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by mb_72 5y ago
RT is hardly an independent news organisation. And how many of those are 'near' Russian borders, which is not the same as actually being inside NATO airspace... as you well know.
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by mb_72 5y ago
Indeed. It happens very often that Russia causes such violations: https://news.err.ee/1608255123/nato-planes-scrambled-eight-t...
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by mb_72 5y ago
I was (initially) forced to learn piano from the age of 5... but, by God, was I glad that my parents did this. The article covers pretty much exactly what I - and my teachers - worked out over a number of years. And the basic approach works
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by mb_72 5y ago
"...create something which is horribly mutated, fucked up genetically, and experiences only pain for its entire life." 'God' does this all the time already. Friends of mine recently had a baby girl; she is missing part o
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by mb_72 5y ago
Many Australians became such after migrating from war-torn countries or - like myself - are children of such immigrants (my mother and her grandparents are Estonian, and left Estonia during the Russian invasion of Estonia during WWII). You
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by mb_72 6y ago
Ironically, considering the amount of sentiment being displayed here, Ken M is quoted as saying "I was appalled by the Yahoo comment section. It was such a toxic, shitty space." in this interview: https://redditblog.com
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by mb_72 6y ago
With the linked example, there is no successful 'company', just someone lying.
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by mb_72 6y ago
How is this example not simply fraudulent / lying? https://www.growthunt.com/record/rec2WipWzOnr06ODF/getting- 400-signups-with-a-video-of-a-product-that-didn-t-exist ... leading to: https://www.lu
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by mb_72 6y ago
Very well worth the read, a summary can't do justice to the author's work.
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by mb_72 6y ago
Agreed, looks terrific. I found one small spelling error - "Digital recipets" - when I was looking through the page.
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by mb_72 6y ago
From the article: "It often takes many months for high Vitamin D levels to drop, and it took six months for Shannon’s level to fall into the 50s." I don't think a journal will help in these circumstances, the time lapse betwe
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by mb_72 6y ago
Ditto for the same person and similar reasons (code signing and notarization).
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by mb_72 6y ago
Simply - I can't afford it! :)
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by mb_72 6y ago
> And I have a "suspicion" assigning full copyright to your partner, of the code you wrote, may have something to do with it. My problem is with wishing I had more certainty and, yes, compensation, related to a possible sale of
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by mb_72 6y ago
Thanks for the recommendation, and information, I've got that book on my Kindle now for tonight's reading.
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by mb_72 6y ago
Thanks. My partner is one of the most decent, calm and hard-working people that I know. We have a good relationship, and perhaps I'm over-worrying about these matters.
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by mb_72 6y ago
Thanks for the detailed and helpful reply, much food for thought!
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by mb_72 6y ago
Thanks, that does indeed appear to be the consensus here, and it's already on my action plan of what to do before talking to my partner about things.
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by mb_72 6y ago
> How hard would it be to replace you? It wouldn't be easy, I don't believe, and I'm generally quite negative about my own development abilities and values. One point I couldn't fit into my original post is that I do
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by mb_72 6y ago
Thanks for the reply. It's perhaps a sign of my confusion that I'm posting here on HN, however I figured there's a bunch of pretty smart and caring people who also wouldn't hesitate to provide direct and useful advice (a
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by mb_72 6y ago
Thanks. All copyright is clearly assigned to my partner, it's written into our agreements. I don't have a problem with this at all.
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Ask HN: I'd appreciate advice on my current work situation
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by mb_72 6y ago
> I really don't get this disconnect between people wanting to always hide behind a keyboard or smart phone when it comes to food. I don't want to 'hide', but my social anxiety makes phone conversations with people
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by mb_72 6y ago
Great to read about someone in a similar situation to me. I work as the developer and maintainer of a niche-market financial / real-estate application. This application has been developed and supported since the late 80s, first being d
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by mb_72 6y ago
This is well-written article discussing Bruce Pascoe's book "Dark Emu", issues surrounding his Aboriginal heritage and how he's been criticised by certain right-wingers in Australia: https://www.themonthly.com
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by mb_72 6y ago
That is exactly what is happening in this case; the author is a lecturer at a South Australian educational institution, and the book is a textbook for one of the courses there. I'm looking into studying Australian Aboriginal / Ind
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by mb_72 6y ago
If you are interested in an alternate legal / law view I can't recommend this book enough: https://www.amazon.com.au/Aboriginal-Peoples-Colonialism-Int... The author is aboriginal; reading it completely changed my
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by mb_72 6y ago
One place I worked - the main electricity supply and management company for a certain state and certain country - I didn't have admin rights to my own machine, and had to put in a (paper) request for any software that I needed to insta
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by mb_72 6y ago
Native English speaker here. I had never come across this usage of the word 'creative' before, and even knowing it's meaning now still find it odd and grating in the article. I'm not in advertising though (thank goodness
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by mb_72 6y ago
This is definitely the case in Tallinn, Estonia - home of Starship - yet they only seem to cover a small area of the city. I had assumed that there still always was a human following each 'bot around.

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