eddz

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by eddz 7y ago
I moved away from my hometown longer ago than that and had no problem depositing cheques in branches other than the one with which I was registered. It may depend on the bank you are using, or possibly even the method of deposit and the bra
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by eddz 8y ago
"No actual businesses built" is completely not the case. At least not for all ICOs. Take PundiX, for example – they have a fully-functional product with a growing base of B2B customers which are starting to use the device in the w
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by eddz 8y ago
I'll chime in to add Thailand to the list of countries which require your shoes to be off as you pass through security.
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by eddz 8y ago
Some programs are designed to replace humans, others are designed as tools. Automation does not always equal the replacement of humans. I appreciate your analogies but there is not evidence in the article to suggests that police and investi
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by eddz 8y ago
As long as the data is used as one of many guideline sources which is scrutinised by human officers before the individuals are suspected and acted upon, I personally don't see a problem with the inaccuracy (which will get better over t
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by eddz 8y ago
> But GET should have no side-effect I disagree. There are some ways in which GET can be non-idempotent, such as pageview counters and endpoints with a vast amount of constantly-changing content, for instance. One may argue that the firs
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by eddz 9y ago
I would call it more of a "market correction" than a "collapse."
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by eddz 9y ago
Well, usually I will ask friends or colleagues who have experience of that country. But if not then yes, I will spend an evening reading up on the country and its rules/customs while planning my trip. I don't know a sensible trave
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by eddz 9y ago
I have experience of Thailand and Japan so can chime in. Thailand does not require registration, but authorities prevent travelers from re-entering shortly after their stay (cracking down on "visa runs") which has caught some tour
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by eddz 9y ago
It may be annoying or inconvenient, but China is not the only country a requirement to register with the local authorities. The fact that it applies to all types of visas may throw some travelers off. Still, it is their responsibility to ma
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by eddz 9y ago
I'm sorry, but I fail to see your point. This does not have anything to do with his sexual relationships so I am unsure of why you are making that analogy. It is completely usual to have to declare your place of residence to an immig
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by eddz 9y ago
The reporter comes off as a bit paranoid and slightly egotistical. Read up on the rules and follow them closely or risk facing consequences. If you aren't 100% sure, ask. Personally, I was held overnight in a cell in KIX (Osaka Interna
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by eddz 9y ago
> The robots are designed to free up store employees' time so they can use it to help customers. This is probably the most textbook spin I've ever seen. It's as if their PR firm didn't even try. These robots are obvio
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by eddz 9y ago
To be fair, this post is about Google's UX for developers, which is admittedly very good. The APIs and supporting documentation and guides for many of Google's properties usually do an excellent job at appealing to skill levels th
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by eddz 9y ago
Good post, but it does not consider conversion of former customers. I develop a subscription service which launched in January and now has ~9,000 MAUs. This above metric accounts for ~10% of "new" subscribers each month, despite n
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by eddz 10y ago
I understand. But to many businesses – especially online businesses – time is the most significant expense. It is the elephant in the room here. You are not "profitable" (not even "ramen profitable") until you've fa
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by eddz 10y ago
First of all, congratulations on your success and experience. Second of all, correct me if I am wrong, but you do not seem to be factoring in your time (16 working days) or any kind of opportunity cost required to produce the content?
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by eddz 10y ago
Kaz Hirai is doing pretty well at Sony, all things considered.
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by eddz 10y ago
I can see where he is coming from, but this quote is wrong on so many levels.
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by eddz 10y ago
Traveling often has forced me to adopt this approach. I do not miss the days where I owned much more. Slimming down your possessions to a couple of suitcases worth is liberating, to say the least. Incidentally, I also live in Japan, but mos
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by eddz 10y ago
I have also observed this behaviour, especially from higher ranking employees.
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by eddz 10y ago
I have worked in several office environments in Japan where coworkers have frequently napped at their desks.
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by eddz 10y ago
Android is an OS, not a phone.
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by eddz 10y ago
Twitter and Snapchat are big projects based on small ideas. It's not necessarily a bad thing to narrow your focus.
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by eddz 10y ago
Do you mean the one with the :// which precedes the "curl"? If so, I agree. The first version was too complex and inconsistent, but the third version played it too safe. I also agree with another poster who said that the
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by eddz 10y ago
There are plenty of alternatives to Whatsapp. I don't even have it installed on my phone.