eng_monkey

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by eng_monkey 6y ago
> Spain, Italy and Greece clearly have a worse healthcare system, and those are just three examples I can think of quickly. Surely lots of countries in eastern europe has it worse than Sweden. Spain has one of the best healthcare systems
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by eng_monkey 7y ago
I lost faith in PIA caring about privacy of its customers when I noticed how they use unique tracking codes in their newsletter emails. I never received a response when I asked about it.
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by eng_monkey 8y ago
Lua means moon in Portuguese, not Spanish.
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by eng_monkey 9y ago
It is pretty pathetic to go to any coworking space in an Australian major city and realise that people there are just playing the 'startup game'. These people will typically spend a few months playing the game, burning a bit of th
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by eng_monkey 9y ago
Too bad the Internet in large parts of those cities belong to the last century.
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by eng_monkey 9y ago
I wonder why they do not user their own certificates? https://letsencrypt.org reports Identrust.
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by eng_monkey 9y ago
Why are you sure?
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by eng_monkey 9y ago
They are really excited people.
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by eng_monkey 9y ago
> Are you new here? I'm sure that next week it'll go back to the usual threads about Rust or Haskell, or someone will start a retro fad around Algol-68 or something. I just do not get how the disconnected list of events you pro
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by eng_monkey 9y ago
WTF? Some people are spending serious money on a PR campaign to promote Kotlin this week!
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by eng_monkey 9y ago
I feel your pain. It is extremely difficult in Australia to get interest in anything related to innovation. I have had surreal experiences when dealing with companies and particularly Government. They will do anything to boycott something t
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by eng_monkey 9y ago
E.g. it does not explicitly outline the right to freedom of expression. It is sort of implied within Government, but not necessarily.
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by eng_monkey 9y ago
Is it really 'superintelligence' if unable to deal with a simple concept such as time zones?
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by eng_monkey 9y ago
Exactly. It is baffling that to this day so many people believe the purpose of University is to provide some sort of vocational training.
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
Big revelation: Computer Science has very little to do with 'coding' Web pages using FrontPage.
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
Thanks for the suggestion. It is something I had considered; to replace the motherboard and the CPU with the new AMD Ryzen. But if I remember correctly, it is difficult to find motherboards that include video output (especially through Disp
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
I appreciate the advice. What would be the AMD equivalent to say a GeForce GTX950? Because this is the NVIDIA model that seems more than enough for my needs. Thanks.
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
I use Mint, where I have always been using the proprietary NVIDIA drivers. I remember Radeon drivers used be pretty bad. But that was a few years ago. Has the situation changed? I am open to suggestions. Thanks.
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
Given this new model will push down prices of exiting models, what would be the cheapest currently available NVIDIA that includes a Display Port output and a resolution of 3440x1440? This is just for work (editing documents, programming, et
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
There does not seem to be much difference between the Nokia 3310 and the Nokia 220 / 215 / 108 that have been around for at least 2 years.
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
Do health professionals need college degrees? It depends, as it is not the same to be a first aid officer to a dentist, a physiotherapist or surgeon. In some cases you need a higher degree than in others. The same with software development,
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
In the same way that orthopaedic surgery is glorified carpentry?
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
It looks like a rough attempt of scam.
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
Purely 'coding' should be learned at vocational school (e.g. technician level), not university (e.g. scientist or engineer level).
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
Data Engineering is about developing technology for data management. Data management/analysis is about using this technology to produce results. So this is not about data engineering, but data management/analysis.
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
> taxi drivers who get paid in dollars and receive dollar tips easily making 20-40x more per month than doctors And what is wrong with this? Or should physicians continue using health to become rich as it is the case in so many other cou
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
> So the world's most liveable city is Melbourne, Australia Do you mean the city with crappy weather, unaffordable real estate, collapsed roads, and a job market based on selling overpriced coffees to hipsters?
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
> Melb, Australia, because it's the most livable city in the world Are you joking? It must be one of the cities in the world with the worst traffic. And of course, real estate is so cheap...
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
> She became consumed with what she describes as "a profound need to make a difference to the people of Nigeria". Delusions of grandeur? She should move to SV.
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
It is also surprising he continues using and being addressed as Dr, when there is no evidence he has a doctorate.

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