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by mickotron 7y ago
We had to do an emergency patch to the config of a well-known data analytics platform, because their regex to identify/extract 2 digit years did not cater for anything beyond 2019... We dodged that bullet, but shows a lack of foresight
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by mickotron 7y ago
I switched my work and personal device Firefox settings to have ddg as default. I then use the !google bang to search Google if needed. Usually this is for retail queries. This simple step allows the best of both worlds, although the privac
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Ask HN: Do you think Librem One could become what it's trying to replace?
3 points by mickotron 7y ago|2 comments
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by mickotron 7y ago
I have been using LO exclusively on my personal machines for years now. I have somewhat limited use cases, I wouldn't be a "Power" productivity app user, but it has been refreshing. Sure there are differences, and quirks, but
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by mickotron 7y ago
As a "Republican" Australian I firmly believe we have no use for the Royals. It is embarrassing that the Queen is our head of state, the highest authority. We lost our chance at a referendum for becoming a republic in 1999, I hope
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by mickotron 7y ago
On a slightly unrelated note, did anyone watch the new film Dolemite Is My Name? It celebrates a film financed by a single individual (sort of) that noone in the industry wanted to touch. It's important to recognise that even then (197
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by mickotron 7y ago
This is Public Service Manifest.
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by mickotron 7y ago
As opposed to the Facebook Walled Garden Internet.org? Both bad lol
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Talking Clock continues to tick online after shutdown silenced 'George'(mobile.abc.net.au)
1 points by mickotron 7y ago|0 comments
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Perth Mint harnesses blockchain and crypto to bring gold into digital era(mobile.abc.net.au)
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by mickotron 7y ago
Yes people are generally interested in Japan, it's an interesting place. This story is also interesting because: Nestle is a huge company KitKat is very popular within and outside of Japan Changing the wrapping from plastic to pa
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by mickotron 7y ago
Agreed. In my previous job I was one of the most trustworthy support engineers not just because I was knowledgeable and competent, but because I was totally honest about my mistakes, and owned them. And yes, mistakes being plural, you will
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by mickotron 7y ago
Yes, you can compile the python script/program to a windows exe file. It is quite large cause it has to also include all dependencies. However it does work. Can't remember what I used but a quick Google search would bring it up.
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by mickotron 7y ago
I still use my 2011 MacBook Pro daily, and has been running Linux for the majority of its life. I must say it has been the best Linux machine I have ever had. It will be very hard to replace. Just put an SSD in it so I will only replace it
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by mickotron 7y ago
I recently installed F Droid on my phone, which requires that you allow external apks to be installed. I wonder whether this android setting allowed a drive-by download to install a malicious program on my phone.
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Ask HN: Credential Security
2 points by mickotron 7y ago|2 comments
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by mickotron 9y ago
Or Powershell: While ($True) { Write-Host (Get-Random '\','/') -NoNewLine }