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121.
by ticks 15y ago
Chrome is too closely linked to Google, so Firefox will always be a good alternative for people who care about privacy.
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by ticks 15y ago
One thing that Amazon does is shove a load of adverts, i.e. leaflets, into their parcels. Given that Google is also a behemoth in the ad industry, this might just make sense.
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by ticks 15y ago
I agree with this comment. Saying 'start-up' has a load of baggage and hype attached to it... better off just saying something like: spare time project. There are lots of people running websites that make money, but I don't think they would
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by ticks 15y ago
PHP is one of the most accessible languages. If you are a web hosting service then you almost always support PHP - it's usually installed by a control panel, with loads of extras compiled into it. So, it's good if you're looking for a cheap
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by ticks 15y ago
One thing to bear in mind is that you are comparing the price of buying something to a one-off rental. The rental business has always paid poorly, with retailers only purchasing a single copy and reusing it (i.e. they pay once, then rent it
126.
by ticks 15y ago
The concept of salary negotiation is alien to me. Given how difficult it is to find developer jobs in my part of the UK and given that employers are expecting to pay lower and lower amounts these days, I would consider a salary negotiation
127.
by ticks 15y ago
The exploited ads issue is a difficult one to solve, but it is not as bad as it used to be. As a website owner, there are certain "remnant" networks that I know to avoid - even though they are now owned by significant brands. Even the premi
128.
by ticks 15y ago
It sounds like a mesh network would require a couple of different routers: a low-cost model that lives in an already established area; and a more expensive model with antennas pointed at other established areas to act as a bridge.
129.
by ticks 15y ago
I guess the two could compliment each other if the automated cars were more like taxis, and their main purpose was to move people to and from train stations. That's the biggest problem I can see with train travel in the US... the country is
130.
by ticks 15y ago
The preferential treatment is kind of annoying TBH. I've seen sites disappear from Google's listing for months as a result of simple issues such as a change of domain name (with all the required redirects in place). Yet here, a website owne
131.
by ticks 15y ago
I can't see the situation improving. Governments are in a weak position due to globalisation. If they increase regulation and improve conditions then those businesses (especially the ones with poor ethical standards) will just move on to a
132.
by ticks 15y ago
Countries within the EU have all sorts of nasty laws that favour business over their populations, and have a habit of pushing through populist laws without thinking about the repercussions. The European courts are one of those aspects of Eu
133.
by ticks 15y ago
That's a technique I have considered in the past, i.e. making my images look like ads, so that those users either disable the blocker or move on. If ad blocker users were more than a minority, then I would have to shut my websites down, but
134.
by ticks 15y ago
Only music I have bought in recent years is bands that aren't on the streaming services, like RHCP or Metallica. As a user these streaming services are a nice free alternative to buying music, but if I were a band with a well known brand (i
135.
by ticks 15y ago
Indeed. Though manufacturing for anything other than the high end had little chance of succeeding due to East Asia and Eastern Europe. It will eventually return once oil prices reach a certain level.
136.
by ticks 15y ago
The UK was in a bit of a crisis in the late 70s, early 80s - at risk of becoming bankrupt from the reliance on unreliable coal and imported oil. That's the main reason why I think the North Sea reserves were gorged. A major shift was made t
137.
by ticks 15y ago
There's a fourth option, where the country gorges on the short term flood of cash and easy access to oil and gas, which keeps taxes artificially low. The UK enjoyed the same benefits as Norway but went down this route instead - to a point w
138.
by ticks 15y ago
It's odd. All these businesses are fighting over a small amount of talent. Why not just have a remote office in San Francisco and focus development elsewhere in the country? This happens a lot with agencies, where they locate their sales, m
139.
by ticks 15y ago
These authorisations might be acting as a filter. Being an app developer and someone who's read a lot about FB, I'm very wary of authorising anything, whereas someone who's less informed won't give it a second thought. Basically, these filt
140.
by ticks 15y ago
Being a not-for-profit doesn't mean no adverts. If they went down the advert road, they could pull the ads as soon as their yearly budget is met.
141.
by ticks 15y ago
I don't think Google should politicise its homepage, same goes for Facebook. Once you start opening the floodgates, you start to polarise your service to political persuasions.
142.
by ticks 15y ago
I agree, it's a perilous situation.
143.
by ticks 15y ago
It has been quite the eye opener to watch France and Germany drive the proceedings. I was quite supportive of the EU and the Euro, but now I'm glad we (the UK) stayed out of the Euro. It would appear that this crisis is being used to move p
144.
by ticks 15y ago
Lower value boosts manufacturing and export. Germany's unemployment levels are astoundingly low at the moment. http://www.tradingeconomics.com/germany/unemployment-rate
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by ticks 15y ago
Personally, I think the depression is just a side effect of dealing with how society moulds you to work in an office. I have worked full time in an office twice, and I went through depression (unofficially, as I don't want anything to do wi
146.
by ticks 15y ago
I think it just requires a different state of mind from people who develop software and services. At school, data protection was drummed into us from the beginning and it stuck with me all those years later. It's just one of those issues yo
147.
by ticks 15y ago
I'm not really a fan of these game theory-style targets, they just bring out the worst in people. Being an employee at a business for a long time should be the result of an excellent environment, not from being bribed with a long term finan
148.
by ticks 15y ago
Six weeks doesn't sound that much TBH, many countries require at least five weeks paid holiday per year.
149.
by ticks 15y ago
Swearing is more a sign of laziness, than a sign of poor education. Speakers should consider the culture of their audiences and the atmosphere of the event before swearing. It just gives off an image that the speaker is self absorbed and no
150.
by ticks 15y ago
I guess they could start blocking the service like they do with unlawful P2P and Usenet related websites. Not sure if they would though.

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