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by m4x 5y ago
That is a strikingly beautiful photo. Thanks for sharing it
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by m4x 5y ago
If there's widespread censorship then I assume you can give some supporting examples? The only notable "movie" that I'm aware of being censored in NZ was the live stream of the Christchurch mosque shooting that killed 51
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by m4x 5y ago
Your response is rude and completely misses the point of the person you responded to. If companies have to provide healthcare coverage for their fulltime employees, but not their gig workers and contractors, which type of employment do you
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by m4x 5y ago
VS Code plugins extend the functionality of VS Code, not the apps you write with it. Many of them are excellent, and it doesn't make sense to eschew their use just because you can't realistically audit their code. And I guarantee
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by m4x 5y ago
> And absolutely nothing else changed in the UK in the last 20 years that may affect this number? Explain why this matters? The data demonstrates that you can increase parental leave while also reducing employment discrimination and impr
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by m4x 5y ago
Trying to exceed the 32 km/h limit on my ebike is similar. It's like hitting a brick wall when the assist drops out. I assume it's a combination of the extra weight and the extra losses from pedalling the motor as well as the
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by m4x 5y ago
I'm curious - what ebike do you have that can easily cruise at 48-53 kph for extended periods? In most countries that would be far above the legal limits imposed on ebikes. As a result, the ebikes available for purchase are all limited
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by m4x 5y ago
In case it wasn't clear, I was referring to the Consumer Guarantees Act in New Zealand
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by m4x 5y ago
The legislation just says products must last a reasonable amount of time. As you can imagine, retailers and consumers usually have different ideas about how long something should reasonably last. I've never had much luck getting produc
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by m4x 5y ago
Look at the window title bar and alignment in that picture. It's photoshopped, and badly.
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by m4x 5y ago
You're presenting a false dichotomy. We don't have to choose between unethical corporate actions or no social media at all. Facebook could exist quite happily without applying any content selection algorithms to your feed. If your
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by m4x 5y ago
> Is Big Oil why it's much cheaper to heat with natural gas? Heating with natural gas is incredibly expensive. It only looks cheap because most of the costs are externalised - thanks to lobbying by Big Oil.
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by m4x 5y ago
> I'm also curious how one builds up strong manufacturing skills safely? Doing a trade apprenticeship is the common way to do it, but not an option for people looking to get in as a hobby. But even as a hobbyist, an "apprentice
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by m4x 5y ago
It's part of the requirements, but that doesn't guarantee it will happen. Equipment can fail to operate correctly (or be misconfigured) and you still need to verify that the power is correctly isolated before doing work on potenti
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by m4x 5y ago
Don't generalise too much. I'm planning not to buy any more devices, and have accepted the idea that my career might change tack (again) in the medium term future when computers are no longer available.
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by m4x 5y ago
OK, I'll bite. You really don't think it's a civilisation threat? It probably isn't an extinction threat (for humans at least) but certainly seems like it could topple modern civilisation. What do you consider the 5+ oth
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by m4x 5y ago
I think you are conflating two issues. Continued pollution is a problem, regardless of whether carbon capture or something else is used as the excuse. Carbon capture itself is not the problem there. We need to do two things: a) stop polluti
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by m4x 5y ago
Why do you consider carbon capture a stop gap solution? We still have thousands of tons more CO2 in the atmosphere than is safe, and it needs to be removed. Ceasing further emissions is also important, but not enough on its own.
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by m4x 5y ago
It's not quite that simple. It will take decades for us to stop emitting GHGs and destroying the environment. The inertia is too high even in Western nations, and that ignores the problems in China and India. "stop digging" s
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by m4x 5y ago
The flooding, drought, heatwaves and wildfires in the US and Europe are significant impacts on the western world. That's happening right now. There's no question at this point about whether Western and developed countries are go
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by m4x 5y ago
If you're on secondment you made an agreement to fill a role for a specific purpose and period of time. You will likely have met the person who is taking leave before they left, and their return isn't likely to come as a surprise.
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by m4x 5y ago
One way to address this is to have roles filled by secondment. That way the same position (on the same team) re-opens for the parent when they return. Additionally, the person who fills the secondment (and is usually a more junior member of
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by m4x 5y ago
> But you might miss out on your career: and that is logical… if you go away for 5 months, then your colleague who is ultra competitive and childless and was waiting for his chance will just snatch up your position and when you are back
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by m4x 5y ago
How does signal fail to protect against MITM attacks? Given that it's end-to-end encrypted, wouldn't an attacker have to force a change of keys to MITM you? In which case you should be notified by signal that the keys were recentl
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by m4x 5y ago
What if he had considered EV charging? Or chose to move again this month? Somebody would still be living in his current house and driving a non-EV because that's what's available. These "choices" are largely meaningles
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by m4x 5y ago
> The wide-field of view image reconstruction takes 10 mins on a desktop computer with a GTX 1080Ti graphics card and a i7-8700k CPU to reconstruct an image with 100 by 100 raw pixels That's an impressive amount of computation per p
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by m4x 5y ago
Indeed. And it's also worth noting that the culture of individualism tends to hold everybody back, even the individuals who get furthest "ahead". In general, individuals benefit more when everybody is collaborating and suppor
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by m4x 5y ago
That might well be another symptom of overwork. If we worked less through our productive years and invested more time in hobbies and friendships, we would be less likely to feel like we had no purpose after retiring.
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by m4x 5y ago
The story apparently dates from 1963. I wouldn't judge any scientist training neural networks in the 60s too harshly.
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by m4x 5y ago
Only because the criminal hasn't yet tried to use that bitcoin to buy something in the real world. If they try to convert to fiat via an exchange, they can be identified the same way the husband was. If they try to buy products directl

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