josscrowcroft

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   by josscrowcroft 13y ago

   How can your average startup and company owner rest assured that they're not unconsciously walking into a patent troll's lair? I might be unknowingly infringing patents nobody has heard of (except companies like these). Business i
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   by josscrowcroft 13y ago

   People have so much time on their hands.
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   by josscrowcroft 13y ago

   Reminds me of the Five-Minute Logo guy - I actually prefer these, but both are superb. http://www.vonglitschka.com/5MinuteLogo/
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   by josscrowcroft 13y ago

   Absolutely beautiful - I love the history channel in particular
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   by josscrowcroft 13y ago

   Congrats on taking the leap, enjoyed the post a lot. I did this almost 2 years ago, and never looked back - as soon as I fully committed myself to life without a job, https://openexchangerates.org took on a life of its own and r
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   by josscrowcroft 13y ago

   They do, unfortunately. Not for everybody, but randomly selected (I guess 1 in 1000 or fewer) and when singled out, it's a requirement. I'm white and british, so you can't call it profiling either.. It's way off at the s
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   by josscrowcroft 13y ago

   This happened to me at Heathrow in London, except there's no option to "opt-out". You either do it, or you don't fly. It's randomly selected, so although I triggered no safety protocols, I was picked out for backsca
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   by josscrowcroft 13y ago

   http://xkcd.com/144/
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   by josscrowcroft 13y ago

   Beautiful post, thank you! Love the idea of a 3-dimensional matrix. It really is that complicated, and simple. Harder than you thought it would be, but easier than most just-starting-out passive-earners would expect, if that makes sense.
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    Horrific. About 80% of what I read would be classed as "esoteric" and the rest probably blocked for some other reason I didn't foresee being included in that list.
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    Cheers for the reply! Myname at gmail is the best address. Didn't mean to be disparaging about the service which looks fantastic if it were in budget.
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    First thoughts when I saw this: Must sign up immediately, this is going to save me hours and looks great! First thoughts when I saw pricing page (sadly): for $950-$3000/year, I'll just build it myself :( I'd be happy to pay $
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    If interested, I believe he's talking about something like Holotropic Breathwork, pioneered by Stan Grof. I've heard great things..
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    This is pretty alarming but the article points out something often overlooked: "nowhere in Britain do you have less rights than at the border."
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    https://openexchangerates.org was running as a free, no-signup-required ad-hoc currency API for about 8 months before a friend of mine kicked my ass and made me install a signup. I spent months playing with PayPal, test accounts
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    I love this little pun they worked into the content seamlessly: "After a decade of study, nostalgia isn’t what it used to be — it’s looking a lot better."
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    Does this really need to be on HN? Just because it's in SFO? Everyone will already have heard about this on, I don't know, any other news channel
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    Wonderful - so much mischief potential... I love that the user was told to press "meh" repeatedly.
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    This applies also to BBC Travel, which is run in partnership with Lonely Planet, last I checked. I used to really enjoy those articles, now I never read them because I can't be faffed to proxy up every time...
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    I've never heard anybody in the UK say "have" when referring to USA. Looks like a standard typo.
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    SEEKING FREELANCER London, would prefer local, remote possible. Looking for a WEB SECURITY EXPERT with strong experience in PHP/MySQL application security, vulnerability testing, security consultation, thorough appraisals, etc. with a
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    Ahh! This has been happening to me since childhood and I never knew it was a documented psychological phenomenon. Thanks.
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    Reading other comments here: don't get hung up on his opening gambit: "Everything we do is for the purpose of altering consciousness." . That's just an introductory point. I recommend reading the whole article, which is
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    I'm not sure you read what I wrote regarding the first point. There is this movement (ukulele or metalworking machines regardless), and this movement does not inherently imply nor guarantee spiritual growth.
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    I accidentally left my suitcase on the Gatwick Express airport train this morning, containing practically everything I now own save for my passport, ukulele and current Macbook Air, which were all on my person... I only realised 10 minutes
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    Oh God I really hope people start using this in place of Lorem Ipsum.
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    Wow. Congratulations!
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    That wasn't my point - nobody (publicly) prompted the UK government to make the "Stay away Snowden" message. It was high-level PR and arse-kissing, at best.
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    What a wonderful press release. Compare this to the UK government's small-dog-loud-bark assertion that Snowden "is not welcome here... you know, just in case he was thinking about coming..." and the relative certainty that
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    by josscrowcroft 13y ago

    As someone aged 25 - who is really just beginning on the exact same journey, and feeling the freefall a little strongly - this couldn't have come at a better time. Fantastic piece!