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by monkeyprojects 10y ago
I said elsewhere that it's years since I saw a $1=£1 conversion rate
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by monkeyprojects 10y ago
Comparing like for like with the voyage, the voyage is missing $60 of leather case that Amazon is including this time around
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by monkeyprojects 10y ago
Same resolution but by the looks of it a different thinner display
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by monkeyprojects 10y ago
It does include a leather cover which is another $60 for the voyage. So in many ways the difference is merely $30. Comparing the uk and us prices this is the first product in decades that seems to have been priced $1=£1
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by monkeyprojects 10y ago
It may well be a cancer buts it's won the battle. Better to accept the mutation to the business model while you still can before the cancer kills it
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by monkeyprojects 11y ago
Nothing like what they have been. And that is the point the only way to scale up at the rate zbenefits did was via dubious means. Then the day comes when you need to become above board and someone has to be the fall guy. The important quest
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by monkeyprojects 11y ago
An utter aside but One colour does have a tragic history:- #RebeccaPurple or #663399 http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2014/06/digital-remem...
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Why Uber does have problems in China(pando.com)
1 points by monkeyprojects 11y ago|0 comments
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by monkeyprojects 11y ago
That is a hell of a risky investment given the approach the Chinese competitors are using in China is to block Uber's access to the devices most people book rides on... see https://pando.com/2015/08/24/we
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by monkeyprojects 11y ago
their playground, their rules...
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by monkeyprojects 11y ago
You can't know everything and don't need to know everything. What I offer is a lot of knowledge for the core items I currently use (Dynamics CRM, C#, Javascript, SQL) and a very broad set of knowledge based on 20 years of been the
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by monkeyprojects 11y ago
Concurrency was part of the HMRC's Business Entity Tests which were so hilariously inaccurate compared to IR35 actual rules its was funny. I guess if you had a small battle and that won it that battle wasn't with HMRC but instead
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by monkeyprojects 11y ago
Here you go The original legislation is tucked away in section 6(1) Employment Agencies Act 1973. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/35/enacted 6.-(1)Except in such cases or classes of case as the Secre
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by monkeyprojects 11y ago
Where to begin Am I ready - The biggest bit is actually having the confidence to do it and a CV good that will get you past both the gatekeeper (the agent) and the client checking CVs... That means you should have real experience across bot
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by monkeyprojects 11y ago
Oh the joys of IR35 and its old ability to attract people into tax avoidance schemes instead of setting up limited companies.... My advice and I've repeated it continually on Contractor UK for years is to only use a proper umbrella com
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by monkeyprojects 11y ago
They would happen anyway as part of any divorce settlement and may get more if you have children. Tax planning really should not be a reason to go contracting. You can get more money by moving to another permanent job elsewhere. Valid reaso
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by monkeyprojects 11y ago
They don't need to be a director just a shareholder.
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by monkeyprojects 11y ago
No it won't.. IR35 is explicitly contract by contract based... In theory (and in practice) you could be working at 3 places at the same time and 2 of them would be outside IR35 and 1 would be inside it... There are a lot of old wives t
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by monkeyprojects 11y ago
Professional working day = fine if you client is nice can result in being expected to work stupid hours for no benefit.. IR35 equipment is an utterly irrelevant point. The real factors are:- Right of Substitution (I can replace myself with
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by monkeyprojects 11y ago
As a contractor of many years standing (I started contracting when the internet appeared in 1994) I started reading the article hoping it was correct and finished it with my fingers covering my eyes in fear. Sadly I don't have time to
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by monkeyprojects 11y ago
It probably actually is a problem but most people don't realise it. Even when people are incredibly careful people do unwittingly post things that allow others to identify them. They may not reveal much in any individual post but when
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by monkeyprojects 11y ago
Yep, but its not easy to escape from abuse. Until people accept they are being abused they will deny it.
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by monkeyprojects 11y ago
Having witnessed the destruction of a street vendors stock when he failed to run quick enough the last time we were in Florence I don't think there is any tacit understanding. Its a game of cat and mouse. And when the cat arrives the m
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by monkeyprojects 11y ago
$2 a year for a permanent advert within someone's house which also generates sales. Sounds like a win / win for both P&G and Amazon...
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by monkeyprojects 11y ago
The answer to that as some one past 35 is that I code because I like to know I produced / created something. Testing - Just confirms it works PM - Just ensured its delivered Programmer - I did that.... Yes I could earn more money as a
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by monkeyprojects 12y ago
True but once you've got that original library of books on your reading device on what app are you going to purchase additional books on? On my ipad I have iBooks, Marvin and Kindle. The first app I open is the Kindle due to the 180+ b
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by monkeyprojects 12y ago
The barrier to entry against the Kindle that is on my bedside cabinet and many others is virtually impossible to remove. Amazon offer a painless way of adding books to the device. Buying a book takes seconds and it magically appears on the
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by monkeyprojects 12y ago
The Apple Lisa had a mouse so if we are looking for inaccuracies that is a better argument to start with..
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by monkeyprojects 12y ago
Surely its comic sans. It adds that certain something to most pieces of code...
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by monkeyprojects 12y ago
That is your average contractor contract rate. The actual cost will be 10-20% more than that to cover agency costs (so £350-£600) a day. Permanent employees will probably cost less than that. Say £50k a year or approx. £250 a day...

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