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by mbrookes 9y ago
It's not just that you can no longer hold backups for an extended period as a form of pseudo archive, but that for those backups you do keep for operational restore purposes, you have to ensure that data that was deleted or redacted un
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by mbrookes 9y ago
Ugly is kind of irrelevant when it's plugged into the back of the TV. The back of most TVs are ugly anyway! I don't think the device will fail from hanging, as it's static, but it will almost certainly put strain on some vari
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by mbrookes 9y ago
Congrats on the Vespa release, it looks phenomenal! Generally when you disclose something (like the fact that you run the open source process at Yahoo) that's a disclosure, rather a disclaimer. A disclaimer might be considered the oppo
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by mbrookes 9y ago
Huh, seems perception is not always reality. Thanks for fact checking! 18cm could make a difference navigating some of our narrower streets, but my mental image was that there was a more significant difference than there actually is. I&#x27
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by mbrookes 9y ago
3) Are typically petrol (gas) rather than diesel, and are often hybrids (less pollution). Edit: Not significantly smaller, as pointed out below 4) Are typically more compact than a black cab - take up less road space So no, it's not
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by mbrookes 9y ago
What have Deliveroo done differently to be more successful than the food delivery startups that came before?
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by mbrookes 9y ago
Uh, you are aware Twitter allows "direct" (i.e. private) messaging?
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by mbrookes 9y ago
"As a disclaimer" (disclosure).
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by mbrookes 9y ago
This article is from 2010. The "designer"* loses credibility for not having a date on his blog post (at least the boarding cards have that). *Using a bigger typeface is "design"?!
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by mbrookes 9y ago
Apparently insensitive language is ok, but questioning it is not? HN, you've lost your way.
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by mbrookes 9y ago
"many visually impaired I've talked to" This says it all really.
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by mbrookes 9y ago
Here you go: https://developers.google.com/actions/tools/web-simulator Okay, not strictly a desktop client, but the same end result. Similar is available for Alexa.
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by mbrookes 9y ago
That hurdle already exists in the UK in the form of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) certification (AKA Remote Pilot Competence), which requires passing a theory test, a practical test on the specific equipment that will be flown co
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by mbrookes 9y ago
I think you may have misunderstood - it is the Larsen C shelf that is held in place, not the iceberg that it calved: An iceberg the size of Delaware is now in motion. If it follows the path of previous icebergs from the Larsen Ice Shelf, i
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by mbrookes 9y ago
Or just click the "About" icon...
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by mbrookes 9y ago
> It’s not meant to be used by regular users. That, I believe, was the foundation of @gbc0's point. And on that basis I'm inclined to agree - why download, install and run for every user a set of tools that could as easily be i
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by mbrookes 9y ago
> Is it? Yes - photos of the face will have been used as texture and bump maps.
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by mbrookes 9y ago
What people seem to be missing is that this is a photograph. It just happens to be wrapped on a 3D model.
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by mbrookes 9y ago
So you blindly quote something that you have no clue about, then snark when you get called out on it? Schmuck.
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by mbrookes 9y ago
> and become SCUBA qualified to prepare them Uh, sorry, but there's no such qualification! There are may "qualifications", from the amateur PADI (of which I have a couple of grades), to BSAC 1st class (probably the most st
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by mbrookes 9y ago
Completely OT, but is there a mathematical explanation for why, when scrolled the spaces between the words appear to form connect channels?
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by mbrookes 9y ago
It doesn't compare with hub, but I wrote gpr to make dealing with pull-requests easier as a maintainer. The main use case to check out a PR on a detached head: gpr <PR#> You can also easily checkout a branch from another users
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by mbrookes 9y ago
You're right - that was the top result for "Apple Mac App Store Revenue" , but I didn't read the content carefully enough.
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by mbrookes 9y ago
Way to change the subject! Read what you wrote (in the context of the current discussion). Desktop software is alive and well. I don't like the size of the Apple Tax any more than you do, but to suggest this market doesn't exist i
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by mbrookes 9y ago
> Today, Apple makes money on desktop hardware rather than desktop software. Uh, App Store? http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/01/13/revenue-from-apple...
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by mbrookes 9y ago
JS rendering on the front end surely doesn't impact calls to the back-end that much (HTTP POST, REST API, GraphQL etc.)? These don't need a headless browser.
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by mbrookes 9y ago
The closed captions are pristine. After a short while, I forgot I was watching something not entirely in native English, to the point where I cant't now recall what was in English vs what was translated. Huge cudos to those concerned!
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by mbrookes 9y ago
> Instead they are the subject of prolonged acts of revenge. Not always: "Whistleblower awarded $1m in $40m Princess pollution case" http://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/news-headlines/whistlebl...
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by mbrookes 9y ago
Music notation is to music as qwerty is to keyboards?
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by mbrookes 9y ago
I think it's shitty behaviour - but what's the alternative? I've found good fresh domains in the past, and let them drop when the project I registered them for (inevitably) doesn't go anywhere, only to see them grabbed b

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