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by kolp 7y ago
MotionEye OS is good as a camera surveillance system. Needs a USB camera or a Raspberry Pi camera. Takes a bit of tweaking to get the optimal camera settings (using a GUI), but then it works well. LibeElec is useful as a home theatre setup,
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by kolp 8y ago
No, it appeals to a substantial portion of HN readers - people who need to focus on creative work, without interruption. It's an app that people find useful, and the creator offered a lifetime subscription on here some time ago. I&#x27
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by kolp 8y ago
FYI, it's possible in Ireland.
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by kolp 8y ago
>>The likelihood of an employer firing people abusively is much greater than an employee being an asshole.<< Not my experience in the jurisdictions where I've worked, but certainly a widespread belief among many French peop
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by kolp 8y ago
There are a lot of good potential employees who don't want to be a part of the "burn 'em and churn 'em" practices employed by some of the larger IT companies. But, I agree, it's always a struggle in any country
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by kolp 8y ago
Ireland - Eurozone, English speaking, light touch regulation, strong IT and customer support culture. However the high cost of accommodation in the cities, particularly Dublin, is starting to make recruitment difficult. I've anecdotal
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by kolp 8y ago
It's much more difficult to justify making someone redundant (licenciement économique) or to fire someone who has become an asshole or isn't performing. In other jurisdictions where I've worked, the employee gets their notice
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by kolp 8y ago
My experience as an anglophone, non-French entrepreneur living in France is that the regulations and business climate reflect the belief system of the population. There is a fairly widespread acceptance, even among well educated French peop
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by kolp 9y ago
Tried it on a mobile with fibre wifi. Terrible user experience. * Did a sample image search and pages didn't preload. * Couldn't find any app controls to adjust settings or delete history. * Deleted app immediately. Can't see
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by kolp 9y ago
If the service can be improved, but can only be improved by bribing staff to do their job properly, that's a terrible indictment of the hospitality business.
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by kolp 9y ago
Of the countries in which I've lived, 2 stand out as regards tipping culture, Spain and France. Spain has a tipping culuture and the service is mediocre; service is sometimes chaotic (eg food arrives before drinks) and slow, eg asking
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by kolp 9y ago
In case anyone is searching by author name, it's actually Culadasa.
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by kolp 9y ago
>>Now the feeling is that the unions hold disproportionate power over the UK government and that doesn't play well with a fragile good Friday agreement.<< I believe you mean that the "unionists hold disproportionate po
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by kolp 9y ago
Would you mind explaining what your company does and why you think it's unique? I visited your website and I am still none the wiser.
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by kolp 9y ago
He admitted to using grass and coke in his youth. Bill Clinton, on the other hand, had to concoct a story about smoking grass but not inhaling.
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by kolp 9y ago
Spotify's discovery engine playlists (Discover Weekly and Release Radar) just don't work for me. I now ignore both playlists and I suspect that the lists are influenced by payola. I've tried training the algo by following art
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by kolp 9y ago
Be careful using 2FA on CF. I got locked out of my account because I reformatted my phone and hadn't kept backup codes. That's my fault, not CF's. They wouldn't accept email verification or uploading a html file to the r
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by kolp 9y ago
The DUP is a unionist party and is diametrically opposed to a united Ireland.
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by kolp 10y ago
The acquiring company acquires the target company's assets in return for assuming its liabilities. No cash changes hands.
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by kolp 10y ago
This guy has 2 plugins - you need to download the test/beta one - it supports ACD. The others support the other cloud services except ACD. https://github.com/ddurdle/Amazon-Cloud-Drive-for-KODI
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by kolp 10y ago
I have this running on a Raspberry Pi and it's working 24/7, uploading media files from my NAS to my Amazon Cloud Drive. I use Kodi on a separate pi to stream the content from Amazon, thereby freeing up space on my NAS.