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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
Even not using the proprietary AWS services, migrating from one to another cloud hosting provider - and which one will take their business now? - isn't easy. Not only for the size of the data store (50-70 TB?) but many development, tes
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
Interesting - have been thinking about something similar: collaborate on lyrics / song sheets with band, make a set list, transpose chords if required, display song (incl. notes) on iPads for band members.
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
Very nice; I like the simplicity of Running Level (with less options than Strength Level). Where do you get the reference level data from (for running)?
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
In NL, some banks issued mortgages with interest percentages linked to Euribor interest rates (like +0.5% on 3-month Euribor rate). Once the Euribor dropped below -0.5%, the banks actually had to pay out the interest difference (if there we
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
Here’s another one, with a similar conclusion: https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8780
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
Abolishing DST (or rather: switching time twice per year) in Europe is planned as well.
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
Permanent DST was also tried in Russia, but became very unpopular and was quickly reverted. IIRC mainly because of public health reasons.
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
It does. Standard time is better aligned by circardian rhythm, per https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8780
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
They tried that in Russia (!)... and quickly reverted it. “On Tuesday, July 1, 2014, the Russian State Duma voted to end the widely unpopular permanent "summer time" in Russia. President Vladimir Putin signed the law on July 22, 2
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8780 “Although chronic effects of remaining in daylight saving time year-round have not been well studied, daylight saving time is less aligned with human circadian biology—w
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
Haddaway - a late European philosopher - had that same question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe5q_TdKbsk
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
There was an interesting article in Wired, in 2018: https://www.wired.com/story/obamas-us-digital-service-surviv...
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
Per ISO 8601 - the only ISO standard number I can remember - weeks start with Monday: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
https://tinyprojects.dev/projects/one_item_store says 50 hours.
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
https://www.classcentral.com/collection/top-free-online-cour... (Not just on Coursera, but also others. You can filter for the Coursera ones.)
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
`us-wtf-1`
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
The S in IoT stands for security :-)
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
Did a similar thing over a decade ago - I don't even own a television anymore. What I spend most of my days, weeks and months on is largely unrelated to what's happening in the world (and the news' bias towards the negative s
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
Related, for things that could be teared up: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2003/jul/03/research.sci... . Apparently, a dolphin Kelly discovered the exchange rate to be one fish per one piece of pape
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
Related story, about dolphins doing a similar trick... and gaming the system: > Kelly has taken this task one step further. When people drop paper into the water she hides it under a rock at the bottom of the pool. The next time a traine
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
It’s 7 times 70, not 7 plus 70. Anyway, too many times so that you could keep count.
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
About the best time to ‘invest’ in anything that’s close-to-certain of yielding results: “The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese proverb Advanced data analysis / machine learning isn
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
Scientists happen to disagree, https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8780
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
That region should have `us-wtf-1` as code.
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
This can be merged with https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23817794
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by jschulenklopper 6y ago
Touch typing - learning it during this WFH phase, as much more communication is done typing.
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by jschulenklopper 7y ago
So, what about the hypothesis that aliens 'released' the concept of crypto currencies on Earth, resulting in that idling computers and whole data centers would start mining bitcoins instead of investigating signals from extra-terr
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by jschulenklopper 7y ago
Sure. It's just mimicking those traditional advent calendars, counting the days until Christmas with a surprise present or treat for every day to enjoy. Every day, one new puzzle unlocks. On top, the story that unfolds during December
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Eric Wastl Presents “Advent of Code: Behind the Scenes” (Leetspeak 2019)(vimeo.com)
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by jschulenklopper 7y ago
I guess the fee is included in the monthly repayments, not charged up-front.

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