dan_m2k

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by dan_m2k 7mo ago
This makes me really happy to see this non social media, non algo part of the internet going from strength to strength. Having deleted my socials and regained some time, I’ve just got a small skeleton of the sites I used to read left in my
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by dan_m2k 2y ago
A really good read. I was a bit later to the party but, my God, it was better then. But the reality of shareholder value and developers salaries had to come from somewhere, and here we are, the enshittification of the internet is upon us an
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by dan_m2k 2y ago
Started a challenger media business, still stressy, but I have purpose and I have much more satisfaction in life
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by dan_m2k 3y ago
An interesting retrospective and nice to read, though I had to chuckle at "soft" discs. Is 'floppy' now considered offensive? I started my web dev career when MSIE was accelerating and achieved crazy levels of dominance.
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by dan_m2k 5y ago
Fucking good.
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by dan_m2k 6y ago
No idea, but I bet the brand equity created for the MSN brand via MSN messenger was indeed huge across a boatload of international markets. Seems like a huge amount of wasted traction and momentum for the generation that grew up on MSN mess
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by dan_m2k 6y ago
A nice little slice of internet history. True is the lesson that scale doesn’t represent success. I wonder how many of the current tech companies will learn the same lesson, or have we reached a period of maturity where products that don’t
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by dan_m2k 6y ago
Yeah. Hackneys weren't great, but ubiquitous and convenient in London (even if it was like travelling in blender). Mini cabs were/are ass, in every UK city, and they deserved to get disrupted. And the net effect is that the whole
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by dan_m2k 6y ago
Property portfolios = people paying your pension one day.
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by dan_m2k 6y ago
I’m so pleased that someone isn’t afraid to reject the WFH kool aid. Just because certain personality types work better in solitude doesn’t mean it’s one-size-fits-all. Others are suffering loneliness, marginalisation, are struggling inside
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by dan_m2k 6y ago
I use the Dyson on my Mac’s exhaust every so often for the same reason, it’s satisfying to see the amount of crud that comes out of it.
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by dan_m2k 8y ago
I can’t believe I got hooked in by that deceptive, clickbaity headline. Am I on the ExpressOnline and didn’t realise?!
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by dan_m2k 8y ago
I call bs. It was a very clever entry to the market with lots of opportunity for product improvement. 3G chip? Reason to upgrade. App Store? Another.
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by dan_m2k 8y ago
Good piece, and nice to see a local lad on here. waves from Park Square
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by dan_m2k 8y ago
As to your colleague, thank you. If I can be of any help in helping identify where support went wrong, please hit me up.
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by dan_m2k 8y ago
Despite the issues with support, I’m pleased to report how Stripe’s engineering team understood, took ownership and resolved this nasty little bug as it turned out. I couldn’t believe a dev-friendly and sane org like stripe would intentiona
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by dan_m2k 8y ago
Postman is a decent stop gap, thanks for the suggestion
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Today, stripe removed dashboard functionality that stopped us doing business
13 points by dan_m2k 8y ago|11 comments
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by dan_m2k 8y ago
Trying to click through to this piece from HN on Facebook tells me this link is malicious. Sour grapes on FB’s part?
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by dan_m2k 10y ago
FYI, my new 13in MBP went back after 9 days because of failed/stuck keys :(
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by dan_m2k 10y ago
Yep. I'm right there with you. I thought the new mac had an issue loading webpages. Turns out I was involuntarily cancelling navigation with ESC all the bloody time.
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by dan_m2k 10y ago
Yep, my 6S had a goosed battery, walked into the Apple Store and 15min later I had a new phone with a predictable battery (and a headphone jack, happy times)
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by dan_m2k 10y ago
If you're having an affair or doing pretty much anything that you might not want people to know you're doing, there are a hundred and one ways for people to find you. Users aren't dumb. They know by the email receipt coming i
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by dan_m2k 10y ago
Great explanation
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by dan_m2k 10y ago
After failure of my startup's first iteration, investigation and data made it clear my cofounder was at fault: - deals that made a loss - poor relationship management - investing way too much in blaming the team around her This ended u
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by dan_m2k 11y ago
Meh, at some point we've gotta see this as a trade off. And do you know something, I'm really not that concerned that .gov knows my browsing history.
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by dan_m2k 11y ago
Not as vintage as this, but back in '10, I, along with a couple of other freelancers that I'd worked with in the past got asked to work in a <legacy clothing manufacturer> in a big, old mill in Yorkshire. We were immediately
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by dan_m2k 11y ago
Larger question, not just confined to the world of iOS ad blocking; as the creator of ad-blocking code, are you at all concerned that you're hurting the only revenue stream for sites that rely on ad revenue to pay the bills? We're
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by dan_m2k 14y ago
It's smooth on my iPad 1 / ios5 / Safari. And that's saying something, it cries with trello and anything client heavy.