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by smarri 7y ago
Great piece of writing. "Life doesn’t go on. It goes nowhere except away. Death goes on. Going on is what death does for a living. The secret to surviving in the universe is to be dead."
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by smarri 7y ago
Great advice thank you
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Ask HN: Best advice for starting a new job?
2 points by smarri 7y ago|2 comments
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Eagle Attacks Octopus, Probably Regrets it(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by smarri 7y ago|0 comments
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by smarri 7y ago
Sam Esmail's https://www.esmailcorp.com/
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by smarri 7y ago
Like a Mr Robot sub plot
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by smarri 7y ago
Garmin - agree 100%
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by smarri 7y ago
This is great! Nice one! I'm intrigued by the idea of infinite chess - I'm thinking a chess game that when a piece is taken it reappears on it's starting square (when it's next free). Edit - something like what I suggest
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by smarri 7y ago
https://outline.com/4E3k2S
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Financial Times New Agenda(aboutus.ft.com)
2 points by smarri 7y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Read any good books lately?
55 points by smarri 7y ago|81 comments
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by smarri 7y ago
Non developer and read everyday
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by smarri 7y ago
Interesting, a paradox of progress. In one observers view it's moving forward, in another, backward.
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by smarri 7y ago
I'd love to see a discussion here too. If I've understood John Gray correctly, human progress isn't cumulative, such as the way science and technology is, as it builds upon prior work. Intriguing.
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Human Progress is a Lie(vice.com)
2 points by smarri 7y ago|4 comments
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by smarri 7y ago
SEPA can be free for customer but participating banks and payment institutions pay per transaction.
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by smarri 7y ago
Just for nostalgia, some other gems from that era - Silent Hill, Residential Evil, Unreal Tournament, Wolfenstein Enemey Territory, *Edit, commas.
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by smarri 7y ago
"Tradition is a set of solutions for which we have forgotten the problems. Throw away the solution and you get the problem back" I've been thinking about this a lot lately. In many ways tradition is disappearing, at least whe
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Scotland has highest drug death rate in Europe(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by smarri 7y ago|0 comments
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by smarri 7y ago
Ah I truly thought this course was about something else and incredibly post modern, I read the headline too literally. Best of luck!
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Ask HN: What is an easy skill to learn?
3 points by smarri 7y ago|1 comments
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by smarri 7y ago
What's the difference between ACH and debit cards? Do they both debit a persons bank account directly? (I'm not based in the USA)
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by smarri 8y ago
I concur!
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by smarri 8y ago
Surely a bank can offer fraud protection?
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by smarri 8y ago
Agreed, Direct Debit is a very common way to pay.
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by smarri 8y ago
I get this. Seems like it would be a USP if a bank could offer the same level of protection? Plus the same rewards as Amex?
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by smarri 8y ago
Do we still need the credit card schemes for payments? Could move to a world of bank account to bank account payments, stripping out the payment layers?
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by smarri 8y ago
This is also a brilliantly written article.
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by smarri 8y ago
I reduced my chance of seeing toxic content by deleting Facebook.
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by smarri 8y ago
This is a really well thought out response, thank you. You've given me some good things to think about. Especially popular vs right decision. I've found it's in my nature not to piss people off, I've always been quite ad

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