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by gedrap 13y ago
It seems like an awesome feature. Just I don't like the landing page... If patio11 wouldn't have shared on twitter saying how awesome it is, I would have closed without caring too much - just one more thing on The Internet I simpl
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by gedrap 13y ago
Related, more good tips: https://plus.google.com/+MarkBennettCa/posts/N1qwzwuAZd1
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by gedrap 13y ago
SEEKING WORK - REMOTE I am a Web developer (AngularJS, PHP, studying RoR) based in Manchester, UK. I am looking for contract work, alongside with my undergrad studies (graduating in July). I have worked with local startups, remote agencies
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by gedrap 13y ago
Personally, I stick to bootstrap + customizations which does the job most of the time. Because I work on internal tools most of the time, so it's all kept simple. So I am not really your target audience :) but if I was considering such
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We Have Luxurious Jobs but We Are Not Aware of It(blog.gedrap.me)
473 points by gedrap 13y ago|299 comments
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by gedrap 13y ago
Looks interesting, just a couple of notes. 1) 'Why responsive' section is below the fold (1366x768). I checked, just email field, closed. Re-opened again as I started writing this and noticed a little icon saying there is somethin
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by gedrap 13y ago
I am not sure about why so many people are surprised. Although GitHub promotes open source, it's not open source itself. And it's fine. At the end of the day, GitHub is a company. They need money to do the great things it does. Wh
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by gedrap 13y ago
That's nothing compared to recruiters offering me senior jobs although I haven't even graduated. I literally have no idea who would hire those recruiters in the first place. I feel bad for the decent recruiters because of the imag
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by gedrap 13y ago
Doubt that. NYSE is definitely a scam. I have heard they pivoted from creating a new social network, like Facebook just better.
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Poor User Experience Is a Bug(blog.gedrap.me)
1 points by gedrap 13y ago|0 comments
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by gedrap 13y ago
This. Sometimes, I feel really guilty when I 'don't feel like working', although I know that hour worked is hour paid (working from home), and my hourly rate is the same as my dad's daily rate in a sweat shop in Lithuani
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by gedrap 13y ago
The Internet has changed the way we think, feel about the people who passed away. We leave so many footprints online about our existence which we don't think about much. But they have a special meaning for people who care and think abo
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by gedrap 13y ago
Well, do you really think a regular person will care a lot about storing data? Ok, maybe after Snowden's leaks they will give a second thought about sharing intimate pictures but other than that... For us, HNers, it's hard to unde
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by gedrap 13y ago
>>> It's gonna be one tough mission for FB to convince WhatsApp users they're not gonna be playing around with their data. It's much less relevant if you step outside the HN.
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by gedrap 13y ago
>>> SWAT 4 Oh man I miss this game so badly. I just loved every piece of it. I tried to buy it now, but unfortunately it's out of stock everywhere. Apparently because the publisher has closed. And there's not much on eBay
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by gedrap 13y ago
>>> ...can't...resist....."grammar". Oops forgot to wrap it with <sarcasm></sarcasm> To make my previous comment more accurate, I would add that it's usually not only about the money. Job specif
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by gedrap 13y ago
I recently 'fired' my client who paid me under the market rate for a client who pays the market. And I would qualify as a junior, I guess, since it's just 2 years since I started working for living... I think the problem is t
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Building Chernobyl's New Safe Confinement(theengineer.co.uk)
3 points by gedrap 13y ago|0 comments
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by gedrap 13y ago
Oh there a lot of them. Really a lot. People often do those so that could get a visa as a student which is difficult to obtain otherwise :)
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by gedrap 13y ago
I remember reading on HN that some US supermarket [0] could predict pregnancy based on shopping. So they would start sending baby-care products offers before the couples found about it. They ceased doing that because people found it just to
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by gedrap 13y ago
>>> It depends entirely on what type of product or service you're offering. And the luck/chance involved :) basically, the votes a new link gets in first 30mins largely decides whether it will make to front page or not. M
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by gedrap 13y ago
Don't know about Poland but back in Lithuania solving that by a little bribe was a common way around, judging from what I've heard. Once I had to get off the dentists (private not public) chair because someone came in and gave a &
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by gedrap 13y ago
Exactly. My socially needs are rather low, so going for dinner with friends a couple times a week and having random small talk between the lectures are enough for me :)
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by gedrap 13y ago
I am doing do a degree and paying the bills by freelancing. So 50-60hr/wk, combined education and work, is something regular. It is possible to sustain it, if you are an introvert like me. It's just important not to do the same th
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by gedrap 13y ago
I love the idea and it wakes my inner nerd up. It looks cool. However, I really wish there was some tour. It's quite confusing initially.
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by gedrap 13y ago
This believes that I am in Colchester, FreeGeoIP can say that I am just in the UK, Google in incognito mode thinks that I am in Sheffield. Correct answer: Manchester :)
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by gedrap 13y ago
When it comes to discounts, I like when some companies give discounts for students. A group of people who are known to be temporarily poor :) If you are on super super tight budget, $15/mo off can help and start a relationship in the r
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by gedrap 13y ago
Exactly. My native language is not English (it's Lithuanian) but when I talk about some rather hard-core topics (such as embedded systems), I just say that I will switch to English and continue talking in English. Because a mix of 70%
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Giving More Accurate Estimates on Web Apps(blog.gedrap.me)
2 points by gedrap 13y ago|0 comments
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How does Facebook disable Developer Tools?(stackoverflow.com)
258 points by gedrap 13y ago|86 comments

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