adrinavarro

Why "half" is often said: - 2015 elections were considered "plebiscitary", i.e. in absence of a referendum, pro-independence parties ran together as one "yes to independence" vote. They obtained 39.6% of the vote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_regional_election,_201... - Added together to radical left (anti-capitalist, pro-independence) parties, it adds up to 47.8% of the vote. With ~75% turnout. ~35% of census - The "illegal referendum" this month resulted in 90.18% pro-yes with 43.03% turnout. ~38% of census. However, because of how it took place (not your normal election), the correctness of these results is often questioned, in one way or the other. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refer%C3%A9ndum_de_independenc...

I think the issue is with being forced to drive instead of just being able to walk.

On a side question slightly related to this thread: how do you currently hire freelancers? (for startups in the U.S., hiring worldwide — not referring to the 'finding' part, but rather, the actual ops).

We're using W8BEN + custom contract + TransferWise but it's a real pain to do each time and keep track of…

I'd say that hate speech being banned is not an issue.

Huh? It's about creating an identity, a single market, and in the process, creating peace. I don't feel it is attempting to destroy national identity, if anything, it allows it to thrive (as long as it is compatible with the EU idea). Same goes with individual and national rights. EU policy provides a common framework, and if anything, it only overpowers states in favour of its citizens (see ECJ).

It does suck. I've remedied it by using bluetooth earphones & also bringing an adapter (which is pretty small) in my wallet, along with a microusb-to-lightning adapter. And now I'm pretty happy with my phone.

This fixes it, but it's likely any future update kills this temp fix. Hopefully Spotify will take care of this. I also noticed the extremely high writes less than a week ago. Wonder how long this has been going on.

If you are OK with that train of thought, then you most likely won't bother going away in your 60s for any other reason (being old, not fit, family, kids… whatever). So, it all looks like an argument for people who don't want to ever get out of their comfort zone even though they can clearly afford it.

I do enjoy spending long amounts of time browsing the archive of WBW: http://waitbutwhy.com/

Do Teslas now drive around on their own? I seem to have missed something.

mosh is really good when used from a tablet device, ie. with Blink: https://twitter.com/BlinkShell

I have given out as a gift a copy of 'Predictably Irrational'. I found it interesting and insightful at many different levels (whether you're just a normal person and enjoy those 'huh' moments, or you're actually dealing with this stuff at a professional level).

If you ask me, I'd bet that it's because the brand behind the 'concerned' trademark is up to something and they are just doing their homework.

Well, they are the ones funding the research teams and equipment, so it's a different scenario IMHO.

I think we can agree though that knowledge should converge into being easily accessible, all while reducing the collateral effects of doing so (as the article explains: tenure, promotions, prestige…).

Maybe that's where you live, but on the other half of the developed world we're starting to see 100/200mbit FTTH connections being pretty common in large and medium cities, with such affordable prices that "normal people" have them at home. So that's definitely a big change from the 10mbit DSL lines we had 5 years ago.

And the 50mbit domestic connections wasn't at all common 20 years ago (heck, we did have 33.6kbps dial-up and it cost a fortune). In fact, if you say that there haven't been large, fast changes in bandwidth terms then I'd invite you to revisit the following facts:

- Smartphones in every pocket, with people consuming 1-2 GB a month. This was unthinkable 7 years ago — and I vividly recall spending a ton of money because I used 1 GB of mobile internet. - 4G in every corner — just a few years ago the top was the 384kbps UMTS - FTTH and DOCSIS 3.0 ubiquitous, mainly to lowered costs for fiber equipment, GPON lowers the cost and tougher fiber cables that can easily be installed in houses - Ten-fold growth in internet provides bandwidth… or more. For example, <10 years ago, OVH's network (one of the largest dedicated server providers in the world) was one of the largest at 300Gbps (I remember the party when they reached out that capacity!). Now they are at +3Tbps and growing. - 1080p and 4K increasingly common — and then a decade ago we were still buying CRT televisions, a far cry from the FHD and higher bitrate contents

I could keep going with the list… But the fact is: everywhere you look bandwidth is getting cheaper AND faster, same goes for consumer devices that profit said bandwidth (TVs, smartphones…) and that comes in hand with more, richer content.

Ah, the 8$ per gallon price in Europe. And I find it affordable…

Well…

Expatistan: "Volkswagen Golf 2.0 TDI 140 CV 6 vel. (or equivalent), with no extras, new" Numbeo: "Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) "

I don't know. Not the same but very close and alike. I love Numbeo and this looks eerily similar.

