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by jopsen 5y ago
It doesn't even bother to state why we need something more privacy focused.. Afaik, wikipedia is about as non-evil as you can get on the web. Yet, someone still thinks this is necessary. On topic: linking to wikipedia through wikiless
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by jopsen 5y ago
> but not so great news for IT talent located the U.S. if more companies start doing this. We've been saying that for 30 years. In the end, the demand for engineers is much bigger than we think. And if price of engineers goes down j
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by jopsen 5y ago
> Because they had tracking information, my bank (HSBC) said their hands were tied... But a lawsuit might untie them. That said fraud can sometimes be too hard to prove.
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by jopsen 5y ago
(A) If the app on my phone stops working because someone stole my ID, then I'll likely notice next time I try to use it. (B) You have to compromise both password and 2FA. (C) Walking into a government office certainly raises the barrie
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by jopsen 5y ago
> Being in control takes work. Yeah, sometimes I miss flow TV, just lean back and relax.
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by jopsen 5y ago
Many national ID systems in the EU have a digital component. With two factor authentication. They are not perfect, but it raises the bar.
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by jopsen 5y ago
Yeah, you don't truly own land, you pay property taxes, etc. It's more like you lease the land :)
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by jopsen 5y ago
Or as alluded to in the article, it's a civil matter, maybe you can sue solicitors involved, or the Land Registry.
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by jopsen 5y ago
> I can't help but wonder if this is really just an honest mistake by the EU. Unlike software patents, it's less clear to me that this is worse than the alternative.
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by jopsen 5y ago
Makes sense..
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by jopsen 5y ago
Why? Is the VP compensation package at Netflix really that bad?
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by jopsen 5y ago
Yeah, but the idea of a backup service where you only pay when you need to restore isn't bad :)
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by jopsen 5y ago
> College grads it is really hit or miss Whether they can code or not, I bet :) But self taught often runs short when you get into theoretical stuff... Then again most CS grads won't recall any of that.. It depends what you do, but
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by jopsen 5y ago
Was streaming cheaper? Or rather didn't streaming have higher margins?
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by jopsen 5y ago
> it seems that the golden days for bootcamp graduates and self-taught devs are over. Going to a bootcamp (or being self taught) and getting a job at big tech was probably never easy. Breaking into those jobs is easiest if you go through
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by jopsen 5y ago
> There is always room in big tech to hire and train juniors. Am many big companies knows that if you don't, then you won't have senior engineers with expertise in your stack.
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by jopsen 5y ago
> expensive development time is focused Is development time all that expensive? Compared to time spent making different designs.
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by jopsen 5y ago
Does employees include administrative staff, janitorial staff, etc? Healthcare providers probably employ at lot of people who aren't nurses or doctors.
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by jopsen 5y ago
1,400 out of 76,000 employees.
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by jopsen 5y ago
> In Go you have to do this or your line/branch coverage will be abysmal. If you're writing tests to improve coverage numbers then maybe you're motivation is wrong. In most languages with automatic exception propagation yo
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by jopsen 5y ago
> My tinfoil hat theory is that Scrum was invented by Big Tech to hobble potential future competitors. Why make up an easily debunked conspiracy theory? Scrum wasn't invented at big tech.. Agile development in general became a thing
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by jopsen 5y ago
Cost at scale is hard to predict. I think a bigger question is, do we have enough "political capital" to pay for nuclear energy? Even if our politicians all agreed to it, across counties even, what are the odds that they would get
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by jopsen 5y ago
Well, adding machines allows you to postpone fixing the problem. It's perfectly reasonable, once the bill starts to catch up to your budget you spend time on optimizations :) EDIT: the only solid argument against throwing machines at t
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by jopsen 5y ago
> There are probably other ways, and I am sure there are folks out there creative enough to find them. The less risky option would simply be to pay/bribe you :) It's more covert, harder to be discovered, and cheaper than riskin
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by jopsen 5y ago
Oh, I thought it was higher.
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by jopsen 5y ago
Yeah, it's not so much efficiency.. phones don't have that big batteries anyways. I would be more concerned about charging speed and heating. Inefficiency implies heating :) And wow, do I love charging my phone using my laptops US
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by jopsen 5y ago
You're probably better off sponsoring some journalism directly instead. The guardian has a supporter tier. Some local news stations where I live have memberships with minor benefits.
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by jopsen 5y ago
You'll also find cases in Denmark where a union doesn't want you to have certain benefits because it breaks the collective agreement and pay scale, etc. It's rare. But let's also be fair, these rigid structures do make s
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by jopsen 5y ago
> It's not exactly a career choice (unless you're the franchisee I suppose). But if you look carefully, you'll see lots of people who don't have a career. Not a majority, but still a lot people.
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by jopsen 5y ago
Nope, unemployment insurance lasts for 2 years. And requires you to: (a) pay membership fees, and, (b) be actively looking for a job. They'll give you some flexibility, so you might not have to accept the first job. If you're not

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