AlexMuir

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Luxembourg Prime Minister resigns over spy scandal(bbc.co.uk)
9 points by AlexMuir 13y ago|0 comments
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by AlexMuir 13y ago
Themselves.
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Named by Mechanical Turkeys(cogniso.com)
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by AlexMuir 13y ago
It's PHP on Yii Framework, with quite a bit of page caching. I do love Rails, but I miss the kickarse performance of PHP. Ads are there, are you sure you don't have adblock on?
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by AlexMuir 13y ago
http://thebigeat.com Generates around $8k per year in Adsense and slowly rising. Plenty of potential to actually do something with it. I wouldn't even think of selling it for less than $60k as it's an asset returning 13% on that amount.
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by AlexMuir 13y ago
USV are such a positive force on the community, it gives me pleasure to see them do well. This isn't just a 50x return on $5m cash/a good investment/ripe market/competent founder. It's a return on USV's approach to business: being open on
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by AlexMuir 13y ago
LDS is top of my toolbox for finding domains along with: http://instantdomainsearch.com - for quick searches http://www.domainhole.com - for expired domains and sometimes http://www.wordoid.com for coming up with random words (increas
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by AlexMuir 13y ago
But the daft thing about iMessage is that no-one even knows they are using it. Most non-tech people I know don't even know there are two types of message. They've installed Whatsapp to message their friends on iPhones. When I say that iM
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by AlexMuir 13y ago
HN kicks up an almighty fuss about any attempts to regulate our industry (see online payments, sales taxes, etc.) but we are happy to pass judgement on others. In Europe we can barely stop people from selling horsemeat as beef. I'm not sur
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by AlexMuir 13y ago
While at university I managed to get a contract to temporarily install covert CCTV recording equipment to catch staff stealing from a chain of UK retailers. I wasn't making much money until I discovered I could park outside a local swimming
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James McCormick guilty of selling fake bomb detectors(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by AlexMuir 13y ago|2 comments
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Businessman jailed after making £50m selling fake bomb detectors(bbc.co.uk)
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by AlexMuir 13y ago
Founder went on to found CircuitHub (YC backed)
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by AlexMuir 13y ago
This exact concept was done very well by a HNer two years ago: http://dittokey.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2391571 - Show HN: DittoKey - Door keys copied from a photo app. For my money it's a cool idea, but an overtechnica
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by AlexMuir 13y ago
I don't see much talk about Apple these days (dispute if you like, but it's not long since half the front page was dominated). The stock is down 33% over six months, with no sign of a turnaround. I'm not sure what my thoughts are any more.
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Apple stock drops to under $400. No longer most valuable company. (google.com)
2 points by AlexMuir 13y ago|1 comments
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by AlexMuir 13y ago
Hmm. I'm sort of re-assured, but what's happened to the claim that this was targeting a specific customer?
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by AlexMuir 13y ago
Nothing on my UK Mastercard.
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by AlexMuir 13y ago
Ah this is so shit. I want to support Linode, I've had nothing but a good experience. But I just had to check my credit card to be sure they hadn't lost my details. I've NEVER had to do that before with anyone - they've got to respond fa
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
...full-time job... In a way that's my point - it's probably a 5 hour job to print a replacement plastic peg for some toy. 5 hours is $100 for anyone who can afford a 3D printer. Plus the printer's cost. Financially it makes no sense.
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
I've been calling overbuzz on 3D printing from the outset, and this story does nothing to dispel that. These mostly aren't practical things - they're just tat. And guess what? You can make tat a lot more cheaply, quickly and creatively t
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
Fucks sake. I went to cash out a few this morning. The transfer didn't show in my MtGox account for an hour so I went out for the day and come home to this.
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
Sounds between acceptable (Central London) and good to me. With an 18yo there's the risk that you decide to ship out to uni, travel the world, or are bonkers but no-one's noticed yet.
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
I would absolutely love to do this. But it's going to be very difficult - toeing a line between trading while insolvent, keeping suppliers on board, and trying to recapitalise an unproven business. There are plenty of distressed investors
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
Absolutely. I'd love to have you down, and will certainly keep you refreshed. Later down the line perhaps we can get a microbrewery going in a corner of the workshop! My absolute dream would be to have a bit of an open workshop for people
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
We have an incredible 4000sq ft olive grove at the top of the 48 storey Beetham Tower in rainy Manchester. The architect turned the top two floors into his own penthouse, complete with enclosed olive trees. Picture: http://www.bbc.co.uk/m
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
That is exactly my plan. I'm planning on driving a motorhome into the workshop area and kind of decompressing out a house from that.
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
Haha, I vaguely remember that one - will rewatch it at some point.
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
Have to apply for a change of use. The location is bordered by houses anyway so it hopefully won't be a major issue.
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
Hi Shane, thanks, dropped you an email.

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