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by swarnie_ 8y ago
Didn't RIM try something like that?
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk1dbsBWQ3k
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
Just wait until digital distribution services catch up to console levels of bullshit and start licencing exclusives or "exclusive for X months after launch" for bigger titles.
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
I wonder how easy it would be to piece together all these breaches with any degree of accuracy to build a "complete picture" of an individual. Say your name, email address and social get leaked in one 500m user dump and your email
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
I would expect the EU to follow with GDPR shortly, massive fines incoming.
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
Most vote with the board on all matters. The only large fund i know that regularly gets its hand dirty is the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund.
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
How so?
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
I've done exactly the same thing as you, read the Dear Polly part but couldn't get though the rest. Since im replying to your comment you can assume i have worked through a couple of 100 replies here. The situation is a little clo
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
> And well, you know where this all goes... Go on, spill the beans for HN's international visitors?
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
I was in almost the exact same situation as you; young, European and looking for a car maker to round out that part of my portfolio. I opt'ed for VW as it was very cheap after the scandal and had some of the best brands in the business
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
Ministers are figureheads; they take national policy and filter it down through their departments then report results back to the top. Taking the UK as an example our health minister isn't a doctor and our education sec. isn't a p
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
As someone who codes an ERP app built on 12.2 this comment resonated with me in ways you can't begin to imagine.
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
A letter out of place doesn't change the point.
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
Were we educated in different parts of the world? The role Anzac and the wider empire played in both world wars is well taught here.
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
> The USA has the first military power in the whole world and could go and invade a bunch of countries if they wanted to We'll ignore Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq (twice) for the sake of this comment? Also lets ignore all those sou
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
> Monarchies, oligarchies, and other forms of authoritarian rule have been far more common modes of human governance. Maybe the statement would read better as: > Monarchies, oligarchies, and other forms of authoritarian rule have been
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
I wouldn't be shocked to see a more favorable tax environment set up after Brexit to encourage financial firms to stay in London. Its pretty important they do as financials make up a huge chunk of the economy.
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
Slightly off topic, what's the culture like at SAP? We've recently picked up a few top level SAP bods to run our smaller business, the changes have been both rapid and dramatic.
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
Amazon rank up there just behind Google and Facebook in the list of companies i don't want harvesting any more data from me.
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
Who are "They" and what does the share price have to do with a new Chairman being appointed?
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
Having voted for Brexit i can almost certainly say I've heard of it yes.
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
In this case its a tax on US technology companies.
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When one country can hold up the progress of the entire 27 member bloc because of their own self-interests the project looks very weak.
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
How is this statement accurate? > which would cost $2499 (much of which is the SSD) A 1TB SSD is maybe $200 retail?
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
What's the motivation behind building a $180 million telescope then offering poverty wages to the researchers using it?
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
I'm from the UK, GCHQ are criminally underfunded and pay 20-30% below market rate for similar skills in the private sector. Might be common across a lot of intel agencies
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
I get what you're saying but this seems to miss the point of the article. In your service job did you serve each customer in the approximate order they arrived? I'm almost certain you would have to the best of your ability. The ar
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
As a tech worker who started close to Cardiff i've slowly moved down the M4 as my career has progressed. Jobs over 60k are rare outside of London - > Bristol and all towns in between.
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by swarnie_ 8y ago
...seriously? This has been best practice in government and enterprise for about as long as i can remember.
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Can you see a price quoted anywhere? The original site is a dumpster fire to read.

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