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  1. Mr. Brightside

    Playing Monopoly this Christmas

    Thanks. Unfortunately this would require rewriting too much of the protocol. I do intend to implement small tweaks here and there and generally keep it up to date, but not to make changes of that scale. Perhaps if it had proved more popular and I had a financial incentive, but as it is, the main...
  2. Mr. Brightside

    Playing Monopoly this Christmas

    What's the workaround? :D You're right, of course. It's just that developing an Apple version is not something I could do. But yes, one person can manage several players, so it should still work well so long as at least say half of the players in a game have Android phones. Suggestion...
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    Playing Monopoly this Christmas

    I'm not an Apple/iOS person but I would publish the protocol if anyone who is wanted to have a go at building for it. I might publish the protocol anyway, though I have other priorities at the moment. Thanks! I'd love to hear how you get on. Transaction history is already included :) To...
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    Playing Monopoly this Christmas

    OK so this could be described as self promotion, but I have no financial interest in it.... so I'm hoping this is allowed and I'm sorry if it's not :o Also, I recognise that I already posted at https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18695533 a couple of months ago, but after the...
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    Better board game currency?

    Hello! (I've not posted here in Tabletop Games before). Earlier this year I was playing the Here & Now: The World Edition of Monopoly. It's the one that includes the "electronic deal-making unit". I do prefer cards to cash in Monopoly, but I found myself thinking that it could be improved...
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    OcUK forums and https

    Namecheap do Comodo PositiveSSL DV certs for £5.76/year: https://www.namecheap.com/security/ssl-certificates/comodo/positivessl.aspx I use them on all my sites (for now - I may switch to letsencrypt later in the year when it goes live).
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    Becoming an Electrician

    It sounds like you should do an induction course to explore your capacity to do work in this field.
  8. Mr. Brightside

    Spec me an economics course

    I'll try to keep this brief and will inevitably fail. I'm toying with the idea of doing an economics course of some sort, but I'm not sure what options would (a) be open to me and (b) would be good ideas (or at least not terrible ones). Background: I'm 24 with a BA in computer science. I've...
  9. Mr. Brightside

    FAHStat is live again

    After seven years in service I'm retiring this for good (over the course of the next hour). It's been fun, but all things must come to an end and keeping it running is not consistent with my current drive for minimalism in all things. Thanks for using FAHstat.
  10. Mr. Brightside

    The Manly Shaving Thread

    Quick scrub with a toothbrush under running water every time I change the blade does the trick.
  11. Mr. Brightside

    Has anyone studied at Oxford or Cambridge universities?

    That's a pretty vague question! You might get more useful responses if you ask something specific.
  12. Mr. Brightside

    Reduction in hours for same pay

    Our agreement has some elements which lean more towards employee nature (equity options and the 15 days of paid holiday) and some elements which lean towards contractor nature (paid by the hour, no sick pay, I buy my own equipment, etc.) I can and do take unpaid holiday sometimes.
  13. Mr. Brightside

    Reduction in hours for same pay

    I'm a self employed consultant (who just happens to work for only one company). IANAL but if it's not legal, the way that it is not legal is not at all obvious. Company is not a UK company, I'm an "offshore developer" in that regard. That was the initial reason for me being self employed...
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    Reduction in hours for same pay

    Thanks for the broad spectrum of opinions! I signed a couple of days ago at my existing rate - reduced daily commitment, reduced overall pay. Not directly related to this, but on a similar theme: I was asked a few hours ago in a rather presuming manner if I will be taking my laptop on holiday...
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    Reduction in hours for same pay

    What do you mean by toxic?
  16. Mr. Brightside

    Reduction in hours for same pay

    Interesting ideas. The amendment to my agreement was prompted by them offering the 1% Options. Hence me acknowledging I could have been more tactful in the way I proposed the reduction in hours (after the amendment was given to me for signing). What prompted it was that at the same time the...
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    Reduction in hours for same pay

    For the last ~year I've been working approx. 50 hours per week for a small software startup. I've written the majority of the core technology. I'm paid by the hour. I feel that committing to 50 hours per week (with only 15 days of paid holiday per year [I'm not an employee]) is too much work and...
  18. Mr. Brightside

    The Manly Shaving Thread

    Yes OK I'm a bit odd. Don't tell anyone.
  19. Mr. Brightside

    The Manly Shaving Thread

    Yep I wasn't thinking for one moment of cleaning the actual blades - just the razor, because I like things to be 'clean'. :)
  20. Mr. Brightside

    The Manly Shaving Thread

    Ah, maybe I just need to find something to scrub it with when running it under water. Might give that a try.
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