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by subsaharancoder 6y ago
Another alternative is Perkeep (formerly known as Camlistore) https://perkeep.org/ and there's even a tool to extract your pics from Google Photos https://github.com/perkeep/gphotos-cdp and move t
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by subsaharancoder 6y ago
The Gmail logo looks like the Joomla one
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by subsaharancoder 6y ago
Worth mentioning that "Imba" is the Swahili word for "Sing" :-), just curious what was the reason behind the naming?
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by subsaharancoder 6y ago
Just joined FB and I can tell you that the company is a microcosm of what's happening in the larger U.S. right now but amplified by a very vocal majority that is hell bent on having Zuckerberg clamp down on every single item/topic
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by subsaharancoder 6y ago
> If you look closely you can see the Adidas logo imprinted from the sandal this just put a smile on my face..thank you :-)
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by subsaharancoder 6y ago
> This feels like more of an effort to create a story than accurate reporting of what life is like inside tech firms right now. This is very true. The genesis of the story is that at one of the FAANGs (I work for one of them) someone pos
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by subsaharancoder 6y ago
We made the mistake of letting our first born watch Mother goose club on the tablet during meals, the upside is she always at her food but then we realized that absent the tablet she would throw a tantrum and refuse to eat and if we left th
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by subsaharancoder 6y ago
My first foray into buying stocks in the U.S. was with Robinhood, nothing about the app screamed "gamble away your hard earned money" or "make poor financial decisions" so I'm baffled how people label it as some kin
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by subsaharancoder 6y ago
Uber app is very hyperlocal because each location has different requirements/challenges especially around fare calculation, taxes and levies, how the app works in CA is very different from London and different from New York. The Driver
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by subsaharancoder 6y ago
> Drivers are not setting the price directly with the customers, they are getting paid by Uber/Lyft, but that doesn't make them employees. Uber in CA launched a feature allowing drivers to set their own fares https:/&#x2F
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by subsaharancoder 6y ago
> except uber/lyft will remove you from the platform if you decline too many rides, thereby only giving the illusion of choice. Factually incorrect for Uber drivers in CA, the platform no longer penalizes drivers for declining trips
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by subsaharancoder 6y ago
> The average walking distance to a pub This is commonly referred to as "Staggering distance" :-)
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by subsaharancoder 6y ago
I'm an immigrant in the U.S. and I can say, YES! Americans are entitled to these jobs more than anyone else. It is their country and immigration is a privilege they accord to those they find suitable, it is not a right as some people s
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by subsaharancoder 6y ago
Is there any reasonable explanation why the previous administration, which controlled both the house and senate albeit for a short period + won 2 terms, didn't make any meaningful progress to overhaul the process and make it merit base
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by subsaharancoder 6y ago
> They might have had more impact by sticking around to Exert some influence from the inside. Burn the house from inside while enjoying all the benefits it provides including 6 figure salary, bonuses, perks and stock..this is what is wro
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by subsaharancoder 6y ago
What are the implications of this in terms of taxes? My understanding is that the CFTB https://www.ftb.ca.gov/ will continue to tax you as a CA resident as long as your employer is based in CA. The laundry list for determin
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by subsaharancoder 6y ago
Took your code, added a random number generator and threw it into a Go HTTP server and deployed it as a GCP Cloud Function :-) https://us-central1-bookshelf-app-1103.cloudfunctions.net/Ra... Voila!! Serverless Random XKCD..
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by subsaharancoder 6y ago
> Huh? Your employer doesn't have to provide it. But I'm pretty sure that people being required to carry health insurance was one of the provisions of the ACA. I have to file a form with my taxes showing coverage. Has that chan
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by subsaharancoder 6y ago
"..well pretty much this, the common view point is the masses are too dumb to make the correct decision and are in need of help/rescue." the rallying call of the nanny state
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by subsaharancoder 6y ago
Re-frame is enjoyable and the concepts are straightforward, unfortunately Fulcro suffers from the same problem as Om which is that the concepts just make you feel stupid..
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by subsaharancoder 6y ago
Did you consider re-frame?
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by subsaharancoder 7y ago
"based on their moral judgement" this sounds like a subjective standard of morality based purely on personal judgement/feelings/what feels right to me. So what happens when the child opts to do something they feel is mor
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by subsaharancoder 7y ago
Eisegesis Alert!! A more suitable bible text would be Romans 13:1-3, which makes it clear that everyone is subject to governing authorities. Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except
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by subsaharancoder 7y ago
Bonuses just got issued at most if not all SV companies, I work at Uber and ours checked in 3/13, so more money is the last thing SV techies need at this time. The funds should have been directed to orgs supporting freelancers etc
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by subsaharancoder 7y ago
Snapchat is one of the largest if not the largest user of memcached on GCP, a few years ago they were +100TB and growing like a weed!!
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by subsaharancoder 7y ago
taxation is the backbone of most if not all governments, no argument there and most rational people would agree, but the foaming in the mouth "blame the wealthy for all the ills facing the world and go for their bone marrow" is wh
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by subsaharancoder 7y ago
One more reason not to partake of the dumpster fire that is the NY Times..
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by subsaharancoder 7y ago
> Unless, the UBI is highly distributive,taking money from the well-to-do and giving it to the poor. s/highly distributive,taking money from the well-to-do and giving it to the poor/Forced wealth redistribution
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by subsaharancoder 7y ago
Is this the same WebOS that now runs on "not so smart TVs" specifically LG?
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by subsaharancoder 7y ago
Poorly crafted legislation primarily driven by unions that want new members = more union dues and designed to punish gig economy companies like Uber and Lyft, is now coming back to destroy the same people it was meant to protect. CA continu

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