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jjaron The Guide to Build a Profitable Flippa Clone App

This profitable GPT generated text is a wonderful opportunity for entrepreneurs looking to waste the time of the reader.

jjaron Removed: Document

Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20231102065031/https://www.thegu...

jjaron Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month

There's a dropdown at the top for the locale - you can select UK and you should get UK results.

jjaron Uber posts first quarterly net profit

https://archive.is/9D6yR

jjaron A URL shortener not shortening the URL but makes it look very dodgy

> It is funny

You answered your question yourself!

jjaron Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister

Announced a lot of unfunded tax cuts financed by borrowing - these have now been walked back on. The main issue was not really that she cut taxes, it's the unfunded borrowing to cover. Borrowing with the current high interest rates was always going to be risky and the market didn't have confidence that the cuts would lead to growth. This caused the value of the pound and of UK gov bonds (gilts) to plummet. Several large pension funds (which usually hold large numbers of gilts) were in danger of being margin called, which would cause them to have to sell gilts to cover the responsibility, which would drive down the price further, causing more sell offs. To prevent this the Bank of England (BoE) announced that they would be buying up to £65B of UK gilts - which calmed the markets and prevented a sell off (for now). But it has significantly worsened the economic outly for the country, buying your own bonds at a premium during a period of high inflation is a horrible position to be in.

The gov also declined to get the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) to check the impact of the plans. This is something the OBR does before every budget and it's very unusual that they didn't do this - even though it turns out they offered to before the budget was released. It didn't help that a lot of the taxes cut were targeted for high earners - It's hard to argue how cutting the top 45pc tax rate for earners over £150,000 and dropping a cap on bankers bonuses would help people in the short term (or dare. I say, the long), when the majority of people in the UK were struggling with the massively increased cost of living. It almost seemed as if the conservatives were trying to force through a list of long desired for tax cuts for the wealthy without the proper mandate (as Truss was only. elected by Conservative party members, rather than the general electorate) - and this made her gov monstrously unpopular.

jjaron What would a “good” WebMD look like?

You can search at the top for symptoms: https://imgur.com/a/y5RUk5x

I'd say if I were to suggest improvements the symptom search could definitely be better and more prominently placed. In the UK I personally (and I'd imagine most people) get to the NHS website directly from Google, which is better at finding more relevant pages.

jjaron What would a “good” WebMD look like?

A better question might be: Why is the private sector responsible for providing accurate health information? As this article shows, the incentives for people running medical websites and the people reading them are not aligned. I'd say the UK NHS website and symptoms/medications pages hit the nail on the head - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/. It has no advertising and provides short, easily readable and actionable information on the majority of conditions and the correct way to use and take many different sorts of medication.

And crucially - if the information present is not sufficient, clear and obvious UI elements that direct the next best steps to get the help you need, whether that be ringing the non emergency helpline or immediately going to A&E. (It's been commented on before, but the new UK government sites are very consistently structured and open source their design systems https://service-manual.nhs.uk/design-system)

jjaron Ask HN: What has melted your brain recently?

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/migration-of-millionaires-w...

This one?

jjaron This Image Does Not Exist

Yep I got 1/29 human created. Easier at that point to just guess robot every time which ruins the game

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Hilarious article. It's satire, right?

jjaron India’s Heatwaves Are Testing the Limits of Human Survival

https://archive.ph/2gH4r

jjaron Ask HN: Share your personal site

https://thejamespaterson.com

I got a bit obsessed with CSS animations and a video about beautiful VHS tapes.

jjaron I built a receipt printer for GitHub issues

There is a version - it's been posted on HN before: https://github.com/baicunko/scanyourpdf

jjaron US labor board official orders Amazon to redo union vote at Alabama warehouse

Only one side is worth literal billions, and has no qualms about spending those billions to win.

jjaron Lambda School leaked documents show poor performance over the last two years

``` #piano-inline-content-wrapper { display: block !important; } ```

jjaron Spain will ban selling fruit and vegetables in plastic containers starting 2023

https://archive.is/oKo1C

Because that site is awful

jjaron Why can’t you buy a good webcam?

I think "gamer with neon lights" is certainly a segment with amazing margins, especially compared to standard office equipment. Most "gaming" mice/keyboards/chairs/computers/whatever are just decorated and brightly coloured versions of other products with insane markups. Alienware PC's are a great example here - The parts in one of those PC's can cost around half the cost of what the company actually sells it for. Other peripherals have similar price increases once they're branded as a device for gaming rather than office use as they know consumers are willing to pay more. I realize that there are lots of kids who want "gaming" gear (that their parents will pay for) but the PC gaming market is certainly geared towards mid 20's/30's who have the scratch to be able to afford this stuff. Not that these people are stupid or misinformed for doing so, some simply appreciate the aesthetic (even if it's something you or me might not particularly like).

jjaron On the bonkers color palette of Garfield comics

If you're in the UK I find Private Eye to be an clever, excellent + balanced magazine if you're looking for something to read. Plus it's still nice to have things in print, and I don't think the demand will go away.

jjaron That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd

Fun fact: It's currently law that you can have the <> and "" characters in your name.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/17/schedule/1/made

jjaron UK scores an own goal with its Digital Services Tax

Can't seem to access this. Hug of death?

jjaron The first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine has begun in Oxford

Here's the information sheet - https://www.covid19vaccinetrial.co.uk/participate-trial-oxfo...

> If you participate in the study until the end, you will receive a total payment of between £190-625, dependent on group.

My housemate hoped to take part but was not selected.

jjaron Xerox Considers Takeover Offer for HP

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-06/xerox-con...

Bloomberg link with no paywall

jjaron U.S. Air Force Unveils Drone-Killing Microwave Weapon

My first thought as well. Though given strict safety requirements at airports I'm not sure how collateral damage from firing a microwave cannon around could be avoided.

jjaron Asian countries take a stand against the rich world’s plastic waste

Germany is interesting - they have a nationwide bottle return system. Every supermarket over a certain size is required to have a bottle return system in place, and compensate you accordingly. It's called the "pfand" (deposit) system.

jjaron Generating the Mandelbrot Set

I always found implementing fractals very satisfying, so this was a good read. Shameless plug for my own subpar Julia set viewer (Julia set results "make up" the Mandlebrot set): http://thejamespaterson.com/scripts/julia/

jjaron Animating URLs with JavaScript and Emojis

Note: you must have <meta charset="utf-8" /> in <head> for this to work.

jjaron The Bodleian's ‘secret trove of obscene material’

Sad to have missed the exhibition as a student of the University. My coursemates also found this quite amusing!

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Archive link for Europeans: https://archive.fo/XBlG0

jjaron Ask HN: What are some niche communities you enjoy?

yes yes YES yes

I love the SCP Foundation.