Aviation and medical practice involve lives, unlike (most of the time) software development. Same happens with the speed at which it happens — aviation, as medicine, is a "slow and steady" evolution towards improvement, while software development is ever-changing.

Yes, it would be great to have a better way to identify and tackle common mistakes in software development, but it is not nearly as crucial and universal in software development as it may be in other fields. And, after all, each tool/language is so different that few common denominators exist. In a way, it isn't really an issue — yet people dying from malpractice or negligence (either in aviation, or medicine), is.

He owns a plane which he does not fly as a pilot and got a PPL which allows him to fly light aircraft in visual conditions but refuses to fly unaccompanied. I would not say that he is a seasoned pilot…

There are planes and planes. Security in airliners and in light aircraft are two matters of their own. You don't expect people who own a Cessna to have a black box and a satellite data link.

Most modern airliners have satellite links (data and voice) with their dispatch centers. They also use the ACARS system to send and receive clearances (they can acknowledge by pushing a button). The old SELCAL+HF radio is no longer in use, except for backup.

Planes have GPS trackers. Not only their company knows where they are, the control center can too. In the case of the north atlantic track system, air control keeps a tight eye on speed, altitude and separation with very precise measurements, even as airplanes are far away from land.

I just fail to see the point of this post. I recently hitched a ride on the cockpit jump seat of a modern airplane for a Europe-East Coast flight and during that I saw the air traffic control knowing exactly where we were, and the pilots communicating via text message (ACARS) with control, as well as using satellite links to contact dispatch (via text messages), as well as satellite phone calls.

Pilots keep paper around them because pilots are there to maintain control, and paper is just another failsafe (with pretty good reliability record!).

Bonus: some planes can notice alterations in the flight dynamics and report an ice buildup. No pilot in this planet is going to let any external person input flight parameters remotely into their aircraft's system while they are in the air.

The talent and know-how?

I thought we were already past the "why buy it if you can copy it".

ShowRSS right now works as a piece in the workflow for many people: feed what aired a few hours ago to another system. It hasn't got an archive and it doesn't serve as one. Thus, no option to do what you say… it's meant for the last week or so, not a lot more.

It does what it does pretty well, though. The new system reads a few sources (not just EZTV) and picks the best releases. So, 720p for everyone in a matter of hours and for almost every show you can think of.

P.S: have you thought about using transmission+dyndns? It's how I run it (minidlna+transmission, and showRSS pushes to my rasppi, no RSS involved!).

I used them before and I'm trying them again. They now seem to allow you to pick the best mirror available for you, so your ISP's peering is no longer a problem.

Hey! Someone uses showRSS! Glad you like it :D

Want to work in sunny Madrid, Spain? Come join us!

We're ShuttleCloud, a small (<15 employees) data migration company based in Madrid & New York. We're hiring a Senior Developer and an Executive Assistant to join us in our (very cool) Madrid office. We're flexible about a lot of things, so don't hesitate and apply.

--

Senior Developer. Madrid, Spain.

Our technical team is seeking a senior developer to lead us and help us support our growth. We want you to teach us & introduce new methodologies and tools, and lead our team towards the future.

We actively use Ruby, Python, CouchDB, Redis, RabbitMQ… the usual buzzwords. And we're very interested about where you can take us to. More about this opening here: https://shuttlecloud.recruiterbox.com/jobs/26312/

Meet our engineers here: http://blog.shuttlecloud.com/shuttlecloud-engineers-fireside...

--

Executive Assistant. Madrid, Spain.

We're also looking for an Executive Assistant. We don't ask for any previous experience or look only for people wanting to stay in the position long term (recently graduated students welcome!). We want someone who is independent and who can think ahead. If you think you can do that, then, we want to meet you! So, write us.

Contact us at: jobs at shuttlecloud.com.

--

Thank you for reading, and happy 2014 to everyone!

Today is a very sad day :(

Language isn't a problem, as long as you speak English. Outside work, you'll hear both Catalan and Spanish. Both are easy to learn and understand, and people do really make an effort to understand and be understood, so no problem there either.

Apparently it's not the same build as the golden master. Agh!

Huh?

Roaminng charges are hardly going anywhere. And that would be in July 1st… And countries have opposed the measure.

Right. So instead of working in creating a user system, you integrate your core to another system.

Or you could, well, let's say, use a library or framework and spare you the work of integration too!