TrueGeek

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   by TrueGeek 5y ago

   > I'm happy with my work and paid fairly But are you American or European? :)
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   by TrueGeek 5y ago

   Does the book end on a hopeful note?
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   by TrueGeek 5y ago

   I've been a Xamarin.Forms developer for a while and I'm a big fan of the framework. The author has a point that Android support has always lagged iOS support, but I've not had problems to the point that they have. Xamarin is
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   by TrueGeek 5y ago

   I was also offered $50 but you have two weeks before the coupon expires. This seems extremely short considering they must have had a ton of time to prepare for the cellular shutdown. Plus, if you go to their site to buy a new Kindle it says
5. 335.▲
   by TrueGeek 5y ago

   That's just, like, your opinion man
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   by TrueGeek 5y ago

   He added this update: > This articles was "flagged" by Hacker News about 90 minutes after I posted it there I regularly get HN posts in my RSS feed that end up being flagged when I click through to them, but this url has only b
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   by TrueGeek 5y ago

   > Thiel turned $2000 into this amount Is there a history of what trades he made and over what period? A $2k investment to $5B is insane.
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   by TrueGeek 5y ago

   https://i.imgur.com/91sn32Q.jpg
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   by TrueGeek 5y ago

   > until we can automate enough so that there's such a thing as a free lunch This is a wonderful Asimovian ideal. Alternative future: we automated many people out of jobs and they are left in the cold because we don't prioritize
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    by TrueGeek 5y ago

    It is insane that recruiters send stuff like "WFH 2 days a week!!!". I had one a couple years ago that offered a "perk" of casual Fridays. They have no sense of the real world and what it takes to hires developers.
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    by TrueGeek 5y ago

    From the article: > "Irish police will have the power to compel people to provide passwords for electronic devices when carrying out a search warrant under new legislation." This is not unique to Ireland, we see this here in th
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    by TrueGeek 5y ago

    If you haven't seen a Neurologist in the last 18 months, there have been HUGE advancements in prescription drugs for migraines. Prior to 2019 drugs for epilepsy were given off label. Now there are monthly injections (you give them to y
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    by TrueGeek 5y ago

    > Long trial contracts to hire I don't understand these. If I'm going to do this (as a candidate) then why not just do independent consulting / contracting and charge a higher rate? Only once was I offered a contract to hi
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    by TrueGeek 5y ago

    this is great, thank you!
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    by TrueGeek 5y ago

    https://twitter.com/mccrmx/status/1373766678987698177
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    by TrueGeek 5y ago

    It's still crap though. If they spin up an instance billing $1k a day you'll find out after they've already billed several hundred, if not at least $1k. There needs to be a way to set actually limits, not alerts. You should b
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    by TrueGeek 5y ago

    same, after having issues with pain for a while I love how little effort the Apple keyboard takes to press the keys. I just wish the Magic Keyboard came in black.
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    by TrueGeek 5y ago

    A bit off topic but I just want to thank you for such a great site. Just this morning I had been linked to it for a travel diary of LEJOG.
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    by TrueGeek 5y ago

    Same. OP says "going to die soon" of a framework that's been around for 9 years and is being invested in heavily. I've been working on Xamarin projects for years and have done very well with it. Doing consulting I'v
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    by TrueGeek 5y ago

    This is very accurate. I'm in the US eastern time zone but working with teams in the Pacific time zone, IST, and CEST constantly. My employer cancelled all of our leases when everyone went home so we're now all remote 100%, but th
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    by TrueGeek 6y ago

    Have you tried the new Mini? I switched from the Pro and love it.
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    by TrueGeek 6y ago

    Very true. For 99% of cases I would guess they're dealing with expats who didn't get a check or have a question about medicare coverage. The example they give of an emergency is "a 12 year old needs to have a social security
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    by TrueGeek 6y ago

    > Government services are available offline or via phone as well The US Embassy FBU in London has recently switched to email only. They no longer accept postal mail. [1] The FBU handles social security related matters for those out of th
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    by TrueGeek 6y ago

    Why is “working age” assumed to end at 54?
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    by TrueGeek 6y ago

    My wife and I used to go to a great little restaurant near us. The owner sold and the food drastically got worse. The previous owner spent every single morning at the market picking out fresh meat and produce. The new owner told us her lawy
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    by TrueGeek 6y ago

    It's on Steam now
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    by TrueGeek 6y ago

    It does not. You just get an email that your account has expired with a link to renew.
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    by TrueGeek 6y ago

    For clarification, was this near easter time or was the bunny completely random?
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    by TrueGeek 6y ago

    I've been using a GPS collar for a my escape artist dog for a few years. Do you have a link to your big red balloon Kickstarter page?
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    by TrueGeek 6y ago

    Safari does, and SFControllerView does. WKWebView does not. Which means apps can’t use WebRTC inside simple WebViews, and Chrome can’t support WebRTC on iOS.