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• by boffinism on 4/2/2023, 2:40 PM with comments

• ChatGPT banned in Italy over privacy concerns

  by boffinism on 3/31/2023, 2:50 PM with 0 comments

• I make $156,000 a year at Twitter and have done nothing

  by boffinism on 3/9/2023, 7:58 AM with 39 comments

• Nice account you've got there

  by boffinism on 2/18/2023, 12:16 PM with 3 comments

• Deliveroo cuts 350 jobs after fall in online orders

  by boffinism on 2/9/2023, 5:52 PM with 0 comments

• A billion is two different numbers

  by boffinism on 9/18/2022, 1:17 PM with 1 comments

• The first no-coiner conference

  by boffinism on 9/8/2022, 3:04 PM with 0 comments

• The Quantum Computing Bubble

  by boffinism on 9/4/2022, 7:50 AM with 1 comments

• Helium core team proposes migrating to Solana

  by boffinism on 9/1/2022, 6:52 AM with 0 comments

• OptiFi's program has been closed by mistakes we made

  by boffinism on 8/30/2022, 1:52 PM with 0 comments

• Thousands of Solana wallets drained in multi-million dollar exploit

  by boffinism on 8/3/2022, 10:37 AM with 0 comments

• ZeroStableCoin is out of stealth mode

  by boffinism on 6/8/2022, 10:16 AM with 1 comments

• Dear Crypto

  by boffinism on 6/7/2022, 1:34 PM with 69 comments

• by boffinism on 5/25/2022, 11:00 AM with comments

• People with dark personality traits more enthusiastic about Bitcoin, study finds

  by boffinism on 5/13/2022, 6:26 AM with 0 comments

• War of memes: Why Z-war won't end with peace

  by boffinism on 4/20/2022, 8:18 AM with 59 comments

• Trump's Truth Social app branded a disaster

  by boffinism on 4/4/2022, 7:28 AM with 11 comments

• Some things are more important than code

  by boffinism on 2/27/2022, 10:37 AM with 0 comments

• Analyzing the Bizarre Sale of Melania Trump’s $170k NFT

  by boffinism on 2/10/2022, 2:22 PM with 0 comments

• BBC removes article about 'self-made crypto millionaire'

  by boffinism on 2/9/2022, 1:17 PM with 14 comments

• by boffinism on 1/30/2022, 5:58 PM with comments

• Beanie Baby Price Guide

  by boffinism on 1/17/2022, 7:40 AM with 0 comments

• by boffinism on 12/20/2021, 8:28 PM with comments

• Fired for Self-Isolation

  by boffinism on 12/15/2021, 8:20 PM with 0 comments

• by boffinism on 12/14/2021, 3:23 PM with comments

• by boffinism on 12/14/2021, 3:22 PM with comments

• Lessons learned failing my first startup

  by boffinism on 11/27/2021, 4:36 PM with 0 comments

• Trump's social network is breaking the rules of its software licence

  by boffinism on 10/23/2021, 7:26 AM with comments

• Laser vagina menopause therapy shows no benefit in trial

  by boffinism on 10/13/2021, 6:48 AM with 0 comments

• ROLI: Documents of a Misadventure

  by boffinism on 9/8/2021, 12:02 PM with 0 comments

• Music Startup ROLI files for administration

  by boffinism on 9/6/2021, 9:41 AM with 0 comments

• Fake Banksy NFT sold through artist's website for £244k

  by boffinism on 8/31/2021, 5:24 PM with 83 comments

• Is AWS dashboard not loading for anyone else?

  by boffinism on 7/12/2021, 9:19 AM with 3 comments

• Ask HN: Digital nomads, where's the best place in the world to work from?

  by boffinism on 5/12/2021, 1:13 PM with 49 comments

• Ask HN: Why aren't you a digital nomad?

  by boffinism on 5/6/2021, 8:20 AM with 0 comments

• Climate scientists: concept of 'net zero' is a dangerous trap

  by boffinism on 4/27/2021, 2:36 PM with 0 comments

• Ask HN: No-code platform for multi-channel comms?

  by boffinism on 4/14/2021, 3:59 PM with 0 comments

• Ask HN: How do you solicit user feedback for your mobile app?

