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   by alt_f4 14y ago

   OK, so why the delay then? Did you also dispute after 8 months? I would understand if you are willing to cut your contractor maybe a week or two worth of slack. But in OP's case 1-2 weeks difference still doesn't make 1250$ reasonable payme
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   by alt_f4 14y ago

   Not to rub salt into your wound, but $1250 for work which you personally acknowledge can take up to 3 months (it took you 3 months to dispute!) is hardly "generous". What US-based developer can afford to work on your project for this long o
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   by alt_f4 14y ago

   See if you can sneak into lectures that interest you. Join clubs/societies to meet new people and try out new things.
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   by alt_f4 14y ago

   Also, how to become Venture Capitalist without ventures.
5. 215.▲
   by alt_f4 14y ago

   Email seems to work fine for most places. Of course, if the startup is 'sexy' enough, email is no good and you might have to submit a POST request instead.
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   by alt_f4 14y ago

   Ironically, it is down now.
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   by alt_f4 14y ago

   to bragging to HN (Friday)
8. 218.▲
   by alt_f4 14y ago

   would you do it? :)
9. 219.▲
   by alt_f4 14y ago

   Your eyes will bleed after 42 hours.
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    by alt_f4 14y ago

    > I imagine requiring your users to fake a MAC Address is a pretty effective captcha. I guess we disagree over the meaning of the term 'captcha' then. Besides that, it is also pretty trivial to spoof a MAC address. > For Dropbox, it
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    by alt_f4 14y ago

    What if I told you... this could have been prevented by using captchas?
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    by alt_f4 14y ago

    Both PHP and Ruby are turing-complete languages, so, by definition, there aren't any things that you can do in RoR, but can't do in PHP or even COBOL for that matter.
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    by alt_f4 14y ago

    I would change clients if my new client has a "summarize this" feature - the ability to get the gist of an email into bullets. Or even my entire inbox (excluding marketing emails, etc). Fair warning: you'll need much more than "rockstar C++
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    by alt_f4 14y ago

    Well, if you want to go back to London, there are plenty of Java jobs there. The entire financial industry runs on Java (well, mostly, among other things). So, Java definitely is the safer bet. Having said that, iOS development might be mor
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    by alt_f4 14y ago

    I work at a top (some might say the top) financial services firm as a Software Engineer. I joined relatively recently, so I still haven't formed a full, well-grounded opinion about the environment and my employer, but I will try to go ove