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by brod 8y ago
Likewise, living in Melbourne Australia, I dropped out of school after year 11, tried an mechanical apprenticeship for a year but didn't like it so I started freelancing (Javascript) in 2013. 2013 $20k (freelance) 100+ clients 2014 $75
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by brod 8y ago
Brennan.
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by brod 8y ago
I saw the humour in not being able to mention a publicly advertised and software compatible device. I'm honestly not sure how you think app development for new devices on _an existing platform_ works.
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by brod 8y ago
so we should build machines to tell the truth quicker and then verify the machines told the truth by using methods that do not include using machines... when machines are built to determine the truth but cannot be trusted to do so - it&#x27
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by brod 8y ago
In 2016 I stopped accepting freelance work with an internet explorer or edge requirement. In 2018 I'm considering rejecting clients with an Eu requirement.
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by brod 8y ago
relevant quotes from a recent Wired article "Google Wants to Kill the URL" > "People have a really hard time understanding URLs" - Adrienne Porter Felt, Chrome's engineering manager. > "But I do know that
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by brod 8y ago
True, but I think the argument being made is similar to the absurdities that exist in Australia where it is illegal to _sell_ cigarettes to people under 18 and it's illegal to _buy_ cigarettes for people under 18 but it's not ille
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by brod 8y ago
most http clients (browsers included) will omit url data after the # character, eg: ` https://itty.bitty.site/#About/XQAAAAKrCQAAA...` only sends ` https://itty.bitty.site/` to the server.
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Friends don't let friends use AOL (2000)(salon.com)
44 points by brod 8y ago|45 comments
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by brod 8y ago
Interesting article, I think it represents the trials and tribulations of underground adolescent hacking cultures quite well. For people who currently find themselves in similar situations I'm sure it's inspiring and very confront
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by brod 8y ago
how is this more blizz related than wow related?
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by brod 8y ago
my guess is the precision, dexterity and energy cost of finger / hand / wrist movements make them more effective than using a mouth. An example would be complex poses such as the "gun" shape with a hand as opposed to &qu
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by brod 8y ago
gotta add a NaN check in there or it'll hang
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by brod 8y ago
the biggest annoyance with `page.evaluate` is transpiling javascript which adds helpers outside of the `page.evaluate` closure that in turn are not serialized and sent to the browser.
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Ask HN: Do government's need to adhere to GDPR
1 points by brod 8y ago|0 comments
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by brod 8y ago
wow, really sad, always hoped I'd get to see him and the yogscast replay magicka like they did 7 years ago.. rip.
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by brod 8y ago
lol, yeah they do but this is the lowest grade of meat and typically graded for non human consumption.. best beef is fit / healthy and knocked quickly.
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by brod 8y ago
I posted that link in slack and it's twitter:* meta content is really strange: Parade of Fans for Houston’s Funeral NEWARK - The guest list and parade of limousines with celebrities emerging from them seemed more suited to a
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by brod 8y ago
The solution to that problem is not battery-free video streaming.
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by brod 9y ago
Melbourne, Australia :) PING 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=60 time=5.044 ms 64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=60 time=6.447 ms 64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=60 time=6.371 ms
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by brod 9y ago
on careers page it states: "Competitive salary (paid exclusively in crypto currencies)".. With that mindset I really hope the actual salary is described in a fixed dollar amount.
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by brod 9y ago
Since there's no demo's I had a look at a couple case studies.. https://i.imgur.com/TBTF63h.png https://i.imgur.com/HP0DNNg.png It looks / feels like stripe but without the brand recognition,
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by brod 9y ago
it's eat your cake and have it, not the other way round. Nice points though.
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by brod 9y ago
sure, but theres also generally profit in the story.
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by brod 9y ago
I am a self taught web developer, I started a bachelor in IT with a CS major mid 2014 assuming the title would increase job opportunities. Late 2014 I landed a part-time job in web development, that role then moved to full-time and I transi
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by brod 10y ago
gold
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by brod 10y ago
this could be considered a handy feature in a different scenario, the browser shouldn't be responsible for checking if the text you copied was visible. Just get a half decent terminal, many have precautions in place for copy/paste
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by brod 10y ago
whole site's throwing 502's intermittently, here's a list of video id's of what sorta content it shows (for people interested but can't use it). q2XBK_PZgWY RQjdcyRwwP8 P9bcm3uT0NY I4WgpPg9EcA UOZVb91HwrQ rlZKRgtI3b
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by brod 10y ago
There's a guy who remade pokemon (yellow) in the browser and also a tile editor for it I forget who but it was pretty slick. I think he was a designer.
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by brod 10y ago
Sure, but name any specific computing related thing that doesn't categorically reside within either frontend or backend. And don't say Javascript.

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