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by kefabean 5y ago
> It’s true that since Laplace’s day, findings in quantum physics have indicated that some events, at the level of atoms and electrons, are genuinely random, which means they would be impossible to predict in advance, even by some hypoth
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by kefabean 5y ago
This reminds me of my neighbour’s recent problem with his fibre (to the premises) broadband here in the UK. After losing internet connectivity, he eventually managed to get a BT Openreach engineer out only to discover the overhead cables ha
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by kefabean 6y ago
Funnily enough I stumbled upon such a tree while out for a walk in Surrey (UK) last November. Amazed to see a tree laden with fruit in winter, I loaded my rucksack thinking they were some kind of strange quince or something. It was only aft
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by kefabean 6y ago
Point 3 is rather interesting. I’d even go as far to say that the ‘marvellous’ evolutionary end-result that is us humans is the result of relentless chiselling over millions of generations by tragedy, suffering and death. Perhaps the more a
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by kefabean 6y ago
Exactly this! An iPad with bluetooth keyboard (I cannot bring myself to drop £349 on the magic variety) is frustratingly close but it’s just not quite a ‘proper’ computer and I end up carrying the keyboard everywhere it’s so useful.
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by kefabean 6y ago
On reflection I think we could all use a bit of light relief at the moment!
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by kefabean 6y ago
Does anyone have any new insight in to plans to resolve pip search which has been broken for over a month now? xmlrpc.client.Fault: <Fault -32500: "RuntimeError: PyPI's XMLRPC API has been temporarily disabled due to unmana
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by kefabean 6y ago
Is it planned to be progressive or is the 30% cut taken on the full amount if developer revenue exceeds the $1M threshold by 1 dollar?
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by kefabean 6y ago
I wish there was more (food) packaging regulation to limit the types of materials, how they are combined and how they must be reused or recycled. I try to avoid, reuse, refill, recycle but it still makes me sad how much material in my own h
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by kefabean 7y ago
Consider a doctor that smokes during consultations subjecting you the patient to the ill effects of their secondhand smoke whilst simultaneously recommending that you give up. Perhaps a more accurate analogy. Would you trust the doctor in t
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by kefabean 7y ago
I like Enpass (enpass.io): - non-subscription version available - multi-platform (IOS, Android, MacOS, Linux, Windows) - offline access (local DB) - sync via non-Enpass servers (eg use dropbox, google drive, iCloud, box etc) - actively main
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by kefabean 7y ago
I remember a Partner from the large global consulting firm that I worked for telling me a similar story: “There is no point getting in to engineering as it will all be offshored to Asia; much better to become a project mgr that ‘glues’ deli
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UK mobile network “3” down affecting millions(theguardian.com)
2 points by kefabean 7y ago|0 comments
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by kefabean 7y ago
They don’t need to roll-back the E2E encryption, they can just access the data right there on the device after it’s decrypted and upload data back to FB via a sidecar. It will start with basic mining of content on the device with ‘anonymous
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by kefabean 7y ago
1) barcode scanner to put products in my online supermarket’s shopping cart 2) security cam to do facial recognition and drop me an email 3) general purpose remote control website/api for turning things on/off such as tv, amp, dac
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by kefabean 8y ago
Your parent could be forgiven, given that Jacob Rees Mogg does appear to hail from his father’s era!
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by kefabean 8y ago
I’ve just been hired by big tech (TM) working 4 days a week. Have done this in the last 2-3 jobs. Ask for it (after you have been made an offer), blaze the trail. We can make this become the norm!
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by kefabean 8y ago
+1 to this, doesn’t really matter how vague the push is so long as someone is putting the monkey on my back. There’s always some stress but it’s infinitely better than no push and I always learn loads in the process.
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by kefabean 8y ago
Apple runs certain aspects of iCloud on the Google Cloud Platform so there are likely to be fairly hefty contracts at stake... Search for ‘Google Cloud’ in the following: https://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Sec
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by kefabean 8y ago
I’m guessing Apple has more to lose getting in to a battle with Google. There’s a fair degree of co-dependency between the two organisations.
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by kefabean 8y ago
I have to wholeheartedly agree with your parent here. The whole purpose of playlists is to organise songs, and almost the entire usecase for removing a song from a playlist is to remove the currently playing song. I almost never want to rem
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by kefabean 8y ago
Totally gutted, these are amazing devices and great value. After ‘enjoying’ years of hackery with Squeezebox, I eventually plumped for Chromecast Audio as the hassle-free way to get Spotify plus BBC iPlayer radio controlled via native iOS a
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by kefabean 8y ago
True and even this assumes a specific limited threat vector: eg. employee has access to storage volume but not encryption key, employee does not have ability to dump guest memory, employee has no backdoor mechanism to elevate permissions wi
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by kefabean 8y ago
Also, moving to a worse off situation has a much greater negative psychological impact relative to the positive impact associated with an improvement of similar magnitude in the opposite direction. (this is also my naive explanation for the
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by kefabean 8y ago
This is exactly my experience talking to contrarians on the subject. Their viewpoint shifts subtly over time whilst continuing to oppose the consensus.
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British Airways urges customers to contact banks after card details stolen(theguardian.com)
1 points by kefabean 8y ago|0 comments
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by kefabean 8y ago
The multiply by three approach has also worked for me in the past. People often estimate the time taken to do the task, typically not taking in to consideration the other aspects of their job (eg comms/planning/rework/produ
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Stallman proposes the need for an internet sales tax(theguardian.com)
2 points by kefabean 9y ago|0 comments
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by kefabean 9y ago
Exactly, was just going to add that they are red listed as a high conservation concern in the UK: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/bird-and-wildlife...
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by kefabean 9y ago
Great question! Brexit negotiations are due to start in 11 days yet we do not have a party with a clear mandate (the purpose of the election in the first place). This is an omnishambles given the Brexit clock is already ticking and the UK&#

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