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by gidorah 5y ago
I totally get it. It's kind of like climate change, there's only so far that individual responsibility goes. If you want to make a proper difference there would need to be a huge amount of legislation, and regulation. That doesn&#
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by gidorah 5y ago
I guess we all make choices about the kind of work we do. If enough devs feel it's not something they can support, the co wouldn't be able to do whatever the thing is. I am an accountant, so can and have been put in ethically dubi
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by gidorah 5y ago
I suppose you have to start somewhere with simplifying the problem, otherwise it's too huge. I would assume that most devs would have a choice about where not to work. If one doesn't care about privacy, it's a lot easier to w
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by gidorah 5y ago
The global one being that there is always someone willing to do the work you don't want to?
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by gidorah 5y ago
In what respect is it ridiculous? That devs have no choice but working there, or that it would correct the privacy problem?
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by gidorah 5y ago
Couldn't you save the xls as csv? I use the qif format, but not all banks offer it.
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by gidorah 5y ago
I'm not exactly sure what you mean. I am UK based, so 401k is not relevant to me. Gnucasg is a double entry system, so I use it to track spend and keep records of my assets.
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by gidorah 5y ago
I have used Gnucash for years now. I import my bank statements on a periodic basis and code the transactions from there.
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by gidorah 5y ago
No, everyone should not get a degree. A degree is a specific kind of learning that many people does not work for many people. I did a Master's degree. It was hard, I barely passed. However, being an accountant you have to do a professi
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by gidorah 5y ago
Surely, dystopian or utopian depends on who you ask? Brave New World, clearly shows a dystopia from the point of view of John, but Utopia for the Alpha-pluses having soma fuelled sex parties. The meaning of dystopia is negative. Regardless
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by gidorah 5y ago
>If you don't get 8 hours of sleep, drop whatever you're doing that prevents you from sleeping enough, as a matter of urgency! Not sure my wife or kids would appreciate that one...
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by gidorah 5y ago
I'm an accountant, currently head of finance for an ecommerce business. About 10 years ago learnt Python as a bit of fun. I have now developed a niche of IT/Accounting. New accounting systems need IT assistance, so being conversan
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by gidorah 5y ago
I am on my second reading of Dune, and will be going onto some of the others. I guess I might have some time before I get to Heretics.
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by gidorah 5y ago
I thought about rwading it. But then I saw on Wikipedia how long it was and decided it probably wasn't for me. The Wikipedia article gave me enough.
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by gidorah 5y ago
I use a Moto G7 Power with Lineage. I have the minimum Google services required as the push notifications weren't great without and battery usage was higher. For cloud services I use: Migadu (email), Nextcloud (Caldav, Carddav, Photos&
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Ask HN: What books have you not finished?
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by gidorah 5y ago
Yes, you certainly have to have much more thought about where you are and what's been going on.
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by gidorah 5y ago
I use a bookmark that my kids frequently remove, so just kind of remember where I am up to in any given book.
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by gidorah 5y ago
https://www.huginn.uk Written in pure HTML, no CSS. I wrote a Python script to combine and minimize some of the HTML parts, so that I could have constant header/nav elements without copy and pasting.
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by gidorah 5y ago
Same, but from Tutanota. I like the multiple domains for no extra cost as I have several low traffic domains.
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by gidorah 5y ago
I used Tutanota but have moved away recently. It's a very pretty walled garden, but a walled garden nonetheless. I've just accepted that email isn't secure, so don't use it for secure communications.
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by gidorah 5y ago
One of my endless frustrations is feeling like O365 is the only game in town. I imagine it is a fruitless process in the short term
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by gidorah 5y ago
It really helped me understand the relationship between sales, cash, and profit. It also has a reasonably advanced stock marlet model that includes short selling and buying on margin.
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by gidorah 5y ago
No, I get it. But I guess does an outsourced service count towards your company? I'd say not. You don't count the people that made your pc.
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by gidorah 5y ago
Up to a certain level you don't need to have an accounting qualification. Even then, if you outsource statutory accounts, I wouldn't have thought that counts.
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by gidorah 5y ago
Cool. I will take a look!
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by gidorah 5y ago
I am currently an accountant who codes on the side. I have been writing my own accounting software for learning purposes. Modelling double entry is a lot tricker than one would imagine. I think that Gnucash's approach is pretty good.
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by gidorah 5y ago
Do you mean revenue or value? Both are achievable one more so than the other!
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by gidorah 5y ago
Railroad Tycoon 2 is the single best business sim ever. It gives a great insight into how to run a business.
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by gidorah 5y ago
Oops. I guess I misremebered.

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