LukeB_UK

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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
Beware of putting people on pedestals. Far better is to just follow people who do cool stuff. They don't have to be a "master" to do something cool that will inspire you.
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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
> Why the downvote? Probably because of this: > Hmm. Seems on par with the security of pretty much every angularjs site i've seen. Moving on.
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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
Also a self-taught web developer here. My advice would be to make sure you learn the languages, not the frameworks. Once you know the languages, you can pick up the frameworks far easier and you can actually dig in and see what's happe
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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
I work for a gambling company in the UK and at least here Apple allow our apps on their store. Google block them though.
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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
I'm assuming the poster has something to do with this project because they've submitted links related to it 21 times in the past 26 days, many of them duplicates.
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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
The words "self-made" have an implication that you did it all yourself.
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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
https://github.com/commaai/openpilot
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Phone encryption: Police 'mug' suspect to get data(bbc.com)
3 points by LukeB_UK 10y ago|0 comments
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Netflix Downloads(media.netflix.com)
256 points by LukeB_UK 10y ago|119 comments
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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
Seems to be having issues. Google cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:p6SCH51...
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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
I believe that personal data in the context of the Data Protection Act means data about you, so it wouldn't.
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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
I went to Bologna earlier this month and the only thing I had planned was a cooking course for one afternoon. I loved wandering around and getting lost, stumbling upon museums, places to eat and other interesting places. My mobile provider
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Node v7.0.0(nodejs.org)
7 points by LukeB_UK 10y ago|0 comments
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The JavaScript Foundation(js.foundation)
3 points by LukeB_UK 10y ago|0 comments
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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
I wish my first development job was like this place. Instead there was a blame culture and I'd get told off when I made mistakes, eventually getting fired for not progressing quick enough. It's now 4 years since I was fired from t
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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
Microsoft's bot (Tay) learned as people talked with it. People took advantage of that and basically attacked it with racist things which meant it ended up learning to be a racist.
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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
I prefer that HN doesn't say the score of other people's comments, it means you have more power to make your own mind up rather than the vote brigading or "piling on" that can happen on Reddit
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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
They've been maintaining their own set of apps that mirror Google apps on Android for a long time.
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Electrode: Universal react/node application platform(electrode.io)
3 points by LukeB_UK 10y ago|0 comments
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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
Partially because some people don't want to spend that much money on something they'll rarely use (cheapest I found from a quick search on amazon UK for any of the Eco-Tank series was £185)
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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
I believe the term for that is social introvert.
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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
She also recorded the first computer bug, which was a moth stuck in a relay.
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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
The updated title is incorrect. Those features have been part of twitter before this, they just don't count towards the character limit anymore.
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Philippines drugs war: The woman who kills dealers for a living(bbc.com)
2 points by LukeB_UK 10y ago|0 comments
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Taking the final wrapper off of Android 7.0 Nougat(android-developers.blogspot.com)
2 points by LukeB_UK 10y ago|0 comments
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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
When was the last time you had a load of people tell you to kill yourself in person?
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The unauthorized, daredevil documentation of the Horizons ride at Disney World(dangerousminds.net)
2 points by LukeB_UK 10y ago|0 comments
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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
I dislike it because they just seem to have read the title and not the actual post.
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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
Previous discussion from 434 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9688383
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by LukeB_UK 10y ago
From the post: "We’re beginning to roll out Duo for Android and iOS today, and it will be live worldwide in the next few days."

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