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by rvieira 4y ago
I moved to Mastodon almost 6 years ago, but I didn't close Twitter. It's amazing that in the professional world, some people still raise an eyebrow if you don't have a Twitter account. It's better to have a dormant one,
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by rvieira 4y ago
I try to backup my Google Photos to somewhere else every couple of years. It is a huge pain since (as far as I'm aware) it allows you to do "takeout" but with folder granularity. If you don't have them neatly organised,
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by rvieira 4y ago
This is more likely some other problem. I have two working Gmail tabs at the moment (personal and work) on Firefox, with no problem.
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by rvieira 4y ago
I bought a cork wallet 10 years ago as a "novelty" thing. Still going strong (just a bit darkened by handling)!
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by rvieira 4y ago
Side note, the links took me to the Delorie page and DJGPP. That was a blast from the past.
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by rvieira 4y ago
Linear is nice looking app and I the workflow is well thought out. Unfortunately I stopped using due to the lack of robust offline features (this might have improved meanwhile).
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by rvieira 4y ago
Not excusing his role on this, but for a better appreciation of the coalition dynamics I recommend "The Thick of It" series 4.
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by rvieira 4y ago
Even though I now live in a somewhat "higher" wage country, when I was young I lived in a low-wage country. Granted it was also a different time (late 1990s) but Open Source actually allowed me to get interested and have a career
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by rvieira 4y ago
When I was younger I started doing a lot of personal mixtapes as a hobby. A few years later, I moved to "mix cds". These are all made from my personal music collection (which is not backed up in optical media). Just saying, becaus
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by rvieira 4y ago
It is true that it is not dependent _directly_ on Russian gas, but that is a bit naive. The UK is highly dependent on Norwegian gas which now has to bid against Germany for, as an example.
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by rvieira 4y ago
This is simultaneously scary and cool.
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by rvieira 4y ago
An honorary degree is not meaningless. It is an official degree typically bestowed by a bona fide institution (that also has non-honorary degrees). It is also given to individuals that had a deep impact in some area, arguably a much deeper
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by rvieira 4y ago
I understand why that might cause inflation. The projected cost is £55b, is this really enough to put the country in an inflationary meltdown? IMHO the problem is that none of these measures actually guarantee (or even promote) economic gro
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by rvieira 4y ago
> In Canada we don’t feed kids at school. If a kid doesn’t bring lunch, it’s their parents fault. If that happens frequently it’s considered child abuse Why is this system better than: Feed kids at school. If a school doesn't do it
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by rvieira 4y ago
(Not an economist by any measure) Can you explain "tax cuts which will have a big inflationary impact". The 20% bracket went down to 19%. The 45% bracket disappeared (now included in the 40%) which is only for £150k+ earners, whic
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by rvieira 4y ago
That's a very funny dialog. But ... the sexagesimal system made sense and I guess that, in ancient times, time periods that don't have patterns would always be divided arbitrarily (years can be marked with seasons, days with night
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by rvieira 4y ago
Personal anecdote: I've posted something in the past which, perhaps due to a timezone mismatch with the majority of users or something else, got no points and no comments. A few months later I got an email from the mods inviting me to
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by rvieira 4y ago
Disclaimer: These books changed the way I think primarily because I've read them quite young (early/mid teens) and as such, were formative. 1. The Morning of the Magicians ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mo
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by rvieira 4y ago
I bought the No Starch Press Linux bundle in 2019. There are only a couple of books in this one that weren't on the 2019 one. It's a shame that they don't allow to just buy the difference if you bought a similar bundle in the
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by rvieira 4y ago
Sure, but as long as it is digital plain text files. I've tried the minimal paper setup and it got to the point where: - Recall was terrible (both in-notes, i.e. no quick search and physical notebook misplaced at the most incovenient t
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by rvieira 4y ago
I also hate eating out alone and try to avoid it if I can. I've always ate out with my parents, friends or even strangers (e.g. sitting next to a stranger at the university's cantine and making small talk). Curiously I've nev
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by rvieira 4y ago
This is great, thanks! (and thanks Joe!)
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by rvieira 4y ago
I used to love Fighting Fantasy and Lone Wolf as a kid. Hypertext (and consequently, epub, etc) is the perfect medium for this. Is there any official ebook version of the original FF books?
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by rvieira 4y ago
I've always used brew, but sometime in the last few of years (Mojave?) I was plagued with these problems when installing different versions of Python simultaneously. Either brew broke Python installs, broke things like asdf, couldn&#x2
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by rvieira 4y ago
(UK) My shopping expenses, groceries, etc have increased significantly in 2022 vs 2021. Fortunately my rent wasn't increased in many years (and doesn't seem like it will). I also don't have a car so I'm not directly affe
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by rvieira 4y ago
I live practically in Northumberland and it's the first time I've heard of these. Very interesting.
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Ask HN: Replacement for 2010 MacBook Air?
7 points by rvieira 4y ago|4 comments
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by rvieira 4y ago
I can't tell you how it will be, of course, but I can share my experience. It's going to be tough (in a way), but skip to the end for the good news. Small children are completely dependent on adults. Most of their needs can't
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by rvieira 4y ago
I'm sorry but I don't understand the comment. First, I'm not in Manchester, considerably more northern, so why try to compare? Secondly, Manchester's average temperature in August is close to 16C ( https://en.w
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by rvieira 4y ago
People living in the UK already know the north is chilly, no need to quantify it. I have the impression that the overwhelming majority of HN is from the US, and "chilly" can mean different things depending where you're from.

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