amyboyd

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by amyboyd 5y ago
> "there’s YouTube footage of a totally incompetent pat down of one of the 9-11 hijackers" Do you have a link? I can't find this.
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by amyboyd 6y ago
The dashboard is Google Analytics.
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by amyboyd 7y ago
> "I didn't read that" Why comment if you didn't read the article? It's in the first paragraph: "Social media platforms based in the U.S. including Facebook and WhatsApp will be forced to share users’ encryp
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by amyboyd 7y ago
Sounds like what happens in Mr Robot, where Zuck = Philip Price.
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by amyboyd 7y ago
Location: London UK Remote: Yes, willing to, but not required Willing to relocate: only if you are in NYC and can get me a US visa Technologies: looking for a non-coding role, but have lots of coding experience with: Java (Spring Boot), Jav
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by amyboyd 8y ago
Sure - is your email yantrams@linkdot.link? If you don't want to post your email publicly, can you email amy@amyboyd.co.uk and I'll reply with both SVGs + PNGs. I actually uploaded SVGs so I think you might already (unintentionall
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by amyboyd 8y ago
Also tried this "in-out" icon. I can kinda see how the algorithm got the results. Happy to send you a bunch of SVGs if want for testing BTW. https://imgur.com/a/hDdDHED
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by amyboyd 8y ago
I just realised the "download" icons aren't meant to be "similar icons"... they allow you to download the one above. Doh! I've re-tried the "remove user" one but uploaded an SVG instead of a PNG (so t
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by amyboyd 8y ago
I tried with 2 icons I custom created. https://imgur.com/a/ZtseO8j The first one (the arrow into the door) seems to have worked well for the first three 'similar icons'. The second one (remove user) didn&#x27
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by amyboyd 8y ago
BACKRONYM Act: Banning Acronym Cleverness Keeping Representatives Occupied Nutting Your Mom Act (struggled with the NYM so gave up and went with something childish...)
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by amyboyd 8y ago
FaultFixers | Sales Manager (lead gen focus) | London | Full-time | https://faultfixers.com FaultFixers is a fresh new SaaS + App startup (funded) looking to change the customer experience for every building manager and field op
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by amyboyd 8y ago
FaultFixers | Shoreditch, London | Full-time or internship | business development | https:/www.faultfixers.com No doubt you yourself have wanted to report a fault or maintenance issue in a building you use regularly (workplace or resid
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by amyboyd 8y ago
I had the same experience recently with first-time founders on HN "Who's Hiring?" (Fat Lama). They expected 4 rounds of interviews and a tech test. Delusional.
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by amyboyd 9y ago
70% through FB, 30% through email/password. This is for a consumer-facing mobile app. Though just yesterday 2 people signing up said "I probably shouldn't use Facebook now" and referenced the Cambridge Analytica news.
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by amyboyd 9y ago
This feels like the perfect timing for me to read this. I just quit my job on Sunday after 1.5 years of trying and failing to get on with the CEO. I'm not sure I want to stay in tech at all. I'd be interested in hearing other peop
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by amyboyd 9y ago
> "Some of the help and therapy I eventually received was excellent, but as much as my recovery was supported by the NHS, it was also fuelled by my determination never to have to rely on it again." When I read this line, it hit
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by amyboyd 9y ago
CityMunch | London, UK | ONSITE | salary + equity | http://citymun.ch/ CityMunch allows independent restaurants and food trucks to attract new customers, by offering discounts in real-time to users near them through our app
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by amyboyd 9y ago
CityMunch | London, UK | ONSITE | salary + equity | http://citymun.ch/ CityMunch allows independent restaurants and food trucks to attract new customers, by offering discounts in real-time to users near them through our app
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by amyboyd 9y ago
Thanks! If anyone else is interested, the speaker was Carl Anderson ( https://twitter.com/leapingllamas ). The talks aren't on YouTube yet. I've messaged him and CARTO on Twitter asking if the videos will be uploade
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by amyboyd 9y ago
Do you know if there is a video or slides for that talk? I tried Googling but couldn't find anything,
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by amyboyd 9y ago
CityMunch | London, UK | ONSITE | salary + equity | http://citymun.ch/ CityMunch allows independent restaurants and food trucks to attract new customers, by offering discounts in real-time to users near them through our app
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by amyboyd 9y ago
Just tried it -- by default it renders the first and third initial: https://ui-avatars.com/api/?name=John+Doe+Third You can add "&length=3" to the query string and it will render all three initials: http
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by amyboyd 9y ago
1) Maybe mobile has a higher conversion rate and higher order value? Having a bad website would force people to mobile. Here are some screenshots of Just-Eat and Deliveroo's websites: https://imgur.com/a/9dWna --
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by amyboyd 9y ago
What makes you think Just-Eat ran out of steam "years ago"? Stock price is higher than ever: http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/prices-and-marke... They are reporting good growth: http://w
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by amyboyd 9y ago
There definitely are credit ratings in the UK! Try taking out a new credit card or loan or even getting a phone on contract -- they will almost always run a credit report check. Just Google "UK free credit report" -- there are web
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by amyboyd 10y ago
+1 for Argos. I've started using them wherever I can, after Amazon failed to deliver 3 orders this year. The first 2 orders were refunded, the third wasn't, because the package was signed for (but by someone with a completely diff
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by amyboyd 11y ago
City Pantry - Lead Full Stack Developer - London - [50k to 65k + Equity] | ONSITE We're on a mission to rid the world of egg mayonnaise triangles, stale sandwiches and vol-u-vents by disrupting the boring world of traditional corporate
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by amyboyd 11y ago
City Pantry - London - ONSITE 1 day per week - FULLTIME We are hiring a senior frontend / full-stack developer to help move City Pantry from being an operations-powered business to being a tech-powered business, and to shorten the time
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by amyboyd 11y ago
City Pantry | Senior frontend developer, mid-level full-stack developer, junior developer | London, UK or remote (close timezone preferred) | Full-time | Symfony2, PHP, AngularJS, MongoDB, Puppet, Gearman City Pantry are hiring more develop