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by robjan 4y ago
Original by Adam Keys https://therealadam.com/2021/11/01/dont-be-spooky/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29130590
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Depends on which country you are in. Many countries financial years run April to April.
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Work to rule is more deliberate though and usually involves using company policies against them. e.g this situation happened in HK where the bus drivers, who are usually very efficient, went upstairs after every stop and checked that everyo
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In the scrum guide, the scrum master is considered to have a management role. Although it's a management role, I don't believe it's a people management role. That's what the Engineering Manager does and ideally they woul
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Borrowing becomes more expensive so it reduces the amount of cash sloshing around.
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A few years ago BA specifically excluded the idea of supersonic travel because you can provide a much more comfortable sleeper service at a similar price while making more profit.
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Emails are just text files including the headers, contents and encoded attachments. Unless they are digitally signed (usually not the case) it's trivial to edit.
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I'm from Hong Kong. English is pretty widely used here.
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Tried to download the app but it seems to be geo-restricted
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Yunohost packages aren't updated regularly enough with security patches.
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by robjan 4y ago
It could be the contrived example, but REST URIs are supposed to represent resources, not UI pages or elements. When the endpoints start to become coupled to the UI the backend can get messy, as you described, very quickly.
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The $300B meme stock that makes GameStop look like child’s play(cnbc.com)
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I think it was called "Mastering HTML4.0" or "HTML4.0 No Experience Required" if that narrows down your search. I also remember checking this book out from a library in my teens.
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"value proposition" is about how you demonstrate the value.
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I wonder if that's deliberate. My bank also accepted an email utility bill but they said they only ask for the utility bill to prove that you didn't make a careless mistake when entering your address.
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by robjan 4y ago
Looking at the ASN of this company, it would appear they are reselling Hetzner nodes with IPv4 disabled.
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by robjan 4y ago
In Hong Kong, 80% of homes flush with seawater [0]. It's provided for free by the government to encourage people to connect to that supply rather than the drinking water supply. I'm sure this can be done elsewhere. [0]: https:&#x
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In that scenario the value is going up relative to the currency the property was purchased in but that's because the value of the currency is diminished.
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by robjan 4y ago
I think this one is a lot less positive
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If the backlog keeps growing either the tickets aren't important or you need to grow your capacity through additional headcount or vendors. As a manager it's your job to communicate the implications of both.
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by robjan 4y ago
What happens when the garment manufacturer or the URL shortener they used to reduce the complexity of the QR code goes out of business? I've experienced this before.
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If the owner of the website dies, the site may shut down due to not paying the bills.
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Most Olympians train less than 40 hours per week. Yes, they make some sacrifices, such as not having that ice cream or drinking water at the bar but it's very possible (and normal) to have a life outside training. Besides, nobody'
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It's a WordPress blog
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The biometric data consists of depth data from your photo only > The EU has set minimum standards for passports which include the use of facial and fingerprint biometrics. The UK is not covered by these regulations and fingerprint biomet
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by robjan 4y ago
UK passports are very much valid for entry to the US and do not contain fingerprints https://unlock.org.uk/advice/information-contained-on-uk-pas... > The International Civil Aviation Organisation recommendations fo
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by robjan 4y ago
We were talking about our UK passports not having biometric data contained within them. The US and UK are different countries.
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by robjan 4y ago
UK passports don't have fingerprints. The only biometric data is depth information calculated from the photo you provide.
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Fake or not, here's an archived version: https://archive.is/sVc0O
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There is no encryption in Telegram groups

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