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by kohanz 10y ago
> There are two possible reasons I didn’t get a job: Either coding interviews don’t work, or I really suck at coding. How do you know that you were rejected based on technical merits? A software developer's fit within a team comes d
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by kohanz 10y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote or based in SW Ontario, Canada LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/zamkhan Recent client: "As an academic entrepreneur, I have engaged in a number of out-sourcing processes and truth be told,
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My wife's phone is my "backup phone", so both of us would have to lose our phones at the same time for there to be a problem.
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Exactly - at the price point of the iPhone, it's a bit ridiculous to ask the user to make compromises as if it's an entry-level device.
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BS = Bulls--- MS = More s--- PhD = Piled higher and Deeper
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I was in the same situation as you and found that in the end Safari fit that bill for me (not sure if it is an option on your platform). Responsiveness is probably somewhere between Chrome and FF, but memory usage has been much better.
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I haven't fully done it yet, but am on my way. About 2.5 years ago I left my 9-5 career (about 8 years into it) to become a contractor/consultant, basically continuing to do the same type of work, but for multiple clients, with an
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> There are many voices i hear who believe people above certain limits should be taxed 90% or more, and some cutoff limits Ive heard have been 250k, or even 100k. Sorry, but I don't believe that there are many voices, in the conte
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Sorry, but this is the same argument we see time and time again against higher taxes (not just Mincome). We saw it in 2008 with "Joe the Plumber". Some entrepreneurs are driven by maximizing profit margins and some aren't. If
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To find clients that will pay good rates you're mostly going to have to deal with them directly, which rules out most sites that try to act as a middle-man.
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Yes, in that it has been replaced by WPF and now UWP. That said, it is complete, stable, and mature. You know what you're getting with it. Going by what Microsoft recommends (e.g. whatever the latest they've put out is) isn't
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The thought that Microsoft developed Visual Studio in order to spy on developers is a bit much to stomach.
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Disagree. As someone who has worked extensively with both WPF and WinForms, they're just different programming paradigms (XAML vs Forms Designer), but once you get up to speed on WPF, you can develop interfaces, even "quick and di
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No, but you can bundle the installer for the version you need into your own installer.
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Not sure about recommended, but I develop a few Windows desktop apps that run on special systems (think a PC that is connected to custom hardware). We use WPF, which is an improvement over WinForms, especially in terms of UI look and feel.
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I see. That makes sense. Thanks for sharing :)
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Would their bookkeeping (taxes, etc.) be affected by this if they are under the impression that you are U.S. based? Do you provide invoices with an address on them?
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I mean, if they never asked where you live and are just assuming, then I suppose it's fair. However, if you told them or did not deny that you live somewhere other than you do, that would seem professionally dishonest to me. I don&#x27
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An excellently written piece, with a perspective that can only be communicated by someone who is walking that path (so to speak). The thought that the whole "You WILL get better" or "keeping fighting!" notion highlights
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> One thing I find interesting is Frank's claim that "You have then ignored bug reports about this for years." It seems like users have a better chance of getting problems addressed on Github than the previous feedback me
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Agreed. That thread is a mixture of some useful and constructive dialogue and others just "piling on" offering problems without solutions. Those type of commenters would frustrate me to no end.
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Can't you just click "threads" at the top and look for changes?
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I came here just to post the same comment. I hate to be negative because this site seems very interesting and I love the content, but what I would say is that I don't think there is any need to embellish the numbers for the audience th
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Ask HN: Is e-mail confirmation less common for companies in India?
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Sure, but it's not because they "wanted me so badly", it's usually because someone I previously worked with is at the company and vouched for my skills & experience.
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Toronto and Vancouver is an apples and oranges comparison when it comes to having space/land to build new structures.
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> You can buy a condo, the prices of which are totally uncoupled from SFHs If domestic buyers can't afford SFH's and shift their attention to condos, this increases demand for condos, thus raising the price. It is practically
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The link you provided indicates that BMI is incorrect (when compared to body fat %) roughly 1 in 5 times. That's pretty high, IMHO and that is why many people have a problem with it.
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My personal experience: yes to the NI hardware, but no to LabView. I used LabView during my graduate work and as someone who came from a traditional programming background, I struggled with it. More recently (almost a decade later) I had th
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I've worked in both of those situations, but to be completely honest, I believe the variance in experiences introduced by different company cultures, leadership, team members, etc. is so much greater than any systemic effects from the

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