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U.S. states and territories by carbon dioxide emissions(en.wikipedia.org)
4 points by jka 5y ago|2 comments
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by jka 5y ago
Perhaps it's being evaluated for other purposes by the company that developed it and/or the local police department. They should really make that clear if so.
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by jka 5y ago
In an imaginary world that is not very much like our current world of software development, there are no version numbers at all - only commit references. You generally want to upgrade to the latest high-quality commit reference available, b
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by jka 5y ago
Maintenance overhead is a genuine problem and a real opportunity, yep. It'd be nice to see it become as safe and easy to run an infrastructure service (like Mattermost) as it is to manage and update apps on a phone. We're not too
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by jka 5y ago
Well, first of all: people who claim that this isn't possible because "we're just developing tools" do have _some_ ground to stand on, but it's shaky. What you can do is knowingly bias your software so that the func
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Managing complexity: encoding the tax code(bureauphile.wordpress.com)
2 points by jka 5y ago|0 comments
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by jka 5y ago
I think it's true that both Android and iOS have privacy issues (at a software and design level). And yep, from the branding of those devices (which Apple can control much more closely since they provide both hardware and software), th
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by jka 5y ago
My mistake, sorry. Missed thst last paragraph somehow.
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by jka 5y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20210801214745/https://www.googl...
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by jka 5y ago
Do you have a reference for the incidence rates of those side-effects? It'd be useful to compare and contrast those against the risks of food poisoning from undercooked and contaminated animal products, and the sense of having supporte
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by jka 5y ago
If you can get 70% of the calories for free, then despite the (usually known, or at least suspected, and generally down-played by the vendor) side-effects can be more attractive than paying full-price. The vendor has a strategy though.
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by jka 5y ago
Aren't there intrinsic conflict-of-interest risks if the only companies who can provide data for regulatory guidance are the companies themselves?
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by jka 5y ago
What makes you assume that they didn't, out of interest?
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by jka 5y ago
After a bit more thought and reading, I think that my previous comment here was a bit misleading. It turns out that only some CRDTs guarantee eventual consistency - I didn't realize that previously. This description of state-based CR
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by jka 5y ago
https://www.reciperadar.com/ - a way to find recipes based on the ingredients you have available.
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by jka 5y ago
Penpot could be worth a look: https://penpot.app/
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by jka 5y ago
Yep, they're closely related. Here's my attempt to distinguish the ideas, let me know whether this makes sense: Eventual Consistency is a property that can be used to describe a datastore or an individual datastructure. So we cou
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by jka 5y ago
> We need to make it easier to use old software. This pressure to constantly upgrade all software is also leaving many good software behind. Old software that worked great in their particular milieu. Yep, agreed. I think the steps for c
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by jka 5y ago
> Like many environmental initiatives I worry that we’re more concerned about making ourselves feel better than actually solving the problem. Either way, instead of reifying the relevant facts and statistics and iterating on them (or upt
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Paperless – an application that manages your personal documents(paperless-ng.readthedocs.io)
2 points by jka 5y ago|1 comments
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by jka 5y ago
An additional nice detail about tidal power in the video: whereas wind (and solar) energy can be quite variable, tidal energy is much more predictable.
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by jka 5y ago
Thanks - that's a good philosophy and position to be in :)
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by jka 5y ago
Has your experience led you to identify any areas for improvement within Django and/or Python? (enjoyed the post, and I like your philosophy of using simple widely available tools; I'm hopeful that any changes you're able to
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by jka 5y ago
From their privacy notice FAQ[1], you can contact them by emailing username "webmaster" at the domain name "fedex.com". Failing a response there, it may also be worth attempting to send mail to the username "securit
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by jka 5y ago
"Faceted search"[1] (aka aggregates in Elasticsearch) tends to be a popular one, to provide user-facing content navigation. That said, simonw has been on the case[2] demonstrating an implementation of that using Django and Postgre
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by jka 5y ago
> page was last updated in 2017 ... ...and the mailing list has had activity this year. Some software just carries on quietly, I suppose :)
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by jka 5y ago
"Coders at Work"[1] - a series of enjoyable and varied interviews with seasoned software developers. It features a mix of different styles of programming, types of project, and challenges encountered (technical, organizational, a
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by jka 5y ago
"[We’ve also] found that younger workers are more likely than older employees to accept smaller pay increases for non-monetary benefits, including extensive mental health benefits, unlimited sick time, flexible work hours and remote wo
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Debian 11 Bullseye – an overview [pdf](salsa.debian.org)
2 points by jka 5y ago|0 comments
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Aleph One – Marathon Open Source(alephone.lhowon.org)
2 points by jka 5y ago|0 comments

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