tomsaffell

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by tomsaffell 7y ago
So many well informed comments here I have to ask... and please forgive the spam... If you're interested in this area and might be be interested in working at YouTube then please email me using the address in my profile. I work in this
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Benchmark of 100 crowdfunding videos reveals what works and how much to spend(videopixie.com)
165 points by tomsaffell 10y ago|54 comments
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by tomsaffell 10y ago
> I wonder if there's a converse effect? If the inaccuracies are due to the meter's assumption around the current waveform then there probably is a way to exploit that. I suspect (from the little I have read) that the meters in
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by tomsaffell 10y ago
Not in general. They are both around 60 lm/W. Of course there are exceptions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminous_efficacy#Lighting_eff...
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by tomsaffell 10y ago
Yeah, terrible timing. A CNAME record conflicted with our new SSL cert - renewing the cert forced us off VIP on to SNI (per GAE's deprecation schedule for VIP) and the CNAME we had in place for VIP then prevented DNS from resolving pro
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SF deals major blow to Airbnb with tough short-term rental law(sfgate.com)
5 points by tomsaffell 10y ago|1 comments
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by tomsaffell 10y ago
>repackage what actual news organizations publish with ideological slant. Which is what The Economist does - it's been doing so since 1843. Current circulation is over one million, and it's widely respected, though not by all..
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by tomsaffell 10y ago
Good job you didn't have a third roommate who worked in printing...
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by tomsaffell 10y ago
Good to know! How do you handle Safari 8?
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In Pictures: Battle of the Somme (July 1st, 1916)(bbc.com)
3 points by tomsaffell 10y ago|0 comments
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by tomsaffell 10y ago
I did a similar analysis in 2008 to determine whether an n% drop in the index could be help inform an investment strategy: https://saffell.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/does-timing-the-mar...
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by tomsaffell 10y ago
Hope this doesn't sound nitpicky, but I'm curious about the implication that 'Yelp customer service' would be considered 'middle class'. Were you specifically meaning that, or was it just co-incidence? I'm
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Airbnb Is Suing San Francisco to Block Rental Rules(bloomberg.com)
113 points by tomsaffell 10y ago|164 comments
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by tomsaffell 10y ago
Looking at the 'before' and 'after' designs, I'd say that the biggest difference is that in the old design the first question you ask (via a textbox) is one to which the user already knows the answer ('what ico
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by tomsaffell 10y ago
Interesting and worrying. Could you give more details on the "low status" and the "small shelf life"? Especially as it relates to gender (if indeed it does - forgive my ignorance).
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by tomsaffell 10y ago
zero-based indexing giving you an 'off by one' problem?
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by tomsaffell 10y ago
I accidentally took a multi-tool (with several blades) through an airport security checkpoint 2 weeks after 9/11. It was found on my person, and confiscated. I was told I could collect it on arrival at the 'weird items' desk
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by tomsaffell 10y ago
Yes, having pulled a permit myself I can attest that it's 10% drawing, 90% badgering and debating the exact meaning of the code, in all its glorious ambiguity.
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by tomsaffell 10y ago
>I'm pretty surprised by how far this thing has gone!! Haha - so do we now have two examples of emergent complexity? FYI, it's not that the complexity / length of the code caused me to fail per se - I've actually us
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by tomsaffell 10y ago
Seconded. Without a source to verify these claims, it seems that a huge amount of this discussion is based on hearsay. I can tell you that the SF Electrical code (which I presume he is referring to) is available here: http://libr
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by tomsaffell 11y ago
>and then the employee issues options back to the startup In effect, yes. When the employee purchases the stock, they sign a contract to sell their stock back to the company (with the number of shares to be sold left blank). Their vest
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by tomsaffell 11y ago
Does it bother anyone else that the three customer reviews on the product page all give five stars, and all three reviewers received the product for free in exchange for an 'unbiased' review? (And that fact is only visible if yo
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by tomsaffell 11y ago
Sorry I didnt come back in time to elaborate (as offered). The other comments said what I would say and more. One thought on you getting down voted: Your comment started with 'Please.', which could be interpreted to mean, 'ye
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by tomsaffell 11y ago
me too. i can just see it!
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by tomsaffell 11y ago
I can't speak for anyone else's circumstances, but I can't imagine ever opting for my two year old son to be away from his mother for three months. Happy to elaborate, if people are interested.
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by tomsaffell 11y ago
The counter-coat-hanger-ziptie method is great, and I use it. But for the sake of safety, I recommend a thin ziptie - something that would break under the weight of an adult. It's still plenty strong enough to prevent the door being un
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by tomsaffell 11y ago
Whether another human deserves to die (in a cruel and extrajudicial manner no less) is a judgement I hope never to have to make. To that end, I suspect I'd find "the protections normally granted to soldiers" to be entirely
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Videopixie (YC S11), a Video Production Startup, Raises $1.1M(techcrunch.com)
53 points by tomsaffell 11y ago|12 comments
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Videopixie is hiring engineer #1, Front-end
1 points by tomsaffell 11y ago
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Syrian Journey: Choose your own escape route(bbc.com)
1 points by tomsaffell 11y ago|0 comments

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