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by comprev 3y ago
They exist because they’re required to through applicable laws. The companies want tracking for additional business data and very rarely actually are about the users.
482.
by comprev 3y ago
Maybe tenacity instead of stamina?
483.
by comprev 3y ago
And more recently Netflix for their ad-supported lowest tier. Not sure if it has been rolled out yet though.
484.
by comprev 3y ago
The vast majority of gigs/jobs I've had which involved touching Jenkins were for the purpose of migrating elsewhere - Gitlab, GitHub Actions, Drone, Harness...
485.
by comprev 3y ago
Latency on a home fibre will be significantly lower than a 56k dial-up connection. Somehow the artists could collaborate remotely using a shared MIDI clock. Admittedly it was techno which is both loopy and predictable, but still a cool ach
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by comprev 3y ago
This is a multi-studio live collaboration project which had a MIDI sync over the internet. Amazing to see affordable connection speeds have risen to the point where this is possible. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FE1sY4OY1D4
487.
by comprev 3y ago
Casio G-Shocks are the Nokia 3310 of the horology world. I love my G-Shock.
488.
by comprev 3y ago
FWIW I'm not at FAANG level or even have a good educational background. If anything FAANG developers skew the statistics for the majority
489.
by comprev 3y ago
I disagree about being overpaid. Similar to other professions - engineering and medicine for example - we have a career which requires a dedication to constant learning. We build systems which allow companies to generate billions in revenue
490.
by comprev 3y ago
Audi have been doing this for years with their "Plus" package on RS cars. The top speed was capped and could be "unlocked" by paying extra.
491.
by comprev 3y ago
How common is the expression "Qur'an of X" instead of Bible?
492.
by comprev 3y ago
aka "Sneakernet" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet
493.
by comprev 3y ago
Serious question - is the staff member _that vital_ to the company by which they cannot be unavailable for one month? The first thing I'd do is involve a lawyer familiar with working for a western company in "hostile" environ
494.
by comprev 3y ago
Unfortunately money doesn't grow on trees and working in high paying industries - like tech - can warp your sense of reality. The vast majority of people cannot afford to take such extended period of time off simply due to financial ba
495.
by comprev 4y ago
Not sure why you've been downvoted so much as it's the brutal truth. The author cannot put "worked at Google" on their CV.
496.
by comprev 4y ago
Surely by law you've not "worked" anywhere until one complete business day under contract? This "minus 10 days" is another way of saying "My employer & I had a contract which they legally revoked before my
497.
by comprev 4y ago
Same thing for me with the Playstation 2 - a DVD player.
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by comprev 4y ago
The cycling industry often goes to great lengths for creating April Fools prank products because it's a marketing opportunity if executed well. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/round-up-april-fools-jokes-fro...
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by comprev 4y ago
Since being diagnosed and medicated it’s the total opposite for me. Before I needed some background music - electronic or hip-hop in any language but English (to avoid my brain focusing on the lyrics). Now with meds I sit in silence all day
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by comprev 4y ago
I use my iPad as a second screen on my macbook air with Duet [0] Had the software for a few years now and it’s used very frequently. I don’t know if using the app hardwired requires a subscription though as mine was a one-off purchase via
501.
by comprev 4y ago
Even though the accounting/tax/etc. is probably very simple as the sole employee/director/owner of my company, I still have an accountant who I trust to do the books. The headache of learning that part of a business is
502.
by comprev 4y ago
Most likely licensing and not technical - we were one of the only classical music apps which streamed high quality audio through The Great Firewall of China, and as such was praised by a few magazines. That was back in 2018/19 though
503.
by comprev 4y ago
"One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" Whether the person is an activist depends on an individual's viewpoint.
504.
by comprev 4y ago
Reminds me of ISPconfig platform from years ago
505.
by comprev 4y ago
If everyone read the entire article of each HN submission the comments section would be wildly different :-)
506.
by comprev 4y ago
Practising chaos engineering on another team’s platform without their knowledge is fun /s
507.
by comprev 4y ago
neurodivergent - noted, thanks. I knew it was neuro-something!
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by comprev 4y ago
Everything is a better alternative to suicide, even if your mind can’t see it at this moment. There will be someone who you know deep down that will listen when you need to talk. In the last month a close friend of mine lost her partner to
509.
by comprev 4y ago
I have no knowledge of the risk assessment which led to the decision - above my pay-grade; another department; etc. Like most corporate environments, “it is what it is” and we do our best to perform our jobs within these constraints.
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by comprev 4y ago
We use GitHub Enterprise at work and only HTTPS is permitted for authentication. The "insteadOf" git config is added to workstations and runners to convert attempted SSH connections over to HTTPS.

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