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Ask HN: Is it normal to outgrow your interests?
4 points by fratlas 11y ago|7 comments
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by fratlas 11y ago
Any reason not to use JSON? Apart from needing lightweight traffic, in which case MQTT would be fine, right?
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by fratlas 11y ago
I see that my comment inspired some emotions. I think I should clarify - I absolutely know that I have it better than baby boomers in almost every way, but I wish they would lay off telling me how housing now is "not that bad"
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by fratlas 11y ago
No, we're complaining about baby boomers complaining that we just need to "work harder". The cost of houses (relative to inflation/wages) in their 20-30's was multitudes cheaper. Anyone who thinks the young have i
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by fratlas 11y ago
Probably 90% of tech jobs (well, jobs which any professional would actually want ) are located in Syd/Melb. Tech is just not strong in general in Aus.
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by fratlas 11y ago
Store clerk in a small town shop :)
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by fratlas 11y ago
Older iPhone's (4 and below) home button have known to fail like clockwork after 1-2 years - I've repaired a few friend's phones in this time range.
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by fratlas 11y ago
Ah, yes, sorry. Still, nearly $2B revenue and funneling most of it into trying to break into the Chinese market; I don't think they're doing badly at all.
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by fratlas 11y ago
Well, Uber in particular has a huge profit. But other than that, I agree.
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by fratlas 11y ago
Not necessarily - some people find it worth it to take 20-40% of their work hours off (unpaid or not), I would define that as not "toiling". You can live on 60-80% of a 100k+ salary very comfortably.
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by fratlas 11y ago
"lifetime of toil ahead of you" does not make me feel better about the now (semi-joking).
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by fratlas 11y ago
Probably due to the fact that no two Starbucks are more than 3 blocks apart in the US :P
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by fratlas 11y ago
Our minimum wage is NOT $28 AUD, it's ~17. Meal at a tasty restaurant for 2 is ~35-40 if you don't go super fancy. Coke + chips maybe 5-6, 4 in a supermarket. Free wifi is almost EVERYWHERE (cafes/mcdonalds/businesses).
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by fratlas 11y ago
Do you think Australian ISP services is a market that could be disrupted? As an Aus, I would love Google to come through and strongarming Telstra into at least rethinking their inflated prices.
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by fratlas 11y ago
I'm pretty frustrated with Australia's Apple pricing - I wanted to upgrade my macbook air (~$1050 AUD when I purchased), only to be disappointed in the new $1500 AUD pricetag. Used to be the best ultrabook for it's price on t
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by fratlas 11y ago
I'm currently trying to do this for my own side project, my current plan was analyse each photo using one of the many color analyser algos out there (color-thief seems to be popular/efficient), but the problem is, color is a very
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by fratlas 11y ago
Probably performed dominant colour analysis on each (like color-thief), sort by similar ranked colours using a closeness transformation like LAB? No idea for the feature though.
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by fratlas 11y ago
Taking "if it ain't broken, don't fix it" to a whole new level!
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by fratlas 11y ago
Would you say your company is a rare breed?
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Ask HN: Interesting non-fiction books that involve maths?
1 points by fratlas 11y ago|0 comments
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by fratlas 11y ago
I mean the initial http response, not even the speed of the subsequent ajax.
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by fratlas 11y ago
One thing that struct me about your site (apart from being a good list, well done!) is how blazingly fast (close to HN, which I find funny) the page loads. Could you fill us mere mortals in on how the fuck you got it so fast?
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by fratlas 11y ago
Even though finishing/launching a project is a skill in itself, which I should learn, I fall in to this trap also.
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by fratlas 11y ago
Do you think we (Aus) will in 2016?
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by fratlas 11y ago
Assuming a %1 click rate (seems to be the rate on my site), that's still $48k (optimistic); not bad!
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by fratlas 11y ago
I think you underestimate (some) people's humanity.
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by fratlas 11y ago
What's your CPM? I average around $1, and that's just for a simple webgame (almost no text).
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by fratlas 11y ago
Well going in to university the EE job opportunities were strong, but they've steadily gotten worse over the years in the US, and Australian power companies have had massive layoffs, reducing grad intake.
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by fratlas 11y ago
I'm based in Australia, only half considering making the move to the US if I get an offer from the big 5. I guess I'm only worried if this would have an affect on the amount of positions available from mid sized companies (I'
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by fratlas 11y ago
I just assumed most devs would be worried about the potential affects of the bubble. Currently typing this from my summer intership, so your comment has given me so hope, thank you!

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