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by tjmc 15y ago
Doesn't cover everyone though. Many Aussie employers use casual contracts for what are essentially full time positions.
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by tjmc 15y ago
I make regular Skype video calls from Perth Australia to by brother in Mountain View and the video and audio quality is excellent. We both have decent but not stellar bandwidth (~4Mb/sec at my end) but I think it also comes down to having g
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by tjmc 15y ago
Very good question. The Chromebook hardware is completely uninspiring. They just look like cheap corporate laptops. Not surprising given that Google are basically embracing the Microsoft model of leaving the hardware to the usual suspects.
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by tjmc 15y ago
Thanks for the clarification. A bit off-topic but are you sure about the author's life + 70 years copyright agreement? I remember during the controversy where copies of Orwell's "1984" was remotely wiped off a number of Kindle's, there was
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by tjmc 15y ago
IANAL, but Australia and the US have a free trade agreement that specifically includes patent rights and one of the strongest arguments against its ratification here was that Australian developers would be subject to frivolous patent troll
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This is why I voted for points as well. When people put their site up and ask HN for feedback, you can easily see the most critical advice based on the points score. Without it, people have to start posting "I agree that's really important"
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by tjmc 16y ago
I understand your point but the difference in the Colgan case is that the pilot made a tragic mistake, whereas the disgruntled employee deliberately wiped the show. Yes, his employer is careless for not revoking his permissions, but the q
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by tjmc 16y ago
Really does look like a set straight out of Portal or Half-Life. Hope someone was carrying a crowbar...
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by tjmc 16y ago
Indeed. If you can't hack mathematics go study philosophy? Methinks the OP wouldn't have got his precious 'A' from Bertrand Russell.
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by tjmc 16y ago
Great idea until your code clean up creates a bug that isn't in the original 'ugly' version and suddenly you've gone from not asking permission to begging forgiveness. Depending on what you're working on that might be too great a risk.
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by tjmc 16y ago
Just a heads up - the Blue Coat web filtering service has classified socialcam.com as "pornography"
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by tjmc 16y ago
I didn't know Adam Osborne worked at Apple
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by tjmc 16y ago
He's made a comfortable life as a professional sycophant. Better to swallow some pride occasionally than derail the gravy train.
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by tjmc 16y ago
Does this help? http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/
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Has anyone ever died from the incorrect display of a CSS?(quora.com)
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by tjmc 16y ago
I used to (at Macromedia). He's a great guy. Very approachable and down to earth, but certainly not afraid to make the hard calls as you see here. I sometimes wonder where Microsoft might be if he'd replaced Balmer, but it's great to see hi
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by tjmc 16y ago
I don't agree with this meme. Alta Vista had a terrible search engine in the 90s and so did everyone else. The need for better search was obvious and regularly called for at the time.
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by tjmc 16y ago
Woohoo - Australia's back on top!
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by tjmc 16y ago
Agreed. My wife's business recently did a deal on Scoopon and they were great to deal with. What a pity that they've resorted to gazumping a competitor for their trademark and domain here. Totally unnecessary and disappointing.
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by tjmc 16y ago
"Startup" itself is an impatient word compared to "business". I prefer the term's inherent ambition over "small business", but I think there's an implied assumption that "startups" either win big or flame out, so you have to get traction in
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by tjmc 16y ago
So is every Space Shuttle astronaut selfish too? The Shuttle also has a 2% mortality rate.
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by tjmc 16y ago
My stepbrother used to do that. After politely turning down about his third "simple" idea, I tried a different tack and asked him to draw the entire app on paper. After all, if it was so simple, it wouldn't take long to draw right? I insist
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by tjmc 16y ago
"In particularly dynamic industries, like software engineering, unemployed workers might also miss out on new developments and fail to develop the skills required." Can't buy that argument for software engineering. If you're unemployed you'
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by tjmc 16y ago
Question for those with a bit more strategic policy knowledge than myself - what's wrong with just taking the "spoiled child" policy of ignoring them completely? Seems to me the latest round of crisis talks is just the attention they were l
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by tjmc 16y ago
I like the concept, but it doesn't mention sizing. It seems like it would be crucial to get your measurements right because there'd be little or no excess inventory. Unfortunately as someone who's done that knows, you don't always get the s
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by tjmc 16y ago
Indeed, and now that she's got some free time perhaps she can help Conrad Black with his memoirs.
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by tjmc 16y ago
Former editor, thankfully.
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by tjmc 16y ago
There is definitely soft skills training in the US military. This was an interesting read: http://www.amazon.com/Interrogators-War-Breaking-Al-Qaeda-Af... It's a military interrogator's account of the techniques used in Afghanistan.
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by tjmc 16y ago
Cool site. My prediction is that by 2025 electric vehicle sales will overtake ICE vehicle sales. I don't want to spend 50 bucks to put it up there though!
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by tjmc 16y ago
Actually I think you'd have a pretty good chance of getting sponsored for a normal work visa in that situation. Unrestricted work visas here are awarded on a points system. Most IT positions are awarded maximum points and you get more for b

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