joncrocks

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by joncrocks 2y ago
For anyone interested, I think this is an example of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Petersburg_paradox
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by joncrocks 2y ago
They changed their model a while ago to trying to optimise the assembly time of each item, and produce them as they are ordered. The hot parts are pre-cooked and put into warmers, but not assembled (put into buns with toppings etc.) until y
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by joncrocks 2y ago
> There is similar legal stance in Canada, UK, Australia, India, Germany, and Brazil to name a few. In the UK the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) makes it a criminal offence to not divulge a password if compelled via a RIPA
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by joncrocks 2y ago
The commonly repeated phrase: All of humanity's problems, stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone. - attributed to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Pascal I think it's someone paraph
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by joncrocks 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpendicular_recording - Apparently what you're describing > Perpendicular recording was later used by Toshiba in 3.5" floppy disks in 1989 to permit 2.88 MB of capacity (ED
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by joncrocks 2y ago
One possible issue is that the largest component (27% out of 26%) is `OER`, which can be detached from reality. Unless owners are completely in the loop in terms of the rental market (which they likely are not, they don't rent), they m
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by joncrocks 2y ago
Query planners can (and will) use statistics gathered on the contents of the tables to more effectively execute queries, which can be gathered in the background/batch processes. For large database vendors there is a good amount of comp
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by joncrocks 2y ago
"Strong opinions, loosely held." - Just not too loosely, else you're continually blown about by the breeze.
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by joncrocks 2y ago
Ultimately it depends on the semantic meaning when you say 'nut'. They are not 'nuts' in terms of the technical definition, but they are in terms of 'what most people think of when you say nut'. There's al
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by joncrocks 2y ago
It's not quite that simple. The line isn't quite as hard between seed and 'nut'. Namely people may commonly refer to things as a nut when it is a seed. e.g. a Peanut is a seed, as are almonds, cashews, walnuts.
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by joncrocks 2y ago
I think this is a well-known thing, being apprehensive about having the measurement being taken can influence the result - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_coat_hypertension
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by joncrocks 2y ago
Indeed, but apparently this is the way it works. I suspect to prevent 'foul-play' - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Conker_Championships#WCC...
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by joncrocks 2y ago
I think this depends on the scope/size of project. In a previous role, I worked at a product-led consultancy in a niche industry which delivered multi-year + multi-phase projects. These were projects were delivered (on our side) on a t
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by joncrocks 2y ago
The big difference is that the US will sting you for tax wherever you are in the world, whereas most will only tax residents (complexities in terms of tax treaties notwithstanding). Hence in both cases they are both looking to realise gains
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by joncrocks 2y ago
The golden rule. He who has the gold makes the rules.
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by joncrocks 2y ago
See cultural `power-distance`. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_of_culture_on_aviation_...
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by joncrocks 2y ago
Did someone invent capitalism? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism#Definition It's a loose concept, a bag of things including basic human behaviour/self interest, mutually beneficial transactions between
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by joncrocks 2y ago
At lower weights, it's easy to 'have good form'. The muscles can easily compensate for each other and one doesn't have to think too much about which muscles to contract/focus on. As the weight increases, it requires
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by joncrocks 2y ago
Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perplex_City
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by joncrocks 2y ago
It's worth noting that some soreness may not be immediate, but delayed. People call this Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS), and can come on ~24-48h after a given exercise. It's not sudden, but can feel that way sometimes when y
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by joncrocks 2y ago
Isn't that the reason that (at least in the US) cashing out over a certain size requires ID? So that large amounts of cash can't be laundered easily in this way?
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by joncrocks 2y ago
I believe there is a remake of this in production at the moment (working title "The department"). https://theplaylist.net/joe-wright-to-direct-the-department-...
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by joncrocks 2y ago
Which law are you referencing? Copyright as far as I understand is focused on wholesale reproduction/distribution of works, rather than using material for generation of new works. If something is available without contractual restricti
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by joncrocks 2y ago
"reduce the quoted battery life of the phone" - This is the bit that presumably they don't want to do. Reducing the top-line specs of the phone means that it might fall down in comparisons to others in a spec-comparison. I pr
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by joncrocks 2y ago
Agenda, expected outcomes. Everyone should know going in what is being discussed and what the expectations are around the objective of the meeting. If you don't have these, you have no idea if it will be a productive meeting. And don&#
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by joncrocks 2y ago
This depends on what you're testing. If you're collapsing threads/processes into a single thread you're making decisions about the order of execution anyway so you're not going to catch errors introduced around unex
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by joncrocks 2y ago
I don't think you have to have systems in the same thread/process if you have bake in an API for controlling time and ingress/egress for each component. (depending on what you're trying to test) You can have the communic
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by joncrocks 2y ago
I think that either the amount (in real terms) goes down over time, or there is a limited time that any endowment will last. Faced with inflation, and the requirement that there is money coming out every X months, I believe it's hard f
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by joncrocks 2y ago
I believe this approach in general is known as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_analysis It would be trickier however if looking at raw keystrokes, as one has to consider several confounding factors: * The caret
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by joncrocks 2y ago
To give a concrete example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_age_effect But whether astrology actually settled on these features would depend on the feedback systems in place, and the granularity of those systems

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