andrew_gs

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by andrew_gs 6mo ago
Or can't withdraw money from their FAB bank accounts as it's dependent on AWS infra. This is pretty much entirely to do with AWS and not the retail website.
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by andrew_gs 10mo ago
I have 10 year old twin boys, they play roblox with their friends from school, and they have a lot of fun. Importantly though they don't use the in-game chat, they fire up a group voice call on messenger kids and chat to each other thr
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by andrew_gs 1y ago
Going by steam achievements it looks like 40% of players make it to Act 3 and 23% finish it. So majority is accurate - but vast is hyperbole.
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by andrew_gs 1y ago
Working as a contractor programming is a pretty good way of recovering from burn-out. You get paid by the hour/day, it's a super clear relationship. As you're not a permanent staff member it's much easier to ignore all p
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by andrew_gs 2y ago
On a related note, I do want Mandarin, but I'd like to view with the simplified character set rather than the traditional character set.
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Missed deadlines lead people to judge work more harshly, study says(theguardian.com)
2 points by andrew_gs 2y ago|0 comments
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by andrew_gs 2y ago
I think it's a very reasonable attitude. The person your replying too is stating their personal position. I'm also unlikely to worry personally at the moment because there are other people much better suited to do that whose job i
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by andrew_gs 2y ago
My sister has lived in Dubai for about a decade and just had her daughter there. Some of the best IVF facilities in the world are in Dubai btw. Dubai has changed a lot over the past 20 years. As a kid I lived in Qatar and Oman in the 80s (b
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by andrew_gs 3y ago
I'm divorced. By the time you make the decision to leave your partner your life is in a bit a shambles. Something you thought would last together is about to end and if you have kids with your ex (I have 3) then you're about to en
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by andrew_gs 3y ago
I restrict myself to a 4 hour eating window, and vary that window daily based on what's convenient to me. So some days I'll go 24 hours between windows if that's how things line up. There are a bunch of advantages for me. I h
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by andrew_gs 3y ago
At some point I keep meaning to learn Ian's secure knot: https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/secureknot.htm But I can never quite get round to doing it. I just double knot my shoes and that seems to be sufficient.
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by andrew_gs 3y ago
The quality of the AI generated voice acting really impressed me. I wasn't expecting it to be anywhere near so good.
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by andrew_gs 3y ago
That's certainly not true for Australia and New Zealand, numbers in Fahrenheit are basically meaningless for me.
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by andrew_gs 4y ago
I hired a bootcamp grad and she's doing well. She did already have a mechanical engineer degree though and did program as part of that degree and so has a good mindset for solving problems. I hired her explicitly as a junior role thoug
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Elon Musk suggests making Taiwan a ‘special administrative zone’ similar to HK(theguardian.com)
13 points by andrew_gs 4y ago|17 comments
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Tesla Elon Musk Unveils Humanoid ‘Optimus’ Robot at Tesla’s AI Day(theguardian.com)
2 points by andrew_gs 4y ago|4 comments
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Kat Walk VR Treadmill(roadtovr.com)
1 points by andrew_gs 4y ago|0 comments
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Intel faces backlash in China after banning products and labour from Xinjiang(theguardian.com)
5 points by andrew_gs 5y ago|0 comments
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by andrew_gs 5y ago
I don't think this tests aphantasia at all really. I have a very weak mind's eye and I've always been able to score very highly on visual spatial recognition tests. I can still conceptualize and rotate items even if I can&#x2
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Valve reportedly developing standalone VR headset codenamed ‘Deckard’(theverge.com)
4 points by andrew_gs 5y ago|0 comments
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Skyrim's intro was once interrupted by a single, powerful bee(rockpapershotgun.com)
1 points by andrew_gs 5y ago|0 comments
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie pens blistering essay against social media sanctimony(theguardian.com)
3 points by andrew_gs 5y ago|1 comments
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The back pain epidemic: Why popular treatments are making it worse(newscientist.com)
2 points by andrew_gs 7y ago|0 comments
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Are You the ‘Real’ You?(theguardian.com)
5 points by andrew_gs 7y ago|0 comments
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PlayStation 5: Sony gives the first details of its next generation console(theguardian.com)
2 points by andrew_gs 7y ago|0 comments
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Working nine to nine: Chinese tech employees push back against long hours
3 points by andrew_gs 7y ago|0 comments
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Disney seals $71bn deal for 21st Century Fox as it prepares to take on Netflix(theguardian.com)
4 points by andrew_gs 8y ago|0 comments
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World's first no kill eggs go on sale in Berlin(theguardian.com)
30 points by andrew_gs 8y ago|4 comments
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by andrew_gs 11y ago
I use TransferWise ( https://transferwise.com/ ) which is focused around larger bank to bank transfers but provides the same benefits rates wise. I've transferred around GBP100K through to NZD over the last 10 months thr
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I Quit: What really goes on at Apple(roadlesstravelled.me)
1215 points by andrew_gs 11y ago|544 comments

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