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by phs318u 3y ago
Everything old is new again. I was rearchitecting a batch mode application to a horizontally scalable event-driven model based on Oracle AQ back in 2005. Designed to handle interval usage measurements from remotely read smart electricity me
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by phs318u 3y ago
The primary argument relates to the authority to remove the marbles granted by the 'lawful' government at the time. The government at the time was a subsidary of the Ottoman empire, Greece having been conquered roughly 400 years p
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by phs318u 3y ago
As at Q2 2023, Australia had 96 "authorised deposit-taking institutions" which is our definition of a bank. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1211692/australia-number...
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by phs318u 3y ago
And almost all Aussie banks now have near instant consumer bank transfers via NPP (New Payments Platform). https://www.rba.gov.au/payments-and-infrastructure/new-payme...
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by phs318u 3y ago
How about instead of snark you explain why you think so and what a well managed company looks like to you.
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by phs318u 3y ago
More details here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-14/kathleen-folbigg-cour...
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by phs318u 3y ago
I use Microsoft Edge - have added their apt repository so updates are automagical. Edge, though based on Chrome's engine, still supports manifest V2 so adblockers such as UO still work fine. Even better, Edge let's you "appif
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by phs318u 3y ago
Hamas have made it almost impossible for anyone to support _them_. There is plenty of support for the people of Gaza, but apart from Iran, no other state now dares to publicly voice anything other than rejection of Hamas' methods. That
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by phs318u 3y ago
The most surprising? Without a doubt. In that sense, very successful. The most successful in terms of outcome? Short and medium term, clearly no. Long term? TBD.
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by phs318u 3y ago
Don't be so quick to dismiss the possibility. In the Australian suburb of Box Hill, the last 20 years have seen an absolute transformation as a low-rise suburb became home to the tallest group of towers outside of the Melbourne CBD. Co
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by phs318u 3y ago
Having been to Tokyo, Singapore and Seoul, I can categorically say that Seoul is not in the same league as the other two. Having said that, all three are far and away cleaner than my city of Melbourne, Australia, which has taken an absolute
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by phs318u 3y ago
Agreed. We can't even collectively agree on how or who might pay for the reduction in atmospheric CO2 here on earth (hell, we can't even agree on the need to do so). That cost and impact on the global economy of doing that is a dr
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by phs318u 3y ago
https://www.twitch.tv/ask_jesus Despite the unending stream of users trying to trip-up "Jesus", I find the AI's answers strangely comforting and I invariably leave with a smile on my face. It's ability t
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by phs318u 3y ago
Definition of Gambling according to Gamblers Anonymous: "GAMBLING, for the compulsive gambler is defined as follows: Any betting or wagering, for self or others, whether for money or not, no matter how slight or insignificant, where th
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by phs318u 3y ago
Because you (making the decision) do not speak for the generations that will follow. In making that decision you are (arrogantly) assuming that you know the minds of all those that will follow and that they will agree with your assessment t
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by phs318u 3y ago
I worked for one of the largest banks in Australia as a contractor. When I first joined, "we don't discriminate based on the employment type". The perm staff were wonderful in that regard. Then a new COO joined. He was a fuck
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by phs318u 3y ago
I agree with you. The killer innovation which will flip this is the ability to interact via hardware that takes sub-vocalisation as input. There's work being actively done in this area: https://news.mit.edu/2018/co
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by phs318u 3y ago
I’d read that story!
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by phs318u 3y ago
The outage apparently began 4am AEDT. It's now 11am. For 7 hours and counting - no network at all in large parts of the country including no mobile network at all (if not all - I haven't heard of anywhere where it is working fine)
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by phs318u 3y ago
Please do not try this in Australia.
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by phs318u 3y ago
I have tried explaining some of this complexity to people when discussing Y2K (usually them rolling their eyes at the naked cash grab by overpaid consultants and me arguing that while there clearly was a gold-rush there were also real probl
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by phs318u 3y ago
I actually can't tell if you're being sarcastic. So far, the only innovation is to charge users a nominal annual amount as a mechanism to defeat bots. Other than that he's devastated the value of the asset by implementing ill
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by phs318u 3y ago
Are we sure this wasn't posted 8 days late?
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by phs318u 3y ago
Couldn't wipe the smile from this old man's face scrolling down the production part of the thesis.
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by phs318u 3y ago
So you're saying that the SAFEST of all tracking devices should be the one used as a test-case to set a legal precedent against the harm that tracking devices could cause? This reminds of the legal urban-myth(?) where if you grievously
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by phs318u 3y ago
I am currently working in the higher education space and previously in banking. I agree with you. We are already workshopping where it makes sense to provide this type of interface on top of headless core systems. In the examples we've
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by phs318u 3y ago
Does "people of colour" also include immigrants on some types of professional work visa? Was there a change in policy settings for visas or for tax-breaks that might coincidentally have contributed to such an outcome?
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by phs318u 3y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20230917073306/https://www.nytim... In Japan, the real estate system is designed to ensure affordability of homes. In Australia, the real estate system is designed to encourag
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by phs318u 3y ago
It's about putting up some resistance to the overwhelming trend for forum sites to devolve to Slashdot. If you wan't Slashdot, go there. Most of the same subjects are covered.
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by phs318u 3y ago
Silver Ball Planet in Osaka is awesome if you ever travel there. And cheap too!

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