linuxydave
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10 years ago
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on: Facebook ad click numbers are inconsistent with other analytics
It does actually matter because you're paying for the clicks. I, for one, sure as hell don't want to be paying for bullshit clicks even if I still make a profit.
linuxydave
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10 years ago
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on: Law to target aggressive fundraising by charities
linuxydave
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10 years ago
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on: Law to target aggressive fundraising by charities
I'm in the wrong job... :p
linuxydave
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10 years ago
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on: Law to target aggressive fundraising by charities
>:(
linuxydave
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10 years ago
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on: Ask HN: How do I keep child porn out of my site?
Well, to clarify (seeing how I can't edit my post) - if I was in OP's position that's what my concern would be. As I live in the UK I'd have to be careful about hosting things like BDSM pictures as the porn laws here are rather retarded.
linuxydave
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10 years ago
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on: Law to target aggressive fundraising by charities
yeah, it gets frustrating when you're bombarded with calls by them as well as those PPI/whatever robocalls.
I've cancelled my donations to several charities because of their harassment and their pushiness makes me wonder if they are actually using their money on the people they're claiming to help :/
linuxydave
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10 years ago
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on: Ask HN: How do I keep child porn out of my site?
Images of BDSM is illegal in some countries, like the UK, IIRC.
linuxydave
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10 years ago
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on: “Systemd should not default to using time{1,2,3,4}.google.com”
Colour me shocked as well...
linuxydave
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10 years ago
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on: Lies Employers Use to Get You to Work with Them
Hah, #1, #4, and #5 happened at my very first job. I was young and naive.
linuxydave
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10 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Company got acquired, new contract seems oppressive
Yeah, it does sound weird but it does happen in the UK :)
linuxydave
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10 years ago
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on: “Thank You” in Hindi and English Mean Very Different Things
>But once "thank you" is said, most people awkwardly respond with "ah", because there's no phrase in the language for "you're welcome".
In London I've noticed that instead of saying, "you're welcome" people prefer to say "no worries", which is far more casual. I don't know why that phrase started to be used but if I had to give a guess I'd say that it was out of awkwardness because there wasn't a less formal/personal response to use.
linuxydave
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10 years ago
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on: Kung Fury – a comedy funded through Kickstarter [video]
Mysterious Cities of Gold? Damn, twp, you just hit me hard in the nostalgia :)
linuxydave
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10 years ago
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on: My first job burnout
Happened to me a few years back but I caught it early on and quit before it became really fucking bad. Still, it's not a 'pit' I'd like to fall into again.
linuxydave
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10 years ago
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on: Ask HN: How do I get my first contracting client?
http://www.jobsite.co.uk/ Are you focusing on dev or ops? Don't really know how in-demand devs are right now but sysadmin/devops guys (esp with cloud and automation experience) are. If you want to go the contracting route then the contracts are on-site so you aren't competing with people in India, etc. Also, if you go through a recruiter (highly recommended) then by law you'll have to join an umbrella company or start your own limited company (not a sole proprietary)
linuxydave
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10 years ago
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on: Ask HN: How do I get my first contracting client?
For me it's
http://www.jobsite.co.uk. The contracts are onsite, normally 3-6 months, sometimes rolling. Devs are popular with digital media agencies because the projects are short term. However, I don't know how in-demand devs are. Sysadmins/devops with automation and cloud experience are though.
If you use a recruiter then under UK law you have to sign up with an umbrella agency or run your own limited company as they aren't allowed to work with sole proprietors.
linuxydave
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10 years ago
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on: Ask HN: How do I get my first contracting client?
What city are you in? It really depends on your location. For example, I'm in London and when I started contracting I simply uploaded my CV to a job site and my phone exploded with calls from recruiters because the demand for contractors here is so high.
linuxydave
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10 years ago
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on: Grepping logs is terrible
It is a direct rival to Splunk :) They do very similar things however IMHO Splunk is the better solution right now. There are LaaS companies that use ELK if you need a cloud solution - Loggly is the first one that springs to mind and I think another is LogSene.
linuxydave
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10 years ago
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on: Grepping logs is terrible
ELK stack - Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana. The whole stack is opensource :)
linuxydave
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11 years ago
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on: How Beats by Dre played you like a fool
I really hope not, it's a pair of headphones. It's not like you're plugging in a new type of RAM.
linuxydave
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11 years ago
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on: Ask HN: How do you do home security?
Many people did leave the country - there was a large diaspora in the 2000s to Canada, NZ, Australia, and the UK. Many others wanted to but couldn't because they couldn't get visas or they simply couldn't afford it.
I was only able to move the UK because I found out I could get a British passport (so I did) plus my company paid for most of the relocation.
