xvaier

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by xvaier 1y ago
https://flare.io is a cybersecurity platform based in Montréal.
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by xvaier 2y ago
They do exist and are increasingly common for new hotel builds, at least where I live. Here is an example of one in Montréal that I stayed in last autumn: https://griffintownhotel.com/en-us/apartments/
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by xvaier 2y ago
Canada has essentially 6 big banks, instant transfers using Interac has been the most common way of transferring money for years (it launched in 2003) and payment using NFC has been the norm for a decade.
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by xvaier 3y ago
I have bought and sold well over a hundred items on Marketplace in the past few years. There are scams, mostly from buyers wanting you to ship items to them, but insisting on in-person transactions nullifies most of them. I've even shi
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by xvaier 3y ago
I agree that their app isn't particularly good, but have you ever used the Subway app or even their website for a mobile order? I think it's the slowest and jankiest app I have ever used. It honestly takes like 5-10 minutes to ord
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by xvaier 3y ago
The back is made of glass not plastic, as mentioned on their website. https://www.apple.com/ca/iphone-15/specs/
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by xvaier 3y ago
It should have been phrased, "your return on investments can be the sole source of your retirement wealth." I think what they mean is that the bulk of your wealth will be the capital that you put into your investments with a reaso
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by xvaier 4y ago
I would think so. Rare earth magnets are permanent magnets and can be much stronger than iron based magnets of the same size.
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by xvaier 4y ago
You'll notice that Québec is not on the map when they compare potential savings because we've had government subsidized daycare for over 25 years. The results have been increased participation of mothers in the workforce and incre
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by xvaier 4y ago
From my experience, when there is no more snap it tends to be an accumulation of dust and grime in the port preventing the cable from fully seating. I usually clear it out carefully with a sim card ejection tool.
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by xvaier 4y ago
I think it depends on the type of workout. I do a powerlifting style program that has a 3 minute rest time between sets, so I like to read during them. If I were doing cardio or a circuit style workout I would forgo my phone and concentrate
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by xvaier 5y ago
It's a 3.5mm connection, but the sound quality is noticeably worse when they are off and running passively, even when running them through an amp.
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by xvaier 5y ago
I own the Sony WH-1000xm4 and their battery life is terrific. I work 8-10h during the day and sometimes add a 2-3h gaming session and they regularly last more than two full days without recharging. Their noise cancelling is top notch and th
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Statuspage CDN certificate expired at 8AM-EST, no updates on their status page(cdn.statuspage.io)
2 points by xvaier 6y ago|0 comments
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by xvaier 8y ago
Considering that the article lends the reader to understand that studies are indicating vitamin supplements are not as necessary as we'd like to believe, I don't think op was being cynical. Random quote from the article: > I fa
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by xvaier 9y ago
During the presentation, they mentioned that if you have an evil twin, you should probably use a passcode, so I'm assuming that the acceptable range for recognizing is larger than the ranges of difference between identical twins.
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by xvaier 9y ago
Thank you for the suggestion, it was an excellent fast read, quite concise and insightful.
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by xvaier 9y ago
Absolutely! Being able to watch our customers use our application in production environments, observing how they used it and how they perceived certain features has been so enriching. We would have spent at least 10 times longer trying to g
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by xvaier 9y ago
As a lead developer building a platform dealing with the intricacies of union agreements and labor restrictions, this summarizes exactly the thought process that my team has gone through in the last year. We started with a simple problem th
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Malware posing as Google chrome update in an iFrame on Nature.com(github.com)
2 points by xvaier 9y ago|0 comments
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by xvaier 9y ago
GoodFood is a Canadian company that does something like this. https://makegoodfood.ca/en/home
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by xvaier 9y ago
I'm willing to bet he means Montreal, no shortage of programming jobs over here.
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by xvaier 10y ago
However, two out of four things mentioned have been removed from new models since the first retina came out in mid 2012 (DVD/RJ45) simply because they are nearly as thick as the entire device. RCA out hasn't ever been in a MacBook
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by xvaier 10y ago
Affinity Designer and Photo are excellent products, I would argue that affinity designer is much easier to work with than Illustrator.
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by xvaier 10y ago
After reading the warning this morning about creative cloud and how hard it was to cancel, but I ended up buckling in for a journey of my own.
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Adobe's Deceptive Cloud(medium.com)
2 points by xvaier 10y ago|1 comments