BjoernKW

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by BjoernKW 9y ago
Know thyself. Find a niche and develop an appreciation for the value of your work. Only if you know what you're good at and if you have the self-esteem to say so will you be able to say no to work that doesn't suit your profile.
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
SEEKING WORK Location: Rhine-Ruhr, Germany, remote or Europe preferred. Remote: Yes IT consultant, web and enterprise software developer with more than 15 years of experience. I'm experienced in JavaScript, HTML5 (AngularJS / Angu
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
In principle: The electorate. I agree though that the potential for rent-seeking and cronyism is a problem with any government investment.
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
It doesn't happen automatically if the government in question acts irresponsibly, which more often than not unfortunately is the case and also the reason why structures like the Euro convergence criteria are in place to keep government
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
I think it never really fell out of fashion, nor has it ever been properly implemented. Keynesianism consists of two elements: 1. Stimulating growth when organic growth is low. 2. Paying back the debt taken on to be able to do #1 when organ
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
> What we consider 'basic needs' must be vastly different. 1.26 a day is 37.8$ a month. I don't know about you, but in all of the places I know, such a person would barely be able to afford food, let alone shelter, replace
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
> It is trivial to prove that in most self-professed communist countries, the workers have not held the reigns of power. While this is true the question is: What does 'the workers holding the reins of power' even truly mean? Wh
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
> a) The international poverty line is currently set to $1.25. This means that, e.g. someone who makes $1.26 a day would be counted as "above the poverty line"... which is very much not the same as "not poor". You hav
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
'Freelancer' and 'contractor' more or less are synonymous terms although the former is more common in the software industry. The latter arguably is a bit less prestigious, too. The difference between a consultant and a f
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
> The thing is, communism didn't really exist to fall in the first place Not a true Scotsman, eh? The same argument can be applied to the current capitalist system, too. Some libertarians in fact do so when saying that the problems
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
I agree that knowing yourself is essential before taking any big leap. In fact, knowing yourself is the foundation of anything in life. I'd say though that there's no better - perhaps even no other - way to learn these particular
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
At the very least in the Bay Area his money will be gone in no time. Moving to a more interesting place is good advice though as is considering money a means rather than an end to itself.
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
ING DiBa offers banking apps for both iOS and Android, which can also serve as 2FA for online banking via the browser. The main banking app itself isn't all that good but the 2FA feature works fine.
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
While most of those points generally are true I'd say that banking in Europe is only marginally better. They still have weird, mostly paper-based processes and decades-old mainframes (though that's not necessarily a bad thing). No
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
Any system probably is better than no system in this case. Still, there's the fundamental problem with paper-based system that when you design an indexing system you have to correctly anticipate how people will use the system for the f
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
Consulting as in 'self-employed' in my opinion is a safer career path than becoming a full-time employee. If you're working full-time you only have one client. If you're self-employed you usually have multiple clients at
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
While paper used to be the near-perfect technology for storing and distributing non-ephemeral information nowadays this has been turned on its head to the extent that using paper for these purposes has become downright detrimental: Informat
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
It’s not like nobody’s tried before. The term ’software engineering’ precisely stems from the idea that software development should be more like other engineering disciplines. That those attempts didn’t work out probably has less to do with
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
There are several differences between the medical field and software engineering, some of which are: 1. The former is highly regulated because of potentially highly catastrophic outcomes in most cases. 2. The former also is several thousand
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
> if you are not an "elite" employee, region, nation, age-range, industry, etc., then you get left behind Do you? While it's technically correct that inequality is increasing the baseline level is increasing, too. So, whil
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
This blog post explains the motivation and design rationale behind this tool in some more detail: https://bjoernkw.com/2017/12/24/mailtrigger-a-simple-http-ba...
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Show HN: MailTrigger – A Simple HTTP-Based Email Notification Service(github.com)
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
I agree with everything said in the previous comments. If a potential client requires you to use such software walk away as fast as you can. The same applies to freelance marketplaces or other middlemen who try to pull off the same thing.
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
IntelliJ IDEA probably is still your best option. There are some optimisations for large projects like setting your usual -Xmx, -Xms and MaxPermSize JVM parameters: https://crankingcode.wordpress.com/2009/10/13&#x2
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
Tsunami in the Baltic Sea (or North Sea, for that matter)?! How's that supposed to happen?
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
Because that's what this map is about: Live CO2 emissions. Not perceived dangers of nuclear power. Nuclear power is a highly ideologised subject. In recent years in this area decisions have been made entirely based on fear and politica
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
Don't worry so much about technologies or gaudy, showy stuff. What are the business problems you could solve for potential clients? Make a portfolio of those.
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
If you don't know the right people you'll never know the right people. In other words: If you don't try to meet those people chances are you never will. A successful freelancing career in the software industry can be built on
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
> 1. Networking and selling myself as a freelancer. That's the best part of it. Networking and sales done properly means giving away some value for free so potential clients consider it beneficial to work with you for additional val
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by BjoernKW 9y ago
> Frankly, I felt that was a crying shame. It is. Given the right environment (which might include coaches or teachers) it should be possible to pick up knowledge about stress analysis, kinematics, heat transfer, dynamic analysis on your

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