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by mastazi 4y ago
> don't even create indexes and just consider it to be a database problem is this DBA stuff though? Sounds like creating indexes would be basic junior-level backend dev knowledge?
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by mastazi 4y ago
I'm located on the opposite side of the world with respect to Silicon Valley, and admin jobs are disappearing quickly here. This may surprise you but we have heard about this "cloud" thingy. ;-)
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by mastazi 4y ago
Some models were cheaper than that. As an example you can see here[1] this particular model was 30 pounds in 1992, which is equivalent to about 50 dollars[2]. Depending on the time or place they may have been a bit more expensive so it make
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by mastazi 4y ago
I'm not quite sure that something that is on by default for everyone can be described as parental control, unless in the context of a nanny-state metaphor?
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by mastazi 4y ago
It is enabled by default, so it's a big deal in my opinion. Edit: also, "parental control" is not really a good description for something that is active by default for anyone regardless of their age. It is quite literally a c
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by mastazi 4y ago
the fact that it is opt-out rather than opt-in makes it much more than a "nothing burger" IMHO.
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by mastazi 4y ago
In this case they are opt-out, so there is a problem.
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by mastazi 4y ago
It seems that they are doing much more than that, those templates are quite cool for example https://kubesail.com/templates
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by mastazi 4y ago
> Vimeo doesn't provide an easy way of doing it. I wrote to the support team around October asking them if it was possible to do a migration, and they told us that they "will look into it" without letting us know anything
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by mastazi 4y ago
Which is by the way impossible due to the timing (he was born in Brazil 100 years ago hence his parents must have migrated there before Hitler took power in 1933)
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by mastazi 4y ago
There was an episode of Adventures In Golf about this topic, it was quite entertaining https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkse_SuJysI
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California’s demography is at odds with the old California Dream(economist.com)
19 points by mastazi 4y ago|84 comments
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by mastazi 4y ago
I used to make music on the Amiga. There is one aspect that the article doesn't explain too well - what allowed the Amiga to flourish as a music making platform, is that it had onboard audio which was much more capable than most other
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by mastazi 4y ago
TL;DR: IME, outside of the USA, high school friends > uni friends. I grew up in Italy and lived in Australia for many years, I have the impression that in both of these countries, high school has a bigger role than uni when it comes to l
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by mastazi 4y ago
Nice! Yes, I remember the 50Khz mode! For the high frequency noise, there is actually an easy fix (requires a little bit of soldering), if you still have your STe you may be interested: https://www.exxoshost.co.uk/atari&#x2F
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by mastazi 4y ago
This is what I remember from those times: if you had external gear (synth, sampler etc.) then the Atari was your best bet because of the built-in MIDI ports[1] and consequently having a good ecosystem in terms of MIDI sequencers. (Cubase, f
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by mastazi 5y ago
Agree, I think parent meant to write "missing" there?
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by mastazi 5y ago
I'm in Australia, I got my degree in almost half the time since I already had experience in the field from working as a developer. Some of the fees are per subject, and some per semester. I had to pay the former like everyone else, but
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by mastazi 5y ago
> high quality and doesn't break When it comes to build quality, I no longer trust TE as a brand. I have the Modular 16 from TE and both build quality and usability are terrible. Here's a review of the thing: https:/&#x2F
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by mastazi 5y ago
We have that in Australia, AU$8/month. https://flashnews.com.au/ The streaming service itself is owned by Streamotion which is owned by Foxtel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxtel Includes many po
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by mastazi 5y ago
> DDG sounds like a promising alternative Unfortunately, switching to a different search engine does not prevent you from ever stepping onto AMP again. For example all links in the mobile version of Twitter used to be AMP until recently:
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by mastazi 5y ago
But AMP can pop up in unexpected places, for example Twitter links on mobile used to be AMP until recently. Just changing search engine will not prevent AMP completely
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by mastazi 5y ago
Question: I've seen Kagi and I'm very interested, is there a way to use it without creating an account? Is the account required due to it still being beta, or it will be required in the future as well?
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by mastazi 5y ago
> censoring content for political reasons (Ukraine) what type of content did they censor? Do you have a link with more info?
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by mastazi 5y ago
Can you provide a TL;DR of the article? I'm a DDG user but open to considering alternatives, never heard of kagi and tried searX a long time ago. Currently, whenever DDG doesn't cut it, I add the !sp bang and get Google results th
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by mastazi 5y ago
> The alternative [..] sounds crazy I also think that it is unlikely but, let's not forget that some unlikely things are regularly found to be true. In 2019 many thought that a global pandemic was unlikely, in 2007 they thought that
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by mastazi 5y ago
They are usually not, illegal clauses are still illegal even if you clicked an "accept" button. Edit: one of many examples https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/06/02/automatic...
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by mastazi 5y ago
> evading contractual obligations If by contractual obligations you mean "clauses that are most probably illegal but the average person will usually just shut up and pay rather that lawyer-up against a multibillion corporation"
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by mastazi 5y ago
It means washing the car using a garden hose, in other words it means cleaning the car using a large quantity of water
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by mastazi 5y ago
I'm sorry, the comment that I linked above was inaccurate, but the issue still persists for me, see here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31009239

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