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by whatusername 9y ago
4 weeks. plus 11 public holidays. plus sick leave.
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by whatusername 9y ago
And it’s bigger in area than any two European countries (excluding Russia) combined. Just because there’s a drought in one part of Spain __ there might be plenty of water somewhere in France.
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by whatusername 9y ago
iOS photos app does this as well.
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by whatusername 9y ago
as someone who grew up on a farm in country Australia "tea" was the evening meal every night. A "cuppa" was the drink of tea - whenever someone was visiting the house.
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by whatusername 9y ago
Not tracking users when they ask not to be tracked?
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by whatusername 9y ago
I find that ikea designs their furniture for the build process as well. I dread putting together any non-ikea assembly — but ikea has actually put thought into the process - and it all just works.
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by whatusername 9y ago
I'm fairly sure that DB2 for LUW (Linux/Unix/Windows) likely counts as a single code base. And I imagine that's x86 and power (and maybe Sparc? probably big or little endian. And support for Solaris, Aix, etc). It's
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by whatusername 9y ago
Why not OIDC? (which is a SSO standard)
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by whatusername 9y ago
IBM/GIB-Services used a DC to heat a municipal swimming pool in 2008: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/04/02/data-...
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by whatusername 9y ago
Did you see this earlier in the year: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/496596810/reissue-of-th...
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by whatusername 9y ago
Camera for photos of the kids is certainly my self-justification. My SLR takes better photos - but all the best photos of my kids are on my phone - because it’s what I have in my pocket.
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by whatusername 9y ago
There’s the movie poster with a 2 star review: https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/sep/09/legend...
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by whatusername 9y ago
Here was a HN post about it over 6 years ago. It's not new. (noting it was bitcoin and not something like Monero) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2566365
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by whatusername 9y ago
Have you looked at this? https://openbadges.org/
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by whatusername 9y ago
Of course there is the fine line between predicting future technology and inspiring future technology.
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by whatusername 9y ago
Interesting... Business Insuder seem to be tailoring their stock photos to local audiences. I saw Commonwealth Bank, Myer, Sizzler, Jarryd Hayne. Those names likely won't mean much to people outside Australia. The article text seemed
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by whatusername 9y ago
Disney movies for the kids, Marvel/Star Wars for me... That sums up a large % of the Netflix viewing in my house.
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by whatusername 9y ago
https://www.xkcd.com/1831/ sums it up well.
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by whatusername 9y ago
1.2% for pharmacists 95% for Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
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by whatusername 9y ago
Veracode was VC backed and had a $600million exit this year.
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by whatusername 10y ago
Just because the Junior Vice President of CompuGlobalHyperMegaNet has left - does not mean there's a problem with the org itself. For one -- you'd have to know how many other VP's there are in the org.
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by whatusername 10y ago
Refused to release . I'm sure they have prototypes that "run" on touch screens.
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by whatusername 10y ago
Is that a contractor doing 40+ hours a week, 45+ weeks a year for the same company? Or are you talking people doing shorter more targeted projects?
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by whatusername 10y ago
Maybe I'm not doing enough development.... As a development machine - what is a top spec iMac/MBP missing that you would need a hackintosh?
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by whatusername 10y ago
This is clearly why you should price everything in picodollars :) https://www.tarsnap.com/
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by whatusername 10y ago
The Australian GST is national and included in the display price of all good sold. (There are some goods - eg Fresh Fruit and Vegetables - that are exempt from it -- but if GST is applicable - then it is included in the displayed price)
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by whatusername 10y ago
I always wonder -- if Sun had forced people to build their own loading screen UI per applet -- how the perception of Java (and Java Applets) would be different.
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by whatusername 10y ago
And yet in Melbourne we're possibly going all summer without hitting over 40 degrees. (Lots of high 30's, but no 40+)
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by whatusername 10y ago
Here's some speculation on bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-18/this-team... "With all that in mind, it’s fair to wonder whether Zuckerberg wants to run for public office. H
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by whatusername 10y ago
Can you explain the joke? I'm not sure I understand the humour.

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