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by dirktheman 6y ago
Yes! To me, the iPhone 4 was the pinnacle of phone design and useability. I'd love to have a modern phone with a decent camera in this form factor. AR, NFC, wireless charging are cool, but I don't really NEED them. A decent camera
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by dirktheman 7y ago
Surviving in the wilderness for prolonged time is really, really hard. Even more so in a cold place like Siberia. Shows like Bear Grills are fun entertainment, but have little to do with actual survival. The show 'Alone' paints a
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by dirktheman 7y ago
Please don't. If you commit to a 48 hour workweek you're taking a loan on your future health. When that due date comes you'll pay it back with interest...
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by dirktheman 7y ago
To be fair, I've never been so cold than on a windy September day in SF. I'm from The Netherlands and we get the occasional cold spell in the winter, but the cold wind coming from the bay on what seemed to be a very nice, sunny da
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by dirktheman 7y ago
For all our 3 kids (youngest is 4 now), their favorite toys by far were either duplo (the electric train set is awesome!) or playmobil junior (not sure if they sell that in the US). Tangentially, these are also the only toys that survived t
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by dirktheman 7y ago
His job, his livelihood depends on a single terminal block/bad soldering & ducttape hackjob. I'm all for DIY solutions to unique problems, but this is just plain stupid. It's only a matter of time before that thing sets o
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by dirktheman 7y ago
In The Netherlands you can, as long as you comply with a number of rules (hours worked per year, number of clients, turnover). You have to send invoices, but can't charge VAT since you're not a business but a private person. I&#x2
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by dirktheman 7y ago
I use Zapier to automatically invest monthly savings (our bank has an API and Zapier integration). Didn't come up with this myself, but here's how it works: https://medium.com/@petervandoorn92/how-i-automated-
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by dirktheman 7y ago
I have 3 TP-Link EAP-245 access points, an Omada Cloud Controller and a simple 8-ports POE switch. The coverage and stability is up to par with the Unifi AP-AC-PRO and software is pretty good, also. I can highly recommend them: much lower p
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by dirktheman 7y ago
Launching people into space is one thing, but to land them on the moon and get them back safely is infinately harder. 2024? Not going to happen, it's impossible.
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by dirktheman 7y ago
I'd be willing to bet that MOST people who take out 7 year car loans don't invest half of their interest rates in stocks that average at 8% or higher...
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by dirktheman 7y ago
Same here. I usually get 10-15 year old Japanese cars, and I'm fairly capable of identifying major flaws during a test ride. I spend 2500-3000 euros on the car, and another 500-1000 to get it sorted. Our last family car, a Mitsubishi G
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by dirktheman 7y ago
Niland, a.k.a. 'Slab City' is a ghost town on the edge of the Salton Sea. People who live there are all outsiders who live in huts or RVs.
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by dirktheman 7y ago
Yep. I'm Dutch, we've been converting sea to land since the early middle ages. Considering the technology at hand at that time, colonizing Mars is even somewhat comparable.
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by dirktheman 7y ago
If I would know that my MD is using a free, cloud based, ad-supported platform to keep my health records I'd be rather ticked off...
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by dirktheman 7y ago
Our iPad 2 (bought new in 2011) is still being used on a daily basis by our kids. Battery life is still more than sufficient and it's not too slow to run some games, YouTube or Netflix. I think it's the longest we've done wit
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by dirktheman 7y ago
Dutch toilets rule! Unfortunately you see them less and less...
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by dirktheman 7y ago
Who's playing fetch with who, then...?
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by dirktheman 7y ago
To quote a well-known Dutch hotel/restaurant owner: "They'll eat me poor but drink me rich". The margin on the food may be thin, but drink margins are usually more like 75-100%.
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by dirktheman 7y ago
These are actually fairly common, I have this one: https://www.kiwi-electronics.nl/din-rail-raspberry-pi-behuiz...
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by dirktheman 7y ago
This. I did consulting for a while and sales people don't seem to understand the amount of time, money and effort it costs to switch software suites. Sure, your product does x better and is cheaper, but the current suite is painstaking
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by dirktheman 7y ago
That sounds awful... having that much cash is nice, but it cost him seeing his children grow up and having a good relationship with them right now. When you're fresh out of grad school I can imagine the thought process of grinding it o
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by dirktheman 7y ago
Let's turn this around: why would they invite you? What makes your application stand out from the dozens/hundreds similar applications they receive every day? Were you top of your class? Do you have specific domain knowledge? Do y
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by dirktheman 7y ago
I'm staggered by the mysogyny in this thread. A good relationship isn't based on how attractive you are, how much money you make or whether you behave arrogant or not. This implies that women are helpless, will-less creatures that
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by dirktheman 7y ago
There are several smart switches that don't require null wires, Xiami Aqara for instance, or Shelly.
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by dirktheman 7y ago
This is somewhat of a concern to me: I can imagine a distant future where one of the great mysteries would be the rise and fall of literacy, since almost no written communication is left and computers and the internet are long forgotten, ob
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by dirktheman 7y ago
A crippling financial crisis, an unpopular war and a crook for president...
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by dirktheman 7y ago
No similar experience, but as a father of 3 I wish you all the strenghth in the world... One word of support: it has been my experience that kids are incredibly resilient. They 'bounce back' so much easier from serious and/or
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by dirktheman 7y ago
Sure, but not many people would knowingly and willingly enter a long URL in their browser. The ease of use and simplicity of QR codes (just point your camera!) is what makes them a potential risk, IMHO.
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by dirktheman 7y ago
I like the functionality of QR codes, but the fact that they're not human readeable makes them unsafe. It would'nt be unthinkable to make a QR-code, paste it over an existing one (for instance: the QR code in the bar to pay for a

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