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by flashm 3y ago
‘ipfs add’ pins the file by default, not sure if that’s recent behaviour though.
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by flashm 5y ago
PostGIS would get you up and running, but is not particularly quick unless you have a budget and the knowledge to tune it. It is however probably the most mature, and will be able to do anything you need. If you need read speed, check out C
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by flashm 7y ago
The BBC is pro government. It was pro Labour for many years recently. It’s still fairly unbiased compared to most sources.
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by flashm 7y ago
Debunked how? It seems the consensus is that it’s just as secure as using a username and password and allowing the user to reset via email. It’s been discussed here a few times.
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by flashm 9y ago
And 30 minutes is acceptable...?
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by flashm 9y ago
Hi, Whats the contact email?
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by flashm 9y ago
Interesting, can you elaborate? Which platform/APIs do you use? What language do you program in? Where do you get back testing data from? Thanks!
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by flashm 9y ago
...? Nearly half a dozen? So five? In four years. It's still interesting, and I don't suppose many people are searching for it so what's the issue with it being posted again?
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by flashm 10y ago
Cheque writing software, written in COBOL. Got the work through a family friend, it's his business. I had to learn COBOL (managed through Visual Studio these days thank god) and have ended up contributing to the main application, conve
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by flashm 10y ago
This is interesting for me. Assume you're scraping those other sites (coworker etc) for their space data, and making it searchable in your app. Have you had any issues with copyright etc? I have a venue finding website and have been to
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by flashm 10y ago
What's interesting about this is that Cloudfare seem to duck a big chunk of the flak - everyone immediately suspects their own server, as cloudfare gives a pretty generic error page. Lots of people chasing Heroku on twitter currently,
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by flashm 10y ago
I've always thought that music recommendation systems should look at the actual music, and not as much at the surrounding meta-data. What kind of instruments are used? What key is it in? What structure is the song in? i.e does it have
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by flashm 10y ago
Here's looking forward to my Hotmail account email address being accidentally 'shared' with LinkedIn and the never-ending LinkedIn spam returning.
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by flashm 10y ago
Canned and cartoned(!) coffee is all over the place now in the UK. Starbucks make a lot of it, and there seems to be quite a few smaller brands popping up. It's all full of sugar though, more like slightly coffee flavoured milkshakes.
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by flashm 10y ago
That's brilliant. The code in the web server is surprisingly readable. I like the 'O RLY?' to start an if/else
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by flashm 10y ago
Thanks. I think perhaps the article should link to some context...
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by flashm 10y ago
BBC argyle says that was calculated at 449USD per Bitcoin, so assuming nearly 1Billion USD or thereabouts when they were at their peak
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by flashm 10y ago
I usually pack up for the day when that happens.
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by flashm 10y ago
Thanks! I will look seriously at this. My next business will definitely not be within the clutches of HM's finest.
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by flashm 10y ago
Yes please, where can I sign up? Seriously though, I live in Berkshire, and am looking for decent places to move to. The grass is definitely always greener! :) I have even begun to look at some roles in SF.
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by flashm 10y ago
It seems to be the last resort to make money if you haven't got a real business. Not everything has to be a business though. Quora (in my mind, at least) would be good in a distributed/federal setup, as would twitter.
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by flashm 10y ago
It costs a lot less, runs smoother, and gives better service. At least that's the idea. Whether it works or not in practice is for another day.
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by flashm 10y ago
Fortunately in the UK you don't pay capital gains tax on the property you live in. You pay it on your second property I believe, but only if you sell, and only if it is a second property at that point. CGT is also only 10% or 20% depen
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by flashm 10y ago
Well that would be crap :( However, I did vote Blue, and I agree with the principal of small Government and that more should be privatised. Can't have my cake and eat it I suppose.
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by flashm 10y ago
Here are some more datasets provided by HM's Government, there are a lot of interesting sets: https://data.gov.uk/data/search
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by flashm 10y ago
I would love to help out with this. Just followed you on twitter
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by flashm 10y ago
Really? Where did you hear that?
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by flashm 10y ago
This is really great. Even more interesting since I live in one of the very, very red parts in the south east so have a particular interest in how much my house is earning each year - a lot more than me, as it turns out.
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by flashm 10y ago
'Remains to be scene' Who proofreads this rag?
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by flashm 10y ago
Ah sorry that's the way it read, probably my comprehension! It's a very interesting field. I'm not waiting around for it to happen though, especially in the UK which is a very conservative country in the main. I'm active

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