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by phillc73 12y ago
I'd quite like a girlfriend, but don't think my wife would appreciate it. Your time will come, so don't let one nasty comment cloud your entire outlook. Eventually someone will come along, possibly under the most unlikely cir
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by phillc73 12y ago
This whole argument disappoints me. Every manufacturer of a DVD or CD Writer has "enabled" illegal copying and potential distribution of copyrighted content. I haven't seen any of those entities reprimanded for their product
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by phillc73 12y ago
I still have the VHS collection of their series, The Games. This was a pre-Sydney 2000 Olympics comedy satire. Classics include the 100 metres sprint track, which was "about" 100 metres long and someone asking how many "smack
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by phillc73 12y ago
I'm most surprised to see a new application launch without a Windows client. Is this a conscious marketing decision to not target the Windows user market? Is the market share of iOS, Android and OSx enough for these guys to succeed wit
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by phillc73 12y ago
You need to take a view regarding the type of expenses your company will have too. I run a small, one man, UK Limited company and was for a time VAT registered. This is because when I first started the company I spent a few thousand Pounds
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by phillc73 12y ago
I was seriously hoping this was a rugby thread on HN.
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by phillc73 12y ago
I first went to Berlin in December 2000. I was not even one week off the plane from Australia, and it was cold. Very cold. The wind ripped through my inadequate jacket and chilled me to the core. I remember very clearly venturing into the E
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by phillc73 12y ago
In Europe the term "executive" when applied to a job title may mean something different to your perception. e.g. a Sales Executive is less senior than a Sale Manager.
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by phillc73 12y ago
I do remember spending a long time making my .plan file just right, in about 1995. Nice recall.
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by phillc73 12y ago
I run an Owncloud instance on my own server for sharing photos and video with remote family members. Even then, I end up loading a USB stick every six months and posting it (parents in rural Australia and sluggish Internet). You're rig
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by phillc73 12y ago
Don't post pictures and videos of your children on the Internet. Simple.
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Ask HN: Is event sponsorship effective for Startups and Tech companies?
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Faster CSV Import with R(starkingdom.co.uk)
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Important Kindle Request(pastebin.com)
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by phillc73 12y ago
Yes, they're pretty much a direct competitor to Betfair.
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by phillc73 12y ago
I'm not sure, but I think it's eaten itself.
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Horse Racing Pace Analysis Using R(starkingdom.co.uk)
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by phillc73 12y ago
You could add some other exchanges to the P2P Gambling section. e.g. Betdaq http://www.betdaq.com
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Visualising Horse Race Sectional Times with R(starkingdom.co.uk)
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by phillc73 12y ago
Same Ts&Cs have country specific sections (they have server options in multiple countries) and for Austria also says: DMCA is mainly ignored due to being invalid, EUCD is to be followed.
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by phillc73 12y ago
I have a VPS with an Austrian ISP. Their Ts&Cs already state the following are specifically not allowed: Tor/i2p/similar exit servers (bridge, entry and middle are fine until further notice) Last update was Jan 17th, 2014, but
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by phillc73 12y ago
Betfair has an API. This can be used to return the odds and volumes matched for all sports on their Exchange platform. https://developer.betfair.com/
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by phillc73 12y ago
I favour a nice hot Rogan Josh. Helps me write excellent code the next morning. Not so the half a dozen pints I had along with it.
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by phillc73 12y ago
I'm with you. Prime was great for "free" delivery for the physical items I purchased from Amazon. However, Prime Video is not something I can use. In short, does it work on Linux? No. Therefore, the price increase for no appa
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by phillc73 12y ago
The skepticism is entirely valid when the article in question is from the Daily Mail.
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by phillc73 12y ago
I'm sitting in Austria, twiddling my thumbs after years of Product Management circuses (eBay, BBC). Would much rather now be something, anything, other than a Product Manager.
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by phillc73 12y ago
At this page you can download all historical Betfair price data in CSV format. https://promo.betfair.com/betfairsp/prices/index.php
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by phillc73 12y ago
That depends on your definition of open. The short answer is no. I've searched long and hard, high and low, for free (beer) horse racing databases for UK/IRE and Australia. To a lesser extent I've searched for HK, FR and GER
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by phillc73 12y ago
Who gives a fuck about Netflix? What percentage of the Internet population are ever likely to or are even interested in subscribing to Netflix/Hulu/Amazon Prime etc? What grates me most is that if Mozilla was really targeting the
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by phillc73 13y ago
The best thing I've read all day. Three days ago my wife have birth to our son, 3.5 weeks early. She's blaming the fact that we were in the middle of a house move for bringing the birth on early. While she wasn't lifting heav

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