RobAley

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by RobAley 14y ago
My personal feeling is that they are distracting in so far as they cause people to notice the bike, which is intended affect. They are distracting in the same way that emergency services flashing lights are distracting. Personally, at nigh
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by RobAley 14y ago
Indeed, for private individual - individual transactions, particularly low value transactions, you are most unlikely to be caught as there is much less interest to the taxman. To which end, you can just use cash. This article however is abo
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by RobAley 14y ago
Its a shame, for a UK product, they didn't consider that it will be illegal to use in the UK[1] as your main bike light. It has a steady mode, and such needs to conform to BS 6102/3, which it won't, so it means it can't be used as the main
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by RobAley 14y ago
Why is the US suddenly softening its stance in this case, both suggesting and approving such a "slap on the wrists"? They are currently trying to salvage what they can from UKs u-turn on their extradition deal (see the recent Gary Mckinnon
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by RobAley 14y ago
Presuming that you've got them in return for doing some dev work (the subject of this article), when the tax man audits the company that you did the work for, and asks them to explain where they got the website/app/software developed when t
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by RobAley 14y ago
Apologies, you are correct, I was thinking of exec.
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by RobAley 14y ago
It might be interesting to see what value the taxman puts on my bedroom antics (I'd like to think my services appreciate rather than depreciate over time...) However the taxman has a useful trick, in that she can tax based on the (monetary)
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by RobAley 14y ago
Yes, you can disable any arbitrary internal function in PHP using disable_functions[1] directive in php.ini [1] http://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.disable-functions Edit: Also, as noted below, this wouldn't prevent this or many oth
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by RobAley 14y ago
It may be the intention of the creators and users. However, in the UK at least, tax law is quite clear that you have to pay tax if you perform work in return for a "consideration", be that cash, bitcoins, donkeys, sex or music (for example)
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by RobAley 14y ago
If you're using sites like this, and you're in the UK, you will need to pay tax (in real money) on the market value (in real money) of the work you undertake. If you're a sole trader, the bitcoins become yours, so if you are planning to kee
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by RobAley 14y ago
Another great grid with these properties and more is the MIT licensed Slickgrid[1] with many example grids[2] [1] https://github.com/mleibman/SlickGrid/ [2] https://github.com/mleibman/SlickGrid/wiki/Examples
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by RobAley 14y ago
When considering his arguments, please bear in mind: a) he is only detailing US law, the nuances of copyright law vary around the world b) as he states, he is not a lawyer c) not every violation of copyright law ends up in court d
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by RobAley 14y ago
As a developer, it's your reputation to protect. If you choose to do substandard work, for whatever reason (be it for the money or for glory), you know the risk you take to your reputation. If you're really doing it for moral reasons, you w
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by RobAley 14y ago
Is it just me, or do elements of it remind anyone of the latest gmail / google groups etc. interface?
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by RobAley 14y ago
No, because they have the atomic clocks as a backup/double check.
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by RobAley 14y ago
As a Unity user, I'm just happy in my own little world.
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by RobAley 14y ago
You can tell it's a genuine Apple, the screen has rounded corners...
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by RobAley 14y ago
That's what they'd like you to think...
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by RobAley 14y ago
Don't worry, our intelligence services are great at covering up the evidence. Oh wait... http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d...
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by RobAley 14y ago
Thats not correct. PAYE (Pay As You Earn) tax for employed people and the equivalent Income Tax for self-employed, along with similar rates of National Insurance for both, go into the general tax pot which pays for healthcare and other gove
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by RobAley 14y ago
bank transfers in the UK (to/from other UK bank accounts) are usually either very cheap or free, even for businesses. And as it appears to be only a temporary measure then its probably minimal cost to keep the odd customer happy.
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by RobAley 14y ago
I guess the difference is you don't earn interest by holding other peoples bitcoins, you do by holding their cash. Apparently there is an android app coming.
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Queen receives Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 for the Royal Collection(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by RobAley 14y ago|0 comments
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by RobAley 14y ago
Maybe. Most customers having heard the allegations though I would have thought that it would take a lot more than this to pull the wool over their eyes. Maybe I misjudge some of their customers though...
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by RobAley 14y ago
I'm really curious. Did anybody here read that and think that it in anyway painted Starbucks in a better light, even if taken with a pinch of salt? A lot of press-releases are often aimed at investors or the business markets etc., which is
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by RobAley 14y ago
In the UK, PAYE and NI are deducted from your headline wage, but then the employer has to pay an additional NI contribution on top of that, which is what Starbucks are presumably referring to. Employers aren't allowed to deduct this from st
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by RobAley 14y ago
Personal photos and HD videos (Netflix is good, but they tend not to feature films of my kids!). Also software ISOs, either for transfer/burning to DVD/CD or as Linux "live" sticks for booting and running from. Individually these don't usua
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by RobAley 14y ago
There is nothing wrong in general with stopping leaks. However, his email in particular, bearing in mind it wasn't sent to the leaker alone but to all (mostly innocent) staff, comes of as almost threatening (granted not in a life threatenin
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Cisco VP Vows to Make Hunting Secret-Leaker His ‘Hobby’(wired.com)
36 points by RobAley 14y ago|26 comments
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by RobAley 14y ago
Lest one think that Canada is a haven of DRM friendliness, publishers like Leanpub.com who are very anti-DRM hail from the very same frozen wastelands[1]. [1]I'm led to believe this is a correct description of the whole of Canada by random

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