mikejharrison

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by mikejharrison 4y ago
I used the free podcasts from Coffee Break Italian. They're very good. https://coffeebreaklanguages.com
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Ask HN: 7K now or a chance to play for £1MM?
2 points by mikejharrison 7y ago|2 comments
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by mikejharrison 8y ago
Over the years I’ve seen a couple of fascinating applications with powdered additive manufacturing. Living metal - powdered metal parts with bacteria ‘in the gaps’. Activated with heat their byproduct was lubricant. Great for bearing faces
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by mikejharrison 8y ago
Or maybe a modern car and a classic car? I have a classic car and a few classic motorcycles. Great fun, easy to work on, parts are cheap, no MOT, no road tax, and low insurance premiums. What’s not to love?
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by mikejharrison 8y ago
FreeAgent, it’s awesome.
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by mikejharrison 8y ago
I'm English. A couple of years ago I started learning Italian by listening to podcasts (Coffee Break Italian) and reading children's books. I then travelled to Assisi to try it out for the first time. The locals were fantastic, th
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by mikejharrison 9y ago
They’ve also significantly reduced the materials consumed over the years. Cigarettes went from 8.6mm diameter to 8.5, 8.4, 7.9. Introduced slims 7.1, superslims 5.4. They started expanding the cellular structure of the tobacco with co2 to i
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by mikejharrison 9y ago
Quite right. The production facilities do tend to shift to less expensive regions for labour too though, which does increase the impact. The first factory was in the UK, the second Poland, the third was in China. The UK one doesn't exi
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by mikejharrison 9y ago
I used to design and build high speed packaging machinery. When I started my apprenticeship in the late 90's I saw machine lines running at 6000 units per minute with 3-4 operators per line and regular maintenance performed by a team o
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by mikejharrison 9y ago
I've got the new Hyundai Ioniq with adaptive cruise control and lane assist. Last weekend I drove 160 miles with both enabled for the first time. I just found it shifted my focus. I was much more aware of what was going on outside the
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by mikejharrison 12y ago
I second this. Mindfulness meditation is really easy to pick up and has worked a treat for me.
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On Becoming an Entrepreneur(thebookoflife.org)
1 points by mikejharrison 12y ago|0 comments
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by mikejharrison 13y ago
A purchase order-o-matic would be a great addition too.
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by mikejharrison 14y ago
I'd like a single insurance policy to cover me for everything, driving my car, riding my motorbike, health care, critical illness, theft/damage of my possessions or property etc. I'd be happy for lots of data to be collected to refine the p
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Pensions - Generation Y bother?(mikejharrison.tumblr.com)
1 points by mikejharrison 15y ago|0 comments
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by mikejharrison 15y ago
Re: "not sure if there's any science in this". Brain rules by John Medina ISBN 9780979777707 provides compelling evidence that you're probably thinking along the right lines. An interesting read.