cbovis

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by cbovis 12y ago
Nope just the reality of the world we live in, some people are just happy to be selfish assholes.
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by cbovis 12y ago
"If more money is made, then we made the right decision" Unfortunately this is so often true in a purely financially oriented point of view however it completely neglects moral obligations which SHOULD supersede financial incentiv
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by cbovis 12y ago
Was about to post something similar. This doesn't really add much over sites like nomad list which already have job listings and a large audience. I think it's telling that all the job listings are development based...
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by cbovis 12y ago
The big problem I see is that planning does in a lot of ways remove the essence of travelling (see The Art Of Travel by Alain De Botton). The best trips I've been on have been largely unplanned and taken on a day to day basis which fli
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GifBook – Animated GIFs as Flip Books(gifbook.io)
2 points by cbovis 12y ago|0 comments
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by cbovis 12y ago
Recently read: Fluent in 3 Months - Benny Lewis Currently reading: The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger Looking forward to: Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking)
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by cbovis 12y ago
The product website doesn't look to be available yet but the linked article is a good break down of the development process.
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GifBook, print animated GIFs as flip books(levels.io)
2 points by cbovis 12y ago|2 comments
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by cbovis 12y ago
What initially seemed like an issue turned out to be a potential win for digital nomads (at least in Thailand). "Although one of the people detained is extremely worried and does not want her name associated at all with todays events,
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Immigration Crackdown on Digital Nomads in Chiang Mai, Thailand(johnnyfd.com)
78 points by cbovis 12y ago|86 comments
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by cbovis 12y ago
Or even more specifically, the appetite for capitalising on the rest of the worlds appetite for growth. Let's not forget what region of the world production of our physical goods is outsourced to.
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by cbovis 12y ago
This really needs a better brochure site. The actual purpose of the service is hidden at the bottom left: "EveryoneAPI is a simple data service that provides business developers with the easiest and most comprehensive way to access tel
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by cbovis 12y ago
So if I randomize my entire library now I'm getting songs I don't necessarily want?
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by cbovis 12y ago
Skritter has a whole bunch of curated lists out of the box including those for popular text books and academic levels. You are paying a premium for its use though (£10 a month).
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by cbovis 12y ago
I can testify to the benefits of SR apps too after using Skritter to improve Chinese reading and writing. Once you get the ball rolling you quickly find yourself easily memorising characters and in some cases even predicting the formation o
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by cbovis 12y ago
I can't work out if this is waterproof as standard or with the waterproof casing accessory. Any ideas? Is it perhaps just splash proof without the casing? Also I wonder if it floats in water... would be great for chucking around the po
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by cbovis 12y ago
The comments people put on those kind of posts scare me more than the posts themselves! I think you can tell a lot about what's wrong with our society and the root of a lot of our problems from internet comments..
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by cbovis 12y ago
Generally if I'm in my dev environment then it'll be Visual Studio, SQL Server and a web browser that's typically open. The battery is a definite win for the Air, do you know if it gets similar battery life in Bootcamp? I kno
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by cbovis 12y ago
I'll be looking at running it as OS X primarily since I'm heavily in that ecosystem and prefer it to Windows, I'll just be bootcamping from time-to-time for my .NET development :)
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by cbovis 12y ago
That's interesting to know, does the Pro perform well with XCode or is it so-so? I'm interested in looking into iOS dev with the release of Swift so XCode is something else I'll need to keep in mind.
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Ask HN: Macbook Air or Pro for Visual Studio dev machine?
7 points by cbovis 12y ago|16 comments
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by cbovis 12y ago
Love this, reminds me of the silhouette iPod adverts.
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by cbovis 12y ago
Can anyone point out a good introduction to some of the methods used in the article? Terms such as the p-value, treatment effect etc.
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The untold story of the crazy public spending that makes flooding inevitable(theguardian.com)
2 points by cbovis 13y ago|0 comments