Lloyd's Insurers Stumble over Computer Leasing (1979)nytimes.com3 points·by cett·3 yıl önce·1 comments
cett·geçen ay·discussReminds me a bit of how in the UK the guinea coin ceased to circulate decades ago but it's still used for bidding on racehorse auctions.1 guinea = 1.05 poundsYou purchase the horse in guineas, seller gets paid in pounds, auctioneer keeps the missing 5% as commission.
cett·4 ay önce·discuss'Universal' 110V AC sockets are definitely feasible and offered by some airlines (on some equipment).E.g ANA: https://www.ana.co.jp/en/jp/guide/inflight/service/seat_plug...Related Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EmPower_(aircraft_power_adapte...
cett·2 yıl önce·discussIt's more likely that the flight in question was using the three letter ICAO code in its passenger facing flight number. I have never known a three character IATA code to be used despite it technically being within the specification.
cett·3 yıl önce·discussI found that partitioning the table to allow parallel auto vacuuming was necessary to scale.
cett·3 yıl önce·discussDefinitely doable with HAProxy + lua. I've used it extensively for load balancing stateful apps.
1 guinea = 1.05 pounds
You purchase the horse in guineas, seller gets paid in pounds, auctioneer keeps the missing 5% as commission.