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>> and now no TV licence fee Nope, if you're watching TV programs on your computers or smartphones (iPlayer) you still have to pay UK TV licence.
Nope, only if you're watching live (as it's being broadcast) TV.
Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?
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Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?
#42Windows > Linux CD-R backups > Dropbox Two monitors > One 30" Dell Monitor (Best purchase ever btw) Pirating Music > Spotify (I even pay a subscription) TV > Youtube, BBC iPlayer, other steaming services (and now no TV licence fee) Crap diet > Learning to cook Paperwork > iPad IDE > gEdit Landline > Mobile I'm sure there are others. One thing i'd love to do is live totally off the grid, reuse water, generate own elec…
Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?
#43Desktop computer => Laptops
TV => No TV (Best decision of ~2003)
Studying human stuff => Studying IT stuff (Best decision of 2009)
In my studies: Focus on academia => Focus on real world problems
Taking myself seriously => Not taking myself seriously
Living in multiple countries => Living in Denmark (the country I grew up in)
gEdit => Vim
multiple folders, commented out code, etc => Git + github
Facebook => Github, Twitter, Hacker news, meetups, etc
Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?
#44Living next door to the 'rents (for help with wife's health care) => Living 150 miles away
Java => Ruby (and almost any language, including JVM languages, other than Java)
PC => Mac (huge +1)
Friends who don't respect my life choices => Friends met through the Ruby community
HDD => SSD
Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?
#45CDs/DVDs/BluRay/Consoles etc... => Spotify/HTPC + serious GFX Parkour => taekwondo Monitor(s) => Very large Samsung TV Notepad++ => Sublime Text Walking => running TV => competitive gaming No 3 item todo list => 3 item todo list Single project focus => multiple open-ended projects Books => Kindle
Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?
#46TiVo => WMC7 (with Ceton 4 stream cablecard)
Briefs => Boxers (like 25 years ago but still)
Thinning hair => shaved head
Klonopin => nothing
Working for the man => Being the man
Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?
#47Husband => No husband Affluenza => Spartanism Car => No car Probably a whole lot of other things. Somewhere in there all that led to: Chronically Ill => Not Chronically Ill. Definitely don't plan to go back.
Chronically Ill => Not Chronically Ill How did you achieve that?
Some info on what I did is here: http://healthgazelle.com/
Not much info, mind you. I'm too busy getting my life back to spend much time on the site.
Peace.
Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?
#48Stable salaried jobs -> Contracting, business, chaos. It suits me better.
Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?
#49Typical "Healthy" Diet => No Processed Foods or Sugar: It's hard to disambiguate placebo effects, but I generally feel pretty awesome.
Laptop Screen => Cinema Display: This has definitely enhanced my productivity.
Shoes => No Shoes: Of course I need to wear shoes occasionally, but when I do, they are "minimalist" and have flexible soles. On everything else I default to barefoot, including when I go for a run. This has been great for my posture, and it's made me seemingly immune to most common running injuries.
Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?
#50PC => Mac
Paris => Small village
No kid => kid