MattBearman

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Ask HN: Help (in)validate my side project idea
5 points by MattBearman 5y ago|1 comments
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by MattBearman 5y ago
If you're based in the UK I'd definitely recommend FreeAgent - https://www.freeagent.com Disclaimer: I used to work for them as a software engineer, but having used Xero when I was self-employed I can definitely say Fr
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by MattBearman 5y ago
Encrypted passwords were accessed, but not the encryption keys required to read them. We protect user passwords by encrypting them with advanced hashing and salting technologies So are the password encrypted or hashed?
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by MattBearman 6y ago
It's the same with Trading212 in the UK
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by MattBearman 6y ago
Not the OP, but I’m willing to bet this is just a copy paste of some generic boiler plate t&c with a bad search and replace applied. I agree it’s not good though, and if that is the case, they should definitely pay to have some created
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WhatsApp convinces you to give it your contacts(blog.mattbearman.com)
3 points by MattBearman 6y ago|0 comments
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by MattBearman 6y ago
I'd be pretty pissed off if the company I worked for was replacing all the hardware every year, that just seems wasteful. My personal laptop is 2 years old and I can't imagine needing to replace it in the next 12 months. The one I
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Full-time web developer vs. being a full-time dad(blog.mattbearman.com)
2 points by MattBearman 6y ago|1 comments
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by MattBearman 6y ago
One theory is it's a tweet scheduling platform, rather than Twitter itself that was hacked.
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I sold my startup for £100k(mattbearman.svbtle.com)
5 points by MattBearman 7y ago|0 comments
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by MattBearman 7y ago
I'm thinking this could do with a [satire] tag :)
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by MattBearman 7y ago
It's possible you're trolling, but it rubs me the wrong way that you're getting downvoted just because people don't agree with you. For the most part I don't agree with you, but your comment is as valid as any other
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by MattBearman 7y ago
Interesting point, and one I hadn't considered. In our case, the house (rented) came with a dishwasher, so it makes sense to use it either way.
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by MattBearman 7y ago
This is a pretty good list, although my understating is that dishwashers are generally more energy efficient than washing up by hand - https://www.comparethemarket.com/energy/information/how-much...
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by MattBearman 7y ago
I'm getting the same, which is a shame, as I'm genuinely intrigued by Svelte
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by MattBearman 7y ago
IIRC most of mainland Europe formats numbers this way ('.' for thousand separator ',' for decimal separator) Strangely there doesn't seem to be a 'falsehoods programmers believe about numbers' post, but if
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by MattBearman 7y ago
First one I got was pretty good - https://imgflip.com/i/2zgtp8 After that it was all gibberish :/
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by MattBearman 7y ago
My wife and I have a YouTube channel on which we are fixing up an old Toyota MR2 [0], we’ve no desire to be full time “YouTubers”, but we enjoy making the videos and get about $70 / from patreon/ads 0 - https://www.yout
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by MattBearman 8y ago
Fuck, that totally got me, I just thought the page was down. I can totally see someone who doesn't know that the Safari error page doesn't ask for an email address filling it in.
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by MattBearman 8y ago
At this rate of growth it would take less than 2 days to surpass the 17.4 million who voted to leave (and yes I know it won't maintain this level of growth)
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by MattBearman 8y ago
While that's true, it's already up to 800k, just 30 min after you made your comment
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by MattBearman 8y ago
I totally agree, I deactivated my Facebook a few years back. We use WhatsApp to share pictures and information about our baby with close friends and family, just hope the end-to-end encryption is legit. One big concern for me was the idea o
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by MattBearman 8y ago
Aw that sucks! We had a similar thing. Told everyone during the pregnancy that we didn't want it on facebook, and MIL still posted information on Facebook. We deliberately didn't tell anyone when my wife went into labour, as she d
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by MattBearman 8y ago
We haven't decided that yet (she's only 3 months old at this point). We'll discuss that when/if she decides she wants to be on social media. Hopefully by then there will have been more studies into the effects of social
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by MattBearman 8y ago
My wife and I recently had our first child, and we decided we didn't want her to have any kind of social media presence until she was old enough to make that decision for herself. It's been a challenge ensuring friends and family
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How to Kick Ass at Customer Support(saberfeedback.com)
4 points by MattBearman 8y ago|0 comments
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by MattBearman 8y ago
I think it would bother me having the click buttons separate from the 'touchpad', but a cool concept none the less. Can anyone see how you switch between keyboard and touchpad mode? Or does it guess based on gestures? I tried to f
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by MattBearman 8y ago
Depending on your Macbook's age and your location, you may be able to get the keyboard replaced due to sticking keys. I ended up getting a brand new MBP when they repeatedly fucked up repairing my sticking keyboard. Obviously it would
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It's OK to reject potential customers(saberfeedback.com)
5 points by MattBearman 8y ago|1 comments
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Brexit is making me rich (and I hate it)(saberfeedback.com)
4 points by MattBearman 8y ago|0 comments

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