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stctgion··on Charging electric scooters is a cut-throat business
Plenty of people register businesses at their home address. It entirely depends on the nature of the work as to whether it requires a change of use from the planners or invalidate insurance etc
stctgion··on Study Shows a Productivity Boost of Working From Home
How was the handshake? Surely you can't base your business decisions on such metrics?
stctgion··on Is It Time to Give Up on a Single Diagnostic Label for Autism?
In the UK they moved to a single diagnosis in 2013. Before this it was autism and Asperger's. They found however that diagnosing people with the less extreme condition meant that they received less help from schools and local government.
stctgion··on How much does Apple know about me? The answer surprised me
Doesn't this assume you don't use Siri for anything personal?
stctgion··on Twitter urges users to change passwords after computer 'glitch'
Password reuse wouldn't be as big of an issue if each site hashed the password a different way
stctgion··on Facebook is launching a dating feature
I've checked dates before for a friend. Finding out before a date that they are fb friends with an ex is really useful
stctgion··on In UK universities there is a daily erosion of integrity
You just paper swap with another uni. Oxford can hand it's engineering paper to Cambridge and see if it's hard enough etc. Not hard to do, it's just peer review for exam papers
stctgion··on Scientists plan huge European AI hub to compete with US
Are you defining "worth it" as whether there is a profit to be made at some point? How much would you have paid for the higgs? Are some pieces of science best left in the dark because they cost too much?
stctgion··on A brief list of what Scrum gets wrong
Perhaps they meant when the engineers decide the the priority of the features and maybe even define some features themselves
stctgion··on ReactOS releases 0.4.8 with experimental Vista/7/10 software compatibility
I can see ruining old but required Windows binaries without paying for a Windows license as a totally valid use case.
stctgion··on A Workshop on Linux Containers: Rebuild Docker from Scratch
I dunno about that. There are multiple issues with routing and DNS that are controlled by the docker daemon. Ever tried getting ipv6 working correctly? You end up hitting a whole host of issues that lead straight back to dockerd.
stctgion··on Texas woman sentenced to 5 years in prison for voting while on probation
Why should criminals be denied representation? Does committing a crime suddenly make you no longer human?
stctgion··on Will MySpace ever lose its monopoly? (2007)
I've heard that you count as a monthly active user if you sign into something else using your FB account. If true that would inflate the number quite a bit
stctgion··on Uber will not re-apply for self-driving car permit in California
Both of those examples occurred at a time when human life held less value
stctgion··on Ask HN: Does anybody still use jQuery?
I use it alongside Marionettejs. Not my first choice of technology but works great for extending the framework with a plugin or two
stctgion··on In Britain’s Playgrounds, ‘Bringing in Risk’ to Build Resilience
Shoeburyness, home of the MoD testing range. I moved to the Kent coast as a child. I was surprised while playing on the school playground that none of my friends even noticed the deep booming sound every few minutes. The range must be 50 miles away across the estuary but it's still loud enough to rattle windows.
stctgion··on Two Photographers Unknowingly Shot the Same Millisecond in Time
The fact that the blueberries sunk to the bottom could indicate that there was too much liquid in the mixture
stctgion··on Snap is laying off about 100 engineers
A company is only people after all. Once a small start up is taken over there will be a clock ticking for a lot of the engineers who will leave when they can sell their shares. Having a larger number of people involved, including newer people (with no shares) mitigates this.
stctgion··on History of the browser user-agent string (2008)
There are plenty of situations where cool is better than fast. Anything entertainment based, maybe even social media. It is hard to match the immersion and engagement of a 3d interface. Get someone hooked on 3d (e.g. FPS gaming) and there is no going back.
stctgion··on Is democracy dying?
I think maybe the point is that the swing isn't really that big, so no real surprise that things keep on working
stctgion··on Flying Taxis May Be Years Away, but the Groundwork Is Accelerating
Helicopters fit this description too
stctgion··on DoorDash raises $535M, now valued at $1.4B
Deliveroo, the biggest player in the UK does this https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/oct/28/deliveroo-d...
stctgion··on Dtube – A decentralized video platform using STEEM and IPFS
With a new monetised platform, with money being incredibly obvious on the UI, the incentive is pretty high to just steal popular content from YouTube and repost it. How do they ensure original content or ownership?
stctgion··on My Python Development Environment, 2018 Edition
I experience version conflicts all the time. I work on multiple projects and virtual envs are life savers.
stctgion··on Disney loses bid to stop Redbox from selling its digital download codes
A price such that if you bought the entire product from their spares catalogue that the total would equal the list price of the full product.
stctgion··on Elm changed my mind about unpopular languages
In theory it doesn't stop. Most developers have the capacity to learn anything. In reality though I've found its more that some Devs are not willing to work with certain languages.
stctgion··on Elm changed my mind about unpopular languages
I'm a little confused. React isn't a language, or at least I thought it wasn't a language. When I hire people I'm not the least bit interested in which JavaScript framework they have already used. I kind of assume that if you can learn one you can learn them all. The idea of labelling yourself a react engineer seems really limiting to me
stctgion··on CSS Grid for UI Layouts
http://cssgridgarden.com/
stctgion··on Who Killed the Junior Developer?
Where is best to place a beginner? Too easy and they get bored. Too hard and they get demoralised when somebody else has to step in. Give them side projects and the work load for the team goes up with code review etc for unnecessary work.
stctgion··on Who Killed the Junior Developer?
Working in an agile team at the moment. I have zero time to be able to help the junior members of the team. Having a mentor is important but having a good mentor, somebody with the right skills and attitude is crucial. I'm watching helpless as the junior Devs take advice from the worst possible sources because they are the ones with the free time
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