teh_klev

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by teh_klev 5y ago
Oh I didn't see it as an attack, just not that necessary. Also I'm based in Scotland and english is my first language, but I've learned to relax a bit as I get older, even with Americans and their torturing of the language :)
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by teh_klev 5y ago
> I'll watch my English better. I think your english is perfectly fine and that "mistake" wasn't worth nitpicking over. We're an international community and we need to let some things go for the sake of maintaini
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by teh_klev 5y ago
It was never released originally, so no-one really knows for sure. However the source code was only released ~5 days ago so I guess it's wait and see, or you could build it yourself to find out ;) https://github.com/iad
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by teh_klev 5y ago
Would be more useful if you pointed out which part of the Bill of Rights provides this protection.
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by teh_klev 5y ago
The domain name suggests it's someone called Laszlo Korte who owns the site and not jonbaer. Also what makes you think this is a "data gathering" exercise. Neither Privacy Badger nor uBlock Origin appear to have blocked any t
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by teh_klev 5y ago
Your comment reminded me of this quite amusing exchange between Yorkshire Tea and a fully paid up member of the Brexiteer Wingnut Order: https://www.indy100.com/viral/brexit-yorkshire-tea-not-grown...
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by teh_klev 5y ago
Maybe you mean "empirically" rather than "ethically"?
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by teh_klev 5y ago
I know that it's a good thing it's being decommissioned and cleaned up, but there's a certain fondness I have of the site because we spent many a holiday camping and B&Bing in the area when I was a youngster. That and the
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by teh_klev 5y ago
Speaking as someone who worked for an ISP and looked after our DNS and domain name registration infrastructure (amongst many other things) lots of folks and for all sorts of different reasons. It's not as uncommon as you might think. A
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by teh_klev 5y ago
This excellent article reminds me of the time in the early 80's when I got to visit the Dounreay nuclear reactor complex[0]. Now we didn't quite get to see all the guts of the power station as Charlie did, but nonetheless even as
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by teh_klev 5y ago
Tom Secker, who's one of the co-producers of Theatres of War, has for many years written and podcasted about the CIA and the DoD's influences on movie and TV series scripts: https://www.spyculture.com/podcasts&#x2F
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by teh_klev 5y ago
Yeah, re-reading I should have used "persons" rather than "citizens"; was playing a fast and loose with the meaning of "citizen" and didn't actually mean a "citizen of".
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by teh_klev 5y ago
GDPR can only be enforced for citizens in the EU/EEA and (for now) the UK. I think the OP is based in the US as is Twilio.
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by teh_klev 5y ago
> Can I run Darling on Windows using WSL? > With WSL 2, yes! See the documentation for more details. https://docs.darlinghq.org/wsl-build.html Darwin on Linux on Windows...spins totem really fast. Who would've th
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by teh_klev 5y ago
I'm already envisaging a "Burnistoun - Voice Recognition Lift" skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqAu-DDlINs
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by teh_klev 5y ago
I've experienced the same, each SE site prompting me for my consent.
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by teh_klev 5y ago
It's not about remembering a user's cookie options. The point the parent is making is that "Reject All" should be upfront and centre along with "Accept All" so you don't need to then navigate extra layers
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by teh_klev 5y ago
HN, embiggening your vocabulary day by day.
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by teh_klev 5y ago
> BBC Basic would check each line for syntax errors as you typed it in From memory, I think that's because BBC basic tokenised each line as they were entered. This also made it deceptively efficient with memory. BBC Basic was really
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by teh_klev 5y ago
I bought TPP when it was published and it changed my thinking about software development in many very positive ways (unit testing and refactoring for example). But, the author of this article seems to forget that this book is now over 20 ye
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by teh_klev 5y ago
Makes me glad I decided never to install this system in my life and continuing to execute in single user mode. I sometimes init to multi-user mode providing the occasional access for mature, if idiosyncratic, friendly processes that are no
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by teh_klev 5y ago
This is also known as the "Salad Dodger" bug. Many users in Scotland have been less than successful at getting a patch for this issue. Something to do with territorial licensing and the Pies and Bridies patent.
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by teh_klev 5y ago
> Something that's not true on Windows. Getting python up an running on Windows is fairly trivial though. You don't even need local admin permissions if your machine is locked down by your IT dept.
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by teh_klev 5y ago
Parent does point out they use this for quick tinkering .
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by teh_klev 5y ago
Saw that, but sadly not, and not really close. Thanks anyway.
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by teh_klev 5y ago
This was the first thing I tried.
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Ask HN: Help me find an article about solitude
4 points by teh_klev 5y ago|5 comments
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by teh_klev 5y ago
> Developers on call should be paid extra Sadly there are many organisations out there who don't respect employee annual leave and expect their engineering team to be on-call without compensation. The usual excuses are things like &
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by teh_klev 5y ago
This shed is better built than most of the crap you'd buy from the chain DIY stores. Maybe have a read of the article before commenting.
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by teh_klev 5y ago
I know, and feel for you. The level of overreaction here is beyond comical. Given this is HN in the San Fran startup zone I have to say that for a culture of break all the rules this lot are hilariously conservative just because you built a

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