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by half0wl 4y ago
That's my ideal set-up (I was also set up as a contractor for 5-ish years). Was it difficult for you to convice companies to take you on as a "contractor" (legally speaking)?
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by half0wl 4y ago
Generally, yes. Learning how to navigate will help you in any *nix systems. > since there are quite some comments highlighting the effectiveness of a good VIM setup and muscle memory of 10+ years, I would like to know your opinion on sta
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Ask HN: What prevents a company from hiring remote employees internationally?
55 points by half0wl 4y ago|97 comments
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by half0wl 4y ago
Why do you want to start this in Singapore? I can't offer much in terms of personal experience, but I'm in Singapore and happy to chat in general - email's in my profile :-)
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by half0wl 4y ago
I think this is very much a double-edged sword, and no one is truly a night owl. > If you are a night owl can you unlock your full potential when the sun is up or does your brain only start to fully function when it's dark outside?
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by half0wl 4y ago
> Create a call stack map and write it down (personal anecdote) I strongly agree with this. Writing it down is very important. Whenever I trace through a call stack, I tend to construct a visualization of it in my mind (in the form of a
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by half0wl 4y ago
Where are you located? I think it would be way easier if you can network in person. I've heard of F10 for fintech by word-of-mouth, but never had personal experience with them. https://www.mas.gov.sg/development/fi
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by half0wl 4y ago
> To what degree should one lie about experience when applying for jobs? None? I don't think you should or have to lie. You have to learn how to market and promote yourself. Phrasing your highlight reels in a way that makes you shin
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by half0wl 5y ago
I feel the same as you, but under (very?) different circumstances - I dropped out in my last year of high school due to a variety of reasons, so I never had an ounce of formal education beyond that. I also live in a place where educational
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by half0wl 6y ago
Happening for me too. It's showing a blank screen when I navigate to a channel/DM.
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by half0wl 6y ago
Any perceived "societal progress" comes at a (heavy) cost of personal liberties; the Singapore government have always "preferred" the former. > it's also legit democracy If your interpretation of a democracy boi
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by half0wl 8y ago
Thanks! Purchased a copy :)
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by half0wl 8y ago
> Finally, TabNine will work correctly if you deny it network access (say, by blacklisting update.tabnine.com). Just to clarify - would it still work if I deny network acess for the TabNine binary, _after_ validating my license key? Or i
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by half0wl 8y ago
Where/when did you encounter that? I used a Mac machine for awhile without even logging into iCloud/Apple ID; I don't recall being asked for any personal info beyond what's required to set-up the machine. Off-topic, out
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by half0wl 8y ago
They confirmed they're launching in SG a couple of months back, but there has been no further news yet :-/
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by half0wl 8y ago
I was referring to ride-hailing _apps_ specifically, my bad. Anecdotally, I don't have good experiences with taxis here, and sometimes they're more expensive than Grab.
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by half0wl 8y ago
Slightly related - it's the same situation in Singapore when GrabTaxi "merged" with Uber. After Uber pulled out, Grab stopped handing out promotion codes that would save you anywhere from $2-5 bucks per trip (or occasionally
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by half0wl 8y ago
They're not getting around that, users are giving them permissions to location data. From the article: > Almost all require access to a user’s location data to work properly, like weather and fitness apps, but share that data often
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Remote-Controlling MacOS with a Python Telegram Bot(medium.com)
1 points by half0wl 9y ago|0 comments
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by half0wl 9y ago
Yeah. How did this even happen?
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by half0wl 9y ago
Wow, you should definitely sell this as a service. Lots of people in the market validation stage would pay for this (I know I would). > I can send unlimited emails, track opens, analyse them. Handled by my marketing module. I can customi
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by half0wl 9y ago
I'm interested in hearing the answer too. I've never had an "formal" interview and I wish to apply for jobs soon, but I find the interview stage intimidating enough that it's pushing me to just work on my own stuff
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by half0wl 9y ago
Great article. I'd like to add that while `PUT` can be used for updating data, you should only ever use this if you are updating the entire object. It's more "replacing" the object with new values than updating it - i.e.
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by half0wl 9y ago
I believe it's a joke. I missed the "Amazon-style" part in the OP, which I guess is referencing how Amazon used to (?) host their status page.
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by half0wl 9y ago
Haha, this is pretty fun. Will you be sharing the source? I'd love to see how state is stored on the back-end.
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by half0wl 9y ago
How does that work? It isn't just an empty repo titled "status" that you try to load to see if Github is down, is it?