teknologist

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by teknologist 7y ago
Those Intel Compute Sticks are pretty cool and can plug straight into a hotel room TV. Pair that with a bluetooth keyboard/mouse and it can be a solid experience. I don't know if they still update them...
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by teknologist 7y ago
I am not seeing the value in being able to print QR codes unless your business is selling fruit on the street (to be fair, a lot of businesses in China are just this). The more secure analogy comparable in price would be solutions like Squa
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by teknologist 7y ago
Peer-to-peer in the same way that PayPal is peer-to-peer. There's still a central entity somewhere holding all the money and data.
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by teknologist 7y ago
I've used contactless Visa to buy things in Japan, Singapore and several other places. It's a UK card though so maybe there's something different going on there
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by teknologist 7y ago
I would just like to say that contactless chip cards are ubiquitous, do not require a battery, are more secure (no reliance on QR codes) and have been around for years in the West.
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by teknologist 7y ago
They still run Windows though so you're essentially being buggered from all directions
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by teknologist 7y ago
I have some contacts in the industry and, as far as I know, sustainable waste processing is expensive and people are always trying to avoid it even if legally mandated. It is down to government regulation to force businesses to process wast
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by teknologist 7y ago
In the UK, 118118(.com) is a directory service provider that picked up a lot of popularity before mobile phones became the primary way to search for local businesses. They are still around though, and operate a website that is like a simpli
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by teknologist 7y ago
As a startup founder you're sitting on a nice pile of equity. That's why you are sacrificing more of your life for success. Chinese workers at Alibaba for example mostly do not have any equity at all.
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by teknologist 7y ago
I feel it's also worth noting that a lot of local Chinese folks don't really have many "hobbies" or many other reasons to not be at work socialising with their colleagues and doing company organised activities. It's
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by teknologist 7y ago
Those delivery guys in China are under incredible pressure.
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by teknologist 7y ago
More like home turf nuances. China domestic shipping relies on very low paid workers working very long hours. On top of that, Amazon have already established their delivery infrastructure in a much more expensive environment. It would be to
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by teknologist 7y ago
Yeah your company needs government licenses to do anything in China. That's nothing new. Don't blame Amazon for that.
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by teknologist 7y ago
Would not go as far as to say "delivered" in 48 hours. Shipping can be relatively slow during those promotional days and the app even shows delay warnings on the cart screen / checkout.
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by teknologist 7y ago
With "hurt feelings", probably.
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by teknologist 7y ago
I mean, let's just imagine a hypothetical situation where the totalitarian system breaks down, riots happen and 1+ billion people are starving in China. I do not expect the West to sit and wait it out while it happens. The West will su
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by teknologist 8y ago
A “self-confident rockstar“ is just a developer who has been through this process of self-development and no longer requires the mentoring and extra effort to get them there. I appreciate that some companies value experienced developers and
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by teknologist 8y ago
Well this _is_ a company that has a mandatory slide installed in their offices and makes their new employees wear caps with propellers on them
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by teknologist 8y ago
It's better to have some speech than no speech Cut out the whataboutism
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by teknologist 8y ago
I'm not sure that this is so accurate. GitHub is not blocked at all and neither was Reddit until recently. The recent "996" debacle on GitHub has demonstrated that Chinese people are able to "talk to each other" thr
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by teknologist 8y ago
Completely OK with it. I consider this on par with having fair import/export rules, which China does not.
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by teknologist 8y ago
China have not specified reasons for their blocking. At least the Taiwanese authorities have.
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by teknologist 8y ago
It's bad when it's one way because the internet is supposed to be open. In this case, I am entirely for an eye-for-an-eye approach if it helps to show these companies what a level playing field is.
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by teknologist 8y ago
I feel that this is something many more countries across the world should do considering that equivalent Western services are blocked in China.
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by teknologist 8y ago
Yeah, that has happened to me too. Not sure why my comment has been downvoted.
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by teknologist 8y ago
I am genuinely curious - what is the difference between opening up a video to go directly to a code snippet rather than just Googling and copying it from a page on SO or something?
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by teknologist 8y ago
Maybe it was because Alibaba operate a huge payments service network? This would be like PayPal making their own browser and having a load of vulnerabilities in it
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by teknologist 8y ago
Interesting. I'm curious about whether the time they hijacked Baidu Analytics to launch a huge denial of service attack against GitHub was considered "politely" asking or not.
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by teknologist 8y ago
It's often not a conscious decision to adopt a "996" schedule but just happens anyway in Chinese tech firms. I remember visiting the Alibaba campus some time ago and they had devs sleeping in tents in the office at 8pm on a w
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by teknologist 8y ago
This could be a way to get their name out there? And claim it's a bug in their verification system or something if anyone asks.

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