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by deserted 2y ago
The author works at Kiwi.com, and says there are '70,000 times a day a customer clicks the Pay button on our platform' which is a little under 1 QPS. Uber, by comparison: 'Trips during the quarter grew 21% YoY to 2.8 billion,
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by deserted 3y ago
The thing that made it so notable at the time is that it was basically using 'all the things'... a hardcoded password by Siemens, a zero day in some Siemens code, a couple stolen private keys from Taiwanese hardware manufacturers,
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by deserted 4y ago
> did increase the amount of people crossing parallel to traffic when the signals indicated "don't walk". This is a feature, not a bug. With the setup of "two 1 way streets feed into a scramble", crossing safely
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by deserted 4y ago
A solution that solves the noise problem without returning to beg buttons, is to make the intersection a flashing red at night. It becomes a 4 way stop where pedestrians have the right of way. Everyone wins.
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by deserted 4y ago
Lobby to pass a law in your country that gives everyone a $1 per person in household tax credit. Agree to fund it. Use that as an example, get it inserted into the next big trade agreement as a mandatory thing.
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by deserted 4y ago
They don't care if you come out with more, just less.
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by deserted 4y ago
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2... Amazon allows ACH / direct debit payment methods with more longevity than a credit card.
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by deserted 4y ago
The separate lump sum life insurance is brilliant. Assuming all goes well, it will be a nice initial boost to handle one off 'start of new setup' expenses and ensure a buffer of savings beyond the monthly stipend. Worst case, it
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by deserted 4y ago
That's a good point.
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by deserted 4y ago
You can pasteurize it yourself with very little extra effort when making espresso drinks, since you need to heat the milk with a steam wand anyway. The flavor and especially foam of a cappuccino are slightly better when made with self-paste
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by deserted 5y ago
Your best bet is to set up something like FreeSWITCH that you can text with keywords or your own custom arguments, and have custom scripts craft a response.
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by deserted 5y ago
So 1 day off per week of oncall, and oncall once every 8 weeks. Do you live in a crossword puzzle? That's the only spot I see "half fortnight" instead of week.
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by deserted 5y ago
This is indeed one of the best in the thread! It's rare to see both 'oncall only once every two months" and "Paid very well for both on call time and active time". Lieu time is also usually unofficial. What does a t
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by deserted 5y ago
I'm assuming it's not "spend 5 minutes ACKing a page, get a day off". I have seen it as "If you get paged and have to work 11pm to 2am, cancel your morning meetings and come in at noon". It isn't really mu
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by deserted 5y ago
> Convert a single existing FTE role into a consulting engagement to get you started if you can Can you give an example of what this would look like?
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by deserted 5y ago
if you generate a lookalike full of UUIDs, you don't really need to blur except for dramatic effect I guess.
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by deserted 5y ago
Are you going to ask in advance "what type of plug should my laptop have to connect to your monitor" or bring a pocket full of ports?
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by deserted 5y ago
So how should they should stock a 12 can vending machine? Coke Pepsi Diet Coke Diet Pepsi etc
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by deserted 5y ago
They have two versions of that: One where you can figure out exactly what you are getting if you want. It shows you enough detail about the "mystery hotel" (Example: Free Parking, Gym, At least 3 star, Rating of 8+ out of 10, at l
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by deserted 7y ago
Agree it wasn't entirely clear. From the specifications Solar Panel input -> 5V 2A output
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by deserted 8y ago
Sure, no problem.
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by deserted 11y ago
I'm getting mixed messages here. Amazon won't sell these devices because they don't allow Prime video streaming. Meanwhile, Amazon disabled Prime instant video on the Google TV, even though it's been working for several
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by deserted 11y ago
Any way to share content between devices? Or have a central repository of content on a LAN that you can download to your device? An Android app with content sharing could enable a great offline Khan Academy experience in places without high
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by deserted 11y ago
You can't put physical cash into the mobile banking. Yes you can. You can typically deposit without fees at airtime resellers and cell network retail outlets. Faster and cheaper than traveling to a bank branch. Fees to cash out/
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by deserted 11y ago
The article stated that there was a portion of individuals who did not even possess a bank account. Mobile banking isn't going to do anything for that. Per this article, only 20% of people in Bangladesh have traditional bank accounts
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by deserted 11y ago
I think the reasoning goes that water is wasted when customers don't really want the restaurant provided water. Whatever is left in the glass gets poured down the drain, then the glasses get washed. Making people actually request water
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by deserted 12y ago
These comments seem very fake. > Awesome work on completing the project in record time! What will Charge Cuz do? 5 comments, all by users created at the exact same time as the post. The account names are almost all [text][#]. The structu
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by deserted 12y ago
India's demand for electricity exceeds it's supply. India's Electricity Authority reported power deficits of 8%.[1] This causes rolling blackouts. Some slums only have power a few hours a day, when demand in other areas is l
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by deserted 12y ago
Be sure to do some load testing with multiple simultaneous users! In my experience using a Pi as a Wi-Fi hotspot can be pretty unreliable.
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by deserted 12y ago
Two benefits I can see: - The parent can change what the QR code points to at any time. - You can scan a QR code from a distance without making physical contact.

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