alexdias

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by alexdias 16d ago
Try using it abroad in a non English speaking country. You’ll notice the ads because they won’t be in English. This happens to me on Pocket Casts every time I travel.
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by alexdias 5mo ago
> When was the last time they were physically attacked? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presiden...
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by alexdias 5y ago
An ad that is “relevant” to me is an ad that leads me to think “yes, this item is exactly what I was looking for”. Sometimes you know you want to buy something (let’s say a backpack) but you don’t know which brand/model to go for. This
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by alexdias 5y ago
> I’m honestly perplexed what the FANGs are even thinking in being so aggressive about pushing an end to WFH. Yes, aggressive measures such as: -Allowing employees to apply to be permanent remote employees -Allowing 2 WFH days per week
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by alexdias 7y ago
Do you have any examples of articles like these from the Telegraph?
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by alexdias 8y ago
Depends on your stack and requirements (do you want to know about errors ASAP, or is a 2-5 minute delay ok?), but I personally love NewRelic because of how easy it is to set up (and the number of features that it has). If you want tools tha
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by alexdias 9y ago
1) The struct's fields will have the default value for their respective type. I understand you might want to force specific values, but if this is the case, maybe you could only export an interface to the struct? And said interface wou
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Using netlink to calculate load averages for docker containers(blog.outlyer.com)
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by alexdias 13y ago
They handle real-time events exactly as your latter example stated: an external (licensed) company provides live data, and orders that were placed during a dangerous situation (e.g. one-on-one) are subsequently voided if a goal is scored.
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by alexdias 13y ago
Smarkets, London, Software Engineer (Python, Erlang & Mobile), QA and Test Automation Engineer, Operations Engineer Smarkets is disrupting the global betting industry by offering a modern betting exchange with significantly lower transa
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by alexdias 14y ago
Yes, it would work. "==" is a method like any other, and you're overriding it. You should download the Scala IDE and play with a feature called the "Worksheet". See here: https://github.com/scala-ide/scala-worksheet/wiki/Getting-St...
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by alexdias 14y ago
I would guess he's thinking of the 3rd gen iPad price, which was $479 if I recall correctly (for the 16GB version; the 32GB Surface has around 20GB of usable space).
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by alexdias 14y ago
Yes. #2 is especially known for its technical institute (IST, where I study), which competes with another one in #8 for the title of the country's best engineering school (the one in Porto has been winning past years' programming competitio
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by alexdias 14y ago
Good job, but the data could use a little more refinement. I'm in Portugal, and for instance The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is shown as being available for 3,99€. The movie page then lists the movie as being available for rent at $3.99 (SD
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by alexdias 14y ago
Software Engineering Radio - http://www.se-radio.net
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by alexdias 14y ago
"Nutjob" To me it just looks like a kid who is willing to randomly make up stuff to try and get a Raspberry Pi for free. As amusing/crazy as this was, I'm not really sure if it merited it's own blog post (or HN submission for that matter).
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by alexdias 14y ago
Clint Eastwood appeared as a surprise guest yesterday on the GOP Convention in Tampa, Florida. He pretended that Obama was sitting on a chair next to him and proceeded to ask it questions.
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by alexdias 14y ago
I'm a soon to be MSc graduate from a top university in Portugal (Technical University of Lisbon). I've been thinking about my options, and right now I'm pretty sure that I'll try to find my first job outside of Portugal. I've got very few
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by alexdias 14y ago
You either use grep or Spotlight.
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by alexdias 14y ago
Personally, I think emotions would be more intuitive/easier to choose from than numbers. However, the number of emotions to choose from would have to be low (I'd say 4 or 5). I can see why you'd want to use numbers for analysis, but you can
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by alexdias 15y ago
Well, I guess that all depends on your upbringing. I'm from Southern Europe and I'd say it's quite normal for waiters to greet customers like that (except on fancy, expensive places of course). You don't have to "create bonds" with them, it
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by alexdias 15y ago
From what I can see on my Macbook Pro, yes, there is. One of the hostnames (the one that connected after the original) is automatically changed (in my experience it either appends a number to your current hostname or it completely changes y
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by alexdias 15y ago
Thank you for the words of support. Unfortunately people in my generation are not seeing a brief end to this. Emigration has increased by about 40% last year. And this is in a country where the public universities are the best ones, so the
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by alexdias 15y ago
Due to austerity measures, the cost of living is increasing quite a lot. Taxes are increasing on basic goods such as electricity. There are actually a lot of people in a lot of trouble in the country, as they cannot pay their bills anymore.
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by alexdias 15y ago
I'm Portuguese. In average, a Computer Engineering graduate (Msc) from the top university in Portugal with 0 experience, earns about 1000 euro, before taxes, per month.
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by alexdias 15y ago
I'm also interested in knowing how he afforded it at age 20. I'm 21, and just now finishing my M.Sc, and I feel like I would have to work a few years in a Megacorp in order to be able to try something like this.
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by alexdias 15y ago
According to BuzzFeed, which was linked in the article, this was already fixed by Facebook. http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/how-to-find-out-who-has-unfri... Quote: UPDATE: Apparently Facebook fixed this “problem” already. Major bummer. Th
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by alexdias 15y ago
I'm in a similar position: I use Linux (Ubuntu) for my development needs (I'm a computer engineering student), but I'm thinking of getting a Macbook Pro 13'' on a future trip to the U.S. (I'm from Europe, so buying it in the U.S. would save
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by alexdias 15y ago
Generally, I'd say yes. Being high-rated in these competitions requires quite a high amount of practice and participation, so in that time, you could've been learning a lot of new skills and building things. However, knowing a lot about alg
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by alexdias 15y ago
A few words in regard to the algoritm competition: you should give past competitions a try in order to get some practice. Your rating is determined by your performance in live challenges. I'm not sure if employers look at it. Of course, if

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