  by boffinism on 4/9/2021, 4:26 PM with 14 comments

• Tenderlove

  by boffinism on 3/31/2021, 4:44 PM with 0 comments

• SMBC on NFTs

  by boffinism on 3/26/2021, 4:48 PM with 0 comments

• Show HN: Maximise your salary by (technically) living in highest-paying areas

  by boffinism on 3/26/2021, 3:06 PM with 1 comments

• by boffinism on 3/26/2021, 11:09 AM with comments

• Ask HN: What do you listen to while you code?

  by boffinism on 2/25/2021, 1:17 PM with 30 comments

• Margaret Mitchell: Google fires AI ethics founder

  by boffinism on 2/20/2021, 8:21 AM with comments

• Ask HN: Why aren't you coding?

  by boffinism on 2/12/2021, 11:01 AM with 296 comments

• CD PROJEKT’s co-founder’s statement on Cyberpunk 2077

  by boffinism on 1/14/2021, 7:50 AM with 2 comments

• Trello Is Down

  by boffinism on 12/7/2020, 2:57 PM with 0 comments

• Reviewing Ben Thompson's Stratechery

  by boffinism on 10/28/2020, 3:45 PM with 0 comments

• Google hit by antitrust charges in US over search

  by boffinism on 10/20/2020, 3:23 PM with 0 comments

• Mark Zuckerberg is on the wrong side of history

  by boffinism on 9/28/2020, 6:16 AM with 33 comments

• Details for app privacy questions now available

  by boffinism on 9/4/2020, 9:43 AM with 0 comments

• Fortnite: Epic files new injunction against Apple

  by boffinism on 8/18/2020, 1:46 PM with 0 comments

• TechHub Goes into Administration

  by boffinism on 8/1/2020, 10:44 AM with 0 comments

• 2019: The year when (as CEO) I crashed, burned and cried

  by boffinism on 7/7/2020, 5:41 AM with 0 comments

• MSN actively deleting articles suggesting their AI is racist

  by boffinism on 6/9/2020, 9:21 AM with 0 comments

• Microsoft's robot editor confuses mixed-race Little Mix singers

  by boffinism on 6/9/2020, 8:49 AM with 1 comments

• X

  by boffinism on 5/21/2020, 10:24 AM with 128 comments

• Coronavirus: Send virus alerts within 24 hours or risk second wave

  by boffinism on 5/8/2020, 12:27 PM with 0 comments

• X Æ A-12: Elon Musk and Grimes confirm baby name

  by boffinism on 5/6/2020, 11:24 AM with 0 comments

• Play Store forbids apps from making reference to Covid-19

  by boffinism on 4/28/2020, 10:02 AM with 1 comments

• Plan for 5 Years of Lockdown

  by boffinism on 4/22/2020, 11:54 AM with 84 comments

• US Oil prices turn negative as demand dries up

  by boffinism on 4/20/2020, 7:22 PM with 4 comments

• Coronavirus Tech Handbook

  by boffinism on 4/1/2020, 11:30 AM with comments

• Splendid Isolation

  by boffinism on 3/15/2020, 7:56 AM with 0 comments

• Hi-tech music startup ROLI faces cash crunch over £5m debt

  by boffinism on 12/3/2019, 9:37 PM with 0 comments

• Narcissistic Bosses in the Technology Sector and How to Survive Them

  by boffinism on 11/25/2019, 11:15 AM with 0 comments

• 'Cyber Attack' on Labour Party Digital Platforms

  by boffinism on 11/12/2019, 10:16 AM with 0 comments

• Ask HN: What are your experiences of working with Open Banking platforms?

  by boffinism on 4/25/2019, 10:50 AM with 0 comments

• Front-line programmers default to insecure methods

  by boffinism on 4/13/2019, 9:09 PM with 2 comments

• Ask HN: How do agencies manage employee downtime between projects?

