thorin

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by thorin 8y ago
What one man can do, another man can do.
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by thorin 8y ago
There are plenty of English speakers or locals who want to improve their English to work in tourism. There are lots of long term visitors and European or Americans running business over there like trekking, rafting, retreats etc. You'r
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by thorin 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokhara Probably the cheapest viable place you could go and find a nice set up. Easy access to hiking in the Himalaya! Internet connection is ok and has probably improved since I was there
814.
by thorin 8y ago
Of course. At least in the UK and probably elsewhere large businesses, banks, government etc often have a large centralized systems based on a single or set of relational databases. A lot of the logic was controlled on the database either b
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by thorin 8y ago
One of the problems is that people will give different answers depending on their expertise and there are very few people who have deep knowledge of database development and backend development and supporting large production systems becaus
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by thorin 8y ago
Understand ACID and the isolation levels available in your database server. Understand transactions. Read an explain plan and understand basic indexing. Test recovery of your server and implement a standby/ failover. Understand the pro
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Unity 3D Tutorial – Beat Em Up Fight Game(youtube.com)
2 points by thorin 8y ago|0 comments
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by thorin 8y ago
Full stack then, he can build stuff fully from the ground up!
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by thorin 8y ago
Lots of worms in my garden. I did a survey yesterday...
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by thorin 8y ago
This year definitely jockopodcast. Really helps to put a lot of stuff in perspective. If you are interested in rock climbing and enjoy british/ Irish humour jamcrack podcast is entertaining. Also desert islands discs, not a podcast but
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by thorin 8y ago
Have used Oracle for almost 20 years ( also sql server, postgres, mongo, redid, sqlite). The database itself is a great product and has a free and cheapish option. I've worked on major UK utilities, oil and gas and investment banking p
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by thorin 8y ago
Not sure what you mean here, Oracle Database at least has great documentation although there is rather a lot of it: https://docs.oracle.com/database/121/index.htm
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Nice visualizatons of anatomy by size(bbc.com)
2 points by thorin 8y ago|0 comments
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by thorin 8y ago
Interesting, I don't think I've ever seen a comprehensive price list before and I've worked with Oracle for 20 years. Generally I've been somewhere with a site licence so you can use almost anything or used XE and bought
825.
by thorin 8y ago
What's the official comment on it now that the unequivocal response seems to be negative? Normally you can't comment on here without someone from FANG getting involved and giving some (normally useful) input, but in this case noth
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by thorin 8y ago
I only really watch Netflix or BBC (I'm in the UK) so don't see any traditional ads. That's not to say there isn't some suggestion and product placement in there. If I ever watch any shows with ads I normally record them
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by thorin 8y ago
Not just that: where you live, what kind of house, is there green space nearby, what toys are there, how many people are around in the house whether you spend a lot of time with friends/grandparents, whether there is a lot of interacti
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by thorin 8y ago
Someone on here recommended Jocko podcast[1] and I love it, totally not the kind of thing I'd normally listen to but very motivating. [1] http://jockopodcast.com/
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by thorin 8y ago
I used to like Thinking in Java [1], but not sure how it holds up now, I think I read the first the edition. I enjoyed reading the headfirst patterns book as a refresher [1] https://sophia.javeriana.edu.co/~cbustaca/doc
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by thorin 8y ago
I'm interested. I've been on a week long meditation retreat in the past. I meditate 3 or 4 days a week, sometimes with Insight Timer app and sometimes without. I'd estimate there would be interest, mindfulness is very popular
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Human Resources Machine – ASM Programming Game(tomorrowcorporation.com)
2 points by thorin 8y ago|0 comments
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by thorin 8y ago
I enjoyed this series of course and you can browse for free and see everything, you just won't get the certificate https://www.edx.org/micromasters/ritx-cybersecurity There is also this, but I haven't viewed
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by thorin 8y ago
I have already been recommended the bruce lee book, I'd order it now but I've literally just fired off an order for some of the books in this thread.
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by thorin 8y ago
You might have a better chance with the interview by improving your communication skills first! The book can be found free online, worth a skim as there are some points in there everyone would benefit from. For a one book solution I'd
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by thorin 8y ago
Travels - Michael Crichton, got me into travelling, the outdoors and an interest in inner travel The hobbit - came with the adventure game that my aunty had on her c64 got me into computers and reading aged about 7 Fear - Thich nhat hahn, r
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by thorin 8y ago
Interested, I've signed up to find out more. Are you worried about being swallowed up by the cloud providers, I've not checked recently but I'm sure they will be creating an equivalent soon. Firebase seems pretty popular but
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Ask HN: What software engineering rules have you broken to get the job done?
2 points by thorin 8y ago|2 comments
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by thorin 8y ago
It's the same with .Net. I wouldn't consider developing Java or C# without 16Gb really. It's mainly the IDE that needs it, but also the build time, starting up services etc.. I guess this is similar with a lot of use cases th
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Why do we start counting from zero?(cseducators.stackexchange.com)
2 points by thorin 8y ago|0 comments
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by thorin 8y ago
If you pick up all the plastic on the beach and put it into either general waste or plastic recycling bins, what percentage will actually end up back in the sea or in open landfill somewhere?

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