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by iamben 4y ago
Another purely anecdotal comment, but I came off (as in just stopped opening) Facebook about 4 years ago. I missed it for about 2 weeks; it was very habitual to just open Facebook when you think you need something to do. But honestly, i
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by iamben 4y ago
Seeing the same trend in web/ecommerce development. The brand needs a simple site with a little bit of dynamic sprinkled through it. The agency chooses to build a full SPA with all the bells and whistles. In doing so they neglect/
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by iamben 4y ago
I like these stories. I think they resonate well for 'the rest of us'. I've made plenty of mistakes like this - you learn and grow, right? One of the best things about HN is that so many incredible, talented people post. It&#
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by iamben 4y ago
I wear a 39mm watch as my daily now. I agree - fantastic size!
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Agree with you so much. It still feels absolutely magical wearing one. The SKX007 was my first automatic watch and I wore it daily for 10 years. Incredible thing.
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Even if you can't tell the difference in quality, for some of us (thank god we're all different!) there's a certain feeling attached to purchasing things. Like being a kid and getting Jordan's as opposed to a regular b
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by iamben 4y ago
Retargeting works, which is why companies continue to spend money on it (and I'm speaking from personal experience). You can set it up to exclude purchasers. I agree ads don't always get it right, but they're a long way from
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by iamben 4y ago
No, YOU don't. Thankfully we're all different. FWIW, much like the author, I much prefer targeted ads to random ones. Retargeting generally has an influence on me when I'm still in the 'decision' phase.
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by iamben 4y ago
Maybe there's already been an offer and that's part of the decision to call it a day?
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Uncollateralized DeFi mortgage taken out on Austin condo via Teller(cointelegraph.com)
2 points by iamben 4y ago|0 comments
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by iamben 4y ago
That's great! Do you have a favourite? Do you store them or wear them? What's your daily driver? To a much lesser extent (financially!) I was a bit of a sneakerhead. I still have unworn pairs but recently I've made a thing of
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by iamben 4y ago
I had this discussion with a friend a few days ago. We both did CS in the late 90s/early 00s. He said he was telling his kids not to bother with University if they didn't want to (as opposed to being pushed by our parents/tea
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by iamben 4y ago
I think this is a deliberate choice. The sweets are all American. As a Brit, hearing 'candy' makes me think of American sweets, hearing 'sweets' makes me think of rhubarb and custard.
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by iamben 4y ago
Semi related aside - it was a good post day today. I've been after a book called "Flip The Script" for ~10 years, but being out of print the prices are crazy. It's recently been reprinted, arrived today, and it's ab
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by iamben 4y ago
No, you're absolutely right. But being in the UK (and the vaccine being provided by the NHS) does mean it's highly, highly unlikely that they were vaccinated as it has not been offered to the under 5s.
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This article: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315740-mystery-outbrea... - states the kids were aged 2 to 5, which is too young for the vaccine.
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by iamben 4y ago
Not sure if you're asking seriously, but: https://web3isgoinggreat.com/
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Council's electric vehicle chargers hacked to show porn site(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by iamben 5y ago|0 comments
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by iamben 5y ago
Cool project! Just a quickie, but might be worth changing "nitty gritty" to "the details". Depending on the etymology you look at, the term could be considered offensive (so probably not worth the risk!).
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by iamben 5y ago
Sure, but Swatch have been adding auto movements to watches for 30 years. The Sistem51 is almost good enough to be COSC certified. All cheaper than the MoonSwatch pricepoint. IMO they could have put an auto movement in, but then it becomes
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by iamben 5y ago
Hey, I absolutely feel this and it caused me multiple burnouts. It's hard to explain how compoundingly demoralising multiple 'failed' attempts at doing something are when you feel like you're putting in so much effort. I
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by iamben 5y ago
Perhaps consider some sort of a media buy? It's absolute finger in the air without knowing what you do, but assuming your site is in a niche with bloggers/other non-product related sites, ask some if you can put a banner up for a
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by iamben 5y ago
Gah! Disaster! Was he a professional, or just a very good hobbyist? My baseline is somewhat in the middle. Mum was a good cook, she did everything _well_. There's always room for excellence and new(?) flavours, but I know what isn&#x27
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by iamben 5y ago
Quick story - I used to talk to a guy that worked in my building quite a lot about the food we ate. He told me that growing up he absolutely hated food. When he went to university his housemates decided to go to a Michelin starred restauran
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by iamben 5y ago
This looks lovely, well done! Regarding the cut off, why not use: min-width: 1199px; overflow-x: scroll; on the <body> element, and change the 100vw on the 'css-obv7rs' element to 100%? (And you may need some more tinkering,
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by iamben 5y ago
> Expecting people to know meta tags is ridiculous for all but very specialized roles. Devil's advocate - is it? You're right, this stuff rarely gets touched, and (aside from changing the colours in the bit you hate!) it's
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by iamben 5y ago
Aren't we then back at the problem? Creating a drop down selectable list using checkboxes and labels? ...And then to make that drop down pretty, and the checkboxes look neat, we'll set their opacity to 0 and remove pointer events,
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“The NYT ruined Wordle ” – a great case study in confirmation bias(twitter.com)
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I think part 3 really missed Robert Duvall. I don't think he gets enough credit for his role and always seems to get shadowed by the other big name actors. It's been a while since I watched it last, but I do remember George Hamilt
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I mean - from a sensible discussion perspective, DO we need to evade all government control? I hate paying my taxes as much as I'm sure you do and yeah, it absolutely stings when I see them wasting £500k on a "ban E2E encryption c

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