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LukeB_UK

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About LukeB_UK

Twitter: @LukeB_uk

Email: luke[at]lukeb.co.uk

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/lukeb; my proof: https://keybase.io/lukeb/sigs/7rKVOvdN0SCleBZmQBqn_MRlgM2wM7tU6IRFkiU7jok ]

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    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.

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    Comment #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.

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    Comment #13297835

    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 …

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    Comment #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.

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    Comment #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.

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    Comment #13138177

    The words "self-made" have an implication that you did it all yourself.

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    Comment #13113078

    https://github.com/commaai/openpilot

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    Comment #13056464

    Seems to be having issues. Google cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:p6SCH51...

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    Comment #12975710

    I believe that personal data in the context of the Data Protection Act means data about you, so it wouldn't.

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    Comment #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, pla…

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    Comment #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…

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    Comment #12684362

    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.

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    Comment #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 happ…

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    Comment #12650899

    They've been maintaining their own set of apps that mirror Google apps on Android for a long time.

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    Comment #12604177

    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 …

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    Comment #12573280

    I believe the term for that is social introvert.

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    Comment #12573274

    She also recorded the first computer bug, which was a moth stuck in a relay.

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    Comment #12534455

    The updated title is incorrect. Those features have been part of twitter before this, they just don't count towards the character limit anymore.

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