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by erdo 6y ago
Wow, that's insane. Bank tech can be shockingly low tech sometimes - maybe they were using a spreadsheet to create their numbers or something
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by erdo 6y ago
Agree completely other than the functional bit (but I'm not sure if that was a recommendation or just Google keyword help). At least for Android, I've found that maintaining state when handling screen rotations etc becomes a real
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by erdo 6y ago
So nice to see this universal issue being discussed, it doesn't seem to get as much attention as it deserves. IMO, a great solution here is along the lines of "Lift the state up" / "MV(X)". But... there is a vi
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by erdo 6y ago
This really wasn't much notice to give for such a hugely important thing
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by erdo 6y ago
Well... just because a developer claims to be a senior engineer (with only 2 years experience) it doesn't actually make them a senior engineer, it makes them a bullsh*ter :D
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by erdo 6y ago
Back when I actually had some crypto, I considered Monero / Zcash / Dash more risky, precisely _because_ they were so focussed on anonymity. Bitcoin's ledger is a dream come true for financial investigators and tax collectors
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by erdo 6y ago
Well as far as we know, no one succeeded ;) if I was the IRS, the last thing I would do is tell everyone we could now deanonymize Monero. (I'm mostly kidding, I don't think anyone can deanonymize Monero)
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Ask HN: When coding, how to do remember what you were doing the previous day?
34 points by erdo 6y ago|66 comments
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by erdo 6y ago
I think I've worked for several - I couldn't say for sure because the first I know about it is when the company has that unscheduled all-hands meeting that I've learned to recognise. The one where they break the news that the
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by erdo 6y ago
I think a team of 1 developer is going to result in some not-too-bad code eventually (as long as the project is small and that developer is diligent and cares about the project). But a team bigger than 3 developers where no one has any soli
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by erdo 6y ago
I really agree with this. Junior developers just can't write clear, simple code. They accidentally over-complicate everything, in the most unhelpful way possible. If you have a senior developer that does that, I would consider them a m
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Uncomfortable Questions About App Signing(commonsware.com)
3 points by erdo 6y ago|0 comments
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by erdo 6y ago
Sure, and fake Tesla just happens to be bricked while it's driving in the fast lane of a motorway, or is accidentally bricked because a bug triggered the kill switch. Think about that for a moment.
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by erdo 6y ago
You're presenting this as a binary choice: a) > company should be responsible for ensuring that counterfeit devices work correctly or b) > bricking [the counterfeit] device as soon as possible The answer is almost always c) let i
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Babylon Health breach: users able to see other people's consultations(theguardian.com)
2 points by erdo 6y ago|0 comments
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by erdo 7y ago
Given China's expansive attitude to industrial espionage (all foreign companies are fair game), if I were in charge of security for a large multinational, what's my security policy going to be for my employees who travel to China
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by erdo 7y ago
This made me chuckle, all power to you! How many of us would work in our current role if money were genuinely no object - in reality there are far more rewarding things to be doing with our limited time on this planet.
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by erdo 7y ago
I see, I think there are quite a few developers who feel that way. It is crazy for a company not to accommodate that, if it truly wants to recruit from the best talent pool available
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by erdo 7y ago
Nice one! Thanks for the tips. I've got the furthest with a company called iD.Apps who seem pretty solid (and obviously focussed on mobile apps). But I hadn't heard of Malt, I'll register tonight and send my CV to the others
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by erdo 7y ago
Is it that people love remote working, or that they hate commuting? I would prefer a 20 min commute on a clean train, to a nice office than remote working (and I did have that on an Amsterdam based contract). But an hour plus drive to an in
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by erdo 7y ago
Slightly at a tangent, and I hope you don't mind me asking: I moved to Paris last month and the freelancing opportunities seem to be a lot less plentiful than in London (android developer), do you look anywhere specific? I'm on fr
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by erdo 7y ago
Or if you really want to play the fixed price game, better add a _large_ buffer which you may keep should the project miraculously complete on time. You transfer the risk from the client by doing fixed price work and risk is expensive. And
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Italian surgeons discover 'world's oldest heart valve' in woman(theguardian.com)
2 points by erdo 7y ago|0 comments
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by erdo 7y ago
Well as an Android dev, if you didn't already have a deprecation strategy in place, then that's not really a commercial standard app IMO. Since forever, at least for networked apps, we need to be able to deprecate APIs, and know w
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by erdo 7y ago
I really like this idea, a small QR code would save a lot of paper, _and_ avoid the requirement that I give the store my email address for an electronic receipt.
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by erdo 7y ago
> 3x longer I used to work for a large payment processing company that supplied POS systems to retailers, I was surprised to find that receipt length does matter a lot to some retailers. The department that shipped till rolls liked long
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by erdo 7y ago
Totally agree. I also think Anki is great, but as a tool to improve the speed and quality of my software development? pretty useless I'd say. That's like trying to write better novels by focusing on improving your typing speed. Su
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Notre-Dame fire: Assassin's Creed's maker pledges aid(bbc.com)
1 points by erdo 7y ago|0 comments
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Researchers 'reboot' pig brains hours after animals died(theguardian.com)
5 points by erdo 7y ago|0 comments
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Congress is about to ban the government from offering free online tax filing(arstechnica.com)
42 points by erdo 8y ago|1 comments

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