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by dwd 6y ago
I used to infuriate one development manager by going on a streak of productivity where I'd generate a mass of code over a matter of days, and then go quiet while I was thinking, trialing and tinkering with the next project - this was i
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by dwd 6y ago
It really comes down to personality. Highly creative people generally rank low on conscientiousness. Organisations as they grow need ALL their employees to be conscientious: organised, punctual, goal-oriented, accountable - to not just to
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by dwd 6y ago
Yeah, your right. I added in that disease is historically thought of something that you catch (and hopefully get over). Conditions can also be categorised as chronic which would be that permanent state of you have it, deal with it.
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by dwd 6y ago
It is semantics but then words matter if you're the one affected - having the doctor say you have a condition would be better than having a disease. I guess it depends on your definition of disease, which is technically broad in the li
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by dwd 6y ago
They all have two aspects, the cause and the disease it triggers. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus like AIDS is caused by HIV. It gets complicated where they don't know or understand the cause like a lot of autoim
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by dwd 6y ago
There are some Brazilian researchers in the process of mapping the whole genome of some samples collected and frozen back in November 2019 that they believe to be SARS-CoV-2. It will be interesting to see how that compares to a Wuhan sample
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by dwd 6y ago
I would consider the final evolutionary jump to not have been at the wet market, but the virology lab where someone who works with the bat virus caught the one in circulation worldwide - this more deadly virus broke out in Wuhan because tha
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by dwd 6y ago
Some pseudo elements, a gradient and some transforms and you can do some really cool stuff. Highly recommend learning how to use these effectively: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/backgro
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by dwd 6y ago
https://caniuse.com/ is also invaluable to check whether the cool CSS feature is actually supported. it's very much today's quirksmode.com. Once upon a time I would have recommended Eric Meyer's CSS Definitiv
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by dwd 6y ago
https://xkcd.com/927/ Backwards compatibility support will always require adding on new ways to do things and not removing stuff. I personally find flexboxes frustrating at times and tend to limit my usage to non-grid
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by dwd 6y ago
Political news. G! does a better job of pushing smaller regional papers and more left/right leaning outlets and blogs down the rankings so the mainstream media gets more of a look in.
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by dwd 6y ago
Anytime I'm jimmying something open with a screwdriver I can't help think of this story and how crazy dangerous holding two hemispheres of plutonium apart with a screwdriver really is.
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by dwd 6y ago
I flew on one of the early 747SP Sydney to Los Angeles flights in April 1984 which was only feasible because of this amazing aircraft. The London to Hong Kong leg of that trip with a stop-over at Dubai and the amazing run into Kai Tak airpo
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by dwd 6y ago
Trust is a loaded concept. What people trust is generally what fits their worldview which is increasingly reinforced by the filter bubbles provided by tech companies. The increasing polarisation and tribalism is made worse by the traditiona
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by dwd 6y ago
You also need a competent project management team (backed by contract lawyers) that can push back. The QLD Health payroll system debacle that ended up costing 1.2b is a good case of how not to negotiate and deal with one of the big 4 contra
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by dwd 6y ago
The same could be said for radio, whether Orson Wells "Alien Invasion" broadcast or the multitude of April 1st jokes that got out of hand.
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by dwd 6y ago
There are similar products that generate water as a byproduct of airconditioning (which is a must in a desert climate). I know some guys that are selling these in the Middle East and mining operations in the Aus outback. https://
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by dwd 6y ago
Except the UI guys chewed through 2 months in elapsed time getting the design approved and across the line and you now have to compress the 3 months you told them you would need into one to meet the delivery date management had in mind.
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by dwd 6y ago
Essentially the same in that an electric guitar is a few pieces of wood with some hardware and electronics. How well those pieces are put together and the quality and specs of each component makes the difference. The type and grade of wood
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by dwd 6y ago
Fender owns Squire so it will be essentially the same guitar but made from cheaper wood and cheaper components. Back in the 80s I bought a Charvel (Japanese) as I couldn't afford a Jackson (US made) - the cheaper Floyd Rose tremolo was
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by dwd 6y ago
Any issues with moisture? I find most things I freeze end up with condensation freezing inside the bag, which isn't going to be good for the coffee. I could imagine it going moldy within days of defrosting with the local humidity.
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by dwd 6y ago
Same: My manual expresso machine at home has always been better than the fully automatic in the office, and I usually have an extra cup because I enjoy it more. Stocked up on extra beans as well the other day in anticipation of it all going
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by dwd 6y ago
None of this really seems to be just COBOL's fault. COBOL is a compiled language, so once compiled into machine language it doesn't matter as long as it runs. I would be looking more at what hardware its on which is probably some
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by dwd 6y ago
I had to switch on my camera for a video call for the first time yesterday. (I can usually get around it and do audio only) Removed the piece of electrical tape I had over the camera to find the image was completely blurry from the glue. Go
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by dwd 6y ago
I thought the Cobra maneuver was a Russian trademark, just not something you should try in a Tu-144.
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by dwd 6y ago
I never wore sunscreen in my youth and pretty sure that's going to come back for me eventually. Everyone was doing Reef Sun Tan oil before the ozone hole days and Slip, Slop, Slap (I'm Australian) which was basically basting youse
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by dwd 6y ago
BAC I believe was private (though merged) firm until it became British Aerospace (later renamed to BAE Systems). Have to check on that though. I also immediately spotted the oversight of the T-144 which was enough to give up reading the ar
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by dwd 6y ago
It also flew before the Concorde, but we can't have inconvenient facts like that in the middle of a cold war. From my childhood I was under the impression that it was a rip-off copy like the Buran.
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by dwd 6y ago
Melanomas are pretty drastic because they'll quickly spread cancer throughout your body, and require chemotherapy to prevent you from dying if not detected early enough. More common you can get carcinomas that doctors prefer to cut out
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by dwd 6y ago
Same. Had a SCC cut out where my hair is thinning above my forehead back in March, but the lockdown put a hold on finding and trying out a nice felt hat - still a month off having to go back into the office. I wonder if there's a notic

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