Simon_M

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by Simon_M 4y ago
Meetupcall | Software engineering, product and marketing roles | Remote (UK) | https://www.meetupcall.com Want to work on a meaningful problem and receive meaningful equity as part of a founding team? At Meetupcall we're wo
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by Simon_M 4y ago
I'm founder of Meetupcall, a startup working to help care organisations reduce loneliness and isolation for those most in need. We're currently looking for a senior Rails engineer on these terms. If that sounds like something you
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A recent poll of employees who are working remotely(today.yougov.com)
166 points by Simon_M 6y ago|181 comments
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by Simon_M 9y ago
It doesn't seem viable that they won't support it. I think they have potentially mis-understood the wide reaching impact of this legislation. I'd be surprised if there is not a follow up to their email fairly soon.
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Ask HN: Startup featured on the TV, now what?
3 points by Simon_M 14y ago|0 comments
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Simon Cowell to create X-Factor show for tech startups(thesun.co.uk)
4 points by Simon_M 14y ago|1 comments
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by Simon_M 14y ago
It appears under UK law the Prime Minister could denounce the embassy as no longer Ecuadorian territory. The UK government has 'reminded' Ecuador of this fact in an attempt to influence their decision.
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UK threaten to enter Ecuadorian embassy and arrest Julian Assange(bbc.co.uk)
188 points by Simon_M 14y ago|267 comments
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Ask HN: Are they any e-mail feedback services out there?
1 points by Simon_M 14y ago|1 comments
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by Simon_M 14y ago
I'd love to HN's feedback on our attempt at making hosting and joining conference calls that little bit better.
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Show HN: Meetupcall - Simple conference calls(meetupcall.com)
7 points by Simon_M 14y ago|1 comments
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by Simon_M 15y ago
Is their filtering on a per TCP port basis? Or more advanced packet inspection?
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by Simon_M 15y ago
How do people deal with remote files? I love Sublime, but always end up reverting back to VIM as it is so slow when accessing files over a network connection. I've tried the SFTP plug-in, but find it really clumsy. Ideally I'd just love t
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by Simon_M 15y ago
That's one annoyance out of the way. Is there a decent way to work with remote files yet? This is always the killer for me.
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Starting a business on a month's salary(meetupcall.com)
2 points by Simon_M 15y ago|0 comments
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by Simon_M 15y ago
Considering how many incidents there seems to be due to the loss of these airspeed sensors it seems crazy not to have an additional, different method of calculating airspeed. Is there a reason GPS is not suitable here?
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Working at a different startup every Friday for a year...(gonefreelancing.com)
9 points by Simon_M 15y ago|2 comments
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Top 11 Ways to not Procrastinate(meetupcall.com)
3 points by Simon_M 15y ago|0 comments
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by Simon_M 15y ago
Am I missing something? The physical size of a 16px font will surely vary based on resolution and screen size. So claims such as '16px is the same as most books' are clearly nonsense.
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Startups will get the economy moving again. You'd think the banks would help.(meetupcall.com)
2 points by Simon_M 15y ago|0 comments
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by Simon_M 15y ago
"...keep the money and use it to book yourself into a nice, safe hotel room the next time you travel. You’ll be glad you did." Statements like this certainly fuel the hotel industry conspiracy theories from yesterday for me. It doesn't e
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by Simon_M 15y ago
I wonder if they are using the same (undocumented) exploit for each of these attacks. I am certainly no expert in this field, but I would have thought discovering new exploits and security holes would take time, yet these guys are hitting s
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by Simon_M 15y ago
Out of interest, why the old browser/OS combo?
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Top Green Business Ideas: Creating a Fingerprint(meetupcall.com)
7 points by Simon_M 15y ago|2 comments
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by Simon_M 15y ago
Wow, real-life Minecraft.
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by Simon_M 15y ago
So are 1 in 3 prisoners corrupt businessmen who have been jailed for their 'corruptness'. Or are 1 in 3 prisoners businessmen unjustly jailed due to corrupt officials?
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by Simon_M 16y ago
Founder of a conference call start-up here. This wouldn't work for conf call services as you'd still be charged from the moment a call was connected on your particular 'room' irrespective of who actually called it. Although it would certai
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Service Outage: Notify or keep quiet?(simonmoxon.co.uk)
1 points by Simon_M 16y ago|0 comments