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ex-Googler in SF, now VC in London at Hoxton Ventures. I love email. pop me a note especially if you're a European founder - robk at robk dotcom
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robk··on Ask HN: What are the best tools for web scraping in 2022?
This is amazing thanks for sharing!!
robk··on Two containers with same number detected in Chittagong port
U is code for freight container so yes :)
robk··on Flipper Zero – Portable Multi-Tool Device for Geeks
This looks useful, I just ordered one.
robk··on A brief history of nobody wants to work anymore
Or just pay citizens more? That seems easier.
robk··on Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction threaten entire tech ecosystems
I don't see us producing a surplus of EEs here despite that
robk··on Why rails buckle in Britain
The deeply inflexible union lead guidelines on worktime seem to be the main problem here. This is why most parts of the world can get things done when drivers aren’t healthy silly working time regulations to go a minute over their schedule
robk··on Wandering Robots in the Wild
I know it's cynical but having lived in rough areas I get a chuckle out of sheltered engineers designing these and not expecting teenagers to absolutely destroy them in the wild. The poor Estonians can't grok what it's like in East Palo Alto.
robk··on California man charged in $21M cryptocurrency fraud scheme
Can't wait to see many many more of these prosecutions over the coming years. So much fraud out there now though it feels like only the very unlucky or very careless will get caught just on the sheer number of cases and types of fraud being perpetrated.
robk··on Number of pubs in England and Wales falls to record low
I assumed it's estate agents and if London the old school insurance guys like at Lloyd's. Otherwise the back office folks like accountants that no one checks on :)
robk··on How Hong Kong became a police state
Were they plants by the ccp to justify violently putting down the protests?
robk··on Why am I no longer qualified to be a Brex customer?
Who are you? Profile is blank
robk··on Germany paying $5.5B for Intel fab
39/47 regretting brexit is not a solid majority. https://www.statista.com/statistics/987347/brexit-opinion-po...
robk··on Ask HN: What is the best jurisdiction for internationally distributed teams?
The vast majority of valley investors are OK w uk these days.
robk··on Cost of ultra-rapid EV charging increases by almost 50%
In the UK? Good luck with solar. We're north of Maine.
robk··on Why America has so few carpenters
Seriously? Quality feels 2x higher compared to US in my observations
robk··on Ask HN: Why is Google Premium not a thing?
They hate unprofitable service. If they can give email away why should you get service without paying?
robk··on Show HN: Oldest Search – Search for the oldest result on internet
There used to be an internal tool to view every crawl, ever, on a time slider. Like archive.org but ridiculous depth.
robk··on When Apple Built a Mac OS Running on Top of Solaris and HP-UX
I spent a summer internship doing qa on the networking bits of nt on alpha at DEC. A bit sluggish but pretty smooth overall.
robk··on How to use undocumented web APIs
Which site was that??
robk··on Show HN: World’s first £3 flat fee (0% FX markup) money transfer service
Can you add to the usa app store please? Many of us in UK use the usa app store.
robk··on Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack
Ukrainians who are looking to emigrate (temp or perm) will be handled with speed if they're applying for a UK endorsement for moving here https://technation.io/visa/
robk··on Ask HN: Is there VC appetite for defense related startups?
Absolutely we look at it often. There are government led defense incubators here in the UK at least that help spawn companies too.
robk··on How the powerful clean up their digital past using a reputation laundering firm
If they were good they may have support or ops people on payroll. I was surprised no one had done this at Google. Would have been easy to get away with back in the day.
robk··on Ten Years of ThinkPadding
The x210 is awesome if you want to get the old ThinkPad feel but modern processor https://www.xyte.ch/mods/x210-x2100/
robk··on Why does my diet soda taste off? Aspartame hydrolysis
Hello old Google coworker I had the same setup in Fort Mason in 2004 and was able to get the SF wholesaler to sell to us pretty regularly. Iirc it became a lot easier lately to just find generics on eBay and worry less about getting the hookup. Diet red bull was the holy grail but we found an okay proxy on eBay too.
robk··on The Case Against Token-Based Authorization
Is that extra database call to get auth status really that costly? Having the client hold any kind of access control is scary to me.
robk··on Metal Detectorist Discovers One of England’s Earliest Gold Coins in a Farm Field
I like to think the merchant had it hidden somewhere and died without telling anyone.
robk··on IBM’s Watson Health is sold off in parts
That seems negligent enough for your company to sue them
robk··on Ask HN: Which computer keyboard do you use?
Kinesis ergo 2 for fifteen years. My wrists feel as good as when I was 16
robk··on Bay Area car owners leaving trunks open while parked amid wave of car break-ins
I like the way you think!
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