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by iamben 7y ago
Exactly what I was going to say. Mick and Keith are 76. Charlie is 78. They could all live to 100, but the odds probably suggest they'll die within the next 20 years. At which point some publisher stands to make some serious cashing-in
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Australian bird making bushfire crisis worse by dropping embers in dry fields(dailymail.co.uk)
1 points by iamben 7y ago|0 comments
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Carlos Ghosn: How Did the Nissan Ex-Boss Flee from Japan?(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by iamben 7y ago|0 comments
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by iamben 7y ago
My UK debit cards are great for this. AMEX is a bit 'meh' - sometimes I'll get an instant notification, sometimes it'll happen a bit after, sometimes it just doesn't seem to happen. Annoying because I use that card
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by iamben 7y ago
You could write that pretty easily if it's not already a plugin. I've been using bitbar for a couple of years now, it's great.
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Why do hangovers happen and what can you do about them?(examine.com)
2 points by iamben 7y ago|1 comments
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by iamben 7y ago
Pay with a card at a busy bar in the UK 15 years ago and everyone would sigh as the barman reached for the card terminal, did his thing, waited for you to type in your pin, etc etc. Paying with cash was far quicker. Pay with cash at a bar n
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Monkey-pig hybrids created by Chinese scientists(independent.co.uk)
4 points by iamben 7y ago|0 comments
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Why progress bars can make you feel better(bbc.com)
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by iamben 7y ago
Maybe scrap HS2 and spend the money on this instead? Seems a better use of however many billion we're up to and would probably make more of a difference...
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by iamben 7y ago
I have a few domains without private registration. I often get an email a few months before they're due to expire from a business that will renew them. It's very strongly worded about how I'm about to "lose them", l
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by iamben 7y ago
Pre smartphones I would have hated this, but I'd argue it's probably easier on mobile than desktop now, so probably quite useful. 99% of everyone I know has email pop up. You'd just click the pop up and click the button in th
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by iamben 7y ago
Is this true? Fascinated to read more if so.
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by iamben 7y ago
Something I've noticed a huge amount over the last couple of years in particular - no one has any change for the homeless / those on the streets / those collecting for charity. Contactless has been a 'thing' for a w
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Stalkerware: The software that spies on your partner(bbc.co.uk)
4 points by iamben 7y ago|0 comments
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Leonardo da Vinci feud: The 'earlier' Mona Lisa mystery(bbc.co.uk)
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Egypt archaeologists find 20 ancient coffins near Luxor(bbc.co.uk)
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UK ‘porn block’: Government drops plan(independent.co.uk)
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Deepfake videos 'double in nine months'(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by iamben 7y ago|0 comments
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by iamben 7y ago
Really? At the right price I'd gladly outsource this. I can either a) make it pay for itself by working instead, or b) make it pay for itself doing anything other than working or chores.
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Ask HN: Any Advice for SAD Sufferers?
3 points by iamben 7y ago|2 comments
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by iamben 7y ago
Haha, I think we're going to end up arguing the same point and I'd strongly guess that the whole scene has / had an much of an impact on your life as it has on mine... I'm pretty much with you. I've got very little
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by iamben 7y ago
Wouldn't that literally mean that as soon as you're successful/make money you're not a punk anymore? I guess you could give it away, but assuming you're not entirely pursuing the cash, what does it matter? I mean Je
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by iamben 7y ago
And why shouldn't they be? What throws them into the "not punk" category? Making money? Growing older?
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Ah shhgit Find GitHub secrets in real time(github.com)
1 points by iamben 7y ago|0 comments
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by iamben 7y ago
Along the same lines, but something applicable I heard with regards to software piracy in the late 90s or early 00s - for every 5 people, 1 will pay regardless, 2 will steal regardless and 2 will pay if it's easy, fair and convenient.
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by iamben 7y ago
Domain Authority
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by iamben 7y ago
> I'm not sure you do? As in, I get why Google might want to not allow them, I'm not arguing the concept of them in general. As for the pain side - it's comparatively hard to get an actual, physical credit card with a
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by iamben 7y ago
I kinda get the virtual card thing - it's pretty hard to get a credit card. Assuming you can create infinite virtual numbers you could, theoretically (and I appreciate it's probably not the case here as the poster has account hist
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3.8M-year-old skull of an early ape-like human ancestor discovered in Ethiopia(bbc.co.uk)
296 points by iamben 7y ago|128 comments

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