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rmc

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April 1, 2008 (18y ago)
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Ubuntu user, python hacker, OpenStreetMap fan, travel junkie.

I'm in Dublin, Ireland. My twitter is @lalonde

My current side project is Celtic Knot Creator: http://www.celtic-knot-creator.com

I am also selling some maps for the Kindle: http://www.kindle-maps.com

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/ebel; my proof: https://keybase.io/ebel/sigs/RkY5XuPKXiex6iscdb8E10bo0K0PQOUEHqLj2vKdf-g ]

  1. EUians: Anything to watch out for when your company gets acquired by a US comp?

    A friend of mine works for a tech start-up in a western european country, which has just been acquired by a US company. No significant stock options are at play. My friend is just an employee, not a founder. There's…

    2 points 0
  2. Using OpenStreetMap and GraphHopper to visit every pub in Dublin (graphhopper.com)
    85 points 15
  3. Osborne’s National Spider Plan – Replacing “cyber” with “spider” in a gov speech (jackofkent.com)
    104 points 32
  4. 65536 (csie.ntu.edu.tw)
    11 points 3
  5. Irish politician calls for crack down on "open source Internet browsers" (finegael.ie)
    24 points 12
  6. When science shows that scientists are sexist and biased against women (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
    1 points 1
  7. UK Judge orders Apple to run adverts saying Samsung didn't copy iPad (guardian.co.uk)
    2 points 1
  8. The SSL cert for MI5 (the UK Secret Service) has expired (mi5.gov.uk)
    4 points 1
  9. Ask HN: Credit Card honeypot/canary service?

    Is there any company that provides a credit card canary/honeypot? i.e. I sign up, they give me a credit card number. If this credit card is used, it is declined, and then I get an email. This could be an(other) way to…

    3 points 3
  10. Movie Hacking vs. Real Hacking (smbc-comics.com)
    5 points 0
  11. Ask HN: Why does Facebook put itself under EU Data Protection Law?

    Just something I was wondering about, I'm (obviously) not looking for legal advice or insights into the inner workings of Facebook When you're signing up to a Facebook account, the terms of use (…

    2 points 1
  12. Apple fined €900k in Italy for not telling customers they don't need AppleCare (reuters.com)
    1 points 0
  13. Irish Data Protection Commissioner rules that ISP cannot do "3 strikes" (businessetc.thejournal.ie)
    48 points 10
  14. DigiNotar files for bankruptcy (vasco.com)
    30 points 6
  15. Amazon now selling more eBooks than paper books. (phx.corporate-ir.net)
    1 points 0
  16. Lots of Hackerspaces on Wikipedia are suggested for deletion (technomancy.org)
    27 points 30
  17. 9 Traits of the Veteran Unix Admin (infoworld.com)
    1 points -1
  18. Firefox overtakes IE in Europe (gs.statcounter.com)
    171 points 53
  19. A Google Suggest Venn Diagram Generator (technomancy.org)
    310 points 91
  20. Why People don't take Public Transport - an economic analysis (uwgb.edu)
    1 points 1
  21. Ask HN: How to sell eBooks etc without the hassle?

    I have some ideas for some side businesses selling ebooks, clip art collections, that sort of things. I'm a web developer, but I don't want to write all the payments handling, sending files stuff myself. Can the HN…

    9 points 7
  22. Ask HN: Google Adwords is too manual. Is there not a better way?

    I'm using Google Adwords, and it's way to manual. I have to put in all my keywords manually. I have to type in all the text ads manually. Is there no better way to do this? I saw references to Google's Adwords Editor,…

    1 points 0
  23. Writing Windows desktop applications on Linux?

    How can I make a programme that runs on Windows, but is developed on Linux? I have an idea for a side project. It's a programme that would make certain kinds of images. It's something I could do on a website, and in…

    4 points 6