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by kvn_95 6y ago
Oh this looks great! Thanks for this, checking it out.
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by kvn_95 6y ago
Magic Wormhole ( https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ ) if it's between OSes. Between OSX, AirDrop works very well. I have sent >10GB files between Macs, quite quick as well. I have never send a
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by kvn_95 6y ago
To me it's like a quiz style of interview, where you're up on a whiteboard trying to answer a series of rapid fire questions. There is little discussion about why you're doing what you did, only a pass/fail signified by
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by kvn_95 6y ago
Culture is a difficult thing to discover in a relatively short interview, but usually I look for certain signs. Typically if I feel that the interview is more like an extended discussion instead of like being in a game show, it's usual
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by kvn_95 6y ago
It is some measure of popularity/maintenance. In choosing something to use, I would first check the activity (as a proxy to rate of bugfixes, for one), and second I will check the number of stars (as a proxy to how many people are wa
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Interactive map shows where your city was 750M years ago(dinosaurpictures.org)
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by kvn_95 6y ago
I remember the time (heh) when this was all the rage. It's an interesting concept, especially since the notion of 60 minutes - 12 hours are derived from Babylonian numbering system [1] and even without timezones I find myself having to
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Machine learning reveals the fastest F1 driver of the past 40 years(formula1.com)
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by kvn_95 6y ago
Although it's sad to see backward compatibility getting axed in newer consoles, it does come at a heavy cost [1]. It may make sense for OS like Windows/OSX, but personally I think I would rather have an all-new console without all
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by kvn_95 6y ago
Regarding Master of Magic, there's a Java reimplementation that looks pretty good and I think worth checking out called MoM-IME [1] For all other things about Master of Magic, Blake's website [2] has a good curated list. Warning:
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by kvn_95 6y ago
For a reimplementation of Civ 5, I would recommend you to take a glance at Unciv ( https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv ). The development is quite active. It's made for Android, but runnable using Java in the terminal
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by kvn_95 6y ago
I was born in Jakarta and lived there for the most part of my life. For the most part of Jakarta's history, the city's state owned water company never claimed that the piped water are actually potable. People with money resorted t
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by kvn_95 6y ago
I still do send emails to myself for safekeeping. I also use specialized apps e.g. Apple Notes, Trello, etc. but usually I find email interfaces are easier, searchable, and I don't have to remember which app I stored that note in.
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by kvn_95 6y ago
Link to the contentious draft law in question: https://www.accc.gov.au/focus-areas/digital-platforms/news-m...
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by kvn_95 6y ago
I agree that you don't own the email where the domain is not yours, but for the majority of people, setting up your own domain & mail is a large technical challenge. Even moving to a different email address may pose an insurmountab
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by kvn_95 6y ago
I see that the article is behind a paywall.
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by kvn_95 6y ago
>Instead, we are left with a choice of either removing news entirely or accepting a system that lets publishers charge us for as much content as they want at a price with no clear limits. Tbh I think FB's comment here is too binary.