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by Roridge 15y ago
I just tried this, it is awesome! Gratz. and to think I was just about to launch into my very own weekend project for the same reasons :) Now I don't have to, keep up the good work. One thing, I can't see an obvious way to become a premium
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by Roridge 16y ago
That is why I put it in quotes. They "can but wont" which translates to "We can't because insurance for men costs more because of the statistics [showing men have more claims therefore have to pay higher premiums]". Given that rule of thumb
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by Roridge 16y ago
That is why I put it in quotes. They "can but wont" which translates to "We can't because insurance for men costs more because of the statistics". Given that rule of thumb they will increase females premiums. Not only have I worked for in
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by Roridge 16y ago
Insurance companies are loving this, probably rubbing their hands together in glee. Especially in the UK as insurance is a legal requirement and this year has already increased by nearly 30% for no reason at all.
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by Roridge 16y ago
In the long run everyone's insurance premiums go up. They wont reduce male drivers premiums because they "can't" so they will increase female ones. This ruling is terrible, I have been benefiting from having my girlfriend on my insurance fo
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Happy Bromalentine's Day - Hacker News(bromalentinesday.com)
1 points by Roridge 16y ago|0 comments
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by Roridge 16y ago
what exactly is HTML5 about it?
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by Roridge 16y ago
Actually the modern GA way is using the async javascript the snippit for which goes before the </head> but hey W3Fools wasn't about being accurate... oh wait, it was. http://code.google.com/intl/en-GB/apis/analytics/docs/tracki...
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by Roridge 16y ago
Would it be wrong to point out that the missing parts of the source for w3fools.com ? Or observing that placement of things like the google analytics code at the bottom, instead of the head? Or would that make me pedantic?
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by Roridge 16y ago
I think this is great. Sure it isn't for me but neither was the Million Dollar Home Page, but it's a nice modern version. Ignore any negative feedback (unless constructive), haters will hate ;) The way the MDHP got press attention was with
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by Roridge 16y ago
I happen to agree with you. My biggest issue with GWT is that it generates the Javascript, and I am at it's mercy. However sometimes it's important to get function over form?
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by Roridge 16y ago
I may be completely wrong on this, but didn't Google try something almost identical and eventually realised it just didn't work, or the user base wasn't ready for it and Wave-ed goodbye to it only recently? I don't want to bring down your s
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by Roridge 16y ago
Why not just use GWT?
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by Roridge 16y ago
Len
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by Roridge 16y ago
Even so, 140 Characters is still only enough to give you the chapter titles of the Joshua Bloch book Effective Java Programming. My advice, buy the book, read the titles, then read the chapters (translates beyond Java imo).
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by Roridge 16y ago
When is Developer's Day?
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The problem with MVC(justanothervagueargument.blogspot.com)
2 points by Roridge 16y ago|0 comments
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by Roridge 16y ago
In layman terms: The body requires ATP for power, it is the rawest energy base unit for your body and is produced from Carbohydrate. Your body is a machine built for changing fat into carbohydrate and then into ATP. If you give your body to
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by Roridge 16y ago
The reason is because it doesn't scale, and you will end up spending most of your time managing the server stack rather than deploying and selling the product.
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by Roridge 16y ago
All good reasons for going solo, and exactly what I would expect HN user to say :) Good luck
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by Roridge 16y ago
It looks good, nice to see real eCommerce exists (e.g. you pay something for a product, I was beginning to feel like everything was a service of a service). One thing that really really puts me off web sites is if I can't tell shipping cost
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Why Facebook is the next Yahoo(justanothervagueargument.blogspot.com)
1 points by Roridge 16y ago|1 comments
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by Roridge 16y ago
There was a list of areas for ideas they would like to invest in on the bottom of the last YC application for funding round.
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by Roridge 16y ago
Spend a 5th of your time doing your assignments the day you get them and then :shock: spend the other 4/5ths working on projects that you do find challenging. Although I comprehend the dream you don't have to be in California to be working
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by Roridge 16y ago
I am literally in awe.
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by Roridge 16y ago
I can't even see the Icon http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/4002/nobuttons.jpg
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Ask HN: The Twitter "stop retweets" button has gone?
1 points by Roridge 16y ago|3 comments
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PS3 class action suit against Sony for dropping Install Other OS(kotaku.com.au)
1 points by Roridge 16y ago|0 comments
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Hawking: Aliens are out there, likely to be Bad News(theregister.co.uk)
1 points by Roridge 16y ago|0 comments
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Google drops the http:// from Chrome(theinquirer.net)
12 points by Roridge 16y ago|5 comments

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