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by tdubhro1 5y ago
I used Linux as my daily for 10 years and every time there was a major update either sound or networking or both broke. I love Linux, I still use it regularly, but my experience was that basic stuff kept getting broken. I was using very sta
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by tdubhro1 5y ago
- a while back I tried to apply this principle in my gmail - filter everything not from a human out of my inbox using rules and filters (filtering anything with the word “unsubscribe” works well until someone forwards a thread to you that s
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by tdubhro1 5y ago
very nice idea; I've used Workflowy for a long time for todo-lists and keeping my "done" list is something I have to do manually as a workaround there. Having just played with donel.ist I can confirm it's quite compellin
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by tdubhro1 5y ago
I’ve used Google’s custom search engine (cse) to help solve this, when working on a project, just make a cse with the main sources of official docs for the stack you’re using; instead of getting 20 possibly related questions with half solut
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by tdubhro1 5y ago
Interesting that a non profit pays 55k in French taxes
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by tdubhro1 6y ago
I love that line, and it captures the nub of something deep about how we do and don't evolve through new experiences. I do think we underestimate how much impact travel and exposure to other cultures can have, we don't feel "
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by tdubhro1 6y ago
Nakd seems to have Stevia in any of the products I can find and check on amazon, thanks for the suggestion though
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by tdubhro1 6y ago
Could you give the name of the source of unsweetened protein powder please? I’ve looked and couldn’t find any, and the artificial sweeteners mess my gut up and give me anxiety so I can’t take protein supplements as a result.
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by tdubhro1 6y ago
Having lived with a relative who used a prosthetic, I saw how it was a struggle every day to get the leg fitting just right, and how fatiguing it was to use for more than an hour. The popular perception seems to be way off here, most people
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by tdubhro1 6y ago
I think this is a great idea, the biggest trend in global investing is ESG, with all the largest fund managers moving that direction, in part driven by client demand but also in recognition that they don't want to be laggards to the cu
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by tdubhro1 6y ago
Exactly, the US defence industry is a politically acceptable version of a welfare state
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by tdubhro1 6y ago
just tried this and it didn't work for me, I uploaded the .json file and nothing happened, did I do something wrong?
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by tdubhro1 6y ago
I'd be very interested if you could add some info regarding what software you used to do this.
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by tdubhro1 6y ago
I'm also in the UK and I deleted WhatsApp 2 years ago when it became clear that Facebook intended to move in the direction of fuller integration (I deleted my Facebook account after 1 month of usage 10 years ago). However, I had to rei
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by tdubhro1 6y ago
Running a PCA on data from 64 node (wet contact, shaved head, lab environment), shows that you basically get one channel of data, there’s virtually zero useful information other than the main wave; you can tell whether the subject is asleep
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by tdubhro1 6y ago
I just came back to running Linux as my primary OS and went for Fedora 32 with the default Gnome install; overall I’m blown away at how great the experience has been so far, everything works well out of the box (for many years I used Ubuntu
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by tdubhro1 7y ago
I just get a "The camera has failed to load" message, and the link to the "Please see our faq for reasons why" is just a link to the homepage, not any faq.
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by tdubhro1 7y ago
Stop feeling guilty for setting aside time to learn skills during regular working hours. It took me a while to adjust, but it's utterly logical and correct that technical people should explore technologies as part of their work. When I
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by tdubhro1 8y ago
Unfortunately, evidence [1] suggests that the rate of bug detection by reviewers does not scale linearly with the number of reviewers, adding more than 4 reviewers uncovers bugs at a much lower rate [2]. However I absolutely agree that bett
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by tdubhro1 8y ago
> There's nothing safe about a Cessna 172 Genuine question: is the 172 really considered unsafe, googling "cessna 172 safety record" brings up a lot of articles suggesting it is as safe or safer than comparable aircraft -
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by tdubhro1 9y ago
American Scientist looks promising, I was so disappointed when Scientific American lowered their standards and simultaneously became obsessed with climate change coverage at the expense of the previous diversity and depth they were so wonde
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by tdubhro1 9y ago
I cancelled my subscription after enduring about a year of issues dominated by articles on gun control and anti-Trump. There is the occasional gem but as a European, living in Europe, the editorial policy became monotonous and lacking self-
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by tdubhro1 9y ago
In my experience, studying finance books is almost a complete waste of time. There are several platforms, such as Interactive Brokers, that provide APIs and market data feeds that you can get started on writing trading programs very quickly
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by tdubhro1 10y ago
In such a case you still have the option to make the behavior physically impossible, by placing a physical barrier around the dangerous object; no different from a fire-guard in front of an open fire, or a childproof gate at the bottom of a
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by tdubhro1 10y ago
Anyone know how does nexdock compare with Andromium? I definitely want this type of product, but I don't know enough to make a decision on which one to back.... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andromium/t
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by tdubhro1 10y ago
The exact same issue arises in enterprise software sales, the customer is subject to many of the same issues of value perception and price justification as a regular consumer, and the demand curve exists as you would expect for any product.
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by tdubhro1 10y ago
VAT is not irrelevant for companies, because the consumer pays the all-in price. If I have a product that I can manufacture for $90, and I know that I can sell retail for $100, VAT at 20% means I don't have a profitable business. Edit:
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by tdubhro1 10y ago
Eh, no, if I buy an Italian suit in Macy's, Macy's has bought it from the manufacturer in Italy. They have imported the suit. They pay the Italian producer. The Italian producer is taxed on their profit in Italy. Macy's is ta
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by tdubhro1 10y ago
Because Apple Sales International is a proxy for a US domiciled entity. This is what Apple needs to fix, the EU has correctly pointed this out many years ago, and Apple are dragging their heels on fixing it because it's one way they ha

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