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by timbaboon 5y ago
Having worked for a large corporate I frequently saw decisions that did not always make sense, with the justification being that the company was an innovator and market leader, and that they wanted to be like Apple and tell the customers wh
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by timbaboon 5y ago
:O ;(
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by timbaboon 5y ago
I live in South Africa. This has now happened to me as of today… not on a vpn. I’ve been a paying subscriber for years… trying to do the right thing, but now? TBP?
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by timbaboon 5y ago
Totally with you on this. I’ve added some stuff for coding in Python, but really minimal changes. 10+ years later I’m still happy and use it daily.
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by timbaboon 5y ago
I’m fit and 33. I run, cycle and do adventure races. I got COVID and bronchopneumonia concurrently a month ago. I was lucky enough to not have to go to hospital, but I can honestly say I have never felt so sick in my life. Never has a flu e
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by timbaboon 5y ago
Lol he lost his job - this didn’t protect his career.
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by timbaboon 5y ago
I am a fan of localstack. I know it isn’t perfect and I hear a lot of the complaints that others have posted. However, it covered everything I’ve had to use so far, mostly lambda, rds, sqs, sns, iam. Sure, won’t work for everyone, and there
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by timbaboon 5y ago
I wonder how many non-South Africans get this :)
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by timbaboon 5y ago
When in doubt, cout :)
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by timbaboon 6y ago
I understand that I can’t really complain about a service I don’t pay for. That’s fine. I just don’t use it, and my life is so much better for it! Besides, YouTube is blocked at work / on vpn anyway :)
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by timbaboon 6y ago
No Amazon in South Africa... That makes it easier to avoid them :P
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by timbaboon 7y ago
I can't imagine a self-driving car managing to drive on South African (or many other African) roads. It seems like these cars are trained to drive in countries with different types of driver (and pedestrian) behaviour, and probably wo