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   by Finbarr 12y ago

   Took me 365 days exactly from start to finish. It depends on where you were born and what your highest level of education is.
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   by Finbarr 12y ago

   5) work for a company until you get a green card.
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   by Finbarr 12y ago

   Seems like there are some new $79 adapters to split out the USB-C port into power, usb and av[1]/vga[2]. [1] http://store.apple.com/us/product/MJ1K2AM/A/usb-c-digital-av... [2] http://sto
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   by Finbarr 12y ago

   This makes me wonder if finding short strings with no/few search results and getting ranked for them all could lead to some free traffic from Google. Shotgun SEO?
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   by Finbarr 12y ago

   Congrats James and the Firebase team!
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   by Finbarr 12y ago

   Definitely agree on the quality. Thanks for checking it out and glad you like it. I only added that info as I frequently wonder how long apps/products took to build. Most of the build time of Waffle was tweaks. There are a bunch of sub
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   by Finbarr 12y ago

   Hey - this is a UX fail I think. When you click "find out when" it changes the form to be an email box instead of a phone number box, and focuses on the text field. Thanks for pointing this out - I'll add a transition effect
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   by Finbarr 12y ago

   My first iPhone app created in collaboration with Karen X. Cheng. Took about 3 weeks to build, and 3 weeks to get approved. You can hit us up in the app by adding us (finbarr and karen respectively). Any feedback appreciated!
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   Show HN: Waffle – Split-screen picture conversations with friends(wafflechat.com)

   68 points by Finbarr 12y ago|31 comments
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    by Finbarr 12y ago

    I'm from the UK now also living in the US. Honestly I didn't really notice it until I left. Gambling has been a big part of British culture for a long time and you can bet on just about everything. This seems to be in stark contra
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    by Finbarr 12y ago

    As a Scot living in the US, I'm curious to know what's going to happen the other way around. I'm concerned about what will happen to my British citizenship in the event of independence. It seems like Scotland would introduce
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    by Finbarr 12y ago

    Employment laws between the US and EU are vastly different and firing the OP may not be a readily available option to the founders.
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    by Finbarr 12y ago

    This is certainly fair. There are lots of ways the name suggestion algorithm could be improved over time. What you see now was built in less than 24 hours and is really the MVP.
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    by Finbarr 12y ago

    Oh that's weird. What did you try to do? I built the site.
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    by Finbarr 12y ago

    Congrats to the Twitch team!
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    by Finbarr 12y ago

    I found it amusing! Congrats on the sale. Sounds like a painful process and it's interesting to read about what's involved.
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    by Finbarr 12y ago

    This is an excellent post. Have definitely learned some of these lessons the hard way recently. This line particularly resonated with me: "If you have high retention and no virality you will sustainably grow your user-base over time. I
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    by Finbarr 12y ago

    Agree that `if some_obj` all the time is annoying. Instead, better to introduce semantic helper methods like `if signed_in?` (which incidentally is included with gems like Devise).
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    by Finbarr 12y ago

    "The peak year for boys named Joseph was 1914 — when about 39,000 of them were born. Those 1914 Josephs would be due to celebrate their 100th birthdays at some point this year. But only about 130 of them were still alive as of Jan. 1.&
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    by Finbarr 12y ago

    You could actually have multiple shitty cars that you park in prime spots and get a consistent payout just by moving them all every day. Kind of like how people rent out multiple apartments just to put them on airbnb
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    by Finbarr 12y ago

    There is a precedent for this in the United Kingdom[1]. The nationwide Automatic Number Plate Recognition system (ANPR) tracks vehicles in real time. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police-enforced_ANPR_in_the_UK
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    Getting into an incubator after you’ve been rejected(karenx.com)

    2 points by Finbarr 12y ago|0 comments
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    by Finbarr 13y ago

    H1-B is not likely given the requirements (heavy emphasis on education)[1]. The age of the company isn't so much of an issue as long as they have money in the bank to pay the prevailing wage to the candidate. It is possible to become a
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    by Finbarr 13y ago

    It's equidistant from SF and Palo Alto, with rent way cheaper than both. The downtown area is well developed with lots of restaurants. San Mateo also has good transport links with easy freeway access to the 101, 92 and 280, and most of
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    1024 game on Pebble(pblweb.com)

    3 points by Finbarr 13y ago|0 comments
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    by Finbarr 13y ago

    Congrats Justin and Aaron!
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    Challenge HN: risk $100 to stick to your new years resolutions(giveit100.com)

    2 points by Finbarr 13y ago|0 comments
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    by Finbarr 13y ago

    I think dogecoin is hilarious. Even more amusing is the fact that it's getting more attention than Litecoin on Google right now: http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=litecoin%2C%20dogecoi...
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    by Finbarr 13y ago

    I doubt they'll ever run another hackathon like this again. What a farce.
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    What Is Litecoin(finance.yahoo.com)

    1 points by Finbarr 13y ago|0 comments