rjmunro

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by rjmunro 5y ago
What's the difference?
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by rjmunro 5y ago
Where is "around here"?
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by rjmunro 5y ago
It doesn't have to be jail time for the people involved, it could just be fines, salary cuts, demotions etc. Only the very worst offenders should go to jail.
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by rjmunro 5y ago
The phrase "The authors suggest developing an ‘automatic mechanism’ triggered once an invasion was confirmed to make the threat more credible." just makes me thing of Dr Strangelove.
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by rjmunro 5y ago
Some people said things like that about Russia/Ukraine a few months ago.
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by rjmunro 5y ago
This article contains the phrase "an ingenious spreadsheet system devised by my colleague", which sent shivers down my spine as someone who has worked with databases. It says it's used to create MARC records, which are then c
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by rjmunro 5y ago
What happens if you die and haven't told anyone the password to your keys? Does the property just sit empty forever?
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by rjmunro 5y ago
Our Confluence is working fine and as far as I know has been working fine all week - no one has mentioned it in slack or anything, which I would expect. I think Atlassian are probably not helping themselves by calling the number of customer
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by rjmunro 5y ago
Why not hold off the announcement until actual launch day? Big bang, lots of publicity, lots of sales. I've got a Pixel 3a XL with a cracked screen. I'm coping with it cracked, but if I'd seen this announcement and was able t
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by rjmunro 5y ago
I think browsers messed up the implementation of number by adding increments and spin box things. I wish they would just show a numeric keypad on mobiles, and on desktop restrict input to 0-9, optionally 1 decimal point and an optional &#x2
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by rjmunro 5y ago
I'd try marketing it to the Gate's foundation or the Wellcome Trust for grant support, rather than selling it for profit. Also look at other countries health systems. The UK's NHS has a department called "NHS Digital&quo
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by rjmunro 5y ago
There is one advantage of no customer support for you as a customer that I haven't seen mentioned. If there is no customer support, there is no one for a fraudster to call and socially engineer, and less people with access to the datab
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by rjmunro 5y ago
I don't think that's the problem. Browsers can do screenshotting correctly. MS Teams' Electron app can't. You can use the web version of teams in a browser to get around this issue.
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by rjmunro 5y ago
I think there are 2 valid reasons: 1. Sometimes for legal or practical reasons other than language, the site needs to be different in different places, e.g. terms and conditions, cookie popups, prices legally required to include tax etc. Th
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Tesla (TSLA) is now holding about $2B in Bitcoin – Electrek(electrek.co)
5 points by rjmunro 5y ago|2 comments
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by rjmunro 5y ago
If this is about people broadcasting sporting events unauthorised, I wonder if the fact that the Olympics are currently happening is making this worse.
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by rjmunro 5y ago
It's actually a sport in Estonia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiiking . The swing must have rigid arms. To do it on a standard swing with chains, you need something to give you a serious push, like a Jetpack: ht
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by rjmunro 5y ago
How many EU countries run a "two-party first past the post system" nowadays? If you are in a first past the post system, and in a safe seat, vote for one of the no-chance-of-winning candidates who best represents your views. Altho
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by rjmunro 5y ago
Is there an error in the title? Different maps -> different routes is not interesting. Same map -> different routes might be interesting. The actual article is titled "How routing algorithms prioritize safety over speed in rural
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by rjmunro 5y ago
I've heard of some marketing things updating the date periodically without changing the contents in order to trick people and/or search engines into thinking it's new.
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by rjmunro 5y ago
Can an iPhone detect other people's AirTags? What about an iPad? How do I do that?
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by rjmunro 5y ago
"many cryptocurrencies"? Which ones would you say are not?
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by rjmunro 5y ago
It's much simpler than that. If the price of BTC goes up, it's worth spending more on electricity to mine it. If 1 coin costs $50,000, and you already own the rig, it's worth spending $49,999 on electricity to mine the next c
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by rjmunro 5y ago
That article says Blockchain solves the problem of speed-of-light delay by allowing transactions to be batched...
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by rjmunro 5y ago
Which industry do you work in?
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by rjmunro 5y ago
Do this actual person really exist? They were looking for a way to hold some dollars they had lying around, did some research, found blockchain and have now put the dollars into USDT or whatever?
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by rjmunro 5y ago
This article contains the best explanation of what a blockchain is that I have ever seen: A blockchain is a specific data structure: a linear transaction log, typically replicated by computers whose owners (called miners) are rewarded for l
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by rjmunro 5y ago
I would restrict the top list to UN member states + a few places that aren't covered by the UN. Scotland and Wales are covered by the UN via the UK, so they shouldn't be listed. Ideally I would have them as separate pages within t
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by rjmunro 5y ago
I'm not sure about the inclusion of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as separate entities, but listing Governors etc. of dependent territories at the bottom of the UK (Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin
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by rjmunro 5y ago
I think putting people away for a longer time doesn't help much. You need to focus on probability of being caught (by which I mean at least arrested, not chased away).

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