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miseg··on Coinbase Co-founder: Ethereum Is the Forefront of Digital Currency
Is Ethereum a "dangerous" technology to play with? With regards to contracts that might be deemed illegal.
miseg··on Skin in the Game – chapter drafts by Nassim Taleb
You can see that he enjoys his writing, and I will enjoy reading this book.
miseg··on Cool URIs don't change (1998)
It's tough!

I have a custom PHP app that includes marketing pages.

I'd like to crowbar Wordpress into the server to serve the marketing pages instead, to make it easie to change text over time.

A .htaccess set of redirect rules may indeed work, but it's hard work to keep all URLs working.

miseg··on Twitter to Stop Counting Photos and Links in 140-Character Limit
Isn't that the difference between Facebook and Twitter? Twitter got stuck on their once-innovative features. Facebook is changing more quickly than people can keep track of.
miseg··on Introducing WhatsApp's Desktop App
If I leave my job, can I "log out" of the app on my work machine without access to that machine?
miseg··on The Impact of Index Investing: A Follow-Up
Dealing with retirement investment policicies offered in Ireland, I see two sides:

1. Actively managed funds diversified across equitieis, bonds, cash, etc

2. Index funds for specific indices, such as "top 4,000 US companies"

The danger with 2, they say, is you're not diversified. That'll be up to me I suppose to try to diversity into other areas.

miseg··on Littergram: Cleaning Britain one picture at a time
Not in the UK, but I've indeed considered taking photos of every piece of litter I see on my walk.

But my next step is to think, if I'm taking a photo, I might as well pick it up instead of complain.

My next step of logic is I can't conceivably help to change the behaviour of people that live around me in the city to not throw litter, so don't occupy myself with it.

miseg··on Organize Your Closet Like a Computer Organizes Memory
Spam?
miseg··on Instagram Is Ruining Vacation
This would be reason enough for me to not take photos on holidays.

Documentting my every-day surroundings sometimes seems more worthwhile.

miseg··on The World Is Getting Fatter and No One Knows How to Stop It
I agree whole-heartedly.

The one point they kind of sold me on is supplements, as in vitamins and minerals. The argument is that even fresh veg these days don't contain the same amount of nutrients as before, so it's a "good idea" to top up with supplements.

miseg··on Asana
Each to their own, I suppose :)

I've quickly reviewed Asana, and actually found it quite complex.

Trello works nicely with our small team. People don't generally have full projects assigned to them, so a Trello card for a specific task to be executed works well.

miseg··on Org Mode for Emacs – Your Life in Plain Text
I can appreciate the ability it gives you to flesh out tasks and projects.

Mindmapping is another nice tool to achieve this. Freemind is a useful piece of software (but doesn't have the future-proofness of plain text.)

miseg··on Intermittent Fasting Is Gaining Acceptance
> Critics say that the science is not yet strong enough to justify widespread recommendations for fasting as a way to lose weight or boost health, and that most of the evidence supporting it comes from animal research.

Should that not be the other way around, that more research is needed before recommending you eat three large meals a day plus snacks?

miseg··on Intermittent Fasting Is Gaining Acceptance
I agree.

But it makes me think too, other cultures have a strong emphasis on breakfast, and that doesn't necessarily include cereals (but it would include bread). Like France, Germany, and Finland.

I'm in Ireland, where people are definitely under the Kellogg's influence.

miseg··on Intermittent Fasting Is Gaining Acceptance
I do IF, with milk in my tea and coffee before lunch, and then break the fast at lunch time.

I think I better watch my milk input, particularly on non-lifting days (I'm a real amateur lifting), since it's probably bringing me out of "fasted" state according to my body. I drink a five cups of tea/coffee by lunch time.

miseg··on Ten years on LinkedIn
Fear is not a good guide, and this can be thought through logically. I am going to follow in your footsteps.
miseg··on Revealed: the 30-year economic betrayal dragging down Generation Y’s income
What kind of tasks do you need a computer for? From that you could determine how much you need to spend on a replacement one (probably a free one or a cheap second-hand one).
miseg··on Ten years on LinkedIn
From an employee's perspective, rather than contractor, I feel that it's fear that keeps me on LinkedIn.

"What if I lose out on an opportunity, or seem strange, because I'm no longer on LinkedIn?"

miseg··on SlimFAQ – Simple FAQ's for your app or website
Using HelpScout's support documentation, I've been toying since with just making a wiki to accompany our company's site.

I love the interconnectedness within a wiki, where its essence is for you to post a page on a particular topic in as much depth as you need, and link to related concepts.

miseg··on Plain Text Accounting, a Guide to Ledger and Friends
Is that the price for an accountant, right?

I pay a bookkeeper to keep our books, and the accountant only comes into the picture at the end of the year when the company's accounts need to be filed and corporation tax needs to be paid.

Our company pays more for those services than your quote above, but if you're not incorporated as a company surely you could get a cheaper way to file returns?

At the least, you could take the monthly bookkeeping side of things away from your accountant.

miseg··on What the literature says about the earnings of entrepreneurs
Thanks Daniel. I appreciate your insight.
miseg··on What the literature says about the earnings of entrepreneurs
Same here! I went through a startup course, only to realise the I want to be in control, not take investment.

That being said, this made me think of whether I can take better "wealth-oriented" decisions within the business, just like focussing better on finding new users instead of always building my SOPs :) It's always a balance, I suppose.

miseg··on Toki Pona: A created language that has only 100 words
Is there a good sub-Reddit with interesting topics like this about language?
miseg··on Mr. Money Mustache’s retirement (sort of) plan
Just a note for people outside of the States.

I've seen this before, and live in Ireland. It's a very different story here, with taxation on ETF index funds at 40% on gains, calculated every seven years. From my perspective, the 4% rule just does not count. Perhaps running a business is a better way in Ireland, for example.

miseg··on Mr. Money Mustache’s retirement (sort of) plan
Is it repeatable, who knows?

But it's a mindset thing too. Do you "give up" and take out the biggest mortgage and car loan you can, or do you act against it and take your destiny into your own hands a bit more.

miseg··on Mr. Money Mustache’s retirement (sort of) plan
You can also bring in fantastic home-cooked meals.
miseg··on 301 redirects: a dangerous one way street (2012)
It's easy to live your life to keep Google happy. 301 redirects have been an important part of online website life.

But then I do accept this perspective (if it's within your call to take this risk). Just don't 301-redirect it. Let the search engines figure it out for themselves.

If a user has a bookmark to an old resource, then it's a liability for you to try to keep your web of 301s working.

KISS!

miseg··on Paul Graham on Doing Things Right by Accident
The color codings with the names of the speakers helped a lot too. Very different to an unformatted wall of text, which you'll often see with podcast transcripts.
miseg··on Starbucks has 3x the sugar of a whole Coke in some drinks
I've tried weaning myself off strong milky coffee, but I like the taste of the milkiness. I get what you're saying, and will try to reduce the milk content over time.
miseg··on The Leica Q: A six month field test
It's all perspective, but that's a big chunk of change in itself. €1,000+
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