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by rutthenut 6y ago
>> There is no reason why people in poor cities should be barred from transmitting software peer to peer peacefully and instead forced via threat of violence to pay tithes to people like Bill Gates. You appear to be under some delusio
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by rutthenut 6y ago
Certainly sounds like one of the most risky areas for trading, if not using options to hedge other positions - which is what I thought they were intended for. Not something I get involved with, I must say. Far too many 'financial instr
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by rutthenut 6y ago
I would think it can also be a bit easier playing with 'other peoples money' as you can hold for longer, double-down and so on, whereas with your own money, the risk is even more real and the pot usually much more limited. However
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by rutthenut 6y ago
The photos in that article are equally as bad as the effect being described, as not taken at the same time, with the same numbers of people in shot. So it is hard to compare and gives a biased view. Definitely valid points being made, but n
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by rutthenut 6y ago
Not entirely - I read the title and the comments of other readers, so my comment is based on those
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by rutthenut 6y ago
Ok, guilty as charged, though I'd say my comment is valid all the same!
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by rutthenut 6y ago
I won't read the article as the comments clearly indicate it is selective. We all know lockdowns have a major impact on many businesses and individuals. We also know that restricting contact will slow the spread of disease. It's a
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by rutthenut 6y ago
> the VIN is also not always publicly visible (in Europe VIN is visible in the windscreen on cars. In UK at least,
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by rutthenut 6y ago
They've certainly failed on a number of occasions. Given the type of data they hold, you would expect they get targeted a lot more. Which is why they need to do better. Much better
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by rutthenut 6y ago
I wouldn't think it is really 'acceleration', just mass continuing at the same speed, when the aircraft and seat surrounding it might stop or change direction more suddenly. Relative speed change, but deceleration or change o
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by rutthenut 6y ago
I was reading about 'Nomad' from Hashicorp, which would seem to do this too
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by rutthenut 6y ago
Getting the airline industry going again will definitely be tough. I think that having the 737 MAX on the fleets will really make very little difference to the majority of customers, who book holidays based on destination and price. Many wi
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by rutthenut 6y ago
I also expect Ryanair got a hefty discount on increasing their orders for the max
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by rutthenut 6y ago
HN is not Reddit
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by rutthenut 6y ago
If you invest money in developing (and testing) a new feature, then you don't get the benefit of that investment until it is actually deployed and made available for use. Until then, it is just burnt money with no return. Batching up m
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by rutthenut 6y ago
> I would hate to work somewhere that my changes are deployed within days of writing my code. You think waiting days would be hateful. Having to wait months is more frustrating. And more risk for the business.
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by rutthenut 6y ago
On what do you base this statement? >> they want to work in a large century-old semi-government company
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by rutthenut 6y ago
Interesting article, and from 2017 so we are all more aware of how the tracking measures have continued to grow continuously since then. Nice example of how one fact can be used to deduce/guess/assume the following traits, which o
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by rutthenut 6y ago
If you can find the source for early Windows NT, I bet a lot of that is similar. Albeit with a vastly deficient file system, permissions, command line, help system and so on ;)
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by rutthenut 6y ago
A colleague shared this (Apr 2020) link about Signal .vs. WhatsApp, which may be more important in light of this change. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/signal-vs-whatsapp
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by rutthenut 6y ago
Enjoyed reading that, with the progression from python, to SVG and then the whole story of Turbo Pascal. Novel stuff, thanks for sharing, even if of no real practical use :)
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by rutthenut 6y ago
Carriers now looking to RCS as the messenger alternative, but if they price it like MMS, they will kill it. To do it cheaper, they have to give a large chunk of the service to Google, which gives Google the data mining opportunities :(
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by rutthenut 6y ago
Far from narrow experience, C/C++ is just one of the languages I have used to deliver systems over a long period of time. Not being cocky and not turning my nose up at Python as I know it can be productive and allow quick creation of s
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by rutthenut 6y ago
Definitely got something here - legacy code becomes that way by mostly working, not by being constantly changed or rewritten. Though constant changes may also be applied to legacy code. >> One common developer bias is that old code is
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by rutthenut 6y ago
Too much salt is unpleasant and can also be unhealthy, fwiw. Oh, and my wife does hate salt, so I get used to less of it.
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by rutthenut 6y ago
Firmware requires serious design, code and test regimes to deliver safe, and reliable components. That same pain-in-the-arse requirement is true of other software, albeit higher-level platforms can perhaps save your arse when bugs are encou
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by rutthenut 6y ago
I don't see why 'white' had to be mentioned at all. As to the OP, that is frustrating to think the idea discussed was implemented without even a reference. However, that was in 2016 and - for good reasons - she did not start
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by rutthenut 6y ago
I'd argue that supporting a known legacy standard makes more sense - it isn't exactly 'unbounded', it is compatibility support.
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by rutthenut 6y ago
That was interesting, thanks. And claims that the 'special spice mix' is now nothing special at all, that would make sense, there's not a great deal of flavour in the coating on KFC - I'm sure it used to have more to it
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by rutthenut 6y ago
Who said anything about safe or unsafe? It's a 'flavour enhancer' that can taint food with its own taste.

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