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Justin’s blog is the consistently the best resource for Google Apps Script content and he genuinely seemed to connect with the platform. He always stood out, as Googlers don’t typically seem to connect with anyone/anything.

I was thinking it could be a Context-Aware Access thing. Firefox doesn’t support Endpoint Verification plugin

1Blocker installs a local VPN profile to perform on-device security checks of all internet connections other apps make. No traffic or data is sent to our servers. Firewall blocks outgoing network traffic to some domains using open-source domain lists maintained by the filter community. It operates at the network level, so you will stay protected no matter what app you use.

Monzo’s culture of customer obsession allowed it to use the crisis to thoughtfully build a beloved consumer and SMB product that has changed personal finance in the UK

Monzo built its engaged customer base before Covid. Since Tom Blomfield left it is more focused on monetising customers. That's what Monzo needed to do but the article is spinning the truth

The banking experience has not evolved to match modern consumer expectations.

Monzo was a breath of fresh air when it launched. Competitors have caught up a lot — even Amex have a great app with instant alerts now

Banks do not incentivize better money habits. Their profit models rely on upselling and non-transparent fees that typically penalize the most vulnerable customers.

Monzo is obsessed with upselling. The Plus and Premium products include such innovations as mobile phone insurance and "25% off a home workout membership"

When Monzo was taking off, the coral coloured card was a fashion statement. Warhol once said everyone buys the same Coke - from the President to a bum. Now Monzo wants to encourage people to pay a subscription to get an expensive card that nobody would recognise. I don't think they understand themselves anymore and they are definitely not trying to "incentivize better money habits". This article would have made more sense years ago.

Jackass should be people pushing code live without testing and monitoring how it breaks the site

VH1 Behind the hits style show: Walk though git history of a famous repo

My IT Department even refused to enable Cloud SQL for App Maker to run. It killed off all hopes to use it

I mute my TV when navigating through Netflix because of auto previews. I bet that doesn’t show up in their analytics!

E.g “Spot the fire hydrant” - oh, it’s those things that cops drive over in Hollywood movies. I don’t know if other counties have them too but it seems distinctly American and this capatcha is oddly common

It's possible to export the code to text files. MZ-Tools [1] can do it, or use VBA directly [2]. Xtrail [3] is popular in Finance companies but I haven't used it personally

[1] https://www.mztools.com/ [2] https://www.rondebruin.nl/win/s9/win002.htm [3] https://www.xltrail.com/

Isn’t that what the Microsoft Store already does?

Have you read Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton? You don’t have to be an atheist to enjoy it but it does have an interesting view on the void that you mentioned.

In some places there are even “church”/gatherings for non-religious people called Sunday Assembly

How did your travel go?

Careers can go like the game snakes and ladders sometimes. If you can phrase the time you spent more positively I think it can work out.

I believe it's http://www.msftncsi.com/

How can we explain these people that like to point at a laptop screen with a pen? I'm mortified every time I see it.

The catastrophe that people are mostly worried about is the impact of Britain leaving on the EU, not just to Britain. It is a key member of the EU and it's exit could be very destabilising for trade and investment throughout the region. On the global scale, not too many people will benefit in the next 5-10 years, maybe Britain will though (who knows for sure).

Does anybody know why the Android Pay rollout in the UK is so far behind Apply Pay (launched July 14)? Also, doesn't it feel like this is the sort of thing you would expect to be using on Android before iOS? (considering it had NFC etc)

The Dell XPS 13 is the best-built Windows machine I've seen for a while, even though it is a Dell. Here's a good review: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-XPS-13-9350-InfinityEdge-U...

There is a new model coming out soon, so you might get a discount on old stock.

I have seen the performance of teams turned around by experienced managers. The key seems to be making it clear what you expect and why - checking if they understand what that is - and reinforcing it.

Another route can be just setting a great example and they will be inspired to follow you.

There is probably research out there about turnaround skills for a team.

There's no harm in trying as long as you just don't be a jerk to them. They probably have not been trained or shown what high performance looks like.

Best of luck!

Fantastic! The monthly view is great.

If you can't measure what's important, then what you do measure becomes important

http://p.events-delivery.apple.com.edgesuite.net/14pounqefvo... for VLC Windows users

I would find it more intuitive if the most expensive countries had the light green rather than dark green i.e. reverse the colour scale

I love the irony of the contrast between this article and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7584285. Not that either are wrong, but it demonstrates the constant flux of the software world.

Why not give everyone the same bonus based on company performance? Make it collective good.

I wholeheartedly agree. Apart from niche examples, like measuring sale people on sales, there is no good reliable way to measure employees based on performance/outputs. IO Psychologists have been looking at this for years and even mathematicians (like Leonard Mlodinow in The Drunkard's Walk) agree.

Yet their earnings [1] (and share price [2]) keep going up and up. Maybe the point is that our perception of GOOG has changed and we all have a little confirmation bias.

[1] http://investor.google.com/pdf/2013Q3_google_earnings_slides... [2] https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:GOOG

This is not a condemnation but people often like to invent perfect employee performance systems, as you have done here, and it is akin to people writing their own cryptography. There is evidence-based research out there - look for papers by Elaine D. Pulakos for example. My understanding is that no system works in and of itself and training managers to get the most out of their people is probably the best thing any firm can do.

1) In this case the cruise company was at fault, so that is why they went into "don't get sued" mode. No need rely on a stereotype here.

2) I'm not an American but I think your legal system is very good and many objective people do too: http://www.quora.com/Litigation-and-Lawsuits/Why-are-America...

3) I'd recommend anyone to watch Hot Coffee [1] which documents the lobbying and spin that encourages American citizens to think there is a problem with "frivolous lawsuits"

[1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1445203/

borderline breach of fiduciary duty.

Fiduciary duty to who? The shareholders that cashed in today are the same ones who are behind the IPO. You're trying to make it seem like some poor distant shareholder got screwed over, which is not true.

It's spelled internationaliSation (joke!)

The title of the article (as fascinating as it was) seems rhetorical. Can't easydns just point the PIPCU to their own Domain Takedown Policy and instruct them to take it further with ICANN and the courts of the Province of Ontario?