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by djfergus 3y ago
Fascinating, please tell us more? My muscle memory is tied to keyboards and multiple windows so I just couldn’t get productive on an iPad and found the 12.9 a bit heavy and awkward for a couch computer. I see where the money went: M2, amazi
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by djfergus 3y ago
I thought the compromise they agreed on for Hey was to provide a 14 day random email address to use on iOS (addressing the app review issue of “no functionality without external account”). If they didn’t do this for the calendar app then DH
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by djfergus 3y ago
Backblaze have just given super micro and dell a fantastic customer reference- hoping they got a huge discount in exchange. Dell/Supermicro sales guys: “look even the experts who build their own pods buy our servers”
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by djfergus 3y ago
Can anyone recommend a benchmark suite that can profile desktop performance across these old distributions? I find performance heavily dependent on specific quirks eg puppy Linux running from ram (great), zero optimisation of the woeful gma
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by djfergus 3y ago
FYI Binance Australia had their banking removed from 1 June. Screws are tightning globally. Assuming coinbase gets taken down too, do Americans have any options left to convert their crypto to fiat? Or do they need to perform offshore trans
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by djfergus 4y ago
Same for Malaysia
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by djfergus 5y ago
Q: What spectrum does AWS Private 5G support? By default, AWS Private 5G uses shared spectrum like Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) in the US.
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by djfergus 5y ago
Five9 | Austin, TX | Onsite (preferred) or REMOTE (USA only) | Full Time | Dialogflow Engineer Five9 is the leading provider of cloud contact center software. My team consults and builds conversational AI for customer self service. We are g
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by djfergus 6y ago
Five9 | Austin, TX | Onsite (preferred) or REMOTE (USA only) | Full Time | Dialogflow Engineer Five9 is the leading provider of cloud contact center software. My team consults and builds conversational AI for customer self service. We are g
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by djfergus 6y ago
Five9 | Austin, TX | ONSITE | Full Time | Professional Services Engineers Five9 is the leading provider of cloud contact center software. My team consults and builds conversational AI for customer self service. We are growing fast and looki
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by djfergus 6y ago
Looks like this was a POC: https://www.itnews.com.au/news/qlds-translink-to-pilot-nfc-t... Tender documents: https://qtenders.hpw.qld.gov.au/qtenders/tender/display/tend...
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WhiteSource Acquires Renovate to Automate Dependency Updates(devops.com)
4 points by djfergus 7y ago|0 comments
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by djfergus 7y ago
Why doesn't Robinhood just close the positions? I'm pretty sure you could try something similar at any broker (write options, use the premium to buy on margin, rinse repeat), not all will block the trades but they do an account ex
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by djfergus 7y ago
What a fascinating concept. Makes me feel out of touch with consumers these days, I'd have imagined the appeal of this would be very low but since the Panic team has a great track record and volume manufacturing is not cheap I guess th
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by djfergus 7y ago
Yes, exactly - its a concession to drivers that Uber never offered. Its one small factor (plus Uber's open hostility to taxis) that I believe gave Grab an edge in the regulatory negotiations. When taxis and overzealous regulators wante
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by djfergus 7y ago
I'm based in Malaysia, here are some of my observations: 1) Grab treated drivers better than Uber - e.g. the Grab app displays the destination so drivers who don't want to go far out of their way or into congestion can reject fare
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by djfergus 8y ago
I'm surprised Magic Lantern hasn't been sued out of existence by Canon. Canon is notorious for holding back simple software features from entry-level cameras to price differentiate. Customisable firmware is a threat to their busin
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by djfergus 8y ago
There are similar efforts afoot for Sony cameras but have never reached the level of Magic Lantern. e.g https://www.dyxum.com/dforum/emount-electronic-protocol-reve... https://sony-pmca.appspot.com/apps
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by djfergus 8y ago
"Apple appears to be using the HTTP/2 protocol only as a mechanism to maintain persistent connections, passing empty HEADERS frames to open new streams. This breaks section 8.2.1 of the HTTP/2 specification. We work around th
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by djfergus 8y ago
But then the article states that they do non-standard/non-compliant things with HTTP/2 so they are using modified or new stacks...
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by djfergus 8y ago
Agreed, regardless of your own playlist and album library you are pushed regional generic lists. Also Spotify will start pushing its podcasts more in app since as per the article there are better profits available - so expect it be slower a
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by djfergus 8y ago
>> They provide as much of a sanity check for enterprise/commercial IT decision making as a customer desires. Exactly. No-one gets fired for buying the vendor in the top-right corner of a Gartner matrix... I'm also amused by
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by djfergus 9y ago
Can't ISPs just monitor the DNS protocol and still gather a list of all sites you visit?
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by djfergus 10y ago
My understanding was that the Sony lenses were so big due to the high quality required for the high resolutions (e.g. 42MP A7Rii). If you were happy with less resolution or a centre crop you could build a far smaller lens...
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by djfergus 10y ago
They already do - Canon EOM-M and Nikon J(?). They have a different native lens mount but adapters are available for legacy glass. I think they reviewed poorly against more dedicated mirrorless manufacturers. Reminds me of the Porsche Boxst
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by djfergus 10y ago
This. Also note that the E-M1 has phase detect auto-focus built into the sensor (I think the top Sony mirrorless do too?). This is the tech leap that will close the gap between AF speed.
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by djfergus 10y ago
The best mirrorless cameras have phase-detect AF built into the sensors - not yet up there with the best of DSLRs but getting there. Also you can adapt any 35mm film DSLR lens to almost any mirrorless due to the short flange distance (betwe
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by djfergus 10y ago
Very different, URH assumes you have the 1's and 0's and wish to decode the protocol. gnuradio is more about implementing and decoding known protocols and interfacing to rx/tx hardware.
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by djfergus 10y ago
Great comment, thanks for the details on the specific tech - this is rarely captured in the regular "just replace Oracle with PGSQL" threads on HN. I think you can add to this the fact that Oracle has been hardening the platform a
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DDOS Disorientation(128technology.com)
3 points by djfergus 10y ago|0 comments

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