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by iamben 3y ago
Couple of relevant PG essays: http://www.paulgraham.com/mean.html http://www.paulgraham.com/safe.html
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by iamben 3y ago
Oof. Whilst I get where you're coming from, I don't think it's evident at all. I spent my time at university doing way less (drinking mostly). These folk actually had to make a decision to give up their time for something mor
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by iamben 3y ago
Easy, low hanging fruit approach: Clickbank Slightly more involved 'business' approach: (something like, depending on your location) www.awin.com More tailored, hands on 'land a super affiliate' approach: Go network at s
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by iamben 3y ago
"My criticism would be that it's local change vs trying for structural change." Does that have to be a thing? If he was growing vegetables for his neighbours or his community wouldn't we be going 'what a top bloke&#
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I wonder if at that point there was a "do this for us and we'll promote you on iTunes" thing as well - which at the time was arguably worth far more.
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by iamben 3y ago
Rolling backwards slightly, here's a good one for "Internet on your phone" I remember from about the year 2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkvNW3do-9g I did my dissertation project in WAP. This ad grossl
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Ed Sheeran appears in NYC court for start of copyright trial(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by iamben 3y ago|0 comments
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Rishi Sunak sets up review to tackle 'anti-maths mindset'(bbc.co.uk)
39 points by iamben 3y ago|84 comments
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by iamben 4y ago
I don't think the biggest problem is leading with the "what do you do?" question, or even being a person that somewhat defines their life around their work or career. I think the bigger problem is a lot of people are inherent
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by iamben 4y ago
https://archive.is/ezISr
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by iamben 4y ago
Yup. Absolutely long for a smaller/better version of the original jawbone. I have a watch, I love it. I'd wear a fitness tracker on the other wrist if it didn't look like a watch (or a fitness tracker).
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by iamben 4y ago
I've really enjoyed reading the comments in this thread, but it's such a tough one, isn't it? When does 'fair use' kick in? When has someone made something 'art'? Richard Prince wins for literally printing
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by iamben 4y ago
Isn't this what Richard Prince has been doing for years, though? (And, for right or wrong, winning?)
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by iamben 4y ago
I think it's less about the usefulness and more about the fact that everyone is racing to add ChatGPT to their products (or start a new product off the back of it), whether or not it's useful or adds value. That feels a lot like e
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by iamben 4y ago
Whilst I don't disagree with your point (other than implying that I was suggesting the commenter shouldn't have said it), perhaps my reply was a little too subtle. Porn is a ~$100bn a year market. It seemed rather obvious that to
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by iamben 4y ago
This is a very subjective view?!
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Oil prices surge after surprise move to cut output(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by iamben 4y ago|0 comments
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by iamben 4y ago
Counterpoint - this is a bit like saying "sell the product from your own website, you'll get 100% of the sales and own the customer!" Totally true, but good luck getting the customer to your site. Way easier to put your produ
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by iamben 4y ago
Hackney, Islington, Tower Hamlets, Greenwich - definitely my experience. People are definitely trying, even if it doesn't always work. Hope you get a bit more lucky next time!
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by iamben 4y ago
Where are you based? I'm in central London and - whilst I agree it has been and could be better - have had no problem getting an appointment. Most of it is app based now, right? I'll message in the morning or the night before, a d
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by iamben 4y ago
It's a maximum of 4 videos at once, isn't it? Sadly at least a couple of our monthly teams calls are bigger than that. Thank you though. It's nice to know I'm not the only one that feels the pain!
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by iamben 4y ago
I'm currently on the last Intel Mac. It's absolute trash. Worst Mac I've ever owned. I've been debating the M2 for a while, but feels like we're coming pretty close to a possible refresh. Never a good time, is there
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by iamben 4y ago
"Mac support is coming later this year." Sigh. My heart sinks when I get a Teams invite. 60 minutes of hairdryer fan? 4 minutes of waiting for the video feeds to kick in? Video that flickers enough to give me an epileptic fit? But
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by iamben 4y ago
https://archive.is/mEkzv
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by iamben 4y ago
https://archive.is/iqBHP
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Mathematicians discover shape that can tile a wall and never repeat(newscientist.com)
488 points by iamben 4y ago|156 comments
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by iamben 4y ago
I don't presuppose 'they' are monolithic or otherwise :-)
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by iamben 4y ago
Love UFO stuff too. I think it comes from growing up in the X-Files era :-) Your paradox point is the same with most conspiracy theory. It's usually along the lines of "they're keeping a big secret from us / they like to
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by iamben 4y ago
I don't think the UK particularly encourages startups either. It's all very well saying you want to be a "science and technology superpower" but everything feels like buzzword bingo - quantum! AI! Corp tax is going up, e
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by iamben 4y ago
This is my preferred method (now!). Also very simple to write a couple of lines of JavaScript to target P and H elements and replaces the last space with a non breaking space. But a CSS method is very welcome!

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