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by doodyhead 9y ago
I wonder if a "Trusted Traveller"-style program would work. You go through a small vetting process, and you build a solid history with receipt checking through their app, and then you're assumed trusted, maybe with more occas
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by doodyhead 10y ago
Not an app but I found this awesome: http://drawabox.com/
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by doodyhead 10y ago
Was just about to post the same comment! I presume we have other obstacles to overcome first ;)
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by doodyhead 10y ago
> ...it is almost entirely unique in its freedom of speech and its allowance for political opposition without fear of retribution as a modus operandi. This is a common misconception of Americans and is blatantly untrue. America is absolu
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by doodyhead 10y ago
What matters more, in this context, is if you let this personal prejudice influence how you treat your co-workers. Do you value their input and opinions less? Do you think you somehow do a better job because of your kid-raising credentials?
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by doodyhead 10y ago
It's a general response. I happened to seize upon the term "pre-kids" because it seems to imply that a person is somehow "more" for after having kids.
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by doodyhead 10y ago
I work directly with two software engineers who have kids. One behaves exactly like that, the other is completely different and reasonable.
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by doodyhead 10y ago
I'm completely fine working with people who have kids. I don't have a problem with them working from home some days to look after a sick child, or taking time off during the day to pick them up from school, or coming in late becau
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by doodyhead 10y ago
Could very well have been a factor. I gave up on it quickly. Repeatedly crashing renders it an unnecessary annoyance. VirtualBox works well enough, is stable and reliable, and Veertu doesn't distinguish itself enough to merit the pain
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by doodyhead 10y ago
Found the same on a 2015 rMBP with max specs (Sierra, 16GB RAM, Core i7). It's much less performant with exactly the same VM as VirtualBox. In fact, it ate my entire CPU while it was running, even when the VM OS (Windows 10) settled do
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by doodyhead 11y ago
Re-shipping services like myus.com for the US and parcelmotel.com for the UK/Ireland make this an easily surmountable problem. I'm in Ireland, ordered mine from the UK on a Sunday night, had it by Thursday. Supply seems to be stab
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by doodyhead 12y ago
Part of it is definitely that US prices are often listed exclusive of tax, while EU prices are listed inclusive, which instantly adds 20-30%. Granted, they still hike up the prices further in the EU and other markets, Australia being the mo
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by doodyhead 12y ago
I imagine this strategy would only work if you already had a connection with the company that's recruiting. 100% of the roles I've secured since I started work at the age of 14 -- tech and non-tech, part-time and full-time -- have
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by doodyhead 12y ago
Although it's fairly straightforward to distinguish between gender and sexual orientation, I disagree with these traditional US categories of ethnicity. Take a 'White' person, for instance: is a White American the same as a W
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by doodyhead 13y ago
The times when I'm unhappy, I often have no idea of the cause. Why not add some optional questions that would drive more useful reporting if answered: # Are you in a relationship? For how long? # Do you have a job? Rate your performanc
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by doodyhead 13y ago
It's great to see an Irish start-up having such a big impact globally.
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by doodyhead 13y ago
This is the one feature that will uniquely distinguish Dogecoin from other cryptocurrencies: - It makes the currency much more democratic -- missed the first few months of mining? jump in any time you like and still reap the benefits! - It
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by doodyhead 13y ago
The Economist often runs interesting pieces it. Perhaps the most surprising finding is that, in the past few decades, we have had far higher social mobility in Europe than in the US.
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by doodyhead 13y ago
The time an authorization on a credit card lasts varies by issuer; it may be as little as week on some cards. That said, many payments gateways allow you to later process a new authorization with the original transaction reference.
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by doodyhead 13y ago
For me the greatest truth in this comment lies in the necessity to live in a place to truly understand it. Living in a new and entirely different country challenges your prejudices and preconceptions.
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by doodyhead 13y ago
Seems like it would've been best handled by an advance warning system, i.e., at least a few days or a week's notice that you're violating their TOS and need to take action.
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by doodyhead 14y ago
Two in our company were on it also. Started within seconds of it opening and went through the 6-minute process 7 or 8 times. Neither of us even got to the Wallet stage. I managed to get one last year on my third attempt but I was using mult
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by doodyhead 14y ago
Makes sense!
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by doodyhead 14y ago
Could you not just disable Bluetooth on your phone for situations like that? Just curious if there's a downside. Would love a Pebble but haven't ordered yet so I'm going to wait until they catch up on the backlog.
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by doodyhead 14y ago
What I find surprising is that the download page itself contains no mention whatsoever of licensing. It lists the system requirements and has a big graphic up the top apparently attempting to upsell you to CS6 / Creative Cloud. Would it hav
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by doodyhead 14y ago
Strange that a company founded by 3 ex-Googlers would bring out an iPhone app first and there's no sign of an Android version: http://umanoapp.com/
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by doodyhead 14y ago
Merging Google TV and the Nexus Q projects would be a good start.
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by doodyhead 14y ago
I don't think the world needs another desktop editor, but it'll be interesting to see where it goes with web-based editing with Adobe behind it. Ace seems to be a better alternative for now and is entirely JS-based: http://ace.ajax.org/
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by doodyhead 15y ago
(in reply to nirvana) The Irish startup visa program has recently been amended to make it easier to qualify: http://founderware.co/ireland/ireland-launches-startup-visa-... You now only need to invest €70k ($91k USD) to be granted residen
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by doodyhead 15y ago
Ireland is very pro entrepreneurship. It's easy to set up a new company, the overhead is minimal and there are lots of financial and other supports available from government agencies like Enterprise Ireland: http://www.enterprise-ireland.c

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