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tharax

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    Comment #41244747

    But better than this is would be if my go tooling didn't default to trying to pull codebases through a proxy Forgive me for being cynical, but I don't like that out of the box the …

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    Comment #37814607

    The sport is much more interesting for spectators when the top speed is 50-70km/h than when it’s 10-20km/h

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    Comment #36960699

    In fact, according to her tax disclosures she doesn’t even expect to stay in the UK…

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    Comment #36890305

    Google “houseboats ” and you’ll see how they are moored and connected to services. There’s many good videos on YouTube doing tours of boats if you want to go down a rabbit hole.

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    Comment #36793082

    Are you saying that if massive corporations will probably fight regulation we should just give up before even starting?

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    Comment #36584919

    I think a government blocking a project from existing is by definition a failure. And it also shows that cryptocurrency projects will always be at the mercy of the whims of governm…

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    Comment #35987266

    “Stored away for long periods of time to minimise fading” is such a polite way of saying “so that future generations have a chance of seeing it, _you_ aren’t able to see it today”.…

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    Comment #34576987

    My friends and family who could not afford to buy have almost all left the city completely, so I guess you’re right in the sense they don’t rent _in Auckland_ any more. Last Summer…

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    Comment #34576179

    1. Jacinda Ardern is no longer Prime Minister. This is a recent change without much fanfare, so it’s not unreasonable the author made this mistake. 2. ...Is Auckland suddenly more …

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    Comment #34336040

    Are you me? Our services with all the best practices are also the worst to work on because the business value is hidden in layers and layers of indirection, abstraction and nested …

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    Comment #33852690

    Probably because currently multiple rich people can subjugate humanity, while AI would allow the single richest person to subjugate everyone, even second place

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    Comment #33180192

    Many popular games are free to play. They monetise through targeting whales.

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    Comment #31842051

    This is perhaps the most succinct way I've ever seen this expressed. Agree 100%.

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    Comment #31652263

    That's why in my next start-up, we're making sure that each employee works 168 hours a week. We believe that maximising inputs is the only way to get results.

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    Comment #26296511

    > That only happened if you ignored and dismissed updates for weeks. I should be able to ignore and dismiss updates for years. I recognise I'm taking on risks, but it's my hardware…

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    Comment #26024341

    You were frustrated the customer didn't pay you an arbitrary amount to live off based on their mood instead of frustrated that your boss didn't pay you a legally mandated amount to…

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    Comment #23050411

    If consistency if so important, why do we have: function, func, fun, fn, def, etc... depending the author? For clarity, use "function", for simplicity use "func", other forms are j…

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    Comment #22118457

    Quake? Doom? Wolfenstein 3D?

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    Comment #22002386

    There is no clickable link in the password reset email.

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    Comment #20516273

    No they are _not_. Salary is for 40 hours a week, +/- 5 hours depending on temporary circumstances. Salary is not 40 hours working + 128 hours on call per week.

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    Comment #19278770

    > 2) Most GitHub users put a lot of value in their repo pages, I think you underestimate how many "Single commit, push and forget" test repositories are out there.

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    Comment #11534556

    Count me in!

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    Comment #10392729

    right, but then so does support - by making sure that your customers are happy and therefore recommend your brand and become repeat customers. so do your cleaners - by making the w…

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    Comment #10002294

    SOMEONE will end up managing the team that adds value to the company. I think the point is to play the politics & turf battles so that YOU are that someone.