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by iamben 8y ago
I'm with you, but I'd probably switch entertaining for 'depressing'. It's about 90% of the reason I've (largely) stopped using Facebook. Every time I looked at my feed I was being shown some kind of 'drama
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Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work(bbc.com)
388 points by iamben 8y ago|307 comments
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The ‘flow state’: Where creative work thrives(bbc.com)
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by iamben 8y ago
True. But I don't think it's a like for like comparison. It's more "these are the kinds of things that sound like they'd be part of an exciting spy story". I mean, if you were to add "beautiful tuxedos&quo
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by iamben 8y ago
Longer version of this story here (2016): https://magazine.atavist.com/the-mastermind -- fascinating story and these articles captivated me. Have had them bookmarked for ages :-)
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by iamben 8y ago
That article is a little short or exactly where the combining is failing. Can you elaborate? I'd probably argue that if you're not a massively established shopping portal that content (either to drive relevant traffic or as, essen
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by iamben 8y ago
Doesn't advertising largely play to aspiration? Isn't that largely how we live our lives? I'd bet most people who look at a guy in a Ferrari don't think "he looks good in that car!" They think "I'd lo
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by iamben 8y ago
This is so true. It reminds me of the ad to landing page problem. If your ad copy says "world's greatest golf clubs, click here" and then your landing page says "book a holiday to Portugal!" -- your chance of conver
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by iamben 8y ago
Yep. Understand conversion. Figure out what the business needs the website for and how you can deliver that. 90% of templates cover the generic business needs. Make your money by explaining the difference between warm and cold leads, how 98
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by iamben 8y ago
Just to counter your point - I worked from home as a freelancer for about 4 years. I decided I wanted separation between church and state, as it were. Definitely wasn't ready for a contract, but have been in a WeWork for 3+ years now (
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by iamben 8y ago
I won't vote you down, but I think this is a pretty gross generalisation, is it not? For every person shouting about crushing it and hammering back booze there are another handful quietly getting on with their work, happy to have an of
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Briton who knocked Liberia offline with cyber attack jailed(bbc.co.uk)
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by iamben 8y ago
Agree with you completely. I'll also throw in to the mix - creating news 'back then' required someone to gather it, someone to write it up, a printing press or studio, distribution, whatever - people and effort and time and m
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by iamben 8y ago
I feel like Facebook is getting more and more desperate. There have been times I've loved it, but in the last year or two I've dialled back my usage to almost nothing. Now I get regular emails / (and when I log in a whole loa
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by iamben 8y ago
And let's not forget boo.com ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo.com
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by iamben 8y ago
Aside from the very obvious jobs that require a qualification (doctor, lawyer, etc) you can do pretty much whatever you want. After my first job my degree was more or less pointless. As for the first job, or any other, stop worrying about w
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US Jury to Decide If Ed Sheeran Copied Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On(bbc.co.uk)
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by iamben 8y ago
I wonder if this loosely follows the whole Dunning-Kruger graph: https://i2.wp.com/thephysicianphilosopher.com/wp-content/upl... Except when you're young you're full of confidence because you know you&#x
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by iamben 8y ago
> “I would be astonished,” he said, “if someone chose a Renault over a Volkswagen just because you play French music in a showroom.” Ummmm... I'm not sure I would? Perhaps that example is a little obvious, but I'd bet the music
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by iamben 8y ago
100% agree with this and the parent. Especially with landing pages I aim for the 'mum' test. She's in her 60s and is petrified of computers. If someone like her understands what has to be done / the messaging is clear &#
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by iamben 8y ago
I did pretty well. But for the first time I divided my year into quarters - resolutions last for 12 weeks before you re-evaluate, adjust and amend accordingly in the week before the next quarter starts. It made them much more achievable and
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by iamben 8y ago
A London plumber told me once he spends a lot of time in super poorly made new builds. Construction firms build them super shitty but with a five/ten year guarantee, take the money, then declare themselves bankrupt. The guarantee is wo
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by iamben 8y ago
I'll bite - why are novelty flavours only for children?
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PewDiePie’s Battle for the Soul of the Internet(quillette.com)
3 points by iamben 8y ago|0 comments
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by iamben 8y ago
Note: the title is "The wannabe rock star who conned his way to fame" on the BBC homepage, but "Jered Threatin" on the article. The one from the homepage seems to make more sense in a HN context.
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Jered Threatin: A conversation with a false rock god(bbc.co.uk)
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Egypt tomb: Saqqara 'one of a kind' discovery revealed(bbc.co.uk)
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by iamben 8y ago
Sure, but not to the tune of 113 million.
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by iamben 8y ago
I pay 2 quid a month for extra Gmail storage (20gb) and nothing else... Does this get rolled into that?!
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by iamben 8y ago
Yeah, same with airlines and (hand)luggage. It's all very well seeing that the bargain flight will cost you £30, but when the new cabin baggage rules mean it's going to cost you another £12 on top, it's a little frustrating.

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