koyote

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   by koyote 7y ago

   Pests is the first lesson I learned after starting a top-floor balcony "garden" a bit more than a year ago. Who knew so many different creatures would find their way up to my balcony :( Another thing I noticed is how sensitive pla
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   by koyote 7y ago

   So I do not have facebook installed on my phone but I do have instagram and whatsapp. A large amount of phone apps seem to appear in that list. I guess Whatsapp/Instagram creates a fingerprint of my device and then uses that for tracki
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   by koyote 7y ago

   I am starting to use such inflated mortality rates as an indicator that the poster/article is either fearmongering or simply not well informed enough to have a worthwhile opinion.
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   by koyote 7y ago

   I am sure all the waiters, cooks, restaurant owners, shop owners, shop staff, cleaning crew, construction workers, gardners, pilots, cabin crew, airport staff, taxi drivers, dentists, haidressers and business operators staff for all these b
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   by koyote 7y ago

   Mortality rates are freely available: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html There's a ~6% chance of dying during the year you turned 80. That chance goes up dramatically every year you get older. By 85
6. 426.▲
   by koyote 7y ago

   > This doesn't sound like a smart interviewer. I was slightly upset/angry at first but after thinking about it I came to the same conclusion and ended up being happy that I didn't get to pursue the opportunity any further.
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   by koyote 7y ago

   I flunked an interview in a similar manner several years ago. Hadn't done Java in around half a decade but the company recruiter said that it's not an issue (they contacted me). Then I got a 30-minute online coding test that I had
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   by koyote 7y ago

   > The chance right now that you will know someone you love being killed by Corona is really realistic. Unless all the people you love are over 80 (in which case the chance of them dying before Corona hit was not much less realistic than
9. 429.▲
   by koyote 7y ago

   I think it's fair to say that when people reference "X country's Y is awful" they are generalising. The US obviously has examples of decent chocolate, pizza, cheese etc. I do think you should be able to compare the avera
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    by koyote 7y ago

    I do not know about Germany but in Luxembourg you have to take a special course within 2 years of getting your licence. This course is on a race track and you will learn how to deal with aquaplaning and controlled avoidance of obstacles amo
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    by koyote 7y ago

    I completely agree and am glad I am not the only one who feels like that. I believe a lot of the internet of that era changed with Facebook: it was the first prominent social media that encouraged (mandated even) you to use your real name a
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    by koyote 7y ago

    I see this on a daily basis and have seen in at multiple companies: "Non-Senior" engineers who have to pretty much mentor "Senior" engineers; the "Senior" being given the title due to X years of experience inst
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    by koyote 7y ago

    What would be the benefit of coding on a tablet? When I am doing serious work I need a proper keyboard, a proper mouse and two screens. Not having those reduces my productivity by at least 50%.
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    by koyote 7y ago

    DDG web search has come a long way and I think I am now finally able to use it exclusively. I just wish it did not use Apple Maps. I hadn't used it since it was launched, I thought it might have improved a bit, but no. A quick browse a
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    by koyote 7y ago

    Weird, I do not get that when running the query on DDG. Do you have the URL?
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    by koyote 7y ago

    It's bullshit as far as I can see. Most Android flagships with Type-C are either similar or thinner than the iPhone (Samsung S10 for example which is 7.8mm and Moto Z3 is 6.8mm!).
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    by koyote 7y ago

    It's ironic that you specifically mention Germany. Although you are correct about nudity not being a big deal there, they actually have specific laws about the names that newborn children are allowed to be given.
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    by koyote 7y ago

    I recently looked into getting a simple camera for the balcony: mostly for creating a time lapse of the plants that are growing there. The majority of the options out there were connected to some kind of "cloud" service. I was eve
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    by koyote 7y ago

    This is UK specific, so if the bank has a UK banking licence and it implements direct debit then they have to adhere to those laws and regulations.
20. 440.▲
    by koyote 7y ago

    In the UK that is (and has been for a while) the case: If you set up a direct debit (allow a company to withdraw money from your account) you will be able to view all the details about it on your web banking (which company, how much and whe
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    by koyote 7y ago

    I once owned the original Razr (about 1-2 years after it was originally released). It was most definitely the worst phone I have ever owned, my first being the Nokia 3210 way back: The keyboard was unusable, the UI was ugly and slow, blueto
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    by koyote 7y ago

    There are quite a few airlines that do not fly Boeing planes (EasyJet for example). When booking the aeroplane will usually be listed but you can also check flight history of the flight number. Of course the airline might still swap the pla
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    by koyote 7y ago

    If I understood correctly, then that sounds a bit like a UI issue. The host should never be able to change the dates. I mean, why should they be able to? It's up to the traveller to decide when the stay should take place and the host c
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    by koyote 7y ago

    The traveller is penalised the full price of the stay if they cancel late. Why is the host not penalised the same amount (which would then be credited to the traveller as compensation)?
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    by koyote 7y ago

    I am not sure I completely understand: Is the host able to unilaterally change the dates of your booking on AirBnb? Did your agreement to the text (asking for $20 extra) allow him to make the changes?
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    by koyote 7y ago

    You ride to work in the middle of the day? As someone with very fair skin I check the UV index meticulously: there is no day in the year that I would be riding to or back from work with a UV index higher than 3 in Sydney. Now if I was cycli
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    by koyote 7y ago

    Ebikes have improved a lot in recent years. Bosch makes a large amount of the batteries used in ebikes and they have a handy website indicating what kind of range you can expect: https://www.bosch-ebike.com/au/service&#
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    by koyote 7y ago

    So I don't own an ebike but I've rented an MTB ebike a short while ago and was able to comfortably do 70km while still having over 1/4 battery left. That being said, I did not have it set to the max the whole way. Mostly spen
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    by koyote 7y ago

    I have a somewhat older T4xx model that's still running (bought in 2012/13 I believe). During its lifetime I upgraded the hard-drive, RAM, the keyboard (well, it wasn't an upgrade...coffee spilled on the previous one...) and
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    by koyote 7y ago

    I've only occasionally used Apple devices but have always thought them to be rather un-intuitive. I remember spending a good 10 minutes trying to work out how to eject a CD from a Macbook/iMac until someone explained to me that yo