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by pards 2y ago
Site fails to scroll with ublock in my browser/adguard on my network.
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by pards 2y ago
This might be the way forward - buy a well-built older car and learn to DIY basic maintenance and repairs.
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by pards 2y ago
> The TOS specifically says driving data will be sold to 3rd parties including law enforcement and insurance companies. That's awful, but at least it was written down, I guess. That'd be a hard "No" for me. Or at leas
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by pards 2y ago
What can be done about this as a consumer looking to buy a new car? - Can I turn off data collection? - Can I corrupt data transmission and collection? - Can I charge per kb for any data collected? - Is the dealer obligate
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by pards 2y ago
At the dominant pharmacy/convenience store in my area (Shoppers Drug Mart), it can take up to 12 clicks to self-checkout, depending on what garbage they're upselling on the day. I counted them. I refuse to use them, and (annoyingl
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by pards 2y ago
> It's painful to work with people who don't care if you care a lot, and eventually I left because of it. I have a few people on my team that do not care and seem to be incapable of caring. I'm trying to get them removed b
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Then you play Hey Jude (wisdom art)(russelldavies.typepad.com)
3 points by pards 2y ago|0 comments
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by pards 2y ago
Joe Cross did a similar thing in his documentary "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead" [0] in 2010 when he went on a 60-day juice fast during which he lost 100 lbs. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat%2C_Sick_and_Ne
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by pards 2y ago
Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to mullvad.net. SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length. Error code: SSL_ERROR_RX_RECORD_TOO_LONG The page you are trying to view cannot be show
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Dora Report 2024: Throughput and Stability(redmonk.com)
3 points by pards 2y ago|0 comments
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by pards 2y ago
> The word enterprise means that we do this in a way that makes people say "Dear God, why would anyone ever design it that way?" Thank you for this phrase; I'll quote it at every opportunity.
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by pards 2y ago
Regardless of the health concerns that arise from using Teflon, the industrial process used to produce it has caused significant issues that were covered in the documentary "The Devil We Know"[0]. [0]: https://en.wikipe
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by pards 2y ago
> which are now photographing political lawn signs outside private homes, individuals wearing T-shirts with text, and vehicles displaying pro-abortion bumper stickers—all while recording the precise locations of these observations. I cou
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Process Optimization(craigpardey.com)
1 points by pards 2y ago|0 comments
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by pards 2y ago
What does the OP mean by "web" in this context? - UI running in browsers? - TCP/IP? - HTTP(S)? I personally think ReST APIs accessed over HTTP + TCP/IP have a lot of utility but I think we can do better on the UI front.
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by pards 2y ago
> if you happen to work on corp-infra or other tooling/support role [...] you actually have a rather large impact [...] in terms of helping reduce the number of bad developer days. This, 1,000x. - CI/CD pipeline needs attention
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I Had $100k in Debt So I Moved into My Car(macleans.ca)
28 points by pards 2y ago|72 comments
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by pards 2y ago
> we focus on how to improve systems Sometimes the correct answer is, "We accept that this was a low-probability event, and we accept the risk of it happening again. No change required" IME most "system improvements"
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by pards 2y ago
IMHO companies should not be permitted to "sell" devices that require a subscription to function - that's a rental model - especially when there's only one service provider. Either sell the ring and include lifetime memb
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Attorney General Remarks on TD Bank's Guilty Plea(justice.gov)
2 points by pards 2y ago|0 comments
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by pards 2y ago
Yes. It'd be worth paying $16/mo to opt out of MS Teams. Although, it's as much about the culture of the companies that use MS Teams as it is about the software itself.
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by pards 2y ago
> retain some super senior rockstar level folks able to see the big picture This is the critical piece that many organisations miss. Microservices are the bricks; but the customer needs those assembled into a house.
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by pards 2y ago
This. Locally, we run the apps/services in our IDEs and all the supporting infra runs in Docker via docker compose: messaging systems, databases, caches, etc. This has the added benefit of ensuring that developers don't interfere
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by pards 2y ago
I worked at a Canadian bank that operated like this. They had one "rock star" UI/UX developer that was deployed to build every new customer-facing initiative, but they moved them to the next project as soon as the current one
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by pards 2y ago
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1838256923428438345.html
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by pards 2y ago
Searchable chat history works when people communicate in public channels. My experience at large financial institutions is that the vast majority of chat is person-to-person. I try to encourage public (or group) chats but I _think_ people,
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by pards 2y ago
I tried to introduce OTel in a greenfield system at a large Canadian bank. Corporate IT pushed back hard because they'd heard a lot of "negative feedback" about it at a Dynatrace conference . No surprises there. Corporate IT
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by pards 2y ago
Bronte beach checks all the boxes: Open water surf, natural rock pool (Bogey Hole), and ocean pools.
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by pards 2y ago
These "take off" points remind me of a great parody Whoa, it's halfway there Whoa,leave it on the stairs! https://youtu.be/ZKW-USW5uTo
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by pards 2y ago
I tried this using Fake Traveller and it didn't work. - Installed Fake Traveller - Set Fake Location App - Set location to Sydney, Australia - Open Play Store - Search for ANZ Shield (Australian banking app) Result: App not available i

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