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by rb2k_ 13y ago
I moved to Boston from Germany. I haven't experienced the "lack of consistent healthcare, lack of social safety net and much lower quality of life". Those probably all exist, but they have no real influence on my everyday lif
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
Are there any that are more targeted towards low volume "regular" consumers? (aka: cheaper)
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
Probably not 100% what you're looking for, but I just use http://www.pdfscannerapp.com/ for a subset of that usecase. There are a lot of smartphone apps that probably do this too, but I'd rather do it all on the l
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
German here: You're technically missing an second s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsspiel_(wargame)
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
Unrelated to pry, related to bugsnag: Thanks for providing the service. We use it at Acquia for Ruby, PHP and Javascript and are really happy with the product. We've discovered quite a few small edge cases and hickups in our apps. Th
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
Seems like t-mobile has problems with routing to that data center / network segment ?! Doing a little research on some internal tooling, I found an IP close to www.viclone.com (5.135.96.195), namely gemclotures.com (5.135.96.102) that
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
It's always fun to see how things in software engineering turn out. The "We've added support" in the blogpost turns into a "I think this will break the tuning mechanism" in the Pull request ( https://
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Fastmail introduces beta CalDAV support(blog.fastmail.fm)
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
It also uses OPUS as the audio codec and has mobile clients, which is kinda nice :)
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
The main problem that I see with this: - most people dislike Oracle - most people like Amazon So I think at least initially, it will be about "approachability" rather than price and technical equivalency. Everyone programmer can u
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
I always think it's a shame that they don't release binaries. Yeah sure, it technically "works on GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, OS X and W32", but without binaries, they'll barely get more than a few users. I really li
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
Slightly off-topic, but here it goes: I always get a bit annoyed when apps use the phone number as the primary identifier. As somebody that just moved to another country, I now end up with a situation where I can either decide to lose my Ge
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
This is core though, from what I hear contrib still breaks (haven't tried myself)
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
No you don't. I'm German and I've gotten cell phone service with several providers over the last few years even before I had a SSN / credit history / ... So far I tried: Redpocket / T-Mobile (30$ Walmart/o
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
That's probably because he doesn't have any real power :)
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
I saw ads for stop & shop's "peapod" service on the T: http://www.peapod.com/ . Haven't used them myself though. (and the ad said that you can use T2013 as a coupon code and get ?15$? off your first
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
Is there an easy way to grab JUST a list of uniq domains? That would be a great starter for all sorts of fun little weekend experiments.
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
And for the lazy ones, here are the "votes/donations" on his Bitcoin address: https://blockchain.info/address/1SPEKXiV6NF9Xg6Ridw2qUtV83T8...
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
I recently noticed that you could create your own "IP -> countrycode" lookup system by using the delegation tables provided by arin/ripencc/afrinic/... It might not be very accurate, but it's a fun little ex
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
No they could not, it's just OpenCL. Also: Why would they? They still get paid and the GPU is dedicated on those instances.
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
> File-sharing through sites such as BitTorrent Yeah, I don't think the know what BitTorrent is... > Streaming video tends to take up less bandwidth, since people only download as much as they watch rather than downloading the wh
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
That chain of events is a bit questionable since there are already enough people working on Sundays. Hospitals, Restaurants, Police, ...
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
> US taxation laws deter US-based talent from leaving the country They do? I know Americans still have to pay taxes while living abroad, but they can exclude up to $97600 per year from their US taxable income which is a nice start. (And
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
I'm from Germany. As much as New Englanders hate to hear it, you guys are all warm and welcoming in comparison.
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
I don't want to get to know random people, I want to get to know a certain subset of people that share my interests.
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
Nah, it's just that I've lived in suburbs and big cities. I enjoy tech meetups. Suburbs don't have them. It's just a numbers game of finding likeminded people. If your interest is a 1 in 1000 thing, you will find a few p
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
I'll be moving from Germany to Boston in a month, one of the things that I'm looking forward to is the chance to enjoy this process of "being alone" and "Pushing back on discomfort". As much as I enjoy the comp
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
I wouldn't do the "Enabling apps from everywhere" step. If you have an unsigned app, just right click on it and select open. OSX will ask you once and be fine with it from then on.
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
Unless I missed something, there is no easy way to send money to a US bank account though. The Bitstamp Gateway supports SEPA, but not ACH. Plus it seems like a lot of hassle to add more conversions to the process.
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by rb2k_ 13y ago
I've used this a few times to transfer money from Germany to the US. Worked fine. Only downside: US Banks seem to still recognise it as an international wire transfer and deduct the matching fees (10$ in my case). But the exchange rate

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