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by ricc 7y ago
I wonder how much gunfire it can withstand.
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by ricc 7y ago
duplicate? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21636583
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by ricc 7y ago
Doesn’t really make sense if they’re not posting porn. They might as well ban the BBC...
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by ricc 7y ago
Loved it! Thanks for sharing!
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by ricc 7y ago
I also tried a similar active method of looking for a new job but I also never had much success. I have better luck with applying "passively" instead. I would suggest for you to: 1. Set up online profiles in as many "resume&q
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by ricc 7y ago
Blessed are the cheese makers!
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Instagram tests hiding Like counts globally(techcrunch.com)
2 points by ricc 7y ago|0 comments
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by ricc 7y ago
I just rewatched the first Rambo movie a few weeks ago and it reminded how good it was. Too bad it got “overshadowed” by its sequels...
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Arguments for Hiring Junior Engineers(twitter.com)
2 points by ricc 7y ago|0 comments
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by ricc 7y ago
“Do you want the menu in English, Arabic, or cuneiform?”
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by ricc 7y ago
It's also quite common here in Germany especially with the elderly... But sometimes: https://www.dw.com/en/seniors-outsmart-con-men-posing-as-pol...
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by ricc 7y ago
What's wrong with SAP? :-P But yeah, I agree. For an engineering country, Germany is a bit more "conservative" when it comes to IT. The slow internet is another good example of this. I also just bought a Fitbit and I am still
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by ricc 7y ago
This is a very eerie coincidence... Last week, I started to put up my own website[0], which I intend to initially serve as my online resume (after many years of relying on LinkedIn), and then later on to host my writings/blogs. This CL
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by ricc 7y ago
Probably vibrating the sensor works with tiny invisible specks but I agree that swabbing is the only solution for those big enough to be visible in pictures. My previous camera (Canon 700D) survived about 2 years w/o swabbing because I
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Canon designed a lens that sucks air to clean sensor(petapixel.com)
43 points by ricc 7y ago|22 comments
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by ricc 7y ago
I’m probably one of those who use the Papyrus font a tad too often when I was in high school...
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by ricc 7y ago
This is why I like having customizable terminal apps like ConEmu because I can change the color themes.
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by ricc 7y ago
Most comments say it either looks like Firefox’s logo or Chrome’s. I think it’s kinda both.
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by ricc 7y ago
I don't know where the "hate" is coming from... Or maybe I just see this more as art and not something to be taken seriously as a technical suggestion.
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Samsung Satellite Crashes into Family's Backyard(facebook.com)
1 points by ricc 7y ago|1 comments
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by ricc 7y ago
This is similar to how many German companies adapt with recessions. They even subsidise in-house trainings to keep their employee's skills up to date during the non-working days. I wish HP did the same reduce-work-hours scheme during t
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by ricc 7y ago
The hiring of Fiorina is a good marker when HP started to go downhill, and the 2008 recession was like the climax of this somewhat tragic story.
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by ricc 7y ago
His message is a little trite because I've been hearing (and even used to proselytize) the same things ever since Linux "fanboys" started bashing (pun not intended) Windows users. For the layman, convenience trumps control&#x
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by ricc 7y ago
Just curious if this note[0] was already there before or your just added it after receiving criticism... [0] "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. ️"
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by ricc 7y ago
What you need is a healthy dose of self-determinism. Learn to control your self (not "control yourself" but control your "self" or your own being) and learn to control your own life.
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by ricc 7y ago
The answers from this[0] post can be helpful. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20729252 (What book to read to get a footing in CS theory?)
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by ricc 7y ago
So basically any identity that has been established by the members of a community instead of a singular entity... Like subcultures and other grassroots movements.
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by ricc 7y ago
> a good README is a summary of all four of his documentation types Came here to say/reiterate this. A README is very flexible and can be any of the four types, the decision of which will depend on the contents of the repository and
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by ricc 7y ago
Looks like "working harder to compensate for not being there" is a common theme among us remote workers. By the way, regarding: > I suffer from back pain when sitting in a chair for too long. At my place, I can lie down if need
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by ricc 7y ago
My impression is he would have wanted to but he was limited by that era's technology. Quoting from the article: > If you could go back in time and change one thing about the original implementation of C++, what would it be? > I d

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