kamaitachi

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by kamaitachi 2mo ago
This is Trump’s legacy in the Gulf: >The debate about the strait is becoming a wider one about security in the Gulf. Writing in Le Monde, Sayyid Badr Albusaidi, the Oman foreign minister, argued that the whole premise of Washington’s Ira
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by kamaitachi 3mo ago
Hi Fredrik I’m a long time Mullvad customer, likely paid Mullvad upward of 400€ in the past number of years, as well as recommended it to friends and family members. What you seem to be missing in your comment, is that some of that money I
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by kamaitachi 4mo ago
Oh the irony. A YouTube video.
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by kamaitachi 4mo ago
I think I was lucky enough to start out in the 80’s. But seriously, didn’t really start making big money until about 25 years ago, and bailed heavily into my pension fund. The tech industry is constant change, but the change in the last 10
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by kamaitachi 4mo ago
It was being pushed hard by mgmt. Constant pushing, emails with “league tables” of most active users, “why is this taking so long?”. Hard to not use it
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by kamaitachi 4mo ago
You’re right - it’s me. I used to code at home - chess engines mostly. Maybe once the novelty of retirement wears off (and the autumn approaches), I’ll start coding again
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by kamaitachi 4mo ago
Thanks! I’m one of the lucky ones who really loved my career. I was lucky enough to avoid roles or companies that would suck the life out of me:-) 5/5 would recommend :-)
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by kamaitachi 4mo ago
I just retired after 40 years writing code. The last year or so wasn’t fun - battling with AI, trying to get it do what I wanted. For a long time, I thought I’d do a lot of hobby or open source coding when I retired. I haven’t even tried. I
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by kamaitachi 1y ago
It’s more than that. I lived in Boston for a few years back in the 90’s (legal, green card holder) but moved back to Ireland. My kids wanted to visit NYC this year, but it was a hard no from me. What Trump has done to the US really puts me
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Ireland gets first printed social houses(globalconstructionreview.com)
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by kamaitachi 1y ago
Have been using FF since early 2000's. Tried using Pocket but never really got the hang of it. Just never felt that it fixed a problem was having. Still a FF fanboi, but fully behind shutting anything down that detracts from core FF. M
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by kamaitachi 1y ago
> In the proposal, the company proposed to ban AI models and equipment produced in China that “endanger user privacy and pose security threats, including the risk of intellectual property (IP) theft,” Said without even a hint of irony.
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by kamaitachi 2y ago
There’s a fantastic book about this - The Yompers [1] Follows the troops, covers the night battles, the blisters, the soggy terrain…a great read. [1] https://amzn.eu/d/gArUDh0
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by kamaitachi 2y ago
It varies, as you’d expect but the number is about right Here are 2 recent reports https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/24/people-br... https://encompass-europe.com/comment&#x2
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by kamaitachi 2y ago
Agreed. I’ve tried Ecosia and this was the first thing that hit me. Pity.
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by kamaitachi 2y ago
I had similar challenges in my past (see my comment history for details). In summary, I found myself in senior management positions twice in my career, and hated the role. It was an effort to get back into a hands-on role, but I was lucky t
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by kamaitachi 2y ago
A non-US citizen, I have so many questions but the article lacks details: >>Asked what could be causing the adult literacy decline in the U.S., Carr said, “It is difficult to say.” Great.
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by kamaitachi 2y ago
This takes me back to my days in college. I studied Electrical Engineering in Dublin, and in 1983, we organised a tour of the facility. My hazy memories of it were it being just another factory. The real purpose of the trip to Cork was muc
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by kamaitachi 2y ago
IMO these are top-notch, no BS podcasts. I regularly listen to The Rest is History, The Rest is Politics (U.K. and US) and The Rest is Money. Very informative and very entertaining. Would recommend.
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by kamaitachi 2y ago
In no particular order: Unhedged The Rest is Politics Witness History (BBC) The Rachman Review Late Night Linux The Foreign Desk (Monocle) Behind the Lines with Arthur Snell [edit : reformat]
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by kamaitachi 2y ago
This takes me back to the mid 1990’s. Glad to see it’s still going. Back then, I worked on porting it to some proprietary hardware. Was definitely an adventure! I’d previously ported pSOS to a proprietary 68k board (different company) and t
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by kamaitachi 2y ago
It’s not just a U.K. thing. Many European countries have something similar, although it might be called something else. It’s a form of tax that pays for public service broadcasting, including radio stations. https://en.m.wikipedi
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by kamaitachi 2y ago
Scotland and Ireland are intimately linked by a common language (Gaelic). As an Irish person who speaks English (for obvious historical reasons), visiting Scotland blew my mind because of the common language. Here’s an example of a simple
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by kamaitachi 3y ago
Not quite the same thing, but some industries use 4 state “booleans” to describe the state of machinery. For example, in power stations, the position of switch gear would use 10 and 01 for on/off, 00 for “switch gear in motion” (ie, tr
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by kamaitachi 3y ago
This isn’t an answer to the questions posed.
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by kamaitachi 3y ago
Clearly a titan of engineering and innovation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel
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by kamaitachi 3y ago
Very valid point - Doggerland comes to mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland
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by kamaitachi 3y ago
Last week, I nuked my Reddit account of 6 years, and uninstalled Apollo. Won’t be going back. I’d be on Reddit several times a day - it was a complete time waste. I just needed a reason to leave, and this is it. I was already on Mastodon bu
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by kamaitachi 4y ago
RIP. I grew up watching the original Star Trek, not appreciating (at that young age) what a wonderful role model she was.
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by kamaitachi 5y ago
This is a very good question. I work in a Wall Street trading company. Up til about 6 years ago, I was actively involved in recruiting tech staff and defining our tech recruitment process. I’ve since changed roles, but was recently asked to

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