mike47

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by mike47 3y ago
These guys are accountants: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-58025876
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by mike47 6y ago
One idea might be to speak to a home security/burglar alarm company. I've had alarms retro-fitted to a couple of houses in the UK and both times the installers were very creative in routing the cables almost invisibly. (There were
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by mike47 9y ago
The changes in fuel economy mentioned in that article don't seem that big. On the other hand, if an electric car only needed batteries for a range of say 50km, that would be a large saving in cost and weight. The batteries are only nee
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by mike47 9y ago
The idea of a magnetic coupling between the engine and the passenger compartment is very interesting. This could be adapted to use with self-driving automobiles on highways. They could run on their own electric power train for local journey
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Ask HN: Recommendations for educational video games
1 points by mike47 9y ago|2 comments
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by mike47 9y ago
She did!
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How Japan has almost eradicated gun crime(bbc.co.uk)
4 points by mike47 10y ago|0 comments
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by mike47 13y ago
Don't knock it 'til you've tried it ;-)
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by mike47 15y ago
Do you mean that many (most?) online banking sites use JS? Based on my bank's online system, I don't think there is anything that could not be done without scripts. And my suggestion (perhaps not well expressed) is that someone (e.g. the ba
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Ask HN: time for an extra-secure browser?
1 points by mike47 15y ago|2 comments
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by mike47 15y ago
I found the advice from Leo Babauta of zenhabits.net helped me quite a lot - particularly his book "The Power of Less". Basically, he advocates reducing other commitments and focussing all of your energy on a small number of projects (e.g.
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Ask HN: Umbrella company for UK contractors
1 points by mike47 15y ago|0 comments