  by boffinism on 3/10/2019, 12:12 PM with 1 comments

• UK unicorn Revolut is fighting back after its week from hell

  by boffinism on 3/5/2019, 5:58 PM with 0 comments

• Multiple Vulnerabilities in RubyGems

  by boffinism on 3/5/2019, 8:44 AM with 0 comments

• You don't need a CTO

  by boffinism on 2/18/2019, 5:13 PM with 4 comments

• The infrastructural humiliation of America

  by boffinism on 2/4/2019, 4:39 PM with 180 comments

• Jack Dorsey has no clue what he wants

  by boffinism on 1/18/2019, 7:20 AM with comments

• Vine co-founder Colin Kroll found dead

  by boffinism on 12/16/2018, 6:41 PM with 1 comments

• Australia's [new] data encryption laws explained

  by boffinism on 12/10/2018, 11:55 AM with 1 comments

• Google challenged over location tracking

  by boffinism on 11/27/2018, 12:09 PM with 0 comments

• Cookie settings for the Facebook pixel

  by boffinism on 10/5/2018, 5:20 PM with 0 comments

• Ruby goes serverless

  by boffinism on 9/18/2018, 9:59 AM with 0 comments

• Online Bettors Can Sniff Out Weak Psychology Studies

  by boffinism on 8/29/2018, 9:54 AM with 0 comments

• Corbyn floats plan for windfall tax on tech firms to fund journalism

  by boffinism on 8/22/2018, 9:27 PM with 0 comments

• Why the promise of big data hasn’t delivered yet

  by boffinism on 6/18/2018, 3:48 PM with 0 comments

• A journalist learns to code

  by boffinism on 5/26/2018, 7:29 AM with 0 comments

• XKCD on Docker

  by boffinism on 5/2/2018, 5:18 PM with 17 comments

• Apple faces battery pledge complaints

  by boffinism on 5/2/2018, 9:31 AM with 0 comments

• Hackers use Vegas casino aquarium to breach IT systems

  by boffinism on 4/30/2018, 2:44 PM with 0 comments

• Proud to Be a Donkey: BuzzSumo Reflections on Growing a $5m SaaS Business (2017)

  by boffinism on 4/21/2018, 11:38 AM with 0 comments

• IRS grapples with decades-old computer system

  by boffinism on 4/20/2018, 8:35 AM with 0 comments

• UK politician apologises for hacking rival's website

  by boffinism on 4/9/2018, 8:33 AM with 1 comments

• All HTTP-based services are unresponsive on BitBucket

  by boffinism on 3/2/2018, 3:13 PM with 1 comments

• One Kylie Jenner tweet took a billion dollar bite out of Snapchat’s value

  by boffinism on 2/23/2018, 10:14 AM with comments

• Hackers hijack government websites to mine cryptocash

  by boffinism on 2/11/2018, 9:13 PM with 0 comments

• Hawaii missile alert standdown delayed by forgotten log-in

  by boffinism on 1/23/2018, 11:59 AM with 0 comments

• An Empirical Study on the Correctness of Formally Verified Distributed Systems [pdf]

  by boffinism on 1/8/2018, 1:03 PM with 0 comments

• Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain

  by boffinism on 1/1/2018, 8:45 AM with comments

• Learning to code will eventually be as useful as learning Ancient Greek

  by boffinism on 11/23/2017, 3:37 PM with 2 comments

• Re:scam: A chatbot designed to reply to scam emails to waste scammers' time

  by boffinism on 11/9/2017, 11:58 AM with 0 comments

• Ask HN: What jobs will exist in 10 years that don't exist now?

  by boffinism on 10/19/2017, 12:12 PM with 1 comments

• Australian startup culture is everything you'd expect it to be

  by boffinism on 10/4/2017, 8:18 AM with 0 comments

• A tool to assess coding ability – for people who can't (yet) code

  by boffinism on 9/20/2017, 11:24 AM with 0 comments

• Q&A with the author of 'Working with Coders'

  by boffinism on 9/5/2017, 7:51 AM with 0 comments

• Perfectionism has no place in a startup

  by boffinism on 8/29/2017, 4:06 PM with 0 comments

• Why you can't run a software project like a house-building project

  by boffinism on 8/15/2017, 8:54 AM with 0 comments

• Your startup needs a Chief Miracle Officer (just maybe don't call it that)

  by boffinism on 8/9/2017, 3:47 PM with 0 comments

• Hanami will never unseat Rails

  by boffinism on 8/1/2017, 10:50 AM with 0 comments

• Working with Coders: A Guide for the Perplexed Non-Techie (book)

  by boffinism on 7/28/2017, 4:42 PM with 0 comments

• What should you build your startup around: A Problem, a Need, or an OLI?

  by boffinism on 7/25/2017, 9:56 PM with 0 comments

• Start with an MVE, not an MVP

  by boffinism on 7/22/2017, 5:05 PM with 0 comments

• Why you shouldn't use Elixir for your startup

  by boffinism on 7/18/2017, 3:51 PM with 2 comments