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by kjakm 6y ago
Given it's hosted by a comedian and has a diverse range of guests from entertainers to scientists to wackos, I've always thought of it as a show meant to entertain (which occasionally informs). I don't think it has ever prete
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by kjakm 6y ago
>> And that's where things start to get fun, because there are actually several timezones in the UK if you include its dependencies. I think the UK only consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK has some c
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by kjakm 6y ago
Just a guess but when the author checks Siri on his phone it has access to GPS so is probably giving him the nearest 'London'. When he checks on HomePod it has no GPS so gives him the most common 'London'. Although it&#x
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by kjakm 6y ago
I’ve seen this take a lot but it’s missing a really important point. We’re discussing the trend towards WFH. If it continues suddenly your partner/housemates/friends will all be WFH and you can have lunch or work with them as oppo
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by kjakm 6y ago
>> I of course miss the meals and snacks. I'm not trying to be facetious - you seriously can't provide your own meals and snacks working from home? >> Many people who work at these companies live in big cities where th
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by kjakm 6y ago
I've noticed a lot of comments from people who don't like WFH or want a mix of home and office life. I've done both so I understand this. I'm curious though how this attitude will change if a lot more companies (and eve
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by kjakm 6y ago
That's insane! Why would they do that? And why would people hand that info over?
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by kjakm 6y ago
Why? I've been in a lot of studios and never seen Reaper used once. It's all Pro Tools and a surprising amount of Cubase. This is very much the same as "if you want to get serious about coding use VIM not VSCode".
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by kjakm 6y ago
That's interesting considering it sounds to me that he approaches songwriting like work rather than something he has a lack of control over: "He gets up early, goes to work in his office (a flat connected to his house in Hove), do
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by kjakm 6y ago
I’m presuming here that you were defending his “freedom” tweets the other day? If so I’m genuinely curious why you defend his freedom to express opinions that could lead to further deaths and spread of a virus but you deplore him now that h
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by kjakm 7y ago
>> Maybe it's reliable in the statistical sense, but not reliable in the sense that a layperson or a politician would be able to rely on it to guide decision making. This seems to be what we're relying on in the UK. Hospital
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by kjakm 7y ago
BT may claim it is nowhere near their capacity but everybody on my team has seen really noticeably degradation in home internet performance over the last couple of weeks (this includes people who work from home daily).
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by kjakm 7y ago
You've failed to comprehend the article and now you've failed to comprehend my comment. Facebook isn't simply 'giving bonuses'. Bonuses are based on performance. It's rare at a company that you will get 100% of
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by kjakm 7y ago
I know this opinion gets thrown around a lot but after coming back to HN after a few years away the discussions have changed a lot. I feel in the past the downvote mechanism was used less frequently and debates were possible without them. I
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by kjakm 7y ago
Not sure about the Bay Area but a lot of restaurants are switching to delivery only (inc. the kind of places that never did delivery in the first place) so this money could go to them. Money can also be spent buying things in advance - for
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by kjakm 7y ago
If you read the article you will see they are also giving every essentially a full bonus irrespective of performance. Depending on individual agreements that could be a significant sum so it's definitely not a fraction of a percent of
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by kjakm 7y ago
Thousands of people out of jobs at a time when they won't be able to get another one. Yes, that is good news /s
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by kjakm 7y ago
China seems to be doing well relative to, say, Italy.
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by kjakm 7y ago
>> If you think you only need to budget supplies for two weeks, you’re just wrong. You need to budget for _months_ Can you back this up at all? As I explained in my comment, Italy, one of the worst hit countries globally (and on &#x27
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by kjakm 7y ago
Agreed, the only reason I was after the hand sanitiser was that it would be useful the use when I get off public transport + am not going somewhere I can easily wash my hands with soap and water.
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by kjakm 7y ago
>> You can't simultaneously tell people to stay at home for long periods of time and tell them to not stock up for that. Nobody is telling people to stay at home for long periods of time. If you think you have the disease you nee
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by kjakm 7y ago
The two doctors I was referring to were referring to their own experiences of having the disease (not of observing patients). Not sure I made that clear enough.
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by kjakm 7y ago
>> Regarding people being selfish... There is nothing selfish about self preservation. No, but purchasing much more of an item that you are ever likely going to need (at the cost of everyone who isn't doing that) is selfish. Stoc
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by kjakm 7y ago
>> What, besides stocking up on food, soap/sanitizer and toilet paper, would you expect them to do in response? I would have hoped people would keep in mind that staying home for a few weeks doesn't necessitate buying all th
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by kjakm 7y ago
>> I disagree… "before the virus has even taken hold" is the perfect time to do long-term shopping. Avoiding crowded areas (read: THE MALL and the public transports to get to the mall) is key to reducing infection. While I a
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by kjakm 7y ago
It might be worth taking a look on Twitter. This doctor is 'live' tweeting his experience with the disease including lung scans [1]. Based on some other first hand experiences I've read on the Twitter/News people's
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by kjakm 7y ago
This is happening on the individual level too. The panic buying of items like toilet roll + pasta in places the virus hasn't even taken hold yet is a stark reminder of how utterly selfish some people can be. Sadly the people that will
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by kjakm 7y ago
True but I'd still go back to the UK advice: the virus is going to spread (we aren't going to stop it) so we need to focus on spreading the peak out so we can deal with it. If we force people to make drastic changes too early (wel
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by kjakm 7y ago
I'd suggest watching the government press conference today where the chief science advisor + medical officer explain it. They explain exactly why you're wrong (and I'm more inclined to believe them after hearing them make the
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by kjakm 7y ago
>> The resulting economic impact therefore can’t be that big. The impact on the spread of the virus can't be that big either. My point though is that big flashy moves like banning all flights appear to do very little compared to

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