bleigh0

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My first electronics project, building artistic lights from LED strips(reddit.com)
2 points by bleigh0 5y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: What are the most distinctly designed news websites you have seen?
10 points by bleigh0 6y ago|5 comments
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by bleigh0 7y ago
Congrats to Tom and the Monzo team. I've had an account since the days of 'Mondo', and the focus on user experience and trust has endured (and if anything maybe increased).
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by bleigh0 8y ago
Of course they have the ability to recycle. They even have the ability to be 100% sustainable (e.g. Costa Rica). My point was on the matter of anthropocene blame culture.
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by bleigh0 8y ago
I don't dispute that it is unsustainable. I agree with the sentiment of what you are saying (and did in the end of my comment) despite you strawmanning my comment. I was just making the point that assigning blame to current developin
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by bleigh0 8y ago
So called "developed" countries were once similarly careless with their waste. And their developed status was a result of such carelessness and the free expansion of their industries. It seems slightly unfair to expect developing
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Ray Dalio (of Bridgewater) on Debt Crises (free Pdf)(principles.com)
6 points by bleigh0 8y ago|1 comments
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by bleigh0 8y ago
Made me think of this: At any rate, spring is here, even in London N1, and they can't stop you enjoying it. This is a satisfying reflection. How many a time have I stood watching the toads mating, or a pair of hares having a boxing mat
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by bleigh0 8y ago
Stripe invested in Monzo's last round I think!
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by bleigh0 8y ago
Fair, would be interesting to see the data. I stumbled across this because the founder of an incubator in the UK called Entrepreneur First cited it as something they used to think about applicants. (Their USP is they don't look for tea
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Cognitive Distortions of People Who Get Stuff Done (2012) [pdf](pdfs.semanticscholar.org)
386 points by bleigh0 8y ago|151 comments
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by bleigh0 8y ago
Favourite book I've read this month so far is Flight to Arras, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Its a beautifully written book about life, war, death, refugees, politics, adventure, community religion & humanism (set during WW2 when Fr