thesimon

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by thesimon 10y ago
>Many credit cards today simply have the digits printed on them in ink, rather than raised lettering, so I don't know how this would even work half the time today. It wouldn't and a lot of debit cards I know - at least in Europ
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by thesimon 10y ago
But why should traditional taxis still drive for lower rates when they could earn more through Uber?
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by thesimon 10y ago
https://www.particle.io/cellular Might be interesting for you. $2.99/month for 1MB, $0.99 for each additional MB. There is no information about billing unit though.
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by thesimon 10y ago
>International customers will be responsible for shipping fees and additional local duties or taxes. Would've been great to see at least a cost estimate. It's hard to tell how large the packaging is and how much the weight is.
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by thesimon 10y ago
Don't have the link, but there was a better discussion and source a few days ago
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by thesimon 10y ago
>I guess software houses that keep old projects (for maintenance and future requests from clients) fall into this category, but who else? Companies using micro services? Companies that don't want to have one big repository for their
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by thesimon 10y ago
>financial sense behind it too The classic counter example to that would be health care
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by thesimon 10y ago
Looks like there are no more state payments and you have to depend on charities, family or friends.
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by thesimon 10y ago
Cheers. Probably makes sense considering the "freedom" mentality in the US where everyone has to work for himself compared to the welfare state mentality in Europe. Actually makes me feel a bit good for paying my taxes :)
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by thesimon 10y ago
Wikipedia says you only get unemployment benefits for 6 months in the US, is that correct? Seems quite harsh.
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by thesimon 10y ago
Why exactly was a New York court able to issue an injunction for a ".io" domain? It is a British Territory extension being managed by "Internet Computer Bureau Ltd" based in the United Kingdom.
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by thesimon 10y ago
At least getting an basic introduction into web development (basic HTML, CSS, maybe PHP and jQuery) is probably a lot easier than mobile development. Setting up IDE's, learning about OOP etc is probably harder than throwing some Bootst
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by thesimon 10y ago
>Is there a way to know Touch ID is available, but can't be used because the device was just rebooted? I don't know the verbatim message, but it says something along the lines of "Passcode is required to enable Touch ID&qu
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by thesimon 10y ago
>Fun fact: They apparently aren't connected to anything, and transactions are processed later, so basically any valid card will go through regardless of funds etc. Cards however have a special "service code" on the mag str
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by thesimon 10y ago
Some banks over here (Europe) now let you block mag-stripe credit card transactions. Actually sounds like a good way to prevent ATM fraud as long as you are not visiting the US.
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by thesimon 10y ago
>Prices are commensurate with London income levels. Otherwise people wouldn't live in London. I feel like most people are moving to the outer zones. Buying flats in zone 1-3 is obviously out of reach for most people, even for most d
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by thesimon 10y ago
Related to food: The German site says the US are pushing to remove the protected designation of origin. "Parma" ham could be manufactured in Kentucky, Camembert in New York and Champagne in California. Crazy.
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by thesimon 10y ago
I guess when you remove 3, you would increase the supply, but only with what you see for example in London: Mostly luxury flats Doesn't really help getting more affordable flats on the market.
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by thesimon 10y ago
This might be relevant: http://airbnbvsberlin.com (Data analysis of AirBnB rentals in Berlin) Key facts: * 10% of the users are offering more than one unit (so not just a spare bed) * Average user rents out 1.3 units * Top user
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by thesimon 10y ago
WG-Gesucht.de (mostly German) maybe. Competition is hard though
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by thesimon 11y ago
But you can't set Google Maps as the default map application or Chrome as the default browser. In fact, Chrome is basically only a nice wrapper around Safaris engine.
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by thesimon 11y ago
Lob charges $0.70 per card, seems sustainable. Edit: Stripe charges a hefty 2.8% + 30ct, so 35ct fees for that. 1ct for Twilio. $1.06 in costs, so a $0.94 margin. Seems ok for a (probably small maintenance side project)
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by thesimon 11y ago
>Apple's Two Factor Authentication (which is different than Two-Factor Verification Two factor auth: * Six-digit code sent to your device/via text Two factor verification: * Four-digit code sent to your device/via text Or
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by thesimon 11y ago
Would be nice if they could use RFC 6238 TFA as well, it is a bit more convenient if you only have your Android device with you. Edit: Reason for that being that I prefer having all TFA codes in my Google Auth app/Authy with requires n
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by thesimon 11y ago
I'm working on a side project using Stripe and at least most comments on the internet are saying that the fraud prevention provided by Stripe is rather weak. Adding additional providers like SiftScience looks like a good idea. Full Dis
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CNBC password tester: HTTP, shared with advertisers, stored on Google(nakedsecurity.sophos.com)
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by thesimon 11y ago
>It would completely remove the necessity to be productive. That can't turn out well. As seen in welfare states in Scandinavia or Germany, where almost no one works because of the unemployment benefits.
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by thesimon 11y ago
>London is much more doable on a budget. Agree, even though the story is probably a bit different for developers due to the difference in salary.
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by thesimon 11y ago
But that would help the terrorists !1 /s
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by thesimon 11y ago
I can't find it atm, but someone contacted Apple on Twitter and they replied that disabling JavaScript is the best workaround.

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