theodric

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by theodric 3y ago
Because, freed from the time lost to a commute, they may have an extra 1-3 hours per day at home which is not owed to their employer.
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by theodric 3y ago
And if you want a less dramatized telling of different events, check out the book 'ShipRocked: Life on the Waves with Radio Caroline' Disclosure: I know the guy who wrote it, and he's also a techy
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by theodric 3y ago
Not ageism, not when I was there. We'd hire people in their 60s if they could do the job. But in a way, banking is leaving Switzerland: the general trend across industries is against putting more and more roles in Switzerland when they
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by theodric 3y ago
If you prefer top-tier work-life balance and social programs, Europe is better. If you prefer having a chance at making mind-bending levels of compensation, the USA is better. On balance, if you want to make very good but not astonishing
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by theodric 3y ago
A flock of pasture-raised broiler chickens
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by theodric 3y ago
Interestingly, while it was down last night (GMT) and all the release download links on their website were broken, those links and the associated GitLab repos appear to be back up now (09:47 GMT). Quick, mirror everything :)
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by theodric 3y ago
This reminds me of the NeXT ADB keyboard that has 'Command' as a bar under the spacebar[1]. I appreciate the utility of remapping 'space' as a layer switch, but I would prefer not to have to unlearn 40 years of spaceba
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by theodric 3y ago
Well I'm just a rando, and you didn't ask me, but I agree with the sentiment, so: Fedora. Or openSUSE. I'd be more comfortable giving a newbie Fedora. I was a Debian devotee for nearly 25 years, but I've found it to be l
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by theodric 3y ago
December 2026, pushed back twice so far. The places that have service have post-launch prices far exceeding that of Starlink (and launch prices matching Starlink). It's "National" in the sense of being funded by taxpayers, bu
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by theodric 3y ago
Incomplete, with a poor launch app ecosystem, dependent on owning another of the company's devices to scan your head to get a rather variable quality of mask fit, and when that phone guesses wrong it costs the customer a further $300 f
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by theodric 3y ago
I appreciate any effort on the part of a government to exert pressure on industry to deliver a product to citizens that keeps up with the times, but I'm not sure it really matters anymore. Any connection that can stream YouTube at an a
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by theodric 3y ago
As of a few months ago, the UK was still discussing separating from the ECHR [1], so they may yet snatch their success from the jaws of failure either way. Reading between the lines of their Q&A [2], it seems largely de facto and functi
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by theodric 3y ago
Disagree. Set realistic goals, achieve them, and finish your life satisfied that you've done what you set out to do. Constantly demanding more is a recipe for being unsatisfiable . If I died today, I'd do so happy that I checked
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by theodric 3y ago
I retired from tech, and it's the off-season on the farm.
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by theodric 3y ago
Life is long, provided you don't just waste your time with nonsense. Even eternity wouldn't be long enough for the compulsive procrasturbator.
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by theodric 3y ago
The global team I was in halved while I was at the bank, partly from cuts and partly from people deciding to take their various opportunities to leave and then not being replaced. By the time I departed with severe burnout, I had been consi
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by theodric 3y ago
That's okay, there are no Muslim people in China! (Or at least that's the goal.)
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by theodric 3y ago
I don't know. Maybe. I've gone back and forth on this many times. Wanting to play a video game, and having to learn how to free up enough conventional memory in DOS that I could do so without giving up sound and joystick control,
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by theodric 3y ago
I mean this as earnestly as possible: remember that pain and don't buy a PS5, or a PS6, or [...] Don't build any more emotional relationships with products built by rentiers that refuse to respect your ability to enjoy the perpetu
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by theodric 3y ago
Not anymore :D "The best way to make a small fortune in farming is to start with a large one"
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by theodric 3y ago
I simply have a Twitter account (linked to a purpose-specific @goatse.email account, if you must know) and I log into the app on my phone and the website on my computers. This allows me to see all the content I like. I appreciate the positi
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by theodric 3y ago
https://archive.is/YAwym
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by theodric 3y ago
I bought a farm and quit tech, but I was management scum, not a SWE (though I did have some under me a couple jobs ago). There's a lot to learn. I'm not really doing this for the money, rather as my contribution to the community a
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by theodric 3y ago
> trucks You're not the only one who thinks so: https://www.hydrogeninsight.com/transport/netherlands-unveil...
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by theodric 3y ago
Tell ya what I want (and actually built a prototype of, but gave up on in favor of alcoholism mid-pandemic): a Bluetooth A2DP-enabled, Wi-Fi capable podcast playing device. I don't want to have to go power on a computer to sync my play
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by theodric 3y ago
Alumnus. Alumni is plural.
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by theodric 3y ago
If only :) I moved to Ireland. If I'm lucky, we'll have fiber in Dec 2026!
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by theodric 3y ago
I've gone completely off piste and started using Yandex. It's excellent! More Russian results, of course, but I can generally find what I'm after.
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by theodric 3y ago
Rice University scientists
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by theodric 3y ago
A famous rock band

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