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Fake UK stamps blamed on Chinese-made counterfeits(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by iamben 2y ago|0 comments
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by iamben 2y ago
Personal opinion, but I think you're calling it wrong. Also personal opinion, I absolutely hate the idea of it happening, buuut... I think it's a bit like everyone who said "black cabs in London have nothing to fear; X years
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by iamben 2y ago
A great addendum to this would have what the Easter Egg guy is doing now. A decent coder with a bit of cheeky personality 30 years ago... What happened to him?! Did fortune hit? Did he ride the dotcom boom? Did he give up in tech altogether
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by iamben 3y ago
Hustle culture is absolute poison. I'm absolutely unsurprised people are working themselves into ill health when 'gurus' are telling people "by all means work 7 hours a day, but the guy next to you is working 22 - who do
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by iamben 3y ago
Isn't this more just KYC stuff? If I sign up to a gambling website/crypto exchange/whatever - they ask for a photo of my driving licence or passport. I'm assuming this is just one way around that.
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by iamben 3y ago
Yes! I saw a presentation a couple of years back from police dog trainers. Different dogs would specialise in different things - drugs, guns, and amazingly - hard disks! They train them specifically to do so. What blew my mind was the rewar
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by iamben 3y ago
I love the 4G coverage on the Jubilee line, it's absolute great. I assume the gaps in the 'end of spring' coverage between Woolwich and Custom House are under the river and the two places the train surfaces (where it wouldn&#
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Insomniac: Spider-Man 2 Playstation studio victim of hack(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by iamben 3y ago|0 comments
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by iamben 3y ago
M2 Pro / 32GB. Had been using the last Intel Air which I bought in early 2020 and was absolutely gutted when they dropped the M1 a few months later. I've generally made my Macs last 4 or 5 years, so probably would still be using t
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by iamben 3y ago
Curious as to why that's insane? It's on par with / a little less than most streetwear brands. Of course you can buy a hoodie for $25, but you can also buy one for thousands. You're only going to pay what something is wo
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by iamben 3y ago
I use WhatsApp and IG daily, but stopped using Facebook in about 2018. Didn't close or delete the account, just removed the app from my phone and stopped using it on the web. I didn't like that Facebook kept showing me content I w
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Bedbugs: Hotels turn to tech as outbreaks rise(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by iamben 3y ago|0 comments
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Osiris-Rex: NASA reveals first look at 'beautiful' asteroid sample(bbc.co.uk)
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by iamben 3y ago
Could this just be a translation? A non native speaker pasting their paper into ChatGPT and asking it to translate it to English, and then copying the results and hoping for the best?
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by iamben 3y ago
The Twitter 'thick skin' part made me laugh. A past startup had the same experience with Reddit ads. The initial replies were so negative ("I could do this 3x cheaper myself" etc), and often negative for the sake of nega
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Laura Kuenssberg: Inside the high-stakes soap opera that led to political chaos(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by iamben 3y ago|2 comments
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The US Military Is Getting Smaller, Cheaper and Smarter(bloomberg.com)
46 points by iamben 3y ago|102 comments
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by iamben 3y ago
Honest feedback? Firstly well done for building and shipping it. I know it takes a lot of effort. Secondly I tried this the last time you posted, and I've just tried it again. I asked a really specific question: "I want a pair of
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The science behind seeing ghosts(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by iamben 3y ago|0 comments
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by iamben 3y ago
Fiction aside, I started reading the book summary in Blinkist before I read the book. I've found it helpful to a) know whether I want to actually read the book (ie, the fundamental ideas work for/with me right now , as per this a
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by iamben 3y ago
There's loads of numbers (if you Google) with estimations as to what streams pay. I think the question is what are you going to offer the artist that they can't do themselves, in order that you can take a cut of their streaming? M
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by iamben 3y ago
I've never driven Uber (can someone weigh in if they have?!), but from chatting to the drivers the app was designed to try and align drivers with journeys that didn't do that (not that I've ever met a driver that would turn d
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by iamben 3y ago
To clarify, I meant the drivers had no idea of the destination until you're in the car and they press the start journey button. The drivers may or may not have local knowledge, I know a lot of drivers I chatted with used to drive minic
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by iamben 3y ago
But at this point haven't they already accepted the journey / aren't you already in the car? As annoying as it is, seems like an easy case to argue/win - they have your GPS location, that of the driver and the fact you&#
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by iamben 3y ago
Unless I've read the article wrong, the $52 journey was "to travel a short distance through downtown Manhattan to Uber’s corporate offices to interview him back in May." The airport stuff was a different trip/person.
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by iamben 3y ago
I've noticed they've started amending the quoted price (after the ride) in London as well. Albeit not to this level. Completely anecdotally, Uber was great when the drivers didn't know where they were taking you. You booked,
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by iamben 3y ago
https://archive.is/FoJ22
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by iamben 3y ago
What's the monetary value of a find like this? It always boggles my mind when people jump straight to "bin it" rather than "I'll see if anyone wants to buy it". I guess sometimes you just need the headspace!
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by iamben 3y ago
A long time since I read it, but Michael Tonello's memoir "Bringing Home the Birkin" was a fun and easy read. Long and short, he figured out how to skip the waiting lists, buy the bags and flip them for profit. https:/&
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by iamben 3y ago
I get the analogy, but banking without cash is pretty convenient. I mean, I don't even have to carry a wallet around if I don't want to (my cards are on my phone). I can send money anywhere in minutes, I can pay online, or over th

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