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by elchief 10y ago
Powershell drove me to Mac
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by elchief 10y ago
jTDS doesn't seem to support figuring out parameter types from a statement, but the MS one does, so we use that instead
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by elchief 10y ago
I was suggesting that his thinking was outdated
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by elchief 10y ago
So cynical...give it 6 months
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by elchief 10y ago
Ya if you stand at Georgia and Denman on a clear evening, say 9 PM, 3/4 of the West End will have lights on, and 1/4 of Coal Harbour will. It's a ghost town.
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by elchief 10y ago
it's 1% of the previous year's assessed value. $10,000 was an example http://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/vancouver-introduces-empty...
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by elchief 10y ago
It's not a criminal trial. The burden of proof is low and the onus is on the homeowner, not the city. So if the city decides your property is vacant, you can go ahead and prove you were there, or you pay up.
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by elchief 10y ago
Apple, maybe, actually fights for your privacy, while Lenovo definitely exploits it for money. Is there a secure enclave chip in Lenovo? Do you really trust their firmware?
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by elchief 10y ago
Or a $200 donation to their fave charity
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by elchief 10y ago
Nor have most poor Mexicans I assume
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by elchief 10y ago
Is a little more structured and upfront than others I've seen
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by elchief 10y ago
I'm curious whether Canada/US revert to the older FTA if NAFTA goes away...
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by elchief 10y ago
Ban Western Union "send money back to family in Mexico" payments until Mexico agrees to pay for the wall: https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/Pay_for_the_Wall.pdf
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by elchief 10y ago
I suggested dropping a law for every new law on here a year or so back and it was surprisingly popular Here's the link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9740748
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by elchief 10y ago
Though not really in Vancouver
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by elchief 10y ago
Not until April 20th 2017 (Canada)
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by elchief 10y ago
This guy avoids saturated fats and egg yolks too
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by elchief 10y ago
I made myself admin and my dad a regular user so he'd stop installing malware. So he threw out his computer and bought another one...
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by elchief 10y ago
No. I need Excel and I need the unix shell. Calc + DataPilot doesn't cut it when it needs to. I abandoned Windows a while ago and have been much happier since. My 2015 MBP is the best computer I've owned. It's cool. It's
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by elchief 10y ago
Sure but it wouldn't be that hard for them to keep macbook pro "pro", and it makes them money and earns them maven users
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by elchief 10y ago
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers (market cap $5B) in beautiful Vancouver, is hiring a Senior Business Intelligence Analyst: https://rbauction.taleo.net/careersection/rb_ex/jobdetail.ft... ONSITE. Interview process is one-
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by elchief 10y ago
I got a Macbook Pro 2 months ago. Was dreading the announcement as I thought I might have buyer's remorse. Nope.
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by elchief 10y ago
Macbook Pro should be for people like me, and people editing HD video, and creating deep learning tools and running 12-node security network labs. Also, MBPs are expensive, but long lasting. People use them for 5 years. 16 GB will be nothin
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by elchief 10y ago
Data mining. My mom just sends emails but inherited my old computer...
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by elchief 10y ago
I'm okay with the ports but 16 GB max RAM is a f-in joke. My mom's computer has 16 GB of RAM
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by elchief 10y ago
HTTP 405 on http://flights.airwander.com/api/v1/currencies.json Origin http://airwander.com is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin
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by elchief 10y ago
Yubikey + Chrome solves this. You should get two though. Register both. Put one somewhere very safe, like a safe-deposit box.
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by elchief 10y ago
Can someone make a super-low energy, classic looking watch with GPS? For people with Alzheimer's / Dementia. Could make a kids version too. They have GPS watches, but the battery seems to last maybe a day or two. My dad isn't
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by elchief 10y ago
Or maybe it was a distraction while they did some nasty stuff we'll hear about (or not) on Monday... Big linux vuln announced day before, right?
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by elchief 10y ago
So cynical It's a small but useful step forward toward a very cool future

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