ElBarto

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by ElBarto 7y ago
Hongkong was taken away from China with cannons and drugs. Handing it back was the right thing to do legally (for the new territories), morally, and historically. It's sad to see people effectively praising European imperialism in 2019
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by ElBarto 7y ago
An accident in a nuclear plant that was constructed in a highly seismic and tsunami-prone area isn't an argument against nuclear power. I'm sure that Germany can find a more suited location if they wanted... Anyway, France is pepp
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by ElBarto 7y ago
We have "probability different from zero" to be annihilated by an asteroid... This is again spreading irrational fears.
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by ElBarto 7y ago
We know how to make nuclear power safe. Nuclear power is safe. It's not helpful to try to kill the discussion by stroking irrational fears.
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by ElBarto 7y ago
> An average onshore wind turbine with a capacity of 2.5–3 MW can produce more than 6 million kWh in a year (Source: http://www.ewea.org/wind-energy-basics/faq/ ) That's an actual average of 685 kW, so 4,70
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by ElBarto 7y ago
> It does because it is a relatively industrialized country. No, it does because its electricity comes from fossil fuels. You are completely avoiding the point of my comment. Germany could have much, much lower emissions with nuclear but
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by ElBarto 7y ago
Calculate how many wind generators you need to guarantee the same production as Hinkley point and you'll see that it is not really realistic. Then, take into account the goal of making of vehicles electric in the next 20 years. There i
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by ElBarto 7y ago
"Unlimited vacation" is just a gimmick that originated in the US. Since there are no legal right to anything over there they can advertise "unlimited vacation" but the reality can be quite different because (1) approval
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by ElBarto 7y ago
Bugs are change requests like any others.
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by ElBarto 7y ago
Trivial bugs can just be fixed. Non-trivial, non-urgent bugs can go to the backlog for the next sprint(s). Non-trivial, urgent bugs replace go into the current sprint, with planned dev. being kicked down to the next sprint.
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by ElBarto 7y ago
What happens if you lose access to Stripe or they shut down? Engineering is one thing but it must never trump strategic business thinking. Sometimes the cleverer engineering option is a business death trap. Any solution that puts your balls
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by ElBarto 7y ago
Agreed. > In general, we think it's a good idea to make Stripe the "one true source" for as much of your customer and billing data as possible. Customer and billing data are mission critical and as such having a third part
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by ElBarto 7y ago
The comparison was with the holocaust, and what China does, which you clearly don't know, has also nothing to do with the Nuremberg Laws. This is getting beyond ridiculous.
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by ElBarto 7y ago
The author (what's his authority, by the way?) agrees, though: > Well, it can't sell "copyright licenses," as that is a misrepresentation over the rights that Getty Images has -- but if it wants to try to get people t
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by ElBarto 7y ago
> Is that settled in a court of law? Yes, of course. As said a licence is what the owner of some exclusive rights issues to grant someone else some of those rights.
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by ElBarto 7y ago
The allegation is that they licensed public domain images, which is something obviously unlawful (and likely criminal if done knowingly) since they do not own the rights of a public domain image by definition. If it is indeed work to find a
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by ElBarto 7y ago
I'm gobsmacked that you do not know what the holocaust was, then. China is not trying (and never has) to physically and systematically eradicate an entire ethnicity, nor are they trying to drive them out through ethnic cleansing. In fa
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by ElBarto 7y ago
Upholding copyrights in court seems the basis of the rule of Law, and quite far from the situation in China and Russia. Living in a 'free' country' does not mean being able to flaunt the law, especially in this case what thos
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by ElBarto 7y ago
This is a ridiculous comparison. China is not expanding and does not systematically imprison minorities (and as you know the holocaust is in another league altogether). The point of my previous comment is also to avoid such comparisons that
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by ElBarto 7y ago
You should be careful about the terms you use. Some terms should not be overused because overuse trivialises.
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by ElBarto 7y ago
They should feel very guilty of confusing "numerique" and "digital" all the time. In French, 'numerique' generally means 'digital' and 'digital' only means related to fingers (e.g. fingerpri
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by ElBarto 7y ago
Even in Chinese the order may change depending on style or when writing quickly in cursive. So I think this tool is useful for both.
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by ElBarto 7y ago
Yes. Perhaps my comment was a joke, you know...
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by ElBarto 7y ago
I'm imaging the cockpit's screen showing a "Your computer needs to restart to install an update" right when the pilot is preparing for landing now... Is that why they grounded the fleet?
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by ElBarto 7y ago
I don't think any parliament will allow a new vote because a member claims (s)he made a mistake. That would create too many problems.
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by ElBarto 7y ago
There are legal speed limits. Drivers routinely ignore them. EU plans a system that automatically _alerts_ drivers when when they are exceeding the speed limit (something that essentially all sat nav do). How dare they be so evil? Jeez.
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by ElBarto 7y ago
It would be a civil case, not a criminal one, and it would be on the basis that they caused you a financial loss and a loss of reputation. The main issue IMHO is not so much whether that would be possible but the fact that they have infinit
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by ElBarto 7y ago
>That goes without saying, yes. It's arguably not the leanest, then. IMHO, with payments processing to be setup and legal liabilities it is a good idea to completely separate that from your personal finances. On a more subjective no
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by ElBarto 7y ago
It's not more complicated or more expensive to form a company. For a Saas trading as a sole trader does not make much sense to me, as you are personally responsible, not a company. And you'll likely want to move to a company soone
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by ElBarto 7y ago
Of course this is not something to do in general. But let's face it, too many people in this industry think that they are geniuses and take it very badly when they are brought back down to Earth. The guy has to sort so many contributio

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