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by osrec 5y ago
It's actually the one I have, and I bought it from Costco in the UK!
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by osrec 5y ago
Nice, that home gym sounds like a great set up. I've built one at home, focused around a rowing machine (one of the best workouts in my opinion) + weights. I use YouTube row along videos for motivation. I don't know if the live cl
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by osrec 5y ago
Lol, I wasn't expecting such a cynical view!
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by osrec 5y ago
For those who own Peloton products, what do you think of them? Are they genuinely worth the price and continued financial commitment?
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by osrec 5y ago
I think the abolition of percentage fees needs to happen across a bunch of industries. Property, recruitment, certain aspects of finance (e.g. money transfer). It's really really annoying, and it feels like people put up with it becaus
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by osrec 5y ago
FYI, Steve Jobs originally wanted everything on the iPhone to be web apps. He changed course a little later.
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by osrec 5y ago
With Farage, the phrase "empty vessels make the most noise" comes to mind. Apparently he was a loud mouthed joker at school too, who just wanted to say something that would grab people's attention. I'm somewhat thankful
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by osrec 5y ago
Or to blame failure on, last minute, for a project that is already nearing failure.
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by osrec 5y ago
Thanks for the advice. I don't agree with Apple, and don't buy their hardware or software. When I'm buying a general purpose computing device (which is what smartphones have become), I expect a significant degree of flexibili
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by osrec 5y ago
YouTube has become difficult to watch because of the ads. It's almost as if they're killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. I've reluctantly switched to NewPipe, and can watch videos ad free. I'm all for supporting
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by osrec 5y ago
It may surprise some of you (well, it surprised me when I looked it up) that transatlantic cables are only about 25mm in diameter. I personally thought they would have a bigger cross section, but 25mm is all it takes to get a country's
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by osrec 5y ago
Some of my devs use Eclipse, some VSCode, some Atom, some Vim; it really varies. Sometimes, they'll use one for a particular language, and switch to another for a different language. I think every editor/IDE has its flaws, but all
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by osrec 5y ago
If you want to get into 3d art, I would definitely give Blender a look. Literally everything you need in one executable, albeit with a steep learning curve (but that's the case with most 3d software).
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by osrec 5y ago
Every developer in my company unanimously hates Xcode, and we only use it if a client explicitly insists on an iOS app. Otherwise, it's PWAs all the way for 99% of use cases.
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by osrec 5y ago
Lol, I had a similar experience as a teenager, however it only increased my desire to work in hardware!
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by osrec 6y ago
The mobile phone market is an oligopoly, with each participant pushing their own (sometimes terrible) agendas. Given that Apple is very deliberately resisting the adoption of PWAs in order to protect their app store, I think it's fair
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by osrec 6y ago
Agree - both app stores seem to have their fair share of junky apps.
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by osrec 6y ago
Become the database/configuration management guy for a simple but established B2B SaaS? In that sector data volume is not usually super high, so you're not managing complex replication or backup strategies. Once the DB is up and r
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by osrec 6y ago
She's probably got a fairly sweet deal, and has already earned enough money to not need to worry too much about anything. The real hit is to her reputation, but it will make no material difference to what she can afford to have in life
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by osrec 6y ago
Yeah, but the "measure of recklessness" needs to go beyond just value at risk and portfolio sensitivities. Those things can be gamed by clever people and risk can be easily hidden. Unfortunately, most risk managers I knew barely u
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by osrec 6y ago
Lara Warner (Chief Risk Officer), was fired today, so I guess she's lost a fair bit.
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by osrec 6y ago
As someone who has worked in the Investment Banking industry for a while, I'm always amazed that risk professionals get paid significantly less than the front office guys. This in turn attracts less talented people in risk, who can the
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by osrec 6y ago
I think it's fair to say the reduction in pandemics and child mortality can at least be partly attributed to our progress in medicine.
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by osrec 6y ago
Unlimited designs for only $1500?! Can you survive on that? And more importantly, can you realistically service more that 3-4 heavy duty clients per designer? I mean, coming up with a UI is one thing, but understanding requirements, constra
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by osrec 6y ago
How much of the energy used by a processor is dissipated as heat? If it's a significant amount, perhaps it could be recovered in some way?
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by osrec 6y ago
Quite true. I wish I had the ability to get into a fiction book, but I can't seem to.
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by osrec 6y ago
I struggle to read fiction, even as a kid. Not sure why that is, but I feel my imagination allows me to have enough interest in real life that I don't need to escape via a fiction book. Non fiction books on programming or maths, or som
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by osrec 6y ago
I think that's sort of the point. The branch was run by a guy (Michael Scott) that is actually pretty old school and utterly unaware of it.
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by osrec 6y ago
Reminds me of this episode of The office: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Surplus
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by osrec 6y ago
Could this be a mechanism to launder money? Edit: I'm not saying it is, but, just as an example, someone could buy BTC from an unregulated country, then purchase a Tesla and request a refund in dollars.

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