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by emdowling 5y ago
One nitpick: Royal Mail and Post Office are two separate companies with independent boards. Royal Mail is the network and carrier, while the Post Office is the primary entry point into that network (they also offer access to a bunch of othe
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by emdowling 5y ago
Not at all. I see it as a great thing! But I love London, and actually enjoy being career-focused right now. It satisfies me in a way that Australia did not. I definitely plan to move back in 6-7 years, and will be in a strong financial pos
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by emdowling 5y ago
This is exactly my plan. Another 6-7 years in London, then back to Australia. I love London and my life here - I’ll be able to move back to Australia when I’m 40, have a high quality of life and be in a strong financial position relative to
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by emdowling 5y ago
Couldn’t agree with this post more. I left Australia 6 years ago and work for a FAANG earning 5x-7x in London than I would in Australia as a PM. Most Australian tech companies are mundane and boring. They lack ambition because the base qual
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by emdowling 5y ago
We invented smashed avocado on toast and pioneered the evolution of brunch from a novelty into a globally-recognised art form. You're welcome.
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by emdowling 6y ago
I'm so glad it is not just me. There are 2-3 restaurants that are only on UberEats. Every time I open it, I hate it. The Uber ride app was/is the pinnacle of good design; UberEats has extremely poor information architecture that m
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You and the Algorithm: It Takes Two to Tango (Nick Clegg)(medium.com)
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by emdowling 6y ago
Agree with all of this. It is just such an easy environment to work in. Pipelines, team management, etc are a breeze. When it gets too expensive, Cloud66 is a great migration path and offers the best of both worlds. It's a fairly simpl
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by emdowling 6y ago
Wasn't a unified place for communications, with connections and feeds from all the services you and your company used, the original goal of Slack?
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by emdowling 6y ago
I've worked as a freelancer, founder, and employee (for start-ups, scale-ups and now FAANG). The one constant has been my daily exercise session, whether that has been a workout, yoga session or swim. My daily schedule (pre-Covid) usua
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by emdowling 6y ago
Clubhouse has proven quite popular for traditionally underrepresented groups, and I believe it is in a large part due to being audio-only. For speakers, they can focus on what they are saying and hearing, rather than what they look like. It
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by emdowling 6y ago
My entire point was that people decry a lack of ports as a specific downside of the MacBook 12 and, in my opinion, that wasn’t an issue for me (or it seems several others). Not all products have to appeal to all people, and products involve
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by emdowling 6y ago
Like everyone else, I love the MacBook 12. Give me one with a M-series, at the same (or less) weight, with Touch ID and the new keyboard. Like others, I don’t need more than 1 port. Not discounting anyone else’s need for it, but after livin
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by emdowling 6y ago
For cabinet members resigning, it helps them avoid being part of the decision to invoke (or not invoke) the 25th amendment. Betsy can say she resigned, rather than be faced with the decision to remove a President from office. So while not l
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by emdowling 6y ago
I'm at a $MEGACORP and actively work to reduce meetings as much as possible. I've found there to be far less need for meetings as my colleagues are more experienced than those at startups. I can trust them to execute, make smart d
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by emdowling 6y ago
The Lululemon men’s range is by far the most comfortable long-haul travel attire. Literally a walking cliche but may as well own it.
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by emdowling 6y ago
Giving Apple the benefit of the doubt here (which is a significant caveat), I'd like to think that they modelled out various scenarios and looked at growth rates to know that the year 3 scenario you envisage rarely occurs. Or, they cou
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by emdowling 6y ago
So? Consider 3 aspects: 1. Power efficiency (read: battery life) 2. Performance 3. Openness 99% of consumers only care about 2 of those. The more that time goes on, the more it becomes clear that prioritizing openness, in particular for har
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by emdowling 6y ago
It's interesting to think about gaming specifically. Genuine platform exclusivity is rarer and rarer these days, as the underlying engine market has become more and more commoditised. It is relatively cheap to port a game built in Unit
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by emdowling 6y ago
On email providers - I moved away from Gmail for my personal email address a few years ago, and now use iCloud. I've had very few issues with spam, and there are no ads. My personal email has much less volume than work, so I haven&#x27
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by emdowling 6y ago
The Twitter replies are absolutely brutal and overly aggressive towards the developers, but I do have some level of empathy for it. This is such a hotly-anticipated release and people are craving escapism in 2020, and this game is going to
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by emdowling 6y ago
I agree with other posters - the issue isn't that Apple doesn't better support your business model, it's that you aren't honest about it in the app description. Also, even in the app you don't have a clear statement
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by emdowling 6y ago
A fantastic outcome for a fantastic team and product. I've worked closely with both Twilio and Segment for a number of years as the internal driver behind large enterprise deployments. I first encountered Segment when they were a young
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by emdowling 6y ago
I’m 32 and can absolutely relate to this, especially with COVID. I work for a FAANG, and the pressure to perform has increased significantly while working from home. It feels relentless, and the lack of in-person social contact with colleag
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by emdowling 6y ago
The bigger story here is for game streaming apps (section 4.9). Previously Xbox game streaming and Stadia had been rejected as they were a single app that provided access to multiple apps. tl;dr the new rules allow For games to be streamed,
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by emdowling 6y ago
This conclusion (10x higher mortality if deficient in Vitamin D) is rather significant. How trustworthy is this source?
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by emdowling 6y ago
I’ve been using 1Password every day for over 11 years now. The oldest passwords I’ve got stored are for Twitter and Dropbox (yes, the passwords have been changed but the records were first created in 2009). It’s one of those apps which has
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by emdowling 6y ago
This is likely the final iteration of this design and for Intel processors. They’ll save the redesign for Apple Silicon. They are definitely road testing a few new technologies for that future iteration, like the new screen technology.
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by emdowling 6y ago
Definitely agree with this. The lack of gender diversity is really glaring now that you’ve pointed out Susan Kare is missing.
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by emdowling 6y ago
The key criteria is loyalty. Lattner left for the competition before Swift was ABI stable and mature. He didn’t see it through. If he had still been around now, he would likely be on the list.

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