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Melbourne based software dev. Mainly JavaScript.

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Relatedly, some aliases I have in place.

  assume = update-index --assume-unchanged
  unassume = update-index --no-assume-unchanged
  assumed = "!git ls-files -v | grep ^h | cut -c 3-"
  unassumeall = "!git assumed | xargs git update-index --no-assume-unchanged"
  assumeall = "!git st -s | awk {'print $2'} | xargs git assume"

postgres with rls to hide soft deleted records means that most of the app code doesn't need to know or care about them, still issues reads, writes, deletes to the same source table and as far as the app knows its working

Guess my RGB 2 years ago

Fun game, a convenient wordle style social media sharing utility would spread the word. Not sure what would work.

I don't really understand how whipping out your phone is harder than whipping out your card even if you don't have a watch. In my case I gave up carrying the cards at all a few years back and pay for everything on my phone anyway; the convenience of not needing a wallet or any cards at all is high.

"Now we can put the consumer first and create a level playing field for those businesses that advertise the real price, up front,"

I hope this means they're banning the common US practice of omitting sales taxes and tips from prices.

I'm being informed by other Aussies that it's not consistent here either, lots of people seem to use it imprecisely as well. I'm actually a Kiwi (but have lived the most recent 15 years in Australia) so it seems I've been misinterpreting the Aussies for years...

I'd only say a couple of minutes if I thought two minutes was actually a likely time period, yeah, otherwise I'd say a few minutes if I was less certain.

Why does English ever have synonyms? I'm not saying you're wrong, clearly (as a a Kiwi) I've been misinterpreting Aussie usage, but "there's already another way to say that" is pretty common.

I'm a Kiwi living in AU; perhaps I've been misunderstanding Aussies all this time! I've never been aware that anyone would interpret it as anything other than exactly two, I'll have to bear this in mind.

Kiwi here, would never ever do that, I'd just say "a few". Amongst those few things there might be "a couple of apples" which would definitely mean exactly two, no more, no less.

Couple is used to refer to two things, but is also often used for a small number greater than two

Is this an American thing? It would be obviously wrong to refer to any number not two as a "couple" in AU/NZ English.

Less ergonomic for people that don't do a lot of number entry - I'm a dev, not an accountant, I never used the number entry when I had it.

The MS Sculpt (in the article) comes with a number pad as well, I've had it for years and left the number pad in the drawer.