malux85

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by malux85 16y ago
We had one of these asshole developers ... one who would - exactly as the article says - follow the spec exactly, and when point to the spec when things went wrong. He had no sympathy, because he was just doing as he was told. We fixed him
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by malux85 16y ago
I'm not trolling - but this is hardly a 'weird idea' as the article states ... I thought of this and did it last weekend :) My flatmates harddisk broke down the other day in his laptop, so I put Ubuntu live CD in, a USB stick and hooked up
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by malux85 16y ago
Being the technical co-founder I found it really helpful to get the manager / sales person onside. He does all of the "help me understand" when things need clarity. He also keep me on track and not mucking around on the internet ( except th
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by malux85 16y ago
Great - thanks!
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Ask HN: Hardware hacker to real product
7 points by malux85 16y ago|5 comments
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by malux85 16y ago
Yep this is the right way to go .. use the Money type when you can. Just remember though, don't hard code 2 decimal places through your system. I have had to write financial software that's needed to be flexible enough to be accurate to 4 d
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by malux85 16y ago
Yes, you're right ... I did think that after I posted :)
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by malux85 16y ago
I agree .. it doesn't matter what color your skin is, or whatever minority group you are from, what matters are your choices, specifically how you spend your precious, precious time. I'm gay, and am bootstrapping my own startup. I have neve
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by malux85 16y ago
This answer is 100% correct. Think about it in cash terms. The amount of time you spend writing the framework is time (money) coming out of YOUR pocket. There is ZERO point in writing your own framework or starting from scratch these days
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by malux85 16y ago
Hi there Cool let's chat :) email me on alain.richardt85@gmail.com and I'll send you much more info Alain
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by malux85 16y ago
Hi all I use this address for gtalk IM only (don't mail it) .. so I dont mind if I get spam from sharing it here! Feel free to add me anybody, but remember I work a 9-5 and cant chat heaps during the day alain.richardt85@gmail.com Cheers Al
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by malux85 16y ago
Yes absolutely, I'm just at work at the moment, but will send you my contact details (email + instant messenger etc) tonight, cheers :)
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by malux85 16y ago
angel.co ! That was the site I was after ... will check it out, thanks :)
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by malux85 16y ago
Thank you for the excellent advice, and know my post was quite general, but you've hit the nail on the head with your comments. I would love to meet for a coffee sometime - will be in touch. P.s. I'm a kiwi!
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ASK Hn: Funding a "small" startup in London
28 points by malux85 16y ago|27 comments
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by malux85 16y ago
Friend of a Friend ... his dad worked in a high tech lab and their machines got upgraded ... I literally rescued them before they went into the skip (they were rich, selling them was more trouble than it was worth) I had great fun with thos
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by malux85 16y ago
This is the correct reason for the turbo buttons. Most of the program delays (especially in games) was done inside really basic things like // Delay for(int i = 0; i <= 10000; i++) { // Do nothing } This was a bad way of putting delay
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by malux85 16y ago
heya, I was wondering the same thing. I'm busy working my nuts off, and wonder where I should be networking. If you use MSN messenger ... add me as a contact. (That goes for everyone else) alainrichardt [at] hotmail.com cheers Alain
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by malux85 16y ago
I was in a similar situation to yourself, and all I can say is work your a55 off. I bummed out of university after 6 months after getting ill. I had a student debt of 10,000 and nothing to show for it. I couldn't get a job in I.T. without a