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by djpr 2y ago
Funny thing is: It’s to prepare for when Chrome is spun off from Google, due to increasing US government pressure. See: https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/08/new-doj-proposal-still-cal...
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by djpr 3y ago
This. I'd also add "How would you like to be called" as sometimes people go by their second given name, not the first given name. For example, you might have a common first name like Muhammad or Ketut.
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by djpr 3y ago
The nuanced version I've heard in other tech industries (bio/agri-tech) is this: a) Europe organisations and gov't does all the deep research; b) US private companies turns it into products and reap the PR and money. In fact,
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by djpr 3y ago
Every gov't and major international organisation I have worked with is on the Microsoft 365 platform. They all use teams, some even prohibit the use of Google Meets or Zoom
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by djpr 4y ago
EU and other countries like Indonesia have laws that do exactly this. Light touch regulation really. Airlines can plan as they wish, but if you leave passengers stranded (or massively delay their journey) you have to pay the customer direct
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by djpr 4y ago
Stylings and interior obviously differ, but R8 has long shared engines, drive trains, and chasis with Lambos. Engine is from Lambo, but I believe the drive train might be Audi-first?
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by djpr 4y ago
I have a new one (a few years old) and yes there's a compartment for salt. My previous one did as well. I'm in Europe (Spain) if that helps. I don't go to any special store to buy them, any old Lidl or other supermarket has i
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by djpr 4y ago
Not ancient, but I come from indigenous folks that live Southeast Asia. Because we're from up high in the mountains, the traditional way of living is supposed to go back quite far in time. There are still a few that live traditionally
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by djpr 4y ago
1. Your life will be utterly transformed. My child has been a source of wonder and joy, but also immense challenge. Stop comparing to your previous life, you gotta dive into it. 2. Get fit. You'll likely end up needing to carry a lot o
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by djpr 4y ago
No. From the first paragraph of the article: “USING carrots to create concrete, turning wood into plastic, or even compressing it into a “super wood” that is as light and strong as titanium might sound like a series of almost Frankensteinis
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by djpr 4y ago
I've got a toddler and already work 4 days week (Friday off). Daycare is 5 days a week, so it's great to have Fridays free to work on my side projects, read, go on small hikes - and when my wife is free - we take long lunches tog
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by djpr 4y ago
I am a foresight practitioner (otherwise known as a 'futurist') in the policy making space. I am a member of two organizations that focus on applying foresight in policy making space, one with a focus on intergenerational fairness
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by djpr 5y ago
"Nuclear has been mostly replaced with renewables, while fossil fuel generation has been in slow decline as well." That's another way of saying, the German Gov't have decided to shut down nuclear power, while they still
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by djpr 5y ago
I had a number of Sony digital music players like the NM-MS10: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NW-MS10.jpg Their main drawbacks you're required to convert all the MP3 into Atrac3 using their atrocious software.
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by djpr 5y ago
There is "Third Wave Feminism", so likely not Toffler. Toffler used "Third Wave" to refer to the transition from an industrial society to an information society.
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by djpr 5y ago
In my town, the leftists still put up "Viva Chavez" banners on their balconies.
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by djpr 5y ago
> It's weird to write all that off as just shallow millenials being too vain to work out of a Regus (which is a company I had never even heard of before the documentary, despite having been in this position of needing a small short-
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by djpr 6y ago
Fantastic to hear you have that Michelin/James Beard experience. And as someone that does, I'm sure you know that style of cooking (esp. much of Michelin) is not the entirety of gastronomy. I spend my time around the Michelin&#x2F
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by djpr 6y ago
To add to what Arkhaine_kupo said: In Southeast Asia, you can find cinnamon used in beef dishes, such as in beef rendang found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Typically a 2-3 sticks of cinnamon are thrown in, along with coconut milk, curry leave
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by djpr 6y ago
Perhaps Europe is better at gender (due to strong social policies), but Europe is't immune to racism. It's not talked about so loudly like in the US, but I've experienced so much low-key, out in the open racism in Europe towa
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by djpr 6y ago
I work with two small non-tech consultancies. For one, some of us are doing this (informally) with support from management. In emails signature, zoom calls, mural/miro screennames etc. For another, we do this internally but not externa
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by djpr 6y ago
Hey OP: Thank you for this. Management Operations is such a neglected field. I've just subscribed. I'm my consultancy's ops person (we're +20 people), so its nice to see these topics on HN and elsewhere. I look forward t
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by djpr 6y ago
From the author of the thread, apparently no, towed to a place with a signal is not an option: "Oh yeah, so nope. The fact it had no signal at the time of the tamper safeguard being triggered meant that remote recovery wasn't an o
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by djpr 6y ago
The ArtScience Museum and the Louis Vuitton "floating" store are still there. The Apple store replaces the "floating" nightclub.
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by djpr 6y ago
> Germany doesn't have many "unicorns" so politics will protect them until way too late, for the companies, for the share/stakeholders and the planet. Interesting. Is there a strong feeling of innovation/unicorn
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by djpr 6y ago
100% with you: Durian pastries in Singapore are bland. Honestly, I haven't found pastry form of Durian that great, and I love, love, love durian since I was a kid (I'm Indonesian). Keep in mind that there are over 200 varieties of
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by djpr 6y ago
University of London includes among the most prestigious colleges in the world: King's College of London, London School of Economics, and Goldsmiths. They have been doing distance learning since for decades, if not longer if I remember
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by djpr 7y ago
Maybe it's not Singapore that's an outlier, but the US? Delivery in Spain, Portugal, and other European countries is by motorcycle. I believe in the US, a car driving license is fairly easy to get and used cars are very cheap. Plu
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by djpr 7y ago
Hong Kong isn't part of SEA.
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by djpr 7y ago
So you're thinking somewhere between the Magnises card by Billy McFarland (Fyre Festival dude), Soho House, and upper-tier retail banking...that's all 100% instagramable? I think you're on to something. I wouldn't be sur

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