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by nikau 3y ago
Yeah from what I've seen Teams is deliberately hostile to simple solutions. I think it would be fun to reverse engineer the presenter+ protocol and implement the mute toggle on a wimos D1 mini or similar. wimos D1 are around 5 bucks on
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by nikau 3y ago
> From a requirements perspective, it's akin to film-making (film making is even more predictable than software development!!) - Its actually the exact opposite - when making films they don't shoot the scenes in the sequence th
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by nikau 3y ago
Thats a subpar solution as it requires teams to be in focus.
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by nikau 3y ago
Interested to know if this works in MS teams? I should give in and just buy a MS presenter+, but paying that much for a stupid mute button irks me.
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by nikau 3y ago
Yep an esim is even more convenient. Last time I travelled was pre-pandemic before esims were common place, so I just pre-ordered a SIM card online that I just needed to pick up from an airport booth after showing my passport. Depending on
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by nikau 3y ago
Hah - every time I've been in japan its always talk shows where people are eating food with ridiculously over done expressions of how amazing and tasty it is.
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by nikau 3y ago
> Look up words in a paper dictionary so you can be accidentally exposed to nearby words; I've had this debate many times at work - someone is chastised for spending time troubleshooting an issue vs just restarting everything, but t
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by nikau 3y ago
Hire smart people. Use common sense. Get rid of bull shitters who regurgitate the latest fad on medium.com without any thought of its appropriateness for your environment.
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by nikau 3y ago
> since we still get people who want estimates months in advance Its almost like the real world has deadlines and interactions with 3rd parties who need to schedule things too.
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by nikau 3y ago
MVP: maximum possible tech debt. I know the theory about reducing scope, but my experience has been 100% keep the scope and reduce the quality.
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by nikau 3y ago
I would suspect part of it is the lack of novelty, its like travelling from Australia to New Zealand, its a different country but similar enough that it doesn't really feel "overseas".
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by nikau 3y ago
Sounds like they are just making life hard for themselves, I always check prepaid-data-sim-card.fandom.com before the trip and get the most suitable sim card at the airport.
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by nikau 3y ago
I've had no issues with google translate, there is a conversation mode where each person can just tap a button, speak into it, and it converts speech to text and then translates. Sure you wont want to have a nuanced philosophical discu
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by nikau 3y ago
What ever happened to embedding a 2 cent thermal fuses in products like this?
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by nikau 3y ago
The Amiga programmer didn't have Google and stack overflow, they likely were more proficient than most modern devs even as a teenager based on my experience as a kid who read the Amiga rom kernel manuals cover to cover.
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by nikau 3y ago
I don't like being asked how I'm going by a cashier either, because its just insincere stupid social norms. If you have a question, just ask. If you have a genuine interest in my wellbeing you will ask something more specific tha
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by nikau 3y ago
I just reply with nohello.net
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by nikau 3y ago
Because its about looks. They also use stupid "aviation" connectors on USB cables and all sorts of things, its just aesthetics.
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by nikau 3y ago
great, I can save space I don't need to save at the top of the keyboard and then get to do meta key acrobatics to press function keys!
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by nikau 3y ago
Your L2 charging wire is low on copper, please replace the entire cable.
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by nikau 3y ago
You think management now is going to worry about a problem 15 years down the track when they will no doubt be at a different company?
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by nikau 3y ago
> able to take responsibility This is the big difference - seniors will track and resolve a roadblock or issue that they could justifiably ignore, in particular where other people in the organization are being difficult or obstructive, g
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by nikau 3y ago
I don't mind it now, but in the earlier days it was pretty buggy. Now I'm just at the "minor annoyance" stage as I don't do admin stuff much anymore, and I have to google stuff that used to be easy when I need to do
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by nikau 3y ago
Seems like its an android emulator attached to a real phone number. One use could be to run something like whatsapp to have a virtual US presence if in another country, or maybe have a business number separate from your personal number and
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by nikau 3y ago
OTA allows software hacks to mask hardware issues long enough to see out the warranty period.
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by nikau 3y ago
That's why you integrate as many workflows and alerts into slack as possible, it gives a reason why you cant move to teams.
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by nikau 3y ago
teams is awful for its calendaring. eg. in slack if you get a message you want to look at later, you can just click on it, go remind me in 1 hr, tomorrow 9am and a few other logical defaults. Teams only has some shitty way to create a task
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by nikau 3y ago
> I'm curious about what issues you experience? I especially like it when I switch chats and start typing too early and it either drops the first few words I enter, or they get put in reverse order.
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by nikau 3y ago
This is why I don't want a car with OTA updates. At least a dealer flash will take many months to be deployed and show up these deceptive practices.
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by nikau 3y ago
Yep that's the one. We ran exchange and some databases on it.

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