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LukeB_UK

Re:Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow? on Monday January 30, 2017 @08:42AM (#13521034)
Beware of putting people on pedestals. Far better is to just follow people who do cool stuff. They don't have to be a "master" to do something cool that will inspire you.
Re:Stealing passwords from McDonald's users on Monday January 16, 2017 @07:41AM (#13409634)
> Why the downvote?

Probably because of this:

> Hmm. Seems on par with the security of pretty much every angularjs site i've seen. Moving on.

Also a self-taught web developer here. My advice would be to make sure you learn the languages, not the frameworks. Once you know the languages, you can pick up the frameworks far easier and you can actually dig in and see what's happening.
Re:California man spent $1M playing Game of War on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @07:53AM (#13166406)
I work for a gambling company in the UK and at least here Apple allow our apps on their store. Google block them though.
Re:A list of 12K GitHub projects with Truck Factor = 1 on Monday December 12, 2016 @08:24AM (#13157847)
I'm assuming the poster has something to do with this project because they've submitted links related to it 21 times in the past 26 days, many of them duplicates.
Re:I am not a self-made man on Friday December 09, 2016 @06:42AM (#13138177)
The words "self-made" have an implication that you did it all yourself.
Re:Magnet Ban Cleared on Monday November 28, 2016 @11:34AM (#13056464)
Re:Don’t Mess with The Google on Thursday November 17, 2016 @04:05AM (#12975710)
I believe that personal data in the context of the Data Protection Act means data about you, so it wouldn't.
Re:Museu de la Tècnica on Sunday October 30, 2016 @04:44AM (#12828740)
I went to Bologna earlier this month and the only thing I had planned was a cooking course for one afternoon.

I loved wandering around and getting lost, stumbling upon museums, places to eat and other interesting places. My mobile provider lets me use my data in other countries, so I was happy knowing that if I felt I was too lost, I could just open Google maps and find my way somewhere.

Sites like tripadvisor add convenience and their rating system, which allows people to filter out the ones that may be a mistake going to. (Although these systems have biases)

Re:Be Kind on Friday October 14, 2016 @09:33AM (#12707921)
I wish my first development job was like this place. Instead there was a blame culture and I'd get told off when I made mistakes, eventually getting fired for not progressing quick enough.

It's now 4 years since I was fired from that job and I'm still in development, despite that incident nearly causing me to decide it wasn't for me.

I was extremely happy to read this post, it gives me hope. I try and take a similar approach when working with newer developers, or those that are inexperienced in areas.

Microsoft's bot (Tay) learned as people talked with it. People took advantage of that and basically attacked it with racist things which meant it ended up learning to be a racist.
Re:How Hacker News can be improved, 3 things on Friday October 07, 2016 @06:15PM (#12664328)
I prefer that HN doesn't say the score of other people's comments, it means you have more power to make your own mind up rather than the vote brigading or "piling on" that can happen on Reddit
They've been maintaining their own set of apps that mirror Google apps on Android for a long time.
Partially because some people don't want to spend that much money on something they'll rarely use (cheapest I found from a quick search on amazon UK for any of the Eco-Tank series was £185)
Re:Am I Introverted, or Just Rude? on Saturday September 24, 2016 @08:37PM (#12573280)
I believe the term for that is social introvert.
Re:Naval Academy to name its cyber building after Grace Hopper on Saturday September 24, 2016 @08:35PM (#12573274)
She also recorded the first computer bug, which was a moth stuck in a relay.
The updated title is incorrect. Those features have been part of twitter before this, they just don't count towards the character limit anymore.
Re:How Trolls Are Ruining the Internet on Friday August 19, 2016 @02:24PM (#12322196)
When was the last time you had a load of people tell you to kill yourself in person?
Re:“It's The Future” on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @07:59AM (#12303983)
I dislike it because they just seem to have read the title and not the actual post.
Re:“It's The Future” on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @05:43AM (#12303429)
Previous discussion from 434 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9688383
Re:Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @03:22AM (#12296026)
From the post: "We’re beginning to roll out Duo for Android and iOS today, and it will be live worldwide in the next few days."

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