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by jgilias 4y ago
Yes, Wise was the first option he tried. The problem was that he needed a business account and Wise put him in a waiting list for opening one but never got back. But, yes, Wise would’ve helped here.
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by jgilias 4y ago
Sure, there are ways, but inferior and more expensive than digital options.
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by jgilias 4y ago
Two real life datapoints. 1. A friend of mine has a small software consultancy. He usually works within EUR area. All fine and dandy there. Then there was a client in the US, they agreed on a USD rate for his work. He went to his bank to op
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by jgilias 4y ago
Yeah. A developer working on Tornado Cash in the Netherlands gets arrested nearly immediately for writing code. A rich boy playing with crypto and defrauding people to the tune of billions, nope, not gonna even mention “crime” here.
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by jgilias 4y ago
Just to make it clear, I’m writing this to get it out there for people who want to move into development a bit later in life. Such that they can improve their portfolios and resumes. I mean, we didn’t have an arduous interview process, but
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by jgilias 4y ago
You can be Grug: https://grugbrain.dev/ Software engineering needs ten self-aware Grugs for every child prodigy. Getting in might be hard though. See, I’ve been on the hiring side and guilty as charged, I have passed on peo
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by jgilias 4y ago
I’ve found that search in crates.io works surprisingly well for me. I just make a few searches with different keywords I feel make sense for what I’m looking for, look at download characteristics, and that’s it. A curated list can quickly
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by jgilias 4y ago
This is different though. Async colors functions, so once you’ve got something that has an async interface, you either go async too, or have to do shenigans to use it in a blocking way. GATs will just let library authors make more flexible
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by jgilias 4y ago
Ooooh, this is a pet peeve of mine! The productivity measure in economics is only tangentially related to how hard people work. Consider this, productivity is defined as the sum total of goods and services produced divided by total hours wo
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by jgilias 4y ago
Yes, of course, the Ask:HN is basically about that! The parent comment asserted that having an SMS in addition to a password is functionally no different from having a password only. Which is not the case.
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by jgilias 4y ago
The security advantage is that an attacker using a completely different device doesn’t have your phone.
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by jgilias 4y ago
So, I’m naturally introverted, always have been. But I’ve realised some time ago that learning to be better at communication with fellow human beings is a very worthwhile activity. And yes, this is something you can absolutely just learn ho
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by jgilias 4y ago
2pac, is that you man?
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by jgilias 4y ago
I’ve never had this happen, it was always at host’s place. Granted, that was some years ago, maybe things have changed!
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by jgilias 4y ago
If you still want/need to use AirBnB for cheaper travel, renting a room instead of a whole apartment is actually better. Then the host is an actual host and the reviews are more meaningful. I’ve gotten to know some pretty cool people t
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by jgilias 4y ago
Yeah, but the thing is that “A” players command “A” level salaries, be it Elbonia or not. Because a company that doesn’t have a clear, understandable, and fair salary policy is a major red flag that “A” players won’t work at. Sure, there ma
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by jgilias 4y ago
WFH equates to more flexibility and freedom for most WFH proponents. Freedom to choose how to spend hours reclaimed from commute, flexibility regarding when exactly and how to work, depending on what works best for the individual. Freedom t
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by jgilias 4y ago
Apparently this is not possible. Because it's not possible to verify the account, as the person doing the verification has a different birthdate than what's associated with the account.
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by jgilias 4y ago
Did you actually read the accepted answer there? Neither of the options you mention are possible.
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by jgilias 4y ago
It's not like people actually do this though. I've been programming Rust for 5 years now. Since three years 'mostly Rust', now 'only Rust'. As far as I've seen `unsafe` is used very sparingly in every code
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by jgilias 4y ago
So, you joined, found out that you can do this, now you have CTO of a small company on your resume. Which does mean something. It sounds like you've gotten out of this employment what you originally wanted. I think this is the point wh
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by jgilias 4y ago
Very nice :D
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by jgilias 4y ago
It very much does exist. Just look for places trying to change the very basics of how the world works by hacking on new technology. You know, the places that naturally attract cypherpunks, people distrustful of 'the system' and th
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by jgilias 4y ago
I still use "there's a pool on the roof" when meeting someone new to see if I've met one of my own :D
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by jgilias 4y ago
I was referring more to the mechanism of paying content providers directly in proportion to the time I spend on their site. Without getting tracked all over the place and being shown intrusive ads. And without an opaque middleman taking mos
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by jgilias 4y ago
Look up pretty much any resource on deflation.
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by jgilias 4y ago
I really like the solution put forth by Brave. Basically reify the attention economy and make it explicit so that you, as the producer of your attention get a say and a monetary stake in it.
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by jgilias 4y ago
A hundred times this! In programming lingo I like to think about money as something akin to promises or futures. Something that 'has value' strictly in its current context, and even then only as a 'promise' that will yie
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by jgilias 4y ago
Perfect, thanks! Exactly what I was hoping for someone would provide!
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by jgilias 4y ago
I wonder what was the intended way of interacting with the database for technical users?

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