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Really, this article is just a whinge. I'm an Australian. MyGov is fine, I interact with it as a citizen regularly. Government needs to outsource implementation of this kind of stu…

Fellow CEO here. I've tried a few things over the years and have now had an EA for at least 5 years so I think I've got a good grasp on what works and what doesn't. Many years ago,…

My kids are 5 and 2. Nothing really seems to recharge the batteries. Aside from some chill time while they are in bed. It starts to get less intense closer to 3, but nowhere near w…

I'm considering eye surgery. I'm mildly farsighted and have strong astigmatism, so I'm not suitable for LASIK and have been recommended Implantable Collamer Lenses (ICLs, sometimes…

I don’t buy this. My toddler plays with my phone all the time and the most it’s been locked for is 5 minutes.

A few months ago I made a similar transition - to a Surface Pro 4. I'd been on Mac since 2009. Before that, Windows and Linux. I think you sum it up well - there are some rough edg…

Don't write off Outlook without a second thought. It's big with loads of features, yes - but that's what's good about it. If all you need to do is plain text email, sure, Mutt is f…

That's majorly overstating it. I disagree. It's interesting and relevant.

Bummer, can't order this from Australia. Really want to get one of these for some testing. Anyone with inside info as to when these will be available outside the USA?

This was probably downvoted as it didn't help OP, however, this is really good advice. I'm doing it now - 2FA is enabled for all my work stuff but I hadn't gotten around to enablin…

I know nothing about fashion so take this with a grain of salt. Your products are definitely on the very high end of price when it comes to clothing. Do people buy expensive clothe…

That's theoretical, whereas government and corporations deal with realities. 100% capitalism isn't practical and is unfair (e.g, to the poor and sick). What is a fair way to divide…

It's certainly not a level playing field when competing against a multinational like Apple. It's also hard for countries to enforce competition rules (e.g. Anti-dumping)..

You're not a fool, you're just not a multi-national with the ability to legally avoid/minimize tax.

Yes, agreed, which makes it much more likely that laws will get passed to collect this tax as it will probably have strong political and voter base support.

That's not what I mean. I'm talking about what the tax money collected gets spent on by government - roads, healthcare, infrastructure, aged pensions. If industry X was paying $100…

They need to be a bit careful, because they risk causing much tighter tax regulation in EU. I think this is going to happen anyway, as it's not just Facebook. Governments see it as…

Global companies offshoring profits and not paying enough tax (in the eyes of many countries) was a hot topic at the last G20 summit in Brisbane. This isn't limited to Facebook, as…

When I tried that it crashed all the time. Huge pain to work with.

This. I subscribed to railscasts for the massive, incredibly useful catalogue. Not in particular for the new content every week. I'm also totally happy to continue to pay. I'm sure…

Maybe there's something wrong with your MBP, because it works fine on mine.

What you're looking for mostly already exists: Active Directory. It's one of the best products to come out of Microsoft ever. I haven't seen anything in the open source world to ri…

Looks like a perfectly fair consulting rate for someone with the skill to be CIO of a large organization.

I've been watching AeroFS for quite a while. How does it compare to Citrix ShareFile? It sounds like they are both in the same problem space.

Please, please, please bring this to Australia for the Model S launch. I'm buying one on launch day if we have this option.