baloki

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The firms turning recruitment into X Factor-style competitions(bbc.co.uk)
5 points by baloki 9d ago|0 comments
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by baloki 1mo ago
> The company has used the amount of code shipped as a major indicator of engineering output. > That metric is controversial. An important point that’s buried quite a bit down the article. Grindr seems to be measuring AI success not
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by baloki 9mo ago
Some banks only provide access via apps (at least in the UK) so loosing access to the app also means you loose access to the bank account.
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by baloki 1y ago
Happens to the best of people. Appreciate you’re fast and open response.
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by baloki 1y ago
A package on the list called ‘simple-swizzle’ turns out to be used in OpenNext which is an unexpected attack vector for sure.
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by baloki 1y ago
They’re API used to work via just providing a VIN however that also allowed remote control so you could just run through all the VINs Nissan uses and turn on remote heating, etc. This was reported in the media which caused Nissan to start l
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by baloki 3y ago
They also run facial recognition on anyone who uses them though :/ This article mentions the south of England but they’ve rolled it out country-wide since: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/coop-facial-recognition
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by baloki 3y ago
They generally pre-auth for either £20 or £40 and then update the amount post-transaction. In terms of PIN check, the card is just declined with an appropriate error message because you can’t insert it and the next time you use a contactles
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by baloki 3y ago
In the UK you’re taxed more on vehicle excise duty if a car costs more than £45,000 as it’s a luxury.
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by baloki 3y ago
First thing I do on MacOS is turn on always show scrollbars tbh.
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Two-3rd of CEOs think staff will return to office five days a week, survey finds(theguardian.com)
2 points by baloki 3y ago|1 comments
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by baloki 3y ago
They block your site at the ISP level. They’ve been doing that for years. They’d fine you as well but that’s probably less enforceable.
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by baloki 3y ago
What I really don’t understand is why parents aren’t responsible for monitoring they’re children's access to the Internet anymore? Why does it need to be done at each website instead of at the point of access?
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by baloki 3y ago
In the UK the government sort of does manage a map that’s used as the basis of a lot of others maps called Ordinance Survey Maps.
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by baloki 3y ago
Isn’t this just 2 tables with one hidden at a time?
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by baloki 3y ago
It’s as much as the sign up tbh where it automatically adds Prime to your basket and makes it hard to realise your signing up to a reoccurring payment.
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by baloki 3y ago
People feel they have to come in if they’re mildly sick for a variety of reasons.
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by baloki 3y ago
Honestly I think by that point owning one won’t even be a thing. You’ll rent it from the manufacturer on demand or via a subscription with your subset of features enabled just for your trip. They won’t park, they’ll just move from one job
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by baloki 3y ago
Interesting video on how increased automation doesn’t seem to be making employment better. Some of the takes are a bit extremely one sided, but it the general research poses some interesting points.
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by baloki 4y ago
I assume it’s more people who’ve bought a house, sell it to downsize once the kids have moved out and use the excess towards their retirement (to make up the difference between the low amount they’ve been able to scrape together over the ye
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by baloki 4y ago
I think that’s the way at most companies unfortunately. Maintenance is a cost centre while a new product is a potential revenue stream (until it too becomes a cost centre).
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by baloki 4y ago
Wasn’t there a whole scene in Silicon Valley with Gavin Belson that basically mocks this kind of language?
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by baloki 4y ago
To clarify, only the latest version as well.
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by baloki 4y ago
It’s a pity it’s not accurate as to do a full loop you have to leave on a slip road and use a roundabout to rejoin (Simister Island).
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Andersen EV Charger Company Goes into Administration(news.sky.com)
1 points by baloki 4y ago|1 comments
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by baloki 4y ago
Wonder what happens with the fact it’s a smart charger so requires the cloud to operate?
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by baloki 4y ago
If your camera is down for an extended period that would probably be enough of an alert?
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by baloki 4y ago
Layout shifts on ad sites are more usually related to the fact that ads come in various sizes and to make sure one is always displayed (and the company makes a tenth of a hundredth of a local denomination of currency) so you can’t prefix th
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by baloki 4y ago
Although cool, it kind of ignores the responsive design-ness of modern websites if I’ve understood the implementation correctly? Everything seems based off knowing the exact size of the original and the new container, so if the proportions
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by baloki 5y ago
An interesting side effect of these networks shutting down seems to be a lot of car manufacturers have been cheeping out for years and relying on 2G and 3G networks on even quite modern cars, then blaming the network providers when they sto

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