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I'd suggest adjusting your text. Sure there is no subscription, but it's also not free. There's a one-time charge. I'm not against that - just saying it would be appropriate to be more transparent

I still love PHP. 23 years ago we created some encryption software for it and it is still going. I also run a PHP newsletter. There's still a strong community of people and whilst there are other languages which I also use (Python, Node.js) I still find myself gravitating towards PHP for fast and simple work

The only issues I have. is that this is a 'double edged sword' in that PHP has become far more complex since the launch of PHP 5 and so it isn't as easy to understand from scratch as it used to be

Sounds great. Do you have a blog or anything online about your project?

In some respects, true, but that isn't always the case.

Say you own a company in the UK which sells widgets, but you also own an offshore company that also sells widgets. If you are dealing with a Chinese company, you could use the offshore company to do the deal, paying little to no tax. The money then resides in the offshore company and has never gone through the UK - either as a business or personal. As an individual you could own a credit card that you use to spend in the UK, which goes back to the offshore company. In additional, the offshore company could buy property in the UK and no tax is paid. There are various other tricks and nuances that can be employed to help minimise tax paid - completely legally.

This is probably correct and a lot of software still uses PHP. Wordpress being one of the huge ones. I actually see a lot of people still developing in PHP, though my own involvement finished years ago. I think because we sometimes operate in a bubble, it's always a surprise to see this

Often meeting your hero's does not go well, so pleased this did for you :)

Fully agree. It takes some thought :)

We created a fun side project to grab the index page of every domain - we downloaded a list of approx 200m domains. However, we ran into problems when our provider complained. It was something to do with the DNS side of things and we were told to run our own DNS server. If there is anyone on here with experience of crawling across this number of domain names it would be great to talk!

25 pages in the morning and 25 pages at night. Done it for years. I have 2 kids. Its not always exactly these numbers, but its not far off and I try to keep to it.

I agree. Using something as a basis isn't a bad idea and I have benefitted from this over the years. You DO need to understand what you are doing and not just blindly copy, but having a starting point is often very useful

Drop me a message. I've started and run several ventures, a couple of which became more than lifestyle. Nothing is done alone though - there are always people who help you on your journey; employees, friends, mentors, family. Happy to point you in a direction

Good points. I was referring to Steve Jobs at Apple rather than Apple itself. Prior to him coming back and post his death the company has been ran by people without the same vision and capability. I suspect the culture has changed at Apple dramatically with Cook in charge and that shows in the products I feel.

I think it depends on the culture. If you look at what Iger has done with Disney then it could be that he can genuinely add something in a similar way that I believe Steve Jobs added to Apple products. In some corporate culture then yes, it could be detrimental, but from what I have read about Iger and what he has achieved I'd say that it would be positive him being involved

I fully agree and something that I have been internally debating for around a year now. My son will (potentially) be going to University in two years, but I have heard, from friends, that the amount of contact hours is dramatically reducing. One friend has a son on a 'foundation' course and he has 4 hours of teaching a week. Another, doing a full-time business degree has 9 hours. My own opinion is that with the advances in technology, the old educational system is outmoded; that of learning from a person at the front and then regurgitating what they have told you in order to prove you know it. That, coupled with nearly 50% of school leavers going to university now in the UK, makes me feel that the quality is being eroded.

Unfortunately, my concern is that if my son doesn't follow the status quo then that will leave him at a disadvantage in the job market. As an employer myself though, I interview a huge number of people who have degrees and who aren't really that capable, so it is very difficult to determine quality.

We did the same.

Same here. It's on 3 machines at home and was put on when I nearly lost all my photos of my kids. It's wonderful. Even did a 'drive by' when I was on holiday in California. I did Apple, Google, Facebook and.... Backblaze. Wonderful product and company.

I tried Boxcryptor, but didn't like how it worked, so have built something else myself and been using it in one of my companies (distributed) for over a year now. The side benefit is that by being able to encrypt at the folder level I now can give different permissions to different teams but within the one Dropbox account. If anyone is interested in a beta when I release it drop me a message - contact info in my profile

Definitely in many contexts this is appropriate.Elsewhere in this discussion someone mentions Amazon, who is famously customer 'obsessed'. However Amazon do watch their competitors closely also - AWS changes based on competitors and indeed the price of products on Amazon changes based on competitor prices. I personally think you should not worry and obsess over your competitors and definitely should focus on your customers, however ensuring you are not blindsided by a change that a competitor makes is really important.

Thanks That looks good and I am researching this (just as a hobby) at the moment myself

I have found this site really useful for my addresses and had set them to be alerted. Just a couple of days ago my Skype account was 'hacked' (probably because I'd stupidly used an old password and not changed it). What concerns me is just how little companies care - Microsoft have been awful at responding to it and keep pushing me to an automated system, which isn't working for me to get recovered.

I am :)

Fasting has really worked for me. I've been doing it for nearly 2 years. Better mental clarity, better weight and less sickness. I'm doing a version of the 5:2 diet though

Hi. I run SourceGuardian.com. Today I had exactly the same experience!! Whilst I was in the States for 5 weeks I tried to log in to my online banking and received the same message. I just presumed it was their security system recognising I was in the USA and therefore I decided to deal with it when home. Arrived back and made a call, but was told I needed to go to a brand. Went to a branch and they told me they could not help. Eventually I went to another branch and found a sympathetic business manager. Finally I talked with HSBC on the phone again but they say that I must do another call with them, despite me doing one already. My story is exactly the same although I'm just starting - already I have had payments denied and have been told that all funds have been frozen. Of course they're accepting deposits, I just can't take any money out!! Its a nightmare. Tomorrow I am going to see what I can do and who I can call to try to resolve this.

Yes, I do. I think sometimes people just want someone to bounce ideas off. For me its primarily helping people to think logically about their problems, but there's also some help given from the years of experience I have. I'm not super-successful, but I've done 'ok' and I'm happy. The feedback from those I've helped has been positive and it feels good to help others. I think best way to get started is to just speak to people and see what problems they have and see if your knowledge can be helpful. Use your own network first - plus there's a fairly big network on here! :)

I replaced my iPhone 6 with a NextBit Robin for $120! The camera isn't as good, but I love the rest of the phone. I'd rather spend $120 now and see what else is around in 1 year than $700 on this

Wow, that's amazing. A HUGE thank you for trying. Yeah, Hacker News is great and a wonderful community

New one for me also. Thanks!

Thank you. Never seen this before - just ordered one of his books.

I've a similar story, but about my father in the 1980s. He worked in London as a shop fitter and then carpenter/kitchen fitter locally in the Midlands when not doing those jobs. It's a skilled job, requiring years to become good at it, but it's still manual work. I used to be a bit embarrassed by what my dad did in comparison to some of my friends. When I was a little older I worked with him and saw the way that some private clients looked down on him. It angered me at the time and I was at university and working for him during the holidays. One day I snapped at these people and explained about the house my father has built for us, complete with indoor swimming pool - far far better and more expensive than the house we were working. These professional people changed their tune towards him then. My dad explained that I shouldn't have said anything to them and to be more humble. Let them have their ignorance. My dad, and bear in mind this is the UK in the late 1980s was earning around $2k/week minimum and some weeks a lot more. Far more than most of the professionals he worked for. I always show respect to people who do work for me on my homes.

You're quite low down in the comments list, but I actually like this and do something similar. I actually put all my files somewhere else - just in case I need them I can find them in a search. I then focus