nerdawson

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by nerdawson 1mo ago
The best one now is “Read for free” (give me all the trackers) or join a subscription and you can opt out. Pretty much every news / media site now
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by nerdawson 8mo ago
That seems like quite the leap and will more than likely result in you being escorted off the plane when you reach your destination. It may well be an inconvenience to you if someone chooses to recline their seat but nobody owes you an expl
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by nerdawson 8mo ago
> It’s different when there’s a compelling physical need here. If the person in front of me has a hurt back and can’t bear sitting upright, and I knew about it, I’d put up with it as best I can in the interest of we’ve all got to get alo
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by nerdawson 8mo ago
If I have the option to recline my seat, and doing so is going to make me more comfortable, that’s what I’m going to do. I can live with the person behind me thinking I’m an asshole. The airline offers the facility and I won’t sacrifice my
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by nerdawson 11mo ago
Most of the trains north between Preston and Glasgow were being cancelled that day due to the weather. Perhaps knowing they only had one more attempt at landing safely left, Manchester further south seemed like the better bet.
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by nerdawson 2y ago
How so? They inform the reader not to misinterpret the information as advice specific to their situation.
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by nerdawson 2y ago
> - The real criminals are people from Spain, speculative funds and tourists from all over the world buying property here and not using it. They steal to everybody. So create a tax for leaving property empty and use that to fund programs
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by nerdawson 2y ago
I live in a country of people with diverse views. I feel it's ignorant to assume that I'm speaking on behalf of the majority of my fellow citizens. Quoted from the article: > Public opinion on squatting is polarised, with some
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by nerdawson 2y ago
I'm merely pointing out that you're assuming ignorance simply because I have a different opinion to you. Having lived there myself, I'd like to think I have something of an understanding of the culture. Freeloaders, admittedl
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by nerdawson 2y ago
> You people are literally making up things about a country that you don't know about. I’m not from the US. I spent 2 years living in Spain. Are you claiming that the average Spanish citizen believes that a typical person should be
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by nerdawson 2y ago
Perhaps that's the intent of the policy. The actual outcome on the other hand harms people who are using their properties. - Holidays lets - Standard lets where there's a changeover - Properties for sale - Your own home when you&#
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by nerdawson 2y ago
I don't doubt the media are prepared to jump on and inflate any problem if it'll drive engagement. That doesn't mean the underlying issue isn't real. I could offer some anecdotal evidence but that seems pointless. Especi
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by nerdawson 2y ago
I have family who let out property in Spain. They, along with other people in a similar position to them, have all suddenly become experts in smart home tech. They have video doorbells, motion sensors, door sensors, etc. All so that they ca
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by nerdawson 2y ago
By that logic, Theranos wasn't a scam either. The hardware existed and it delivered a result. It didn't do what was claimed however and the results were routinely faked. It was claimed that the R1 would navigate an app like a pers
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by nerdawson 2y ago
Their data was exposed by breaching a third party service. I'm not sure how investing more in security could have helped prevent this. You could argue that they shouldn't be housing this data with Snowflake but then you could say
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by nerdawson 2y ago
The slightly clumsy wording would indicate to me that it's a real person rather than a chatbot.
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by nerdawson 2y ago
I agree, it's a backwards move. Smartphones already absorbed the functionality of discrete devices like cameras, music players, etc. Why anyone would want to go back to carrying more stuff is beyond me.
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by nerdawson 2y ago
AI hardware has to be an incredibly tough space to be in. Things are moving at such a rapid pace that by the time you launch, you’re already out of date.
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by nerdawson 2y ago
There's a BBC documentary which does a good job of detailing the political plotting of the time: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m00084td/rise-of-the-...
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by nerdawson 2y ago
That's true, in certain situations, companies can use the system to make it painfully risky to attempt to take action against them. There's a very different business culture in the UK when it comes to legal threats and I suspect t
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by nerdawson 2y ago
He's had his assets frozen to ensure he can't get out of paying the legal fees: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/bitcoin-high-court-lon... The norm, as far as I'm aware, is that the losing side
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by nerdawson 2y ago
Seems a little too convenient for me. I'm seeing the same error message despite it always working fine in the past.
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by nerdawson 2y ago
BPA-free shouldn't offer any comfort. Manufacturers simply replace BPA with similar alternatives which aren't as widely known by consumers (BPS or BPF for example).
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by nerdawson 2y ago
A new business hasn't proven itself viable therefore it's a huge risk to a bank. Between personally guaranteeing a loan and not having the funding available at all, I'd take the former. Once the business has been trading for
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by nerdawson 2y ago
AI is probably going to end Zoom auth calls. They'll almost become so trivial to fake as to be useless.
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by nerdawson 2y ago
> This database will eventually be hacked, leaked, shared with local law enforcement (further allowing it to be leaked). In the UK, all of that information is freely available to anyone via Companies House.
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by nerdawson 2y ago
A fairly basic version of anonymous verification would be that local stores sell an age token. You show them your ID, like you would for buying alcohol, and they give you the token which could then be used with online services to prove you&
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by nerdawson 2y ago
That’s an interesting point. If some game announced you could only get it through an alternative app store, I wouldn’t play that game. Banking is critical functionality on the other hand. Under those circumstances, I’d change banks. The lik
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by nerdawson 2y ago
>I personally am happy to pay the premium to get a quality device that forces developers into a constrained environment for my benefit. I too like the walled garden. I don't really see that as an argument against sideloading however
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by nerdawson 3y ago
Should we regulate to prevent jobs from being replaced? Wouldn't that make us less competitive with countries that aren't willing to artificially cap that? I'm not against AI regulation on safety grounds but I'm not conv

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