kal00ma

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by kal00ma 8y ago
A helpful guide for designing backend systems was published on github: https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer Make sure you really learn TCP and the unix toolchain for digging into network problems e.g. tc
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by kal00ma 8y ago
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/facebook-morale-takes-a-tumble-...
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by kal00ma 12y ago
Ona http://company.ona.io solves data collection problems for development organizations. Current clients are the WHO, UNDP, HNEC - Libya, World Bank, and UNICEF.
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Ask HN: What service should we use for customer support?
1 points by kal00ma 12y ago|1 comments
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by kal00ma 13y ago
If you're interested in graphics, we put together an engine for ascii/unicode raytracing in the browser: https://github.com/trevlovett/AsciiTracer Demo here: http://trevlovett.github.io/AsciiT
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Weixin: A Popular Chinese Social Networking App Blazes Its Own Path(nytimes.com)
2 points by kal00ma 13y ago|0 comments
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WhatsApp now has 400 million active monthly users(blog.whatsapp.com)
1 points by kal00ma 13y ago|0 comments
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by kal00ma 13y ago
Just installed it on ubuntu using sublime text 3 (installed from sublime-text_build-3047_amd64.deb). I get into vim mode when creating new files; however, when opening existing .py files on disk I don't get the vim editor.
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by kal00ma 13y ago
I'm very interested in doing a long distance river trip in Europe. Can I ask which route you took through those countries? Was dealing with locks an issue or did you just carry your canoe past them?
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by kal00ma 13y ago
Could you list a few more? I'm a big fan of this genre (ever since the King's Quest days)
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by kal00ma 13y ago
How do you make money? Some sort of affiliate deal?
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by kal00ma 13y ago
Nice to see that Midway Island has been street-viewed: http://goo.gl/maps/1M7UN . Seems the birds have taken over there.
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by kal00ma 13y ago
Would your algorithm still be profitable today, with so many people running bots on mtgox?
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by kal00ma 13y ago
I'm working in Norway currently. For what reasons could your pension be denied when you become old? (Assuming you are a permanent resident by the time you want to collect). I've found in the government jobs, the <= 40hr week is pretty
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by kal00ma 13y ago
no.indeed.com indexes all the major norwegian job sites. I suggest going there and just searching for "python" or "java" in the "hva" (what) field. Also, ARM has a branch in Trondheim and last I saw they were hiring software engineers.
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by kal00ma 13y ago
Salaries aren't as awesome as in San Francisco. As an entry level dev you'll make around 450000-500000NOK (~80k USD). With a Master's or more experience, working in the private sector you get ~100k USD. Cost of living is significantly hi
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by kal00ma 13y ago
pootle is also an OK option, if you don't mind doing heavy customization
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by kal00ma 14y ago
I've been working on a similar strategy after having read Nejat's book: http://www.amazon.com/Investment-Intelligence-Insider-Tradin... The plan is to derive trading signals from insider purchase data while taking into account the insider
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by kal00ma 14y ago
SEEKING FREELANCER - Remote Building a specialized search engine using Hadoop on AWS. 5TB of crawl data await your indexing code. If you've done similar things before or are awesome in other ways, send a message to kal00ma on reddit.
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Ask HN: What do you use for code-search now that Google code-search is defunct?
10 points by kal00ma 14y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: why do linkedin urls contain *1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1 ..?
10 points by kal00ma 15y ago|4 comments
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by kal00ma 15y ago
Has anyone come across an emulator/simulator for experimenting with stochastic logic?
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Ask HN: Do I need a business license?
1 points by kal00ma 15y ago|0 comments
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by kal00ma 15y ago
Stanford MCS grad, Python/Java/C++ hacker, experienced with Django, Android. Willing to learn X. Recently completed work on a preinstall app for a major provider which may be run on millions of handsets. Message me for linkedin info.
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by kal00ma 15y ago
Out of curiosity, what is your niche/area of expertise?
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by kal00ma 15y ago
Given the extra costs of being a freelancer (health insurance, self-employment tax), if you want to be living in the same neighborhood as your full-time peers you should be charging at least 75/hr.
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by kal00ma 15y ago
Not to toot my own horn too loudly, but I built a realtime (unicode) raytracer in javascript: https://github.com/trevlovett/AsciiTracer
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by kal00ma 15y ago
Github has a good jobs board now: http://jobs.github.com
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by kal00ma 15y ago
An offline wikitravel would be incredibly useful for travelers. I haven't found this yet so I built an offline wikitravel for android: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.heliod.eutravelgui...
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by kal00ma 15y ago
Is there any reason you go from quickbooks -> your accountant instead of letting Intuit handle everything (tax filing, etc.)? I'm trying to avoid hiring an actual (expensive) human accountant if I can..

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