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tdobsonon Show HN: Loss. a tiny satire about AI progress

wow, I love the difference on mobile vs desktop!

tdobsonon Hacking yourself a satellite – recovering BEESAT-1 [video]

I also thought this!

tdobsonon How I Built a Custom Camper Van (2015)

Yeah. It rules out some people. It's attractive to some people. Clearly rules oneself out from others.

It doesn't really matter because with dating - you only need to win once.

tdobsonon How I Built a Custom Camper Van (2015)

I live in a van.[1]

I started out in the van with a girlfriend, then our relationship came to an end (the van probably helped it last a bit longer) and so I got back into dating.

I'd say dating with the van was easier than before I had it.

You must lead with it. You have to make sure it's upfront with everyone - you don't bring it up last - it said it all over my OKC profile - and you know - nothing starts conversations like something unusual. It's not for everyone - but the people who opt out - it would't have worked with anyway. The ones that opt in, it's good. Probably the most dangerous people who fetishise your vanlifestyle above the reality. Reality is that there are ups and downs, good things and tradeoffs.

Anyway, I'm now happily in an awesome relationship - and yeah - the van isn't a big deal. It kind of helps - cos she lives a good distance away from many of my friends. :)

[1] https://www.instagram.com/tdobsonnet/

tdobsonon How I Built a Custom Camper Van (2015)

I do something similar in the UK.

Stealth Digital Nomad Sysadmin/Sales Engineer in a converted Mercedes Sprinter LWB

http://instagram.com/tdobsonnet

If you're interested in this kind of thing, /r/vandwellers is the place to be!

Happy to answer any questions. :)

tdobsonon Can Steve Huffman Save Reddit from Itself?

/r/vandwellers represent! :D

tdobsonon Ask HN: Which dedicated server provider do you currently use?

Hey Sam, I work for http://bytemark.co.uk

What are you trying to do? What's it for?

There's a whole bunch of pros and cons to dedicated servers, bang for buck, uptime, customer service, networking...

If you explain what you're planning on using it for, I might be able to tailor some suggestions as to what might suit you best - always happy to offer helpful suggestions - even if it's not about our products.

tdobsonon Ask HN: What book changed your life in 2014?

It's not a new book, but Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh has had a great impact on me.

Fun and easy to read book too. :)

tdobsonon Malaysia B772 has crashed near Donetsk

Some media reports say (citing official ukrian reports and AP visuals in the region) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buk_missile_system

tdobsonon Emergency phone and internet data storage law to be brought in

also https://dataretentionandinvestigatorypowersbill.uk/ is worth a look at

tdobsonon Ask HN: Do you run your own mail server? If yes, how?

thanks for the plug Kevin! :D

tdobsonon The Saharan ski shop with no customers

Yes. Very wise.

tdobsonon Shutting down Ubuntu One file services

Bye Bye UbuntuOne.

You should have been OwnCloud, not a Dropbox wannabe.

tdobsonon Ask HN: European Linode / DigitalOcean alternatives

Thanks! Well, do give us a shout if there's ever anything we can help with (or even more crucially, anything we can improve on, or start doing that we're not doing!)

Have a great day!

-Tim

tdobsonon Ask HN: European Linode / DigitalOcean alternatives

Tim from Bytemark here - if you've got any questions or anything - feel free to ask them here - or email 'support at bigv.io' and put it to my attention.

With regards to privacy from warrants etc, we're currently considering a warrant canary - https://twitter.com/matthewbloch/status/348354514081951744

tdobsonon "If you run a hosting company... and want to help the industry, support Geary"

Support Geary: http://igg.me/at/geary

Matthew's Open Letter: http://blog.bytemark.co.uk/2013/04/17/geary

tdobsonon Ask HN: Please recommend a good UK VPS and dedicated servers host

Hey, it's Tim from Bytemark.

If you've any questions or queries - do give feel free to give me a shout - mention my name in any email to enquiries (at) support.bytemark.co.uk and I'll happily talk to you directly.

People may also be interested in our new VPS platform - http://bigv.io - if anyone wants a signup link and £40 credit, let me know.

Have a good friday! :)