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by whyleyc 15y ago
I'm sure this is true if you have a blanket mindset of "all corporations are evil" but you're doing a Branson a disservice - he's one of the few progressive modern CEO's around. Check out the "Employees First" section here - http://www.hrh
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by whyleyc 15y ago
Not at any UK company I've worked at (1 corporation, 1 retailer, 1 startup).
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by whyleyc 15y ago
Well one of those hit is James Thomson who is based in Glasgow, Scotland so from the p.o.v. of the suer the answer to your question is "no". In terms of European s/w patents, sadly according to the FSF: "In Europe the legislation has decide
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by whyleyc 15y ago
There's an interesting analysis of which web company is worth the most per user at http://neptune.observer.com/node/138871 - LinkedIn ranks 3rd on their list of 9 arbitrary companies: Groupon - $210 Facebook - $105 LinkedIn - $3
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by whyleyc 15y ago
Not a great example to support your argument I'm afraid since Northern Rock was already back in profit over 8 months ago - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10848374
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by whyleyc 15y ago
"The day that the banks choose to bail out it's people" Sounds like a nice catchy statement, but what do you actually mean by this ?
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by whyleyc 15y ago
A good point - I was looking at things from a purely fiscal perspective, and trying to challenge the prevailing opinion in the UK that banks == bad, but you are right that they suck up a disproportionate amount of talent and skill. I guess
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by whyleyc 15y ago
You're assuming two things here: (1) The country would have been better off financially not to bail the banks out and let them burn (2) The nationalised banks won't end up turning a profit for taxpayers in the long run anyway Both of which
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by whyleyc 15y ago
"an industry that provides little value to society" Whilst this is a nice popular statement to trot out in the current climate, it is simply not true, at least not in fiscal terms. Some facts: * The financial services industry a
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by whyleyc 16y ago
In which case if it was really a "non-issue" the RIM CEO should have said as much, and issued a quick reassurance for users. Instead by getting so defensive he's guaranteed that the InterWebs will now be talking about this and not the PlayB
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by whyleyc 16y ago
So submit your entry from home then.
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by whyleyc 16y ago
Clicky: https://www.x.com/community/ppx/system_status/payflowstatus/...
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Tell HN: PayPal is borked for most merchants
54 points by whyleyc 16y ago|15 comments
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BBC interview with creator of Elite(bbc.co.uk)
51 points by whyleyc 16y ago|29 comments
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by whyleyc 16y ago
That's already been possible for a few years - http://daggle.com/macbook-pro-multimonitor-4-monitors-at-onc...
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by whyleyc 16y ago
It sounds like someone playing a Kazoo in the background whilst a floppy disk is filmed
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by whyleyc 16y ago
I just edited the company bio - how long do I have to wait to see the update ?
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by whyleyc 16y ago
I think you're misunderstanding the post - the author is not encouraging entrepreneurs to quit, but instead highlighting the importance of choosing your niche carefully. This seems like sensible advice to me - if you want to maximise your c
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by whyleyc 16y ago
"Instead, taking at least one day off every weekend, even during crunch times, is key to us staying happy and effective." "I've been working 12 hour days pretty consistently" That's not an approach for avoiding burnout.
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by whyleyc 16y ago
Check out http://favilous.com/
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by whyleyc 16y ago
Me too, unfortunately it doesn't work on this article for me though.
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by whyleyc 16y ago
I did some URL hacking and came up with a full-page non-ad version here: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=long-live-t...
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by whyleyc 16y ago
You should check out Andy Stanford Clark from IBM - afaik he uses MQ technologies hooked up to various sensors to control and monitor much of his 16th century house on the Isle of Wight (UK)- http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/06/t
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by whyleyc 16y ago
I don't think people here are suggesting that this is the only vector of attack against your system, rather that given the proliferation of unsecured WiFi networks it's just one of the more common. When someone brings out the "ARP poisoning
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by whyleyc 16y ago
As I understand it unsecured public WiFi is significantly more threatening when compared to standard hard-wired Ethernet as all your traffic is visible to any other user connected to the same network with a packet sniffer. It's much, much h
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by whyleyc 16y ago
Thanks - I'd missed that comment you mentioned. Any thoughts on the pros and cons of using this vs a dedicated VPN ?
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by whyleyc 16y ago
Great - Just tested, and it seems to work well (fooling FireSheep). I downloaded "ProxySwitcher" for Chrome for easy switching between the proxy and direct connection: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/caehdcpeofiiigpd...
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by whyleyc 16y ago
Ideally I'd rather not have to configure my own VPN server, but if I have to then so be it.
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Ask HN: How do you secure yourself on public WiFi?
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by whyleyc 16y ago
I agree that human psychology seems to pre-dispose us to being more shocked by tragic events that occur within a shorter timeframe (this has been even more amped-up since the advent of 24 hour rolling news of course). However, as I've menti

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