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by comprev 1y ago
DATs are partly responsible for the huge resurgence in the sale of brand new/unreleased "old school" dance music. There's a vinyl record label called Deep Jungle [0] which specialises in sourcing unreleased (or very limi
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by comprev 1y ago
They've probably been declared [dead] because your new account has nothing except promotion of the same thing.
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by comprev 1y ago
When you are next in the cereal aisle take a close look at how they are arranged. What you see is advertising. Shelf space is at a high premium and companies tussle for your attention. The product which is easiest to reach - for an adult o
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by comprev 1y ago
RH 8.0 was my introduction to Linux and fighting with winmodems. After a few months I found an external US Robotics 56k modem which made exploring the web much easier. My whole career in tech can be traced back to that time.
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by comprev 1y ago
Like walking around Venice - I spent more time retracing my steps than moving forward :)
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by comprev 1y ago
This tool [0] might help for pinning casks. [0] https://github.com/buo/homebrew-cask-upgrade
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by comprev 1y ago
Needs [2022] in the title
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by comprev 2y ago
Your last point is the most important skill a DJ needs to learn. Song selection is everything.
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by comprev 2y ago
Because of architectural decisions made a very long time ago (finance industry) and the potential risk of migrating to another platform.
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by comprev 2y ago
Tools in the pipelines detect and report on CVEs found. We block high/critical by default and the rest are given a deadline to be resolved in agreement with security.
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by comprev 2y ago
> The country's foreign ministry clarified the updated guidance doesn’t constitute an official travel warning to the US. Clickbait headline. Nothing has changed officially.
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by comprev 2y ago
Tax avoidance rather than evasion is what you’re after. Avoid the need to pay in the first place instead of taking evasive action for payments demanded ;-)
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by comprev 2y ago
I've had this test on LinkedIn for years now too. It helps me filter inbound mail more easily.
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by comprev 2y ago
icanhazip.com provides a similar service and has a good story behind it [0] [0] https://blog.apnic.net/2021/06/17/how-a-small-free-ip-tool-s...
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by comprev 2y ago
I'm sure some local laws in EU countries will restrict what data can reside outside their country. I think Germany is quite strict?
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by comprev 2y ago
Be open to changing your mind when others present different ideas and try to understand their thought process. Buy a rubber duck for your desk. They're very good listeners and often quite inspiring :)
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by comprev 2y ago
99.9% of software devs are likely in the same position as you. Good (but not exceptional) salary working with old/stable technologies that solve established business problems in a digital way. Working in high-load-kafka-like companies
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by comprev 2y ago
I've seen the opposite of this at a startup once in the streaming music industry. We _knew_ our "free trial for a month" was being abused by 500k+ users because the sign-up flow neither required a valid payment on file or em
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by comprev 2y ago
Somewhere here on HN a few years back there was a submission regarding a tear-down of the Apple Lightning to 3.5mm headphones adapter. The findings concluded the product was insanely good value for money and was on par with mid/high en
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by comprev 2y ago
This analogy doesn't work because women cannot accelerate the 9 months - mother nature has set the time period. Reducing the hours whilst retaining output is an efficiency improvement for the businesses. The 200 companies is simply a l
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by comprev 2y ago
When it comes to new positions the reduction in wages bill kicks in. Those employed during the transition phase benefit from full salary yet work 80% hours. New employees will get 100% for the four days they work while the company operates
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by comprev 2y ago
Rather cynically I see this as "Companies who continue to operate at 100% but with 20% less staff wages"
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by comprev 2y ago
It's not a case of stupidity but rather a judge's interpretation of current law as argued by a barrister. In a very simplified example, accountants have to follow the same tax laws for their clients. Some firms cost _significantl
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by comprev 2y ago
Needs (2016)
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by comprev 2y ago
To me Bandcamp has been the best thing since sliced bread - direct connection with artists/labels, high quality audio (in a dozen formats) and often the chance to buy physical media (I'm a vinyl person). Digital crate digging is o
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by comprev 2y ago
Bandcamp has a massive amount of _legal_ free / zero cost / €1 per album music if you spend the time digging. As a hobby DJ I really enjoy the digging aspect! Please don't be so quick to assume all music is pirated by those
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by comprev 2y ago
Not sure I agree with you about #4... religious groups prey on the vulnerable and you initiating contact is just heavenly for them.
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by comprev 2y ago
The business case I give is a website which has a predictable spike in traffic which tails off. In the UK we have a huge charity fundraising event called Red Nose Day and the public can donate online (or telephone if they want to speak to a
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by comprev 2y ago
Our CI pipelines can spin up some seriously meaty hardware, run some very resource intensive tests, and destroy the infrastructure when finished. Bonus points: they can do it with spot pricing to further lower the bill. The cloud offers im
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by comprev 2y ago
By good fortune I happen to join a multi-national organisation at the birth of our cloud migration strategy and quickly established myself as SME on IaC, pipelines, observability, etc. Now I'm tech lead in numerous cloud projects, hold

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