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by logifail 3y ago
> rooted Android device (I'm sure I'm missing the obvious here) but why are you happy to have customers log in using a browser on a device they fully control, yet not do the same using your app on a device they fully control?
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by logifail 3y ago
> Transfinite ordinals also known as hyperreals should really be taught in school as they make many parts of math easier: algebraic definition of derivatives Q: What proportion of children study maths long enough to understand derivative
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by logifail 3y ago
> Hmm, that could potentially cause confusion later [...] (Q: Do you have kids?) Our experience is that pretty much everything parents tell young children could potentially cause confusion later. In no particular order: Father Christma
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by logifail 3y ago
> this person has experience teaching children mathematics Just as a FYI, there are plenty of countries in Europe where many 6 year-olds are still in kindergarten not at school, as a result they most likely have not have properly started
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by logifail 3y ago
> Numberblocks We don't live in the UK but our kids watch Numberblocks. Our youngest started rattling off all kinds of number stuff which I know for sure she hasn't yet encountered in school. Me: Wow ... how do you know that? H
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by logifail 3y ago
> If you ask a child what comes after infinity, "Infinity + 1" is pretty much the default answer (Full disclosure: have three children and plenty of STEM in the family) I'm not sure that's the _default_ answer, of cou
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by logifail 3y ago
> From my limited experience on the German rails (Amsterdam - Berlin 5/6 times in the last 4 years) the mobile 4G/5G connection was pretty good. Only dropping off when travelling through very remote rural areas. Not sure what y
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by logifail 4y ago
> Journalism has always been about ads, they just used to be bad at it I'm not sure what definition of "bad" we'd need to use (and btw, "bad" for whom?) for that claim to be true.
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by logifail 4y ago
> JavaScript “How can I merge two JavaScript objects and remove any duplicates” (This is a genuine question) Is it hard to find a solution to that question on the web by using a search engine?
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by logifail 4y ago
> It doesn't matter when you're reporting on celebrity gossip Umm, personally I find that fairly distasteful too. "Paparazzi pictures of Jack Nicholson, Gene Hackman and Bridget Fonda have circulated online, feeding into a
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by logifail 4y ago
> HS2 is somehow insanely expensive and slow moving compared to France. We just need to go and look at how they do it. The two countries are very close in terms of GDP income and regulatory burden They aren't anywhere close to each
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by logifail 4y ago
> HS2 was an attempt at an infrastructure project for the long term greater good [..] Simon Jenkins' 2016 article entitled "HS2: the zombie train that refuses to die"[0], is worth reading: "HS2 was always a project bo
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by logifail 4y ago
> I mean, is it just a beautiful gadget to play with antique tech that is not used anymore ? Antique? Three separate providers have handed me access cards which turned out to be MIFARE Classic 1K in the last month.
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by logifail 4y ago
> [..] Windows 10 LTSC. And killed it off quite qucikly They really didn't. Full disclosure: I installed Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 on a brand new laptop earlier today :) For this specific device, my wish is a Windows-compatibl
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by logifail 4y ago
> on the other the endless sea of enterprise customers representing a burden for compatibility Ah, those users. Users who want their OS to stay firmly in the background and let them get on with their jobs, and who aren't actually
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by logifail 4y ago
> normal people don't fiddle with defaults Just to clarify, these "normal people", they are the ones who typically click on links in phishing emails without actually thinking? > an Android phone and an iPhone and they a
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by logifail 4y ago
> [..] so there's work to be done [..] OK, we agree that much is clear :)
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by logifail 4y ago
> If you wanted to add a device to the HN account you'd login, go to the settings, and generate another pub/private key for the new device rather than [..] So I'm on my phone wanting to log into HN, and you're saying
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by logifail 4y ago
> immersion only works if you're a relatively extroverted person (IMHO). Immersion turns language learning into a social activity. If you're more introverted, you won't get that social exposure I'm a native English sp
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by logifail 4y ago
> Some people want to study psychology (or other classes) for pure intellectual reasons. They’re curious about the world. OK, so what proportion of college students choose their classes for those reasons? Thinking back to my time at coll
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by logifail 4y ago
> Maybe there’s value to classes outside of what employers want Especially for survey-level classes that aren’t specific to a specialization or major (Full disclosure: I don't understand the US college system at all [sorry!]) In w
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by logifail 4y ago
> Psych 101 classes with 2000 students Q1: Are there thousands of employers out there demanding students who have passed Psych 101 with flying colours? Q2: If not, why not try to stop this?
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by logifail 4y ago
> software development in the UK can absolutely be ineligible for R&D tax credits yet still require treatment as capital expenditure for tax purposes Indeed. Although: "If businesses develop their own software, the classificat
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by logifail 4y ago
> All sw dev is considered R&E In the UK the relevant document is CIRD81900[0] which sets out what conditions must be satisfied to qualify for R&D tax relief. It's lengthy, but worth the read. One section that stands out i
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by logifail 4y ago
> watch booking.com try to tell you that "19 people have booked this today" or some such bullshit ...while watching uBlock Origin go crazy blocking stuff.
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by logifail 4y ago
> Granted, I haven't looked at prices in a long time. I am mostly assuming not insane costs I'm not sure what "insane" would mean in this contect, but replacement blades for the no-name Gillette clone I bought are hal
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by logifail 4y ago
> That means the new niche DTC companies will most likely be a worse value to consumers than the established big brands Umm, I bought a no-name (but Gillette-compatible!) razor last week while travelling due to having left my usual kit a
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by logifail 4y ago
> I think actually the problem is it always answers confidently This isn't a problem restricted to ChatGPT, there are humans who display this trait too. This might be appealing at a superficial level, but if you start believing spe
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by logifail 4y ago
> Commutes are extremely predictable, it's the same every day. Tell that to my colleague, who due to an accident near a major junction, took over an hour to travel a key couple of miles on his commute home from work yesterday. Some
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by logifail 4y ago
> Separating out the road use taxes like that will have to be done eventually Across Europe, "fuel taxes vary greatly [...] [taxes account] for 65-80% of unleaded petrol price and 60-80% of diesel prices"[0] All those [EDIT: hu

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