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by kfullert 13y ago
Thanks for all the comments, regarding why Ruby and not .NET, it purely comes down to the fact that a) I like Ruby as a language (and have been using it for various "toy" projects since probably 2005/2006 time) and b) hosting
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Ask HN: How do you make time?
5 points by kfullert 13y ago|5 comments
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by kfullert 13y ago
First thoughts ... 1) Paid support/install/configuration assistance for users (ie they get priority support but the normal support still continues albeit at perhaps lower priority) 2) Paid consultancy (perhaps there's a certa
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by kfullert 13y ago
I think they need to store your "memorable name" in plain-text for DPA purposes (so they can confirm they're talking to the account holder) but passwords for e-mail/billing etc. online have no need to be plain-text
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by kfullert 13y ago
Do you have an e-mail address for a "technical" team as the Contact Us pages make it difficult to actually find out things like that
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by kfullert 13y ago
I've asked them to clarify if they store them as plain-text, or if they're encrypted (and can be decrypted by CSA when needed) ... if it is plain-text, then I'll be taking my ~£80/month Virgin Media services elsewhere
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by kfullert 13y ago
I used to work for a business ISP (PSINet) who had a DC near the foot of Mt Geneva in Switzerland - not sure what happened to it after things wound down?
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by kfullert 13y ago
DigitalOcean also have servers in Amsterdam, but they don't fit the OP requirement as they're run by a US-owned corp
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by kfullert 13y ago
Bytemark ( http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ ) offer "legacy" VPS and dedicated servers (been a customer for 10 years now) and they also have a new Cloud offering called BigV ( http://bigv.io ) which I've st
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by kfullert 13y ago
Thanks for all your answers, I'm looking to do more "proper" iOS development as time goes on rather than just winging it for one app and never returning :) As suggested by callmeed, I'm going to try and book a week off from my day job as tr
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Ask HN: Resources for learning iOS development in 2013
9 points by kfullert 13y ago|10 comments
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by kfullert 14y ago
I'd hazard a guess at A/B testing for new registrations?
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by kfullert 14y ago
Thanks, I've not had any response from PayPal yet, but checking the sandbox accounts it actually billed this morning (18-Jan-2013) when it had the first bill date of 15-Jan-2013 - I think as long as I know it will bill (albeit a few days af
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by kfullert 14y ago
I'm sure sending parcels to an embassy which has an X-Ray representation that could potentially by the same as a bomb or similar is a really good idea, and isn't any kind of risk at all ...
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Ask HN: Recurring payment profile, PayPal sandbox, not billing?
3 points by kfullert 14y ago|2 comments
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by kfullert 14y ago
Great story and good to see success - how scalable is it - from what I read, the early feedback praised you on the quality/depth of questions, which if you move to a more automated way of producing the surveys you'll lose?
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by kfullert 14y ago
I always have the Newest page loaded, it probably gets refreshed every 1-2 hours when I take a break from what I'm working on between 8am and 10pm GMT :)
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by kfullert 14y ago
I think it was featured as an article on the front page, which would have driven a lot of traffic to your site (both from regular "real" visitors, and from scrapers etc.) The original submission was http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4926
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by kfullert 14y ago
Not sure where you are, here in the UK we have a service called The Samaritans ( http://www.samaritans.org/ ) so not sure if there's a similar service, these people are trained to give you the best help and advice that they can, and someone
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by kfullert 14y ago
Assuming you're US, but you might want to give Bytemark or Bifolk here in the UK a go (I've been a Bytemark customer for 10+ years now with a VPS)
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by kfullert 14y ago
I think in the industry I'm in (CRM consultancy) then "job-hopping" can look bad - it was mentioned at my last interview (end of last year) that my CV doesn't look the best for the amount of jobs I've had (9 different jobs in 15 years) howe
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by kfullert 14y ago
Also in the UK, have been working in development/consultancy since I was 17 (and now 32) so have been around a bit :) Personal advice, go for it - there's no harm in applying and interviewing at other positions (I've never quit a job before
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by kfullert 14y ago
Not got anything to contribute aside from this post could quite easily be me ... exactly the same boat, exactly the same feeling ... chin up
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by kfullert 14y ago
I guess in terms of licensing, there's a large initial outlay, and once you reach a certain number of users, the cost-per-user to you drops which means the mailbox cost drops as well.
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by kfullert 14y ago
Maybe it's just me, but it's not clear on a few points I'd want to know: - Is that 10Gb/£19month for a single mailbox, or 10Gb of storage split amongst a number of mailboxes? - Multi-domain support - can I point multiple domains at a sing
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30 Day Challenge – Day 5(blog.kenwa-solutions.co.uk)
1 points by kfullert 14y ago|0 comments
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My 30-day challenge with RubyMine - day 4(blog.kenwa-solutions.co.uk)
1 points by kfullert 14y ago|0 comments
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My 30-day challenge - motivation(blog.kenwa-solutions.co.uk)
1 points by kfullert 14y ago|0 comments
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by kfullert 14y ago
Yep, I've had an account since not long after it was released, and I've seen some good updates come through since (sub-tasks being one of them) and the free account does fine for what I need (and if I'm ever in the position to need more the
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by kfullert 14y ago
Yes, I've had a quick look at Trello and it seems like I'm using Asana in a similar way - large lists are demotivating, this is why I like the sub-tasks way of working ... Say we want a new feature to handle processing a file and generating

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