had helped! Relevant links
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by coconut_crab 8y ago
The same thing is happening in Cambodia, or Laos, Or Myamnar: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/jul/31/no-cambodia-l... https://laotiantimes.com/2017/05/16/chinas-inv
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by coconut_crab 8y ago
Coal it is, the planned nuclear reactor could provide 4000 MW with 10 billions dollar construction cost. It was too pricy so the plan was shelved and replaced with... 3 coal powered power plants instead. The coal will be imported from other
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by coconut_crab 8y ago
I have always wondered what is the relationship between PM2.5 measurement and humidity/dew point. From what I have read all three types of PM2.5 sensors (beta ray, particle counting...) can't tell the difference between dust parti
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by coconut_crab 8y ago
> There's also a question of whether it helps anyone else. Our world is facing immense challenges. Many of the things cans we've been kicking down the road for these past decades are going to pile up on the generation to come.
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by coconut_crab 8y ago
It's because asking for clarification is considered bad here, either you are an idiot or you are bothering others. So their best choice is to say 'yes' and try to figure things out later. That's why I always ask my colle
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by coconut_crab 8y ago
My work is also similar to OP's: CRUD and figuring out business requirement (so called 'domain driven design'). It's kinda boring but the pay is good and there is almost no pressure. Some of my better coworkers are leavi
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by coconut_crab 9y ago
No they are cute
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by coconut_crab 9y ago
Consistency is also the reason why Java or C# are so popular for large system. I asked a Scala developer recently why does his company use Java but not Scala, despite their developer's familiarity with the latter. He answered that whil
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by coconut_crab 9y ago
It is impossible get their real profit so they are taxed 2% on their revenue. Oh and I forgot, when the authority requested them to hold a meeting on how should the taxation be, they didn't even bother to reply! That's like asking
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by coconut_crab 9y ago
Local here, in my country Grab tried to abide by the local law while Uber is acting like they are above the government. Taxation for example, Grab has no problem paying tax, while the local branch of Uber said that they are only a 'mar
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by coconut_crab 9y ago
My day job is to write tools for the sales people who will try to persuade their clients into buying ads on Facebook, I just can't see how that helps improve the society or humanity as a whole. Ideally, I should be using my skills and
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by coconut_crab 9y ago
I'm Vietnamese, some of us prefer English as it lack the formality for pronouns, those who have studied oversea are even more likely to use English in their daily conversation. (interestingly, my friends point out that I seem to have d
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by coconut_crab 9y ago
I noticed something similar in my company: - Meeting, a lot of meeting, on average 2 hours a day. - Scrum is also meeting heavy, for a 5 days Sprint, the first 3 days is to write the document, splitting tasks into smaller subtasks (so that
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by coconut_crab 9y ago
I have been using Posteo for a few year ( https://posteo.de/en/help?tag=end-to-end ). Pro: - Cheap: 1€/month for 2 GBs mailbox - Basic functionalities such as Web interface, SMTP, POP3, CalDav, CardDav are
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by coconut_crab 9y ago
Not here in Vietnam, even modern houses in large cities have them, we call them "blood sucking stink bugs". They just lurk under the bed and wait until we are sleeping. https://i-giadinh.vnecdn.net/2013/06&#x2
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by coconut_crab 9y ago
Bedbug is nothing compared to this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triatominae They can be few cm long, will suck blood from your lips and excrete nasty odour when squashed. Oh and they spread Chagas disease too.
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by coconut_crab 9y ago
China also helped building headquarter for Vietnam Ministry of Public Safety http://mapio.net/pic/p-57003656/ The rumour is that this build is full of bugs in the walls and everywhere, so that the Ministry is stil

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