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by fyfy18 8y ago
The more I read about this, the more it seems likely the next big architecture could come from an aliance between Apple and Intel (similar to how PowerPC was owned). Although Apple are big on ARM, I can’t see them completely abandoning x86
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by fyfy18 8y ago
You can do this via iCloud too (through the browser).
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by fyfy18 8y ago
Will be interesting to see what Apple does about this in their next software update. I can’t imagine many people will be happy if the next software update forcibly disables hyper threading. (For those who aren’t familiar with Apple devices,
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by fyfy18 8y ago
As an employer, if you had to choose between two candidates, one of whom was harder working, much more likely to stay long term, had more experience, and was cheaper, which one would you choose? Some of those points you can’t do much about,
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by fyfy18 8y ago
Are the four popovers I had to click through to get to the article really necesary? - Notice about updated privacy policy - GDPR opt-out (where the ‘No’ button is hidden on the next screen) - Chat system - Banner ad for an event
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by fyfy18 8y ago
In the enterprise (what the Thinkpad range targets), it’s still pretty common.
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by fyfy18 8y ago
Could you elaborate more on your workouts? And how well it’s working out?
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by fyfy18 8y ago
> A lot of things that go on at big companies are dumb - but so many people there have no context for knowing one way or another, they think it's normal. What they are 'learning' is bad behaviours and some things on course
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by fyfy18 8y ago
You may be interested to know that Heroku exposes all PostgreSQL databases publically, and unless you are an enterprise customer there is no way to turn that ‘feature’ off: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/connecti
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by fyfy18 8y ago
Build quality of Thinkpads is usually a lot better than Apple in terms of robustness, and if something breaks it is usually easy to replace just the part that’s broken (Lenovo offer on-site repair option for most machines). This is their te
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by fyfy18 8y ago
> they are almost as casual as taking your laptop to Starbucks and they seem to go out of their way to provide distractions from work too I tried my first WeWork here in London a month ago, and this is exactly how it felt to me. Maybe th
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by fyfy18 8y ago
They are pretty popular in London for the last mile commute - it’s faster than a bus, and easier to transport on trains and store than a bike.
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by fyfy18 8y ago
Was it in the 70s you went? All European countries now have indoor smoking bans, mostly for a decade or more. Some countries still let you smoke in bars and restaurants, but nowhere allows you to smoke inside a supermarket.
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by fyfy18 8y ago
I like the idea of Pi-hole but I had the same thing, even though I was running it on a VM much more powerful than a Raspberry Pi.
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by fyfy18 8y ago
For comparison, on London Underground the escalators are refurbished every 20 years, and replaced every 40 years. https://tfl.gov.uk/campaign/tube-improvements/behind-the-sce...
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by fyfy18 8y ago
> for this reason they are mainly used where the price and power efficiency outweighs the limited visibilty I always thought these lamps were inefficient, which is why they are being replaced with LEDs, but apparently they output up to 2
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by fyfy18 8y ago
Phones are my biggest complaint - not mine as all sounds have been turned off, but everyone else’s. You get a sound when you receive a message, when you unlock it, when you type a message and when you send a message. It’s just so pointless
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by fyfy18 8y ago
You joke, but I believe I read something about the CIA hiring a lot of Amish. Compared to the general population, their priorities are different meaning it’s a lot harder to corrupt them. Unfortunately I can’t find any citations (maybe it w
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by fyfy18 8y ago
This how I feel about Uber Eats drivers in my local McDonalds. There’s usually 6-8 at a time, so at busy times there are often not any tables spare.
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by fyfy18 8y ago
I’m usually a cold lover, but this summer I’ve had to suck it up. I’ve been working in London, UK in an office where it’s usually above 25c (no proper AC and south facing windows) and my apartment is often the same temperature when I go to
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by fyfy18 8y ago
There’s also the 1Password X browser extension.
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by fyfy18 8y ago
Feel free to send them this way. I’m currently working at a startup where the CEO is the product owner/manager, as well as doing all the CEO duties. A good PM would be a dream come true right now.
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by fyfy18 8y ago
I believe US carriers have began to shutdown their 2G network, so 3G is a requirement. Most of these dumb phones only have 2G hardware though. I’m not sure why the EU hasn’t done the same though.
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by fyfy18 8y ago
I switched from a MacBook Air to a similarly spec’ed (4260U vs 5200U) Thinkpad a couple of months ago, and noticed a vast performance difference when playing games. When playing games the processor gets up to 85C, but doesn’t throttle. It’s
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by fyfy18 8y ago
London has a pretty big problem with raw sewage flowing into the Thames too, fortunately it’s not used as drinking water source though. Each year at least 40m litres of untreated sewage flows into the Thames in London, as the Victoria sewer
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by fyfy18 8y ago
Good luck reading a scientific paper on your phone without lots of zooming and scrolling around.
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by fyfy18 8y ago
Kind of related, but does anyone have good software for dealing with PDFs? Any important letters (or something I may want to refer back to later) I scan and email to myself. I used Evernote previously, the nice part is it OCRs the PDF so I
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by fyfy18 8y ago
In Victorian England, utility buildings had rather elaborate designs. Abbey Mills Pumping Station is one of the most elaborate, but a lot of 19th and early 20th century utility buildings have a lot more style than those built today. https:
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by fyfy18 8y ago
This is no different than when Microsoft got hit by fines and was forced to include the browser chooser. You were still free to install Firefox or Linux, but the issue was that the defaults on new PCs used Microsoft products, and most peopl
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by fyfy18 8y ago
Here in London the docked bike scheme - currently called Santander Cycles, over their main sponsor - have been going since 2010. Last year 17% of its operating costs came from public funding, but most came from sales and sponsorship. The bi

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