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northernmonkey··on UK spies: You know how we said bulk device hacking would be used sparingly?
That is absolutely not the case
northernmonkey··on Manchester’s hilarious attempt at reinventing London’s Oyster Card
Why does the local authority have to fund this anyway? Isn't 'innovation' one of the reasons public transport outside London was sold off?
northernmonkey··on It’s not that London is too big, but that other large UK cities are too small
This is something that really needs supporting proof (in so much as there is proof of any economic estimate). I'm sure a convincing case could be made for the contrary. A relatively small investment in a neglected transport system in Leeds (for example) may well yield greater returns.
northernmonkey··on Ask HN: Good working spaces in London (late night pref)
It's difficult. There are surprisingly few decent ad-hoc work places in London. I suggest looking at http://workhardanywhere.com
northernmonkey··on If David Cameron bans secure encryption he can't intercept
But a Country's intelligence apparatus doesn't 'govern'. I'm not trying to be deliberately argumentative but it seems to me that there is a clear and obvious distinction between a government and the organisations tasked by it to provide intelligence.
northernmonkey··on The Failure of Agile
How do they have those traits without being taught them? They are 'character' traits, but they are still taught. Surely we can agree you are not born with a good work ethic?
northernmonkey··on China's Great Cannon
It seems to be a common mistake of our age to assume that decision makers are "incompetent" or "ignorant" when it comes to tech. Individually it is unrealistic to expect these people to be universally competent in any field of expertise. It has always been thus, and that is why decision makers surround themselves with expert advisors.

I would suggest we should never underestimate the deliberate and meaningful consideration taken by decision makers when it comes to complex technology. Regardless of if you agree with the outcome or not.

northernmonkey··on Advice: how to monetize a website with – 30,000 page views per month?
http://skimlinks.com
northernmonkey··on Tech firms anti-terrorism efforts criticised in Rigby report
What would you do differently given the authority?
northernmonkey··on Judge: Bomb victims can't seize Iran's domain name as compensation
The UN is broadly as impartial and 'intelligent' as its voting members, which is kinda by design. The happy reality is that the UN is successful at most of the almost unimaginably diverse myriad of thing it's has to do. It seems to me to be a great choice for the role.
northernmonkey··on Apple Mac Mini
The clue is in the word 'news'. Relax.
northernmonkey··on Emergency phone and internet data storage law to be brought in
The truth of course it that lots of MPs do understand how people interpret this kind of thing. Truth is, most MPs are intelligent, reasonable people. Sadly they are often judged for the actions of the few reprehensible MPs that more often than not make it to the front benches.
northernmonkey··on Technichi: Macbook Subscription Service
If the cost remains the same then it'll probably do really well.
northernmonkey··on GCHQ intercepted webcam images of millions of Yahoo users worldwide
They'd love it; Any opportunity to print borderline inappropriate pictures of scantily clad teenage girls.
northernmonkey··on Please don't call them 'Legos'
'maths' is not plural, it's a contraction of 'mathematics'.
northernmonkey··on South Africa's Nelson Mandela dies
I'm guessing you know how daft you sound. She frequently registered the lowest ratings in opinion polls of any PM. Ever. She was for much of her time despised by the majority, regarded as dangerously idiotic by the civil service and as an embarrassment by her own parliamentary party.

Do not fool yourself into thinking she won on her own volition. She won because of external influences, at least some of which were the fault of her opposition.

northernmonkey··on South Africa's Nelson Mandela dies
Half of England agrees with you
northernmonkey··on Setting up a new Mac for development
Have a look at the patches applied by the homebrew recipe. Might help. brew edit bash
northernmonkey··on How Mavericks ruined Apple Mail for Gmail users
Works well with Gmail for me. I suspect there is more to the problem than a simple broad incompatibility.
northernmonkey··on Ireland is to close a tax loophole used by Apple
Is that a hunch or is there supporting evidence?
northernmonkey··on Swiftly, a new service from 99designs
I just used this and received a great result within 1 hour. Excellent stuff.
northernmonkey··on Shared – 100G storage for free
Unfortunately yeah, San Francisco
northernmonkey··on iPhone logs my complete movement profile
You're trying too hard to find an angle where there isn't one.
northernmonkey··on As Feds Demand the Keys, Preparing for the Death of Public-Key Encryption
Tepid? The response has been cooler than that.
northernmonkey··on UK government invests in Sabre air-breathing rocket engine
> Somehow they still seem to manage to afford the big flat screen TV, iPhone, xBox etc though don't they. Funny that...

You're not serious? Are you?

northernmonkey··on Using iTerm2 with Growl for Notifications
A "horrible" idea? Explain plz...
northernmonkey··on Git tips to stop you getting fired
I know Bob, he's a much better footballer than he is developer