ErrantX

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by ErrantX 14y ago
Heh, a product of a side thought. I doubt HN regulars are within my target clientele, but it can't hurt. Typical I'd end up with a typo rolls eyes .
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by ErrantX 14y ago
SEEKING WORK UK-based Full-stack consultant engineer; PHP/MySQL, capable HTML/JS (medium-level design skills). 2-4 years expereicne in consultancy, ~10 years programming experience. Experience in building websites for SME's all the way up t
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by ErrantX 14y ago
Those workers are employed by someone! :) But, I do sympathise. I'm fortunate to live in an area where a lot of small businisses are around and about, and where widespread access to the internet means websites for local firms is actually a
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by ErrantX 14y ago
Sure; which is why you have an update process - the includes checking for potential issues, and involves several avenues of upgrade (apt, direct, etc.). With proper due diligence on our part I trust the package maintainers to make less mist
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by ErrantX 14y ago
Yeh, that didn't come out quite right. I mean; a lot of freelancers seem to write a nice looking website and hope that some SEO magic will bring in work.
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by ErrantX 14y ago
Another thing. A freelancer starting out and one who is "experienced" are quite different scenarios. I have loads of work that I don't often have to chase, because I have a profile. Starting out you need to do the legwork to find clients. T
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by ErrantX 14y ago
I've been freelancing for ~4 years, "properly" for the last 2. This is what I have found works... Your very best clients will come from personal recommendations. Avoid close friends recommending you; one of my first clients was recommende
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by ErrantX 14y ago
The Propeller can't even run a real, modern OS Well... technically neither can this :) Although they do appear to have got it working really neatly with an ARM-based host board. Which is a step forward.
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I've recently been experimenting with this; it can be dangerous for you (read on) but if well managed it can be more flexible for both you and the client. For a long time I've been playing around with how I charge; a few weeks ago we had
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by ErrantX 14y ago
I think the OP opted for the latter ("credible mental health professional") when demanding counselling, but left off the former ("legal action"). I tend to agree with him, and I think in a way you are too... the important issue might not be
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by ErrantX 14y ago
Even if you bill by the day, that is still a certain number of hours to you . What he is talking about is how difficult it is to work enough "hours" when you are contracting. If you work for a company they pay you to be at your desk 9-5, s
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by ErrantX 14y ago
It might be only certain users affected; I have trawled through all the '09 posts appearing on my feed, and all of them are legit wall posts from then. Indeed; it was actually interesting to see how different Facebook was back then. So much
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by ErrantX 14y ago
The code he posted has different vulnerability; i.e. SQL injection. Your password could be ultra-secure, but it doesn't matter if you use that code without sanitizing inputs :) I guess the reason he is being downvoted is; badly hashed passw
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Or in this case; short and readable is more secure because attack vectors, like generation of salts, are wrapped inside the new API.
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by ErrantX 14y ago
Of all the people who would be at a consulate the IT guy happens to be the unlucky one. Reports now say 4 people died; one of them the US Ambassador to Libya.
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Speed, definitely. Although in defence Ive always found python very easy to "hack". Writing a C extension to do computationally intensive work is fairly simple. With its versatility and extensability I once threw together a proof of concept
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by ErrantX 14y ago
I agree. On the other hand; the frickin president of the USA did an AMA on Reddit. He might only be feeding his policy lines, but that's a major part of his public job anyway - especially in election year. This time it might not have manag
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by ErrantX 14y ago
Guys :) This is always fun when it crops up - especially the musing on how deeply rooted the topic of philosophy is. But please don't go editing articles to improve the loops or otherwise change them. Unless of course the change is benefi
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by ErrantX 14y ago
I'm not so sure; when you read the description for Game B it should be clear that it's odds rely on your balance, an external factor. As that is something that can be manipulated then it isn't a major leap, I think, to the idea that combina
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by ErrantX 14y ago
> Why would I care about rewatchability? Speaking as a film buff; this is actually quite a good guide to the sort of movie it is (when combined with quality). If lots of people mark it good quality, but wouldn't watch it again, that imp
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by ErrantX 14y ago
> and that's the true bottleneck. Are you sure? My understanding was that the biggest bottleneck lay in the fact that the orbiters could only communicated with the lander for 8 minutes per day. Fairly crippling :) > Not to mention
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by ErrantX 14y ago
Regarding #4; it would be nice to see someone pursuing a project to put a set of comms satellites in orbit around Mars to significantly improve this coverage. If we are going to be making these efforts at Mars in the future (whether autonom
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by ErrantX 14y ago
I've always thought its kind of a shame that mobiles mean we have to be on the job all the time. Every day. I love putting my phone away at meals, it's a good time to be social and set aside the demands of professional life.
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by ErrantX 14y ago
Things have changed; I bought a .it domain a couple of years ago very easily (i.e. just like buying a .com)
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I suspect you've misunderstood the tweet; the embassy is near Harrods, they are turning away ''Harrods'' suppliers. At least that is what I heard.
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In the UK it is called PCI compliance :) (a lot of the relevant standards are now international in nature)
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They should have just given it to the army; well trained, competent and reliable. Budget half as much to give the service personnel nice bonuses. Sorted.
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Because the media applies the labels.
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No. He's a madman because the media can't comprehend any other possible explanation. Breivik isn't a madman because it's Norway, and that's a long way away. I'm sure the Aurora guy had his "reasons", just like Breivik. It all just relates t
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For me at least, I hope man goes back to the moon in my lifetime. Dad has always talked about his memories of 1969 (he would have been a teenager at the time) and the excitement of it. I feel like going back after so long will feel almost a

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