AlexMuir

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   by AlexMuir 13y ago

   I have a friend with a Ferrari. He actually tells a lot of people it's just a bodykit on a Toyota. It keeps people from thinking he's rich and/or a good robbery target.
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   by AlexMuir 13y ago

   I cut some of that off because Adsense terms might prohibit disclosing it, I'm not sure. 480k page views, 4.6k clicks.
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   by AlexMuir 13y ago

   I'm happy to share any numbers or code if anyone wants it. Just ask.
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   Tell HN: How A Car Works earned $2,400 in 2013(howacarworks.com)

   8 points by AlexMuir 13y ago|4 comments
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   by AlexMuir 13y ago

   Brightsolid is a Dundee-based company that has digitised quite a bit of British library material as a sort of public-private partnership. For example, the British Newspaper Archive - http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk&#x2F
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   by AlexMuir 13y ago

   I tried getting some work done there a couple of years ago. All the desks were taken and the internet was a nightmare to get onto and highly restricted. Things may have changed since then. I tried going into the Business centre but lacke
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   Bitcoin's potential market cap(alexmuir.com)

   2 points by AlexMuir 13y ago|0 comments
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   by AlexMuir 13y ago

   Right, question time: Market cap is now $5 billion. Wealth can't be created, so where has that money come from? Have other currencies fractionally devalued? The cost of mining has been negligible until recently.
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   by AlexMuir 13y ago

   They can only reclaim the VAT on BTC they bought IF THEY WERE CHARGED VAT ON THEM. They won't be charged VAT on them in 99% of cases because sellers are individuals.
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    by AlexMuir 13y ago

    Probably around 50 EUR last time I was there, at a decent 3* all inclusive. In Portugal I was paying 60EUR a night half board at a five star.
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    by AlexMuir 13y ago

    I now find a lot of better answers through Github issues and personal blogs. I should remember to search Github code when I'm stuck trying to figure something out.
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    by AlexMuir 13y ago

    Over the last week I moved http://www.thebigeat.com/uk from PHP to Rails. That uses Geocoder, Carrierwave, Stripe, gmaps4rails, FriendlyId and Rakismet. I use Gems because they do what I need to be done. When they don&#x
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    by AlexMuir 13y ago

    I too work from a lot of different places, but I find that I absolutely need internet to be productive. Pulling a Gem for instance, or checking Stack Overflow. My favourite places to work are all-inclusive holiday resorts. Lanzarote and
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    Facebook and I(alexmuir.com)

    1 points by AlexMuir 13y ago|1 comments
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    H Day(en.wikipedia.org)

    2 points by AlexMuir 13y ago|0 comments
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    Google Webfont Effects - Back to the 90's(developers.google.com)

    1 points by AlexMuir 13y ago|0 comments
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    Poll: Do you feel lonely?

    17 points by AlexMuir 13y ago|16 comments
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    by AlexMuir 13y ago

    Always
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    by AlexMuir 13y ago

    Often
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    by AlexMuir 13y ago

    Sometimes
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    by AlexMuir 13y ago

    Rarely
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    by AlexMuir 13y ago

    Never
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    by AlexMuir 13y ago

    My first thought was "I owe this guy, Capistrano is the main reason why I have spent ~ $100 per year on VPS servers and not $100 per MONTH on Heroku et al. I'd suggest Lee runs a Kickstarter type thing and I'd very happily th
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    by AlexMuir 13y ago

    That comment was written yesterday. The embargo ended THIS morning at 6am BST.
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    Our incredible journey...(ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com)

    4 points by AlexMuir 13y ago|0 comments
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    by AlexMuir 13y ago

    You're right about the specialised stuff, and it's fairly cheap second hand. The warehouse is more a playground than functional though - I've set up a woodworking shop in a quarter of it, I have an area for mechanics and som
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    by AlexMuir 13y ago

    [Slightly OT, Sketchup is the standard for sharing woodwork designs now. Thanks Google, and Trimble] What other open source designs are there for functioanl furniture? I need to build shelving units for a warehouse, and I'm experimen
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    by AlexMuir 13y ago

    A fairly common thing is for asylum seekers to lie about their age perhaps to support an application. (See also, claiming they are 17 when charged with crimes so that they can face youth justice.) Some of these people have been into the co
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    "Our Xerox scanner randomly adds penises to copied documents"(alexmuir.com)

    26 points by AlexMuir 13y ago|2 comments
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    Incredible skill of old-fashioned fairground signwriter(bbc.co.uk)

    5 points by AlexMuir 13y ago|1 comments