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   by josscrowcroft 10y ago

   Thanks! If I remember correctly, the initial version of the API took about a week, fitting around my job at the time.
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   by josscrowcroft 10y ago

   I posted Open Exchange Rates[0] as a Show HN 1,534 days ago. It had just moved away from publishing free currency data into a GitHub repository, to its own website. In fact, they had just asked me politely to take it down due to the high tr
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   by josscrowcroft 10y ago

   SEEKING FREELANCER - Remote (we are in London) Open Exchange Rates[0] is looking for help with sales, marketing and growth for a long-term freelance contract. We're loved by Etsy, Kickstarter, WordPress and over 50,000 developers and b
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   by josscrowcroft 10y ago

   > "I'm guessing criminals (current and former), drug addicts, and the willfully unemployed wouldn't be eligible." I believe "criminals (current and former), drug addicts, and the willfully unemployed" are
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   by josscrowcroft 11y ago

   As a UK-based founder (of a service with more than 10,000 users, which I guess could be targeted): what real steps could I take to make it technically impossible to comply with an order like this? I would sooner leave the UK than sell out
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   by josscrowcroft 11y ago

   I'm excited about the Hyperloop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperloop http://news.nationalgeographic.com/energy/2016/02/160223-Elo... http://www.wired.com/2014&#x
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   by josscrowcroft 11y ago

   This brings to mind something I read by Ken Wilbur, about "Waking Up" vs. "Growing Up". In a nutshell, as I understand it: Waking Up without Growing Up - like spiritual bypass - can lead to delusion, psychosis, inflictin
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   by josscrowcroft 11y ago

   This was an unwelcome surprise. We've loved using Mandrill at Open Exchange Rates[0], and enjoyed their simple "just works" approach. We've never trusted Mailchimp's primary product for some reason. Now we'll b
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   by josscrowcroft 11y ago

   What a brilliant article.
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    by josscrowcroft 11y ago

    "Flattening workplace hierarchies ... so-called “flat” workplaces ... flattening hierarchies runs the risk of ... flattening workplace hierarchy is not only ... Workers found hierarchical companies were more predictable ... hierarchica
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    by josscrowcroft 11y ago

    "We fucked up, but we don't want to admit it."
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    by josscrowcroft 11y ago

    "... as more of the world is explained — and ends up being not so divine after all ..." I don't understand this sweeping statement by the author (who seems between the lines to be struggling with her own issues of faith and
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    by josscrowcroft 11y ago

    I grew up in Jersey, and for sure there's a lot that I don't like about the place. Still I found this article very poorly-written, poorly-researched, sensational, weighed down by anecdotes, cliches and an exhausting "Poor UK,
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    by josscrowcroft 11y ago

    Where can I get my clothes if I don't want to contribute to this issue (and not look like I'm Amish)?
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    by josscrowcroft 11y ago

    That's brilliant. What about using a laser to destroy the weeds?
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    by josscrowcroft 11y ago

    I don't like this one bit. I've cancelled my Prime membership on principle... I have some way to go, but gradually I'm working to stop giving energy to organisations that don't align with my values... even if it makes my
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    Face scanners added to chip-and-pin terminals(bbc.co.uk)

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    by josscrowcroft 11y ago

    I was sorry to read this. From my perspective, this comment broadly captures what is so tragic for me about his situation and the potential pitfalls of isolation-by-riches: the apparent fact that the majority of people discount a wealthy ma
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    by josscrowcroft 11y ago

    When Open Exchange Rates [0] began making decent returns - not a $2.5billion exit trajectory by any means, but certainly enough to set me apart from my peers - I felt I was on the path to something great. I thought something like "Now
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    by josscrowcroft 11y ago

    I clean my living space, clear out old baggage and remnants of old identities, to make space for the new. Lethargy seems to come when I am ready to let go even more and allow life to show me my next steps, but I need to listen to the messag
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    by josscrowcroft 11y ago

    Yep. GitHub were cool about it, explained that some people were making thousands of requests per second for no reason at all and it was impacting others users on the network. It's not the intended use of GitHub at all and I genuinely h
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    by josscrowcroft 11y ago

    Thanks and you're welcome! We do have a time-series bulk download, but it's still in JSON format and currently limited to 1 month of data. This will be redesigned soon and looking to include CSV downloads as an option.
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    by josscrowcroft 11y ago

    Welcome! We do have a time-series bulk download, but it's still in JSON format and currently limited to 1 month of data. This will be redesigned soon and looking to include CSV downloads as an option.
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    by josscrowcroft 11y ago

    Good question. Never A/B tested (!) but there was some intuition about leading with the most expensive option. Perhaps to make the others seem more reasonable in comparison. In any case, we're changing this very soon to list from
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    by josscrowcroft 11y ago

    I created Open Exchange Rates[0] as an open source project four years ago, publishing free currency data into a GitHub repository. It was launched alongside money.js[1] (a minimal JavaScript currency conversion library), designed to work se
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    by josscrowcroft 12y ago

    SEEKING FREELANCERS Location: London, remote possible. Timeframe: ASAP, 3-6 months. We’re looking for a software developer for a large contract at Open Exchange Rates, the fastest-growing global currency data API on the web. You’ll need tho
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    by josscrowcroft 12y ago

    SEEKING FREELANCER We're looking for a creative branding artist and graphic designer at Open Exchange Rates. This will be a well-scoped and fast-paced contract, with ongoing work for the right candidate. We need: . Diverse and in-depth
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    by josscrowcroft 12y ago

    SEEKING FREELANCER We're looking for a freelance JavaScript developer and open source advocate at Open Exchange Rates, to take over maintenance of our two popular open source libraries, money.js[1] and accounting.js[2]. Between them, t
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    SEEKING FREELANCER: Finance-industry startup seeks data scientist for ongoing part-time lead role. We’re looking for an engineer with a finance background (or a finance person with an engineering background!) to help out behind the scenes a
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    Beautiful writing - thank you for sharing.