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by iamben 4y ago
Emails are a difficult thing, aren't they? Was the 10 day countdown the first time Google mentioned "we'll suspend the account unless..."? Generally on these things - and unless it's an absolute emergency - you&#x27
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Where are you based? UK to UK (at least) money transfers are usually done in seconds/minutes. We use Wise for international stuff and it's pretty much instant as well. Surely if bitcoin/crypto became the way/ubiquitous
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by iamben 4y ago
...or just resize a browser window.
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Tesorio is a ycombinator company. This is a ycombinator board - you'll see job ads for their companies appear from time to time. They tend to sit in the middle somewhere for the day and then they'll drop off.
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Offer them enough money to let it go.
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Load speed is generally fine (but then I tend to have it open in a pinned tab). On occasion you're clicking and waiting, or you're typing and everything is just a second/fraction of a second behind what you're actually d
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by iamben 4y ago
I spent some time Googling this about 6 months ago. Lots of tutorials on Crypto-js, not so many (and almost zero "here's a super simple implementation") for WebCrypto API. I can understand if this is a hobby project why you&#
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by iamben 4y ago
We use it daily. It's way, way better than it used to be, but there's still times it feels a little sluggish. I'd definitely recommend giving it another go though.
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by iamben 4y ago
Right? "At the other end, you could say I need a little wallet full of internet cash to buy things on Amazon" It's already almost frictionless shopping on Amazon with my existing bank/pound?
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by iamben 4y ago
Indeed. I've can absolutely familiarise with that kind of burnout. So much effort and nothing lands. Lots of lessons and hindsight is wonderful thing. But at the time it becomes very demotivating and pointless.
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Whilst I don't disagree - there are definitely things I'm happy to do for 16 hours(!) - I think the point (at least based on my understanding) is more that you'll never love something all the time. You could be a famous actor
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by iamben 4y ago
"Most workers want to do a job they love" I forget where I read/heard it, but some of the best career advice I ever heard was (paraphrasing here): if you keep searching for the job you love you'll never be happy. Find
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High-altitude object shot down over Alaska, US says(bbc.co.uk)
15 points by iamben 4y ago|1 comments
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This case is probably pretty relevant right now - and this is with an impersonator and the right to use the song: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/27/yung-gravy-sue...
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by iamben 4y ago
> There are many other ways to barter and exchange goods. Genuinely curious - what do you think will happen (and what would be used)? I genuinely can't imagine most of the people in my life (be that older relatives, non-tech friends
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by iamben 4y ago
Very niche, but I think this is a great Ask HN, so Sugarpill Covers - https://youtube.com/@SugarpillCovers - mostly short (usually less than 5 mins) videos on how to produce (/replicate the sound of) classic pop punk.
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by iamben 4y ago
Keep it on Squarespace. Tidy it up if you must/want. But Squarespace for a year is a lot less than the time you'll spend building (and then looking after/changing/whatever) it, even if you end up hosting it for pennies a
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Egypt archaeology: Gold-covered mummy among latest discoveries(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by iamben 4y ago|0 comments
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I'm not sure I agree completely. Certainly over the pandemic I saw conspiracies appear right from the start, and then the goalposts shifted on most of them to fit around the current situation and messaging. I think a handful of people
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Boris Johnson's office receives £1M donation from crypto investor(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by iamben 4y ago|1 comments
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Yeah, I mentioned stone! My loose experience is that a good percentage of people who do something relating to fitness end up talking about their bodyweight in kilos (the scales in the gym are usually in kg, for instance). But most people
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I mean the UK still does roads/cars in MPH rather than KPH. Lots of people will still give their (body)weight/ask for (body)weight in stone and height in feet and inches, although I think that's slowly changing to KG and CM.
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by iamben 4y ago
My take was this is less about proving a concept and more a nerdy/amusing/I don't mind losing money way of saying "I strongly believe Tether is a house if cards that will blow over at some point". Hence the last lin
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by iamben 4y ago
I'm nowhere near qualified enough to make a comment on that in 2023. But standing by my point about 20 years ago.
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Exaggerating slightly, perhaps. But yeah, PHP was massively simpler.
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I guess to clarify my point (and again based on my own experience and that of my social/work circles): assuming you're a UK resident, looking to work in the UK.
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My brother works for an indy brewery in the UK. It's super hard work, but he loves the job. The industry is very tough and many of the independent players don't make it. Those who do are often swallowed by one of the big names or
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by iamben 4y ago
You're right. And I'm sure they exist - just hard to find in a sea of "you'll get nowhere without knowing React" (or whatever) tutorials. Equally, half the magic is ability to see it online quickly. Cheap, basically
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I started writing my dissertation project in Perl CGI back in like 2001 or whatever it was. I moved to PHP pretty quickly when I realised I could do the same things in 5 lines that took 70 in Perl. I'd been making websites for about 6
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Just my experience, but I'm not sure how much a degree matters in UK after you have a few years experience. The exception probably being 'big companies' and (obviously) graduate schemes. I guess getting your food in a door so

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