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by ldp01 9y ago
It sounds like the crux of the issue is connectivity is now fast, reliable, and cheap. Employees don't need to waste time commuting anymore, so they don't. Now spare a thought for those of us sweating in the digital wasteland that
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by ldp01 9y ago
Our governments appear to be pursuing mutually contradictory aims. On one hand there are increasingly frequent and powerful cyber attacks which can only be resisted through superior cyber-security and encryption. Then on the other hand we g
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by ldp01 9y ago
Absolutely. There are plenty of examples where the job completely dictates the hours: Operational roles can either require shifts, or on-call availability. And hours only get worse for people with critical skillsets!
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by ldp01 9y ago
> Practically everyone is doing all they can to pretend to be busy, to the point that many people actually believe that they are, and all to avoid meaningful interactions with the people around them. This is a big generalisation. Perhap
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by ldp01 9y ago
To be honest I think automated sandwich/burger making has been possible for a long time already. But fast food level labour is just so cheap that it never caught on.
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by ldp01 10y ago
I haven't been to SF but it certainly sounds familiar. Perth circa 2011/2012 was quite the boom town. Of my friends who graduated in 2012/2013 and found jobs in O&G/Mining, most of them have since moved interstate&#x
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by ldp01 10y ago
I find the notion that there can be a "broad mentality of data transparency" very encouraging. Culture is definitely one of the biggest obstacles to effective utilisation of data. In my experience managing physical assets, a littl
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by ldp01 10y ago
Personal opinion inbound... This will never happen. Public opinion will be completely against any proposal to do this. Partly NIMBYism, but also legitimate fear of a bungled process which exposes the public to radiation risk (e.g. a truck&#
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by ldp01 10y ago
I always thought different paradigms suited different problem domains rather than different people. I'm not a software engineer by trade, but just for example, I've recently been mucking around making my own videogames and the obj
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by ldp01 10y ago
bjelkeman-again is referring to kVA- a unit of power rather than voltage. Systems which run a higher consumer voltage (e.g. 230V) will tend to use higher kVA transformers compared to the American system (~110V). I believe this is because it
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by ldp01 10y ago
It seems like there is an inherent trade-off here between the usefulness and vulnerability of our systems. Each feature we add for our own convenience makes a more tempting prize for a potential adversary. Edit: Whether or not a particular
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by ldp01 10y ago
Taipai, Taiwan. I believe it had trouble in one engine briefly after takeoff, and the pilots tried turning it on and off again. Unfortunately they turned off the still-functioning engine and it plummeted into a river. You might remember the
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by ldp01 10y ago
It's a similar situation for Australian universities. Foreign students are considered a major cash cow.
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by ldp01 10y ago
That's fair enough, biosecurity is indeed important. But the cabin spraying specifically has always struck me as a bit cavalier... It's not hard to imagine a scenario where 10 years later whatever chemical they use is linked to so
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by ldp01 10y ago
I have to agree. And it's a similar experience in Europe and South East Asia. Maybe this is a generational thing? I've only been traveling for the past 3 years and to me everything seems normal. Edit: There is one thing that real
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by ldp01 10y ago
But it's a private market? the only people who should be suffering are those who own generation equipment which can't keep up with the higher rate of change of dispatch. E.g. Steam turbine operators. I think your point has some me
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by ldp01 10y ago
How would your example differ from a government simply putting a price on various tasks (helping elderly, etc) and paying with regular money? I'm not saying it's a bad idea (I actually like it!), but conceptually it seems no diffe
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by ldp01 10y ago
> I only believe in real contracts that I actually sign and agree to. I think this position is a bit idealistic, since some level of State power is unavoidable and taxes will be levied whether or not we agree with them. (Unless you escap
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by ldp01 10y ago
I imagine it boils down to a question of expense. Pests can probably arrive through: - People's boots/clothes. - The water. - The soil/fertiliser. - The air. Each of those inputs would need to be filtered. And th
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by ldp01 10y ago
> You can get to approximately 50% penetration safely without storage[1], then you have to start adding factors that can deal with intermittent sources like wind and solar[2]. Keep in mind that this number will vary depending on generati
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by ldp01 10y ago
Yeah that is a fair point. I had actually forgotten what a pain that was initially. Nonetheless, if you can make it through setup the end results are quite attractive.
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by ldp01 10y ago
Well, fair enough then. I plead guilty as charged. Linux is definitely not great.
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by ldp01 10y ago
In what way was I pushing others to switch to Linux? I literally said I do not bother trying to make others switch. I simply gave the reasons I prefer desktop Linux to Windows and yes I believe desktop Linux is "great". In my expe
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by ldp01 10y ago
Desktop Linux is great but I don't expect anyone who's uncomfortable with a terminal to use it. For someone like myself who is fine with a slightly more technical desktop experience, using Linux gives me a setup I can shape to fit
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by ldp01 10y ago
When was the last time you tried desktop Linux? I dual boot Ubuntu 15 and Windows 10 and I prefer the UI experience of Ubuntu. You just have to chuck a decent theme on (I use Arc) and icons (Numix) to get rid of the yucky defaults.
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by ldp01 10y ago
I highly recommend Yanis Varoufakis: The ex Greek finance minister who was in office during the Grexit crisis. He advocates basic income as a solution. This is a speech rather than an article, but I found it pretty relevant and compelling (
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by ldp01 10y ago
Another one of these articles. It's almost like there is a robot somewhere writing them...
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by ldp01 10y ago
> I'm closer to the tin foil hat end of the spectrum than most of the population, ... You and me both! I only work with data for machines and reliability, so I can only guess at what nefarious stuff might happen with this data. But
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by ldp01 10y ago
Yep, that sounds just like what he was describing. I can see the advantages for legitimate policy development from this new system... But one can only hope they don't let everything get leaked.
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by ldp01 10y ago
Right, that makes more sense now. Great links, thanks.

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