mcmullen

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by mcmullen 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Anglo-Saxon_Protestants
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Almost half of staff care less about their careers since Covid(bbc.co.uk)
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by mcmullen 7y ago
I use ledger [0] for all my personal finances. It's probably a little too nerdy for some folks but works perfectly for me: the combination of plain text [1] and the command line keeps me interested. I highly recommend ledger for any (e
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by mcmullen 7y ago
I doubt it's underrated by anybody reading it but worth mentioning nonetheless: Money Stuff by Matt Levine. Brilliant, hilarious coverage of all things money by a former lawyer and banker.
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by mcmullen 7y ago
This shouldn't surprise anybody. Anecdotally speaking, most old folks I know (of) watch television, read physical newspapers, and call/write/see people. What do they need the internet for? I'm -- if anything -- surprised
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by mcmullen 11y ago
11 million free trials pushed through the first page of the App Store and Apple website. Time will tell. Funny as I have the same problems with Apple music - it randomly deletes my songs and portions of playlists. Apple really need to focus
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by mcmullen 11y ago
Spotify need to work on an easier way to create and edit playlists - better search within the playlist and an easier UI would be a massive improvement.
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by mcmullen 11y ago
Interesting that you mention the Music app in point (1). I understand the argument that having it all in one place and integrated throughout the OS is a benefit. But, I actually think the Music app is way too complicated for the average use
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by mcmullen 11y ago
Spotify is bundled with mobile phone contracts in the UK - my wife won't even try the Apple Music free trial because it's another UI she has to learn and Spotify is free with her contract. I think that sentence summarises my view
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by mcmullen 11y ago
Nice list! Bookmarked.
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by mcmullen 11y ago
Revelation. Thanks.
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by mcmullen 11y ago
Thanks for the link. Interesting company! Nice summary here: https://medium.com/on-blendle/one-website-all-newspapers-and... . I like the idea of micro-payments for interesting, long-form content because there are vario
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by mcmullen 11y ago
I disagree with your assertion that "paywalls don't work", which is fundamentally not true. Content produces need to raise revenue to pay for their costs and make a profit. One excellent way to raise this revenue is by raisin
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by mcmullen 11y ago
That may be the case in the City (I have images of interns jumping from City skyscrapers in the back of my mind...) but not in the general labour market in my experience. Generally speaking, unless you've committed to something, screwe
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by mcmullen 11y ago
Especially ones that probably won't leave me feeling like I know anything more about the world after finishing. I look forward to the brief HN user summaries over the coming hours.
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by mcmullen 11y ago
Really interesting post; the Mac Mini rack looks insanely cool. This has myself and a colleague wondering what Apple run in their data centres. Can anybody hazard a guess? Is it Apple hardware with OSX? Is it custom/third-party hardwar
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by mcmullen 11y ago
In summary: (1) I dislike the UI, (2) I dislike Google apps on iOS devices, (3) it's Google, so it could be shut down at any moment and (4) my general dislike for moving all of my tech habits to Google services. Also, I agree with czot
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by mcmullen 11y ago
I read "Dropbox Notes" and instantly thought "awesome! I can finally ditch Evernote". Then I open the link and they talk about "a new way for teams to write together". Firstly, can we please focus on the consum
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by mcmullen 12y ago
I believe Safari solves this on iOS/Mac by treating the address bar as the "search option" - whether that's your memorised URL, stored bookmarks, google, history or (and my favourite...) the page. Like the chap above you
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by mcmullen 12y ago
You're absolutely right that "trickle down" occurs. Basic logic suggests that if lots of businesses have lots of funding, and that funding dries up, there will inevitably be job losses because they have to be funded from some
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by mcmullen 12y ago
One of the later episodes of the a16z podcast featured Marc Andreessen and Benedict Evans. They were discussing technology valuations and made some good points. Though I disagreed with their "no bubble" consensus, they were right
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by mcmullen 12y ago
Thanks for the clarification!
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by mcmullen 12y ago
Great post; I agree with everything here.
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by mcmullen 12y ago
Cheap money (or, low rates with "safe" bond markets) + high growth tech = sky high valuations - got it, Fred. Just, one more thing... how did he go from the 10% yield ($100M / 10M = 10% yield) to "if interest rates are 5
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by mcmullen 12y ago
Well... TIL! (Though, rather obvious thinking about it...) It definitely screws up my generalisation. I thought "North American" would be nice given the U.S. and Canada generally share the same language and culture. Mexico messes
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by mcmullen 12y ago
I believe "North American" would be suitable. (Sorry, Canada.)
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by mcmullen 12y ago
I also agree with this suggestion. I know that battle grounds are drawn on the dog vs cat debate, but either/or would do well for most lonely people. My wife's grandfather died when we first started seeing each other; 5/6 or
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by mcmullen 12y ago
Why didn't you just sell the non-essential things and make room for the rest? I only ask because I have lived in 7 different properties since starting University and now (almost three years into career) and I literally take what I need