nickonline

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by nickonline 7y ago
From the list of businesses in this thread this was the one that caught my eye. However, I am Australian and a lot of the time businesses don't ship here. Like you say, it's a physical business, you need to move physical products.
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by nickonline 7y ago
I doubt it will be most new devices that actually use data are now being shipped with it, even my drone came with usb-c Soon enough there will be a major shift
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by nickonline 7y ago
They use massive mega apps e.g. WeChat
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by nickonline 8y ago
You're probably requesting with a degree of sense. If you requested your 5.6 weeks off all at once and over an go-live date that you were 100% responsible for, you might receive a request to see if you could move those holidays a bit l
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by nickonline 8y ago
They offered Amazon $3B tax breaks, while the city would have profited $27B. The city would have a net gain of $24B. Now the city doesn't gain anything.
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by nickonline 8y ago
I'm not sure VR headsets are the future of gaming either. I had one of the PSVR headsets and it makes gaming even more isolationist. Playing a console (where I believe the majority of gamers come from) is quite casual, you sit on the c
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by nickonline 8y ago
I was on that project as a grad. They spent a billion dollars, over 5 years, with a staff of 1,000 strong to replace old software. I would be surprised if even 20 of the 1,000 were touching COBOL.
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by nickonline 8y ago
> besides getting a few folks home faster. How is that not solving a problem? Isn't this the purpose of undergrounds/metros?
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by nickonline 8y ago
8 inches of weeds is a pretty solid amount of weeds
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by nickonline 8y ago
YBB YBP? This is some pretty incredible jargon is this widely used, I've never seen it before and needed to look it up. Is it really that hard to say 2,500 years ago?
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by nickonline 8y ago
You could change that. I loved using D3 directly and found it amazing.
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by nickonline 9y ago
If it's really needed, why the aren't tax dollars enough?
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by nickonline 9y ago
Is the condominium not a part of a larger building?
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by nickonline 9y ago
Digital servicing and apps, no need to head into a branch, ever.
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by nickonline 9y ago
The banks spent $1B dollars, What are you saying they've not adopted.
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by nickonline 9y ago
neither of these are acceptable government business reasons to keep cash
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by nickonline 9y ago
It's SWIFT based.
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by nickonline 9y ago
They didn't do much about equifax so I'd be very suspicious of such statements about American data protection standards.
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by nickonline 9y ago
Side note, just was delivered a Shield. They are horrible. - Constantly hijacking HDMI from other sources - Remote has a sticky down button - Voice turns on and off for no reason and starts operating.
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by nickonline 9y ago
None of the banks really wanted instant transactions, it's expensive, the RBA essentially forced them to.
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by nickonline 9y ago
There are more countries than America. I do it each year for free.
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by nickonline 9y ago
How did they publish an ad with incorrect grammar? "Here, your more than a number..." It should be you're
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by nickonline 9y ago
So a box with a unlocked padlock on it?
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by nickonline 9y ago
> Can you conconct a scenario in which a hypothetical sabateur manages to weaponize and capitalize on an exploit in Facebook Ads Manager, or some random Uber server with sensitive data, within a week? Sure, but it’s contrived. The risk&#
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by nickonline 9y ago
> All of which is speculative Just like Gold, coloured beads, or stocks > can't be used for transactions. Gold is a pain to use for transactions, and so are shares, but they still store value and people continue to speculate on t
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by nickonline 9y ago
Ikea has started delivery in Australia as well. http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_AU/customer_service/ikea_services/...
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by nickonline 9y ago
but we're talking about an ethical shell game impacting mental state not the technical standards for the wider internet.
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by nickonline 9y ago
Pretty minor part of their business though
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by nickonline 9y ago
> anyone can just create a new blockchain and/or cryptocoin for next to nothing ... and I can take my shiny metal (gold) and mould it into a replica spanish gold ingot, it doesn't mean my gold bar is worth the same as the origi
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by nickonline 9y ago
In a world with fast payments, that money can be washed and moved and out a dozen atms quite quickly

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