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by signal11 6y ago
I believe AZ have said they will not profit off the vaccine until the pandemic ends. The interesting thing is that they may get to decide when that happens.[1] [1] https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/astrazeneca-puts-a-
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by signal11 6y ago
I suspect the truth is, in the narrow domain of electric power distribution, Texas too has an inept government that’s beholden to certain vested interests in the garb of “free markets”. This is a state that has fetishized “light touch regul
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by signal11 6y ago
Vegetarian Indian food is very tasty and also potentially very carb-rich if you don’t watch out — especially the parathas / pooris. Or the large amounts of rice many consume vs their exercise levels. The sugary tea many consume, often
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by signal11 6y ago
For those wanting to try this out without paying for Creative Suite, Pixelmator Pro on the Mac ($40) has something similar[1]. The iPad version ($8) also has this feature now[2]. [1] https://www.pixelmator.com/blog/2019
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by signal11 6y ago
> if Gmail could get with the times and add proper custom domain support to the consumer grade service Yes please. Especially since Microsoft offers it to a limited extent on Outlook.com for Microsoft 365 Home subscribers ('limited&
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by signal11 6y ago
Users are not knowledgable enough to know what technology was used to build a product, but many have repeatedly complained about non-native UIs. Heck, Lotus Notes went from being a market leader to an also-ran and user complaints about UX t
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by signal11 6y ago
While I realise you’re just providing an example, Windows has supported deep linking in one form or another since Windows 3.1 (DDE, specifically topics), but also HTTP-style application URLs (eg app://command?options=opts) ever si
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by signal11 6y ago
Counterexample: banks started with shitty cross-platform UI type apps, but those received low customer satisfaction figures so most of them have now switched over to native apps. A similar thing happened with Facebook.
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by signal11 6y ago
You could call it that. But in the context of the article, an "IT Department" (the term it actually uses) in many large non-tech companies, connotes heavy-handed control and -- usually -- poor user experience. I suspect many compa
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by signal11 6y ago
Octopus is very tech-savvy (especially for a energy utility company), so in theory it's doable, especially in their line of business and size. Note that 1200 is still small as large companies go, especially these days when you don&#x27
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by signal11 6y ago
This has been covered many times in the past[1], but for anyone looking to play with the BBC Micro these days: https://www.bbcmicrobot.com/ [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=tru
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by signal11 6y ago
Is there any information on how well Pfizer / Moderna do against the South African strain?
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by signal11 6y ago
This page[1] has more detail and context, but in short, I don’t buy the “lower speeds cause less accidents” — the human cost of road traffic incidents in India is immense. Especially when you count injuries and maimings, which isn’t reporte
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by signal11 6y ago
> why Microsoft didn't spin off FoxPro in the same way They have Microsoft Access, which is the sort of spiritual heir to FoxPro, and is bundled with higher tiers of Microsoft Office. Access has lots of users across industries. Acce
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by signal11 6y ago
> The whole xBase/Clipper-verse almost seems like a unique dead end, in an industry that keeps pretty much every other technology afloat. Interestingly Claris's FileMaker is still in business: https://www.claris.com&
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by signal11 6y ago
The judge, who’s on Twitter, made the video available[1] for “educational purposes”. [1] https://twitter.com/judgefergusontx/status/13592509393125662...
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by signal11 6y ago
To me, it’s not surprising that businesses who are reluctant to pay for Office or Google Apps, are also reluctant to pay for commercial support for Libre Office. Very few businesses stay away from proprietary software because of philosophic
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by signal11 6y ago
DigitalOcean does (or did?) this as well. To be able to create larger droplets, they’d ask you to send in a photo of yourself holding government-issued photo id. Anyone from DO reading this: I hope you shred those photos.
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by signal11 6y ago
To clarify, the fact that WhatsApp wasn’t free (but very cheap) was a positive in my mind as well. I didn’t intend “not free” in my comment above to be derisory. Also, to add some nuance: WhatsApp wasn’t free (ie it was a subscription base
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by signal11 6y ago
> Microsoft refuse to accept Smartphone is the future of computing hence there never was MSN on Smartphone. This. When WhatsApp came around, it wasn't free, but it was the a lightweight cross-platform mobile chat that worked . The
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by signal11 6y ago
> the UK right now is blaming everyone but themselves Only a narrow political class of Brexit true-believers are doing that, and it seems unfair to say they represent the UK in totality. There are plenty of voices in the the UK who'
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by signal11 6y ago
To be fair, I’d use “you there?” with coworkers I know, and who know me. Since I don’t usually begin by saying hi, they know I’m actually looking for them immediately. And I can also use the phone if it’s really urgent.
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by signal11 6y ago
For immediate replies I’d usually use “you there?” or “free for a quick chat?”. The naked greeting is just begging to get ignored.
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by signal11 6y ago
I’d start with reading the Phoenix Project (a “novel” about Devops) and also Accelerate. Also the Continuous Delivery book by Dave Farley and Jez Humble. Beyond that however it’s about taking a look at your processes and your particular cha
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by signal11 6y ago
My workplace is probably one of the larger ones in HN (tens of thousands of people in technology), and we do CD all the way to production. We’re also extremely regulated. I agree that we’ve been lucky though, to have great tech leadership o
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by signal11 6y ago
Note for people attached to old and cumbersome change management processes, eg ITIL: ITIL’s latest iteration, ITIL v4, has a track for “high velocity IT” which incorporates rapid release cadence, CD, etc and is described by them as suitable
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by signal11 6y ago
It depends on the nature of the business. My experience (regulated financial institution) is that both front office and back office have teams which release hundreds of times a week. It does depend on the maturity of the team (including the
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by signal11 6y ago
You can use nonstandard controls and still allow people to customise colours. There are APIs (GetSysColor for instance) which’ll let you query and honour user settings, assuming you care to and don’t put your branding / Look & Feel
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by signal11 6y ago
I do agree that the modern love for “dark mode” has made developers realise — albeit in a limited way — that there is a pent-up demand for theming. Products who do theming well tend to be popular among their users — eg IntelliJ and VSCode o
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by signal11 6y ago
> The lesson I'm taking away from this is just use a license like they're using now from day 1 You’re welcome to license under SSPL (or AGPL) if you wish. But if you want commercial customers (or even users), you’ll have to b

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