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by majc2 10y ago
Surely HP are opening themselves up to a lawsuit (or DoJ/EU investigations) here?
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HP 'timebomb' prevents inkjet printers using unofficial cartridges(theguardian.com)
11 points by majc2 10y ago|3 comments
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by majc2 10y ago
Angular 1 to Angular 2 anybody!?
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by majc2 10y ago
> React expects you to do your development on some flavor of Unix, and really doesn't have a sane plan for Windows, so you lose VS.NET and its huge productivity gains. I've done both React projects with Python and C# apis. Reac
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by majc2 10y ago
Sometimes, consultants get tired of consulting and want to build products instead.
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by majc2 10y ago
A few will, the majority won't. The key to not coming off as whiny is not to be whiny :) As with any Resume/CV issue like this just practice answering the question - a couple of sentences is sufficient, and you'll be fine.
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by majc2 10y ago
> When the biggest bank in Europe's biggest economy, with annual revenue of about 37 billion euros, is worth about the same as Snapchat -- a messaging app that generated just $59 million of revenue last year -- you know something&#x
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by majc2 10y ago
This provides a lot of value for businesses - therefore I'd definitely charge more. I would also consider changing the name to something else - "Thingie" might cause some friction in purchases. As to setting the price - I&#x2
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by majc2 11y ago
One does not simply go to H&M and buy seven grey t-shirts and a pair of jeans. Oh wait you can :)
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by majc2 11y ago
Who'd use it? They'll just kill it off in 2 years anyway.
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by majc2 11y ago
You could be a technologist generalist, but specialise in an industry (or vice versa). Bare in mind, if you've got expertise in an area that people value, people will pay you handsomely for it.
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Ask HN: Example Open Source Business Models
2 points by majc2 11y ago|0 comments
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by majc2 11y ago
done :)
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Antibiotic resistance: World on cusp of 'post-antibiotic era'(bbc.co.uk)
16 points by majc2 11y ago|2 comments
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Sony says goodbye to Betamax tapes(bbc.co.uk)
34 points by majc2 11y ago|22 comments
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China to begin two-child policy(bbc.co.uk)
349 points by majc2 11y ago|432 comments
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European Parliament votes against net neutrality amendments(bbc.co.uk)
160 points by majc2 11y ago|38 comments
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by majc2 11y ago
It depends on what your strategy is and the specifics of your situation. http://www.contractoruk.com/money/ifas_guide_avoiding_new_di... has a generic guide about the new dividend tax. IMHO, just get an accountant.
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by majc2 11y ago
Agree with all of this post. The only thing I'd expand on is that there is a big difference between permy recruiters and contract recruiters. The best contract recruiters know that they will have roles to fill in 6 months time, so they
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by majc2 11y ago
It's based on his work with child abusers - he's one of the leading academics in the UK on this issue, I don't know what kind of evidence your expecting.
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by majc2 11y ago
As I understand it yes, that the theory is suggested by academics with appropriate experience. See: http://mentorforensics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Dr-Joe... for more info.
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by majc2 11y ago
Having done a small amount of volunteer work with children, I've had some exposure to child protection issues. Often, its a spiral downwards (IIRC its typically called the spiral of abuse), where the person in question erodes mental ba
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by majc2 11y ago
Checkout techmeetup.co.uk
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by majc2 11y ago
Another variant is four words: "we had an agreement." This emphasises that you had already agreed to something. I agree with everything else, it's very unlikely to work out.
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by majc2 11y ago
I've had a quick read, the argument seems to be that because the driver is needed to fulfil Uber's rides that they become indistinct from Uber as a business itself; so they're employees. They make some references to Case law
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by majc2 11y ago
If you're freelance/consulting. You could also say; available for booking/project work from September. (Wordsmith away!)
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by majc2 11y ago
First one is good, I'd avoid the second suggestion.
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by majc2 12y ago
Maybe true, but the bits he's picking out are kinda wrong IMHO. WPF hasn't changed much since it was first done in the mid 00s, Microsoft didn't put the same improvement into developer productivity for WPF as they have for AS
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by majc2 12y ago
The guys on the fizzle show recently opined that you shouldn't use hyphens. From memory, the reasoning was mainly based on the domain being slightly harder to share (try saying your thing with the hyphen in it). Source (c. 41mins in):
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by majc2 12y ago
Will it run some version of flash? (and yes I tried gnash to no avail). I spent the weekend explaining to an 8 and 6 y/o that they can't share and look at other Scratch projects at scratch.mit.edu on the RPi :(

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