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by barryvan 9d ago
Any chance of Western Australia? This looks like a really useful tool and I'd love to give it a proper go here...
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by barryvan 28d ago
Me too, and I'm in Australia...
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Benn Jordan gets kicked from Hilton hotel during flock event [video](youtube.com)
5 points by barryvan 28d ago|0 comments
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by barryvan 2mo ago
I appreciate a lot of the points made -- particularly that a CSV document, like any text, is a product of a partucular context and needs to be understood as such. It's a fascinating area to delve into for any product, even one as seemi
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by barryvan 2mo ago
I'm waiting on my 13 Pro. I need a new laptop, and the big advantage here is that I can more easily upgrade ram when (hopefully not if!) prices return to more reasonable levels. So I can be a bit more modest for now, knowing that when
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by barryvan 4mo ago
The pope's "lane" is humanity. In reading the article, I found the position he puts forth to be measured and considered, focusing not on the technical aspects of AI, but rather on how to approach its use and implementation wi
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The Trump phone looks suspiciously like an HTC u24 Pro(ifixit.com)
4 points by barryvan 4mo ago|0 comments
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by barryvan 5mo ago
I've been working on a super-straightforward volunteering platform -- https://handsup.barryvan.com.au/ . Mainly because I got frustrated with my kids' school and sailing club activities being (mis)managed across W
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by barryvan 7mo ago
Really interesting to see just how _loud_ the infrasound from these datacentres can be. I'm curious as to what the cause is, though. I have to imagine it's related to the cooling systems in some way -- but is it the overall datace
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Datacenters Behaving Like Acoustic Weapons [video](youtube.com)
7 points by barryvan 7mo ago|1 comments
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ICE reliance on Microsoft technology surged amid immigration crackdown(theguardian.com)
10 points by barryvan 7mo ago|0 comments
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by barryvan 8mo ago
There are lots of ways to style these native controls, though, including ways to start from scratch and retain the accessibility affordances. I'd be curious to know more about the usability issues you've found on mobile -- I'
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by barryvan 8mo ago
This is an unreasonably effective way of running cables. The first time I used it it felt like magic with how quick and painless it was.
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by barryvan 9mo ago
From the article: > The vast spider population is attributed to an abundant food supply: more than 2.4 million midges in the cave, ready to be entangled in the intricate web. ...although I guess the question then is what sustains the mil
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Show HN: HandsUp – Super Simple Volunteering(handsup.barryvan.com.au)
1 points by barryvan 9mo ago|0 comments
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Fake claims re Aus road rules on headlights generated by AI; spread on Google(theguardian.com)
2 points by barryvan 11mo ago|0 comments
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by barryvan 1y ago
Or Firefox, which isn't just a reskinned Chrome...
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It is 1939 and you want to use public-key cryptography(shkspr.mobi)
6 points by barryvan 1y ago|0 comments
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Project Binky (ep 40) [video](youtube.com)
2 points by barryvan 1y ago|0 comments
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by barryvan 2y ago
As an Aussie, it terrifies me that it could be anywhere close to what working in America could be like. But having heard stories like the Walmart "smile" failure in Germany, I can only assume it's not too far off.
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by barryvan 2y ago
Most, including the company I work for, operate on a 100/100/80 model: 100% pay for 100% performance/output in 80% of the time. This means that, for example, meetings are generally short, on time, and straight into the topic.
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by barryvan 2y ago
The company I work for, Wonde, allows staff to choose the day. There's negotiation with the manager to ensure appropriate coverage across the week, and a fair bit of flexibility around swapping days around as and when necessary too.
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by barryvan 2y ago
Ah -- I missed that it was AI-generated! That being the case, you're not wrong.
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by barryvan 2y ago
I'm a PM and I assumed that this was parody at first. I've been guilty of using terms like this with customers ("Not something we can do at the moment, but certainly something to think about down the track."), but always
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by barryvan 2y ago
I've been thoroughly enjoying these streams. I think I now have a better understanding of a lot of the underlying basics of not only game dev but also general C++ development. All of my professional programming has been in higher-level
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Int Main(){} to Game(youtube.com)
2 points by barryvan 2y ago|1 comments
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by barryvan 2y ago
Not quite, though. It's a shortcut to copy-and-paste text into a _Google_ app. For example, this wouldn't let you use Apple Maps or TripAdvisor or whatever other system you may prefer, instead funnelling you into Google's eco
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by barryvan 2y ago
Nobody that we know of has yet been hurt by this. I think it's very unfair and unhelpful to call people who flag issues like this "whiners". Would you accept a chainsaw which worked fine 99.9% of the time, but occasionally ju
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Obsidian Web Clipper(obsidian.md)
5 points by barryvan 2y ago|0 comments
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I fell out of love with Facebook [video](youtube.com)
5 points by barryvan 2y ago|0 comments

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