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Correct. Strictly speaking Australian consumers don't really need a warranty, which is a voluntary undertaking by a business to guarantee certain rights, unless that warranty excee…

Likewise, although I own a Seamaster. To most people it's just a piece of jewelry and might as well be from Fossil. Those who know, know. Other than the occasional fascinating conv…

Not at all outrageous. I live in Melbourne, zone 1, and paid AUD$9.20 return yesterday.

I've run Pop!_OS on a Lenovo X395 for over 2 years, and on a custom build PC for the last year. I've have had the opposite experience -- it just works. Granted the Pop!_Shop isn't …

Also anecdotal, but down the road here in Melbourne we did have some major lockdowns. I'm the only person from my team in the office. It would be an exaggeration to claim this floo…

Whatever knocks this exchange off the top spot will be really special: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079

I was a Strava premium subscriber until the summit packs came along. It made little sense to maintain 2 of the 3 available subscriptions to get the 50% of features you wanted from …

> Any more background info? This was the sixth case, including appeals, relating to this specific matter. > But how is an entity like Google supposed to supervise the validity of s…

To add a little colour here, Mr Defteros was previously awarded damages and costs when he sued the authors of the article (and book chapter). Google was notified of the defamatory …

Congrats on the post. Enjoyed it. I've watched with interest as INFORMS has tried to rebrand OR as data science, but this is the first time I've seen anyone refer to it as such in …

I configured mine with 16G RAM, but yeah, the screen options max out at 1920x1080 and 300nits. That said, for a laptop with this form factor it's got an amazing keyboard.

Have the X395 (3500U config) -- running Pop!_OS without issue.

Time and money. For example, to ship a new Cirrus SR20 to Australia starts at $28,995 and you'll need to wait for factory reassembly and certification. To ferry the same aircraft c…

Ray Clamback, one of the more experienced ferry pilots (300 US->AU deliveries from memory) went into the drink off Hawaii on two separate occasions and had to tread water for 10 an…

$10/22 minutes Causeway Bay --> Stanley. Hang on to your hat!

Indeed. And any statistician worth their salt doesn't reject chance, they fail to reject the null hypothesis.

A good mate of mine owns a fibre splicing business and has been doing predominantly NBN work for the last couple of years. He's fairly ambivalent because about the prospect of FTTN…

No lots of jobs, no, but there are jobs. It's an interdisciplinary field, so your math and programming background will hold you in good stead. Some basic stats are a good idea too.…

Pascal is one of the most enthralling lecturers I've ever been... well, lectured by. He's incredibly enthusiastic. I think it comes across in his videos, no? ;)

Try: An Intuitive Explanation of Eliezer Yudkowsky’s Intuitive Explanation of Bayes’ Theorem http://commonsenseatheism.com/?p=13156

I don't think it's better than Gitmo at all. Refugees, including children, are held in prisons. Sometimes for many years. All without trial. Why no trial? Largely because they have…

Young's little ditty had a profound influence on me; I'm still a prick, but a considerably less smug prick.

That was my initial thought too. We're a cynical pair.

Where I live conferences are considered a workplace so our strict equal opportunity and sex discrimination acts apply. Under these acts, crude conversation and jokes are considered…

Did you catch Jonathan Borwein's talk?