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by russgray 14y ago
Meh, I don't consider my house an investment (in that I don't expect it to generate a return), it's somewhere to live. Most people understand that a car is a terrible 'investment', but if you intend to drive the same one for a decade you're
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by russgray 14y ago
It's a good simple model, but I think it's TOO simple. If you own a house and pay off the mortgage, two massive changes occur: 1) You free up that monthly payment for investment, and 2) the amount of money required to maintain your standard
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by russgray 14y ago
I never find this answer convincing. Firstly, most renters are unlikely to invest the difference - we are a nation of spenders. Secondly, that rent will creep up, whereas my mortgage payment stays the same - eventually that difference will
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by russgray 14y ago
Out of interest, what do you call customer services to do for you? I bank with a big bank, and I think I've needed to call them twice in the last decade.
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by russgray 14y ago
There was a lot more to it than that. Microsoft actively threatened to withdraw licenses from OEMs that preinstalled/bundled rival software as defaults. Given the Windows monopoly, OEMs had to comply or die. Given the massive inertia agains
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by russgray 14y ago
Many of those options are now set by default in Tor Browser.
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by russgray 14y ago
Great idea, but the UI is a little confusing. After writing a comment do I need to click 'Add comment' AND 'Submit review'? Or does either do the job? Also I forgot to set a star rating, perhaps default to zero and prompt user if they don't
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by russgray 14y ago
As someone who was born in the UK and has lived here for all of his 35 years, I can confirm that this is someone taking the piss.
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by russgray 14y ago
Sounds like the touch keyboard is a slightly better cover, and slightly cheaper. I think if you want a laptop replacement that can be used as a tablet, go for the real keyboard. If you want a tablet that can occasionally double as a laptop,
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by russgray 14y ago
I make more than 70k EUR pa at a startup in London (but then I'm sure London isn't particularly representative of Europe).
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by russgray 14y ago
I remember my first home distro (outside of the university labs) was Definite Linux, in 2000. The installation CD came free with a magazine.
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by russgray 14y ago
I'm in the UK - I still get the message, but no mention of advertising. "We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we'll assume that you are happy to receiv
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by russgray 16y ago
I got that too. Google cached it though: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?sourceid=chrome...
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by russgray 16y ago
I hate the phrase 'must-have'. Of this list of 10, I could imagine getting moderate use of evernote and (maybe) redlaser. The others are of little-to-no use to me at all.
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by russgray 16y ago
Mahalo are worse off. There are plenty of people out there - me included - who neither knew much nor cared much about Mahalo but may have considered working there had an opportunity arisen. I wouldn't work there now though. That might not g
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by russgray 17y ago
Andrew Black was in his 30s when he founded Betfair. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betfair
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by russgray 19y ago
Hi, I'm the author of that article. I actually have a blog post in the works that addresses your concerns fairly directly, since they are concerns for me too. Keep an eye out for it. In brief, I recommend you buy a copy of Working Effective