learntofly

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   by learntofly 4mo ago

   “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27, ESV)
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   by learntofly 7y ago

   There's a few YouTube videos about the Ernest Wright factory. From memory, one details how elderly, master scissor makers were staying on well last retirement age in order to pass the skills onto a new generation of apprentices. I foun
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   by learntofly 7y ago

   I flagged the slow YouTube issues to iVPN (openvpn) previously but got palmed off by support, otherwise they offer an excellent service.
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   by learntofly 7y ago

   I used to work for the UK's largest Supermarket Chain. In 2012 when an ALDI was due to open close to a store I managed, head office sent in a delegate from the small "Continental Discounter" (ALDI/LIDL) team who explain
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   by learntofly 8y ago

   http://archive.today/kZize
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   by learntofly 9y ago

   Brilliant story. Pleased both the author and "hacker" we're happy with the deal struck.
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   by learntofly 9y ago

   You make some excellent points, so much so that I changed my opinion after reading your comments. That happens very rarely. You are correct - barring mental illness - everybody knows that there are some things that are foolish and / or
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   by learntofly 9y ago

   Hi, Endocrine patient here. I've seen some research that suggests a phenomena of hypothalamic obesity due to decreased oxytocin secretion. Know much about this? Could Inflamation of the hypothalamus decrease / increase sensitivity
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   by learntofly 9y ago

   Why are drugs almost exclusively dosed in multiples of 5, ie 50mcg, 250mg? Surely this introduces a margin of error vs the "perfect" dose.
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    by learntofly 9y ago

    I think this relates to a time before 2 Factor Authentication, when Apple used 2 Step Verification. You could st that time (if you were using iOS 6 to iOS 8) chose various recovery options. I'm no expert but this is my recollection. In
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    by learntofly 9y ago

    I use an older iPhone as my primary internet device when at home. From google news, the top hits are served through amp and I lose about 1/10 of my screen area to a pointless blue "bar" underneath safari's address bar. T
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    by learntofly 9y ago

    http://facebook.com/l.php?u=https://www.wsj.com/articles/mit... Credit: a HN news poster from a few months noticed that by prefixing: http://facebook.com/l.php?u= You can avoid the paywa
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    by learntofly 9y ago

    I don't work in tech but I'm an avid HN reader. I'm surprised a junior dev on his first day isn't buddied up with an existing team member. In my line of work, an existing employee who Transferred from another location wo
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    by learntofly 9y ago

    Fix has also been pushed to Raspian (Debian for Raspberry Pi's) Thanks to OP for highlighting this
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    by learntofly 9y ago

    Yes, testing captive portals where https would give a TLS error!
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    by learntofly 9y ago

    Thanks for sharing. I'm assuming you are happy to receive feedback? Does the cookie statement have to be so large? On first load it takes up ~ 3/4 of my usable screen space on an iPhone 5S in safari? It also feels unusual to be at
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    by learntofly 9y ago

    Hey: Don't work in IT but do play a lot in it, I'm probably an atypical HN reader being "outside of the bubble" but have always wished I had pursued a career in IT.. Anyway.. As a sideline to my daily job that pays natio