james_in_the_uk

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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
I have an Asus chromebox running this which has been solid as a rock for many years now.
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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
English common law of contact is alive and kicking. Source: Chitty on Contracts
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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
Yes it was straightforward. The documentation makes it sound more complex to implement than I remember it being.
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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
Our content is in html format but stored inside a MSSQL database. It worked out of the box for me. I don't think that Manticore comes with a crawler; if you need this you'd have to implement it yourself. I did find this just:
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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
I used Manticore to implement full text search on a legal journal’s website. It has worked brilliantly for several years now. Recommended.
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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
TL;DR - software author implements TOS with some vague language. Someone loosely affiliated with F-Droid complains it doesn’t meet F-Droid’s inclusion standards. Author confirms F-Droid is free to remove it if they wish.
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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
b2 or not b2, is that the question?
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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
Target market = people who: (I) like to play computer games (II) haven’t already invested in hardware and a library (II) aren’t sensitive to latency. Not exactly surprising that it didn’t take off.
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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
“My company will provide dogs with advanced cyborg capabilities“ RoboFidos.com
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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
I suffered with this at the start of my career. I am a lawyer so it was not ideal. People want to ask a question and get an answer. I found that it was being put on the spot that flustered me. I learned to respond by saying: "That&#
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Do you need to change your accent to get a top job?(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by james_in_the_uk 4y ago|0 comments
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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
As someone who receives lots of questions as a core part of my job, often concurrently via multi async comms channels, my biggest challenge is controlling cognitive load so I can be efficient and effective. Having a spot of politeness in th
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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
Perhaps Krebs has chosen to move on with his life. Defending litigation is often expensive, distracting and stressful, even if you think you have a strong case. The law isn't necessarily always as pugilistic as Hollywood might lead yo
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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
Agree with this. Perhaps it's my British sensibilities, but I find it rude when people launch straight in.
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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
If a tree falls in a forest ...
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CMA consults on its provisional clearance of NortonLifeLock/Avast merger(scl.org)
1 points by james_in_the_uk 4y ago|0 comments
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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
Yes we have a special protocol for time-wasters ;)
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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
Alternative headline: Insufficiently clear IP releases mean AT&T not willing to take risk of distributing copyrighted music just to pad out a CD-ROM.
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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
If you are doing something that isn't significantly risky and isn't identified by policy as likely to give rise to a significant risk, then you don't need to ask a company lawyer. If you ask them anyway, it might take a while
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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
“ Another thing to keep in mind is accessibility increases access for everyone, including non-disabled users. “ Haben Girma: https://habengirma.com/transcripts/wwdc_2016.txt
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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
Mobile data can get quite congested in London. 5G helps a bit but it's still not a perfect experience. Outside of London, local Wifi can still be very useful as there are still plenty of not-spots.
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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
Fibre to the Cabinet, in the UK
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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
I am a lawyer and I have worked on this for the past several years. I have advised on the deployment of cookie pop-ups into multiple EU and UK markets (and some that have similar laws, e.g. Turkey). I am a former web developer and back-in-
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by james_in_the_uk 4y ago
I used Manticore last time I needed plug and play full text search. Worked well for my use case.
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
https://www.legal500.com/c/netherlands/commercial-corporate-... I'd look at the tier 5 and 6 firms, they may be more interested to work for individuals. If they won't act, ask for suggestions as to who
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
What’s the benefit of this over a cheap VPS? Privacy?
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
"Copyright lawyers" != "Rights-holders" Say what you like about lawyers, but one thing I think we'll agree on is that they rarely do stuff unless someone else is paying for their time (IAAL fwiw :) I'm only hal
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
That appears to be Ubiquity's argument, but we've only got one side at the moment, and to my reading (uneducated as to US defamation law) it's far from proven.
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
Actually pretty simple. Here's an example: https://parkercs.tech/enabling-802-11r-fast-roaming-transiti... I did lose the central management interface of Mikrotik (CAPsMAN) but for my home set-up this wasn't a bi
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
Where's the proof that Krebs knew that the whistleblower account was a fabrication? Genuine question. It seems to me that Krebs might be in a position to claim: 1. He honestly reported the facts as were made available to him. 2. Either

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