johansch

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   by johansch 10y ago

   Meanwhile pretty much all retail/ATM withdrawals in the EU require both chip (something you have) and PIN (something you know).
2. 812.▲
   by johansch 10y ago

   That's almost guaranteed. Most other parts of the world are (even) more corrupt though.
3. 813.▲
   by johansch 10y ago

   Sure. But I've always heard that's because of CC company policies rather than laws?
4. 814.▲
   by johansch 10y ago

   So have you solved the problem (without resorting to other comanpanies extortive pricing for ready-made solutions) or not? :)
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   by johansch 10y ago

   I guess what I'm saying is: the companies that are in this situation should hire top-notch developers to solve the problem. But the whole problem is that these companies can't hire top-notch developers because of who they are.
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   by johansch 10y ago

   I'm just fascinated by the fact that in 2016 there are still huge companies like this making their money on ancient tech that is insanely overpriced to the alternatives. (~20 years ago when I started working in software I thought I wou
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   by johansch 10y ago

   You guys are even closer to the russians, and have actually fought with them within the last 100 years...
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   by johansch 10y ago

   This one in Stockholm, Sweden is also sized for 20k people. It also predated the Swiss one by about 20 years. (!) https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarinabergets_skyddsrum Google translate link: https://transl
9. 819.▲
   by johansch 10y ago

   They could have added a small notice at the top that somehow explained that all of this was a about a newly published book and that there was a link to buy it at the bottom. In my mind this would have given them (The Guardian) more credibil
10. 820.▲
    by johansch 10y ago

    Not complaining, just observing: this is native advertising done really well.
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    by johansch 10y ago

    This is hilarious. The best thing the US treasury can muster is that collecting proper taxes can hurt "foreign investment" by companies like Apple, who pretty much only consider Europe as a consumer region? Yeah, okay Apple, how a
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    Apple tax: US treasury says £11bn EU penalty could hurt foreign investment(independent.co.uk)

    3 points by johansch 10y ago|1 comments
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    by johansch 10y ago

    You're right. That was a poor choice of words.
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    by johansch 10y ago

    Those seem like two worthy goals that are not mutually exclusive.
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    by johansch 10y ago

    Serendipity. I got a bit obsessed about this computer a couple of weeks ago. This was the best video I found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0NSSwhwnR4 "Grid 1129 Compass Laptop Computer setup for NASA Shuttle missio
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    by johansch 10y ago

    Exclusives are bad for consumers.
17. 827.▲
    by johansch 10y ago

    You can't really get massive global PR with a potato-chip bag though.
18. 828.▲
    by johansch 10y ago

    Well, to be honest both of them are quite good at promoting themselves. Just in different circles...
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    by johansch 10y ago

    Hmm, this is interesting, for FB as a comparison: https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=facebook
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    by johansch 10y ago

    And maybe right-click the link and select "Open link in incognito window" to make sure the site doesn't know if you've visited them before or not.
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    by johansch 10y ago

    See my edit please.
22. 832.▲
    by johansch 10y ago

    > since Netflix is all HTTP You're saying you can't stream over HTTP?
23. 833.▲
    by johansch 10y ago

    So maybe $9k in actual costs then.
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    by johansch 10y ago

    I feel the same. I've been travelling during the past month. Accessing video content from the Olympics has been extremely hard. I think the IOC might be shooting themselves in both of their feet here. If they don't open open up, t
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    by johansch 10y ago

    Who the heck gets productive within 1-2 hours of waking up? Sure, those hours are great for ingesting what has happened since the last cycle but not really for creating new value. Edit: I just realized I wrote this the wrong way. What I mea
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    by johansch 10y ago

    Make a shortcut to the start menu folder so that it opens in the file explorer?
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    by johansch 10y ago

    This is not really news.
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    by johansch 10y ago

    99% of the things I predict will not come true, both good and bad. [Citation needed]
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    by johansch 10y ago

    At least 90% of these would be self-evident by someone.. ehm.. intelligent. Then again, I keep seeing these issues on websites, so...
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    Oracle funds a group trying to tarnish Google's image(engadget.com)

    3 points by johansch 10y ago|0 comments