james_in_the_uk

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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
I like Mikrotik gear but IMHO their wireless stack isn't great. I moved my four HAP AC devices onto OpenWRT; speed and stability has been much improved, and roaming works much better. If you don't need WiFi 6 then I'd go as f
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
How would due diligence on a lead help here? Beyond establishing that 'Adam' was a company insider, I don't see how any due diligence could have picked up this set of facts.
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
Calvary by Scene Group is also good for this type of animation and can be scripted or load files in from csv / Google docs. Here’s an example I made https://vimeo.com/497222609
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
I've assumed that control over the end point client native software allows them to focus on removing pain points. Codecs. NAT traversal etc. Once a critical mass of users, big corporates etc. found their solution easier, then they got
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
Hold in there. Don't make any rash decisions. Give yourself some time to adapt to the pretty significant change in circumstances you have there. You certainly can't walk two paths at once ... who can? You might be at a fork in th
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
WebRTC is great for this - and has been available in building block SDK form for some time (eg Tokbox). When I last looked it had codec issues cf the client side tools eg Zoom. Not sure if these have been solved yet?
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
The concept sounds on point. I do understand some of the reaction in this thread. The cutesy graphics are a bit much for me personally and may not differentiate you sufficiently from other insufficiently professional tools e.g. Discord. I a
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
Insightful post. I like the way you describe the intellectual attraction of prosecuting patents. I am not sure I understand your point about disputes being the foundation of lawyering but not patent law specifically. Patent litigation is
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
In OP’s use case he describes the purposes of the having the html content wrapped in an app: easy access in an emergency. I am curious as to why the tech community feels so strongly against html content wrapped as an app. There is a lot of
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
Most modern laptops use DSP to get the speakers to sound the way they do. If you switch that off they have the same ‘flat’ sound described in this review. Wonder if this can be solved in software ?
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
This looks like a great piece of kit. I’d usually be wary of dropping that much cash on a product from a vendor without a track record. How well backed / funded are these guys?
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
This is a fascinating thought. I wonder if the challenge will be different for legislation cf contracts. I will take a look.
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
Thanks, I will check it out
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
Good spot, blame Santa … it was nearly midnight on 24 Dec :)
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
In rough & ready pseudocode: from law_of_england_and_wales import persons, contract, boilerplate, jurisdiction define party1 = persons(type:ltd, with_registration_no: 12345) define party2 = persons(type:natural, with_name:&quot
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
The same could be said about most of what is taught in secondary education. At least an understanding of principles of grammar would help when learning foreign languages. It is also a transferable skill; a number of parallels to coding for
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
Standardisation is sort of happening by default. In my work I don't both correcting stuff like "color", "optimized", "software license" unless it actually matters. Sometimes this comes in from internati
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
Also, the economics of making a movie mean that the dialogue must be written for an audience with a very low average level of comprehension. I am not a language snob but sometimes it is so poor or obviously dumbed down that it spoils the r
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
Good question - I'd assumed that most countries' educational systems teach the formal grammar of their native language(s)?
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
In the UK in the 80s and 90s it was unfashionable to teach formal English grammar in schools. A whole generation grew up without knowing their gerund from their past participle. (Even as I write this, I know that if put on the spot to expla
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
You can extend this analysis further. The reason that audiophiles listen to music is for enjoyment. Thus, if they get enjoyment from paying $gazillions for a cable, then it is money well spent.
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
It depends on your expectations of "easy". When compared to consumer router devices, then no. When compared to configuring enterprise networking kit using the CLI ... well ... perhaps. Mikrotik does have some short cuts / UI
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
Top tip - if your Mikrotik APs will run OpenWRT, do it. https://openwrt.org/toh/mikrotik/common Standalone wireless on Mikrotik is bad. CapsMan is even worse as it seems to hobble some of the standalone settings.
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
Ha! I wouldn't waste a good Jaipur or Neck Oil on a work computer.
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
Why don't I agree with this? Well drafted FAQs are rarely "frequently asked" but they have become a conventional way of conveying extra information. We're all in the habit of checking FAQs if we need more info. Why re
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
Lenovo have massive presence in the corporate market. My experience of their ThinkPad range is that they are built to withstand the type of abuse that comes from being used by people who have no emotional attachment to them whatsoever. My s
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
Six legs on a horse would be very odd indeed
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
In legal terms, they’re not exactly the same. You are managing the projects etc. as a service being provided under contract. You are not being granted actual authority to act as an agent of the company. The clause they are slipping in actua
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
Even the honest ones sometimes get it wrong. No fun if your kit is in their facility and they go under. Doesn't happen too often thankfully (and to be fair could happen to a smaller VPS provider too, AWS less likely).
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by james_in_the_uk 5y ago
Ah but if you've never done that, you've never lived!

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