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by dragonsky67 5y ago
I think the point that the article was making is that if you don't use a framework, even if you make your own, then you can select the libraries you are using by how supported they are. The other point about building your own "fra
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
One of the things that seems to be missed a lot of the time is the cost of cybersecurity policies, tools and the workarounds users are forced to use to circumvent cybersecurity policies. Password change policies - say no more, virus checker
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
Some of the best hospital clients I've had have been doctors who are smart enough to understand that info tech knowledge is almost as important to them as medical knowledge. If you spend the time with them to advise on how to best imp
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
Is a good point and much what I thought was going on. So your choices are, put up with it, with potential health problems for older/infirm people, rebuild to suit the new normal, or add an AC which hopefully is running from renewables
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
Just interested in what temperatures have risen to that you need an AC? I also understand that buildings in normally colder climates are optimised to keep warm so that if things get hotter in general they are not going to cope well so an AC
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
I Hated this movie. The level of discomfort it engendered was off the scale. The depiction of the political and media is so close to reality that I ended up fast forwarding through it and at this point have paused watching as continuing is
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
I'm amazed that people always seem to link restriction on encryption and guns. Encryption has a legitimate use in normal society, guns (apart from sport) are a tool applicable to a specific subset of society, easy to misuse or accident
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
From the outside, it looks to me like any time the US is involved in another country, you just have to follow the money. The US never does anything for altruistic reasons, it's always to their benefit. I'm always nervous when our
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
You could give them a phone and ask them to call you when they get to the bus stop. Consequences of not calling you would be them getting board and having to wait for you to arrive.
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
But the question remains, why do you need to know where they are? Is it concern for their safety, is it concern that they are doing something you may not approve of? I'm fairly old so my experience of tracking kids is limited but I a
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
I'm interested, wouldn't continuous monitoring absolutely kill the phones battery?
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
and you sir would be correct.. bad spelling on my part and even worse spell check on my browsers.
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
Yeah, we seem to contract second level support from the lowest bidder. Tick, we have a support contract, regardless of how dubious it's value.
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
Except that a lot of our Government buildings were built in the 1970s and are totally reliant upon HVAC which even in the cooler months may struggle with getting enough air flow. (Cooler months, average temp about 23 deg C). I'm sure
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
Australian Team, We get $20 per day (pre tax) oncall allowance, then time and 1/2 for any work done, time calculated to when you can go back to doing what you were previously. Generally works out to a minimum of 30 minutes overtime f
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
In Australia it's just confusing. Black Friday was named after devastating bush fires in 1938-39 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_bushfires . Any Friday that has bad bushfires on it tends to pick up the
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
One of the things that becomes obvious as I gain experience, is that I actually think I know less. As I gain experience the number of things that I could know something about seems to increase at an exponential rate, but my knowledge still
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
I think this is a wonderful project being worked on by dedicated people who are taking the shortcomings of the technology and creating something amazing. Like anything art, the value is in the joy of the creator. The consumer of course has
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
Depends on how you use your car. I travel long distances in very remote areas and am very invested in knowing that my mechanic has done their job well. I really don't want to end up on the side of the road waiting potentially days f
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
Yeah, don't treat them like they are idiots just because they are not domain experts.. Listen to them and educate them if they want to learn. Don't blame them for not knowing something, that's your job. In short, don't
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
There is a whole world there I do not know and don't really want to. What a strange world we live in.
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
I think you have a strange view of freedom in Australia. We'd have to be one of the more free countries around. Yep, there are some laws that you would see as draconian, but are you offended because they actually impact you, or are the
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
23 years and counting... I've taken one block of 6 months long service leave (1/2 pay) and will be taking another block of a couple of years. It all depends upon what your priorities are. Mine are working to live, with a minimum
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
I enjoy taking my month (20 days) off each year. I even have the opportunity to double it and take it at half pay if it suits. Work to live, not live to work.
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
Well what does it mean? the words are pretty plain and clear. I've never worked in a place with a unlimited PTO policy, so I have no idea what it means and would need clarification. Most of us work in technology and understand that i
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
Of course we got rid of slavery many years ago... We just call it different things now.
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
How can it be abuse? If 2 months leave is part of package then surely it's up to them how they use it. You wouldn't criticize them for using all the money they get paid would you?
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
I would find not having defined benefits extremely uncomfortable. Saying that you have unlimited paid leave when that is obviously untrue and leaves the policy open for abuse by both employee and employer. I'm sure the example stating
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
Wow, unless you happen to know that the Sea of Tranquility is on the moon (seas on the moon, no way), then you are well on your way to believing that Armstrong is relaxing on a Martian beach....
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
TLDR - Kids who want to learn to program already have access to the tools to do this... It's just that most kids don't want to learn to program. Wasn't this what the One Laptop Per Child (OTLP) project was trying to achieve?

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