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811.
by dwd 7y ago
For anyone contemplating reading Kierkegaard for the first time I would highly recommend starting with his journals. Reading his daily thoughts, his love of walks, his relationship with Regine and his multitude of feuds with the newspapers
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by dwd 7y ago
I don't get asked about working with Microsoft Access that often, except when it comes to interfacing an online store with a POS or Accounting system. MYOB Retail Manager, which you will find in many bricks & mortar stores as their
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by dwd 7y ago
It's not a lie (as that statement is possibly true), but it is a deception as it doesn't tell the whole story. "So, what I told you was true... from a certain point of view." I think we'll find that their numbers ar
814.
by dwd 7y ago
It's one step as they gradually move Instagram to a place where they can effectively monetise everything, rather than it being open and free. I think where they're heading is to monetise reach, so for anyone posting they will have
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by dwd 7y ago
This seems to be a standard dark pattern used by Google. You can never assume setting "I want this to happen" is all you need to do, as there is often a non-obvious "I don't want this to happen" setting that is more
816.
by dwd 7y ago
An interesting case is Firefox Focus which passes all the anti-tracking but fails completely on the fingerprint where you're totally unique (1/200000)
817.
by dwd 7y ago
Even better if they are right where the customers are. This would be awesome if they can make it work: https://www.arup.com/projects/bendigo-underground-pumped-hyd...
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by dwd 7y ago
A uniquely Australian vehicle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmGfLFF6O9M
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by dwd 7y ago
When I read ute I was expecting to see something like an electric Maloo, not a 4x4. It's really only since the demise of Ford and Holden in recent years that "ute" has been used to describe an American-style pickup like a For
820.
by dwd 7y ago
They are also leaders in utilising vehicle automation with many mines operating self-driving dump trucks with minimal remote supervision.
821.
by dwd 7y ago
The problem is they are too big to fail: Not having a third-party offering real-time credit checks would tank our debt-driven world economy. The Government at every level are also customers. Having the Government nationalise them could be a
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by dwd 7y ago
The skepticism in the PC was well dead by the 90s. I had access to BBC micros in the early 80s and my own C64 in '84. Two years later and I was using WordStar on a PC to type all my school assignments and learning MsDOS BASICA, Turtle
823.
by dwd 7y ago
There are some interesting user comments like one guy who talked up Google Search compared to Yahoo and AOL and how it gave you what you wanted and sent you on your way and didn't try to keep you on site indefinitely. How things change
824.
by dwd 7y ago
This was an interesting article on her from the weekend: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/oct/20/from-... She's get my respect as she genuinely seems to want to make a difference, not
825.
by dwd 7y ago
The origin stories should be taken with a grain of salt, but that we have cougar-sized ferals is well recorded. There was a Gippsland feral killed and DNA tested that was half as big again as a record-sized domestic cat. https://
826.
by dwd 7y ago
The minimalist approach of the matpakke is probably a lot better for parents and childrens' mental health and stress levels. Peer pressure is an unfortunate reality in society but so counter-productive. Saw a similar thing with birthda
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by dwd 7y ago
Personal story, the first I ever heard of big cats living in the Grampians, Victoria was after coming back from a lone morning hike up Boronia Peak overlooking Halls Gap. I would have been around 14 at the time and told some of the adults b
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by dwd 7y ago
I would probably recommend reading Human All Too Human, The Gay Science and Thus Spoke Zarathustra before Beyond Good and Evil. You kind of need to get into his train of thought to appreciate what he's getting at.
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by dwd 7y ago
As far as buying lunch my weakness is Japanese curry. There's something addictive about it I just can't pinpoint. Otherwise a loaf of bread, a block of cheese and fresh ground black pepper and I'm done for the whole week. I&#
830.
by dwd 7y ago
We know Emmental as "Swiss" cheese and it is a lot more common than Jarlsberg. "Tasty" cheddar is far and away the most popular with Swiss being the other cheese you might get to choose from if you bought a sandwich in a
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by dwd 7y ago
Australian here: Cheese and Vegemite (yeast extract) sandwiches are what a lot of people grew up having for their school lunches. My kids like it because it's quick to eat. For the Norwegians, is Jarlsberg your typical cheese in a mat
832.
by dwd 7y ago
Anyone growing up in Australia in the 80s would remember the "Do the Right Thing" TV ads. I think they were quite effective in making littering socially unacceptable, along with the threat of a fine.
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by dwd 7y ago
The only time I ever really noticed litter in Japan was in Ueno Park during Sakura. There's a good chance it was tourists as they had brought in skip bins that were all overflowing to the point where the skip was sitting in a mound of
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by dwd 7y ago
If you enjoy Goethe, have a read of La Rochefoucauld's maxims which preceded Goethe by a century. "Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them."
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by dwd 7y ago
There was nothing nice about the WTC twin towers. They were impressive for their height but the architecture wasn't so much brutalist, but stark utiltarian with about as much warmth as a multi-level carpark. Buildings like the Gherkin
836.
by dwd 7y ago
Great to see 1 Bligh St, Sydney in the list. It's a fantastic building on the inside with the central attrium going right to the roof. While a lot of people seem to hate it, I actually like 1 William St in Brisbane.
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by dwd 7y ago
I think most recommendations are to get 4-5 sleep cycles a night, so the actual elapsed time will vary for individuals. The problem with chronic sleep deprivation is that you miss one or more cycles, It's like if you washed your clothe
838.
by dwd 7y ago
Maybe just walk through a doorway? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-walking-throu... It would be an interesting experiment to think on a problem, then swap to a different office and see if that gives you
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by dwd 7y ago
I can fall asleep quickly, but I would also fit into the definition of chronically sleep deprived. (4 1/2 or 6 hours each night, sometimes only 3 hours) I never use an alarm and rely on daylight to wake up. You could try all those medi
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by dwd 7y ago
I was there in May and did end up going in a circle the first time at Shibuya and finding myself back at the viewing area overlooking the crossing after just following the ramps. The stairs down were quite easy to miss. Once you know to kee

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