tobtoh

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by tobtoh 2y ago
Fly In Fly Out. Typically, the workers fly out from a capital city to work/live at a remote mine site for several weeks, then they fly back for a couple of weeks rest, repeat.
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Reddit's new community points system(old.reddit.com)
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by tobtoh 3y ago
In Australia, to keep receiving unemployment benefits, you have to apply for 20 jobs a fortnight (or something like that). So you get a lot of unemployed people shot gunning their resume around to fulfil that requirement ( ). Requiring a co
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by tobtoh 4y ago
> 2. The reviews are heavily biased. Hosts will pester you to leave positive review, if you leave even a 4 star, they get really mad at you. I left a 4 star review and the host gave me a 1 star that almost got me banned. I've always
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by tobtoh 4y ago
That whole Thai situation was when my opinion of Elon cratered. The pedo insult and subsequent lawsuits really gave insight into Elon's (lack of) character - the fact he would use that as an insult, the person he insulted, and the fact
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by tobtoh 4y ago
I've been playing around with OBS and Zoom lately as well. Prior to a meeting, I pre-recorded a couple of minutes of me watching the screen. I used OBS to switch to this looped pre-recording whenever I wanted to eat/drink or get o
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by tobtoh 4y ago
If I remember my uni engineering/calculus maths class correctly, the third derivative of position is used in planning these sort of curves. The first derivative of postion (with respect to time) is velocity. The second derivative is ac
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by tobtoh 4y ago
I did that - my IM client was on permanent 'away' status. I was tired of being 'green' and people would send multiple messages if I didn't respond instantly to their IMs. Being permanently 'away' meant peo
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by tobtoh 4y ago
One thing to check: Your hearing I went through a period of life in my late 30s where I felt I was getting stupider. I was struggling to pickup new concepts and get a handle on new situations quickly like I used to. I was made redundant dur
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by tobtoh 4y ago
> but the battery lasts for several weeks if not months; i In my experience, this is exactly why it's an issue. All my less tech savvy family who use this mouse forget to charge it because "it never needs charging" ... and
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by tobtoh 5y ago
Oh of course. I forgot about the difference between median and average! For the purpose of the point the article was making in that section (about how the efforts to 'make Broadway more affordable and more democratic come up short.&#x2
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by tobtoh 5y ago
As someone who moonlights in the theatre industry (as a theatre photographer), I'm vaguely familiar with the economics of putting on shows - the article is very interesting and tallies with my experience. However, I do question one lin
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by tobtoh 5y ago
As someone in the Gen X demographic who has never smoked, I've watched the anti-smoking campaigns and shift in attitudes towards smoking with interest - particularly how resistant smokers were to initially giving up smoking. I feel lik
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by tobtoh 5y ago
So if I was in a space battle and the enemy 'jumps to light speed'(1) to make a quick escape ... they would actually be easier to target with a laser because they 'slow down' from my perspective? (1) 'light speed&#x
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by tobtoh 5y ago
When I was an IT manager, I never answered my phone if I was talking to someone, and especially if they were one of my team (unless it was the incident response desk which would mean they were escalating a critical problem). I had constant
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by tobtoh 5y ago
Don't quote me on this, but I recall reading that there is a layer of air at ground level that is very turbulent/choppy due to it's interaction with the ground which makes it terrible for wind power generation.
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by tobtoh 6y ago
I don't fit into any of those categories, but I feel I received real value. I had an AMEX card - there was an annual fee, but it also came with a 'free' return domestic flight. Since I went to visit my parents (interstate) at
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by tobtoh 6y ago
https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT211218 I'm not sure ... i was under the understanding the that EQ function on iOS only applied to music. I guess the other advantage is that audiogram function makes it a one-clic
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by tobtoh 6y ago
I'm about to trial a replacement for my current HA (about 5 years old) for the Phonak Paradise (the just released successor to the Marvel). The bluetooth connectivity has been a big reason why I want to upgrade - the work from home sit
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by tobtoh 6y ago
So that would imply that for Softbank, high gamma stocks are desirable for this scheme? As in they want the maximum 'reaction' from each purchase they make? Also, this works in reverse right? So Softbank is literally just creating
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by tobtoh 6y ago
Youtube is also affected. You can upload files but they won't process.
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by tobtoh 6y ago
I wish there was photo management software which catered to non-enterprise multi-user environments. ie families, or small organizations where the photos (and database) would reside on a computer, but other users on their computers could acc
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by tobtoh 6y ago
> If everyone was like OP in condeming these corporations maybe their expectations would eventually become real. >> No, they wouldn't, because the selection pressure on the organization is for the minimum amount of signaling r
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by tobtoh 6y ago
They don't work - well at least they aren't idiot-proof. See the comment above regarding the Montague Bridge in Melbourne, Australia. They have those height bars installed and we still routinely have trucks being peeled open. I ha
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by tobtoh 6y ago
> It doesn't work when I am not wearing my glasses Are you holding the phone too close to your face? I was getting frustrated that FaceID wouldn't work for me in bed when I wasn't wearing glasses, but I discovered it was b
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by tobtoh 7y ago
I think we are in agreement - I didn't word my comment well. When I was referring to the star rating, I meant the overall average rating of the product (ie what Amazon is trying to promote now over star rating plus written reviews). Wh
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by tobtoh 7y ago
The (edit: average) Amazon star rating has been such a poor indication of the quality of a product for a very long time - at best, it's a weak indicator of which products you might check out first. For me personally, the most valuable
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by tobtoh 7y ago
That wouldn't surprise me - I had seriously considered subscribing to Dropbox many times, but the price was just too high for my needs. When they forced me to make a decision (by enforcing the 3 client rule), I evaluated the costs&#x2F
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by tobtoh 7y ago
If past admissions are any indication, expect a 'revised' admission in a few weeks where they 'discover' that the actual number is one thousand partners who have improperly accessed data.
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by tobtoh 7y ago
I'd assume this isn't really a problem these days? Aren't OLED screen capable of high resolution, dynamic range (include true black) and low latency? The main issue would probably be cost, but at a technical level having a su

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