neilxdsouza

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by neilxdsouza 11y ago
Freelancing Deal: I'll do your Android project at USD 3500 a month. I had a project pipelined, which suddenly got cancelled (postponed without a new date) and I have a void to fill. I had put an Ad in the July Seeking Freelancer - for
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by neilxdsouza 11y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote & Mumbai, India. We are a team of 2 developers and looking to build a portfolio of mobile apps on Android and IOS. Although we are relatively new to mobile app development we are experienced developers on (node.js,
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by neilxdsouza 11y ago
I could answer you with reasons. But in the 1980s, one would also ask - why should we enable a household to own a mainframe. But look at what we do with computers today. You could have a really smart kernel hacker/programmer running hi
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by neilxdsouza 11y ago
I was thinking of how the Intel cpu brought the computer into the normal household. What could bring Amazon into the household of a normal person today? What if someone decided to create a server mobile unit - no screen, no cameras, no sens
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by neilxdsouza 11y ago
I thought this would be pointed out. Yes, one could knock out the battery, screen and sensors. Maybe even android - and just leave the bare linux in there. You would probably reach a raspberry pi as the sibling comment has pointed out.
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by neilxdsouza 11y ago
Yes. I do mean that. What struck me from the talk was the cpu in the iphone 6 was about 25x more powerful than the pentium 100 in 1995.
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Ask HN: Is anyone doing a mobile phones server farm in the style of Amazon?
5 points by neilxdsouza 11y ago|14 comments
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by neilxdsouza 11y ago
I find it hard to believe, in this version and the official version that Osama was killed and not taken alive. If I was Obama or director of CIA, I would have asked the boys to bring him in alive.
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Ask HN: Learning CSS – Are there resources for graded exercises?
1 points by neilxdsouza 11y ago|0 comments
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by neilxdsouza 12y ago
Professional Javascript for Web Developers by Nicholas Zakas. This treats Javascript as a first class software engineering language.
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by neilxdsouza 12y ago
I've found a dealer who has a late-2012 mac mini display piece. This particular machine can be upgraded to 16Gb. Im probably going to go with this config.
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by neilxdsouza 12y ago
That's why I thought of 16Gb Ram. I'm thinking, The whole of XCode and the compiler and my program source would be in the buffer cache. So after the initial loading from disk, the dev experience would be quite smooth (that's
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by neilxdsouza 12y ago
Yes. I just saw that. I cant reply to your comment directly as there is no reply button below your comment (probably nested too deep). stackexchange might be a good place to check. I think the 2012 mac mini was eating into their higher end
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by neilxdsouza 12y ago
If you read the tech specs as below, http://www.apple.com/mac-mini/specs/ In the memory section, it says it's upgradeable. And I think this is a link from Apple's own instructions on how to do the upgra
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by neilxdsouza 12y ago
What you seem to suggest is that there is no need to even upgrade the RAM. I could check how well it works for a while before spending the extra on the RAM. Thanks.
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Ask HN: Can you do IOS/XCode development on Mac Mini (1.4 Ghz)
8 points by neilxdsouza 12y ago|16 comments
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by neilxdsouza 12y ago
OT: I just said to myself, that cannot be "the Peter Norvig" here on Hackernews and I checked the profile. And Lo and behold ...
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Masayoshi Son: The CEO who lost $70bn in a day before conquering the world(hottopics.ht)
6 points by neilxdsouza 12y ago|0 comments
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by neilxdsouza 12y ago
This technique is described in Peter van der Linden's book "Expert C Programming : Deep C Secrets" (and also explained really well by you).
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by neilxdsouza 12y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote (Based in India). Looking for a months work, to raise some funds to help move my startup along. I can work on node.js / Bootstrap. I am comfortable with postgresql for the db backend. I am currently learning Andro
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by neilxdsouza 12y ago
So at this early stage, I am not talking about replacing lawyers. Their interpretation would still be required. However if there are 5 possible interpretations, the engine should present all 5 possibilities to the lawyer. This will help her
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by neilxdsouza 12y ago
A search engine for the legal system. I had sent this idea to YC 2013 and they asked me to submit a video, but I felt I don't have the creds to apply. Take each section of a country's law and convert it into prolog clauses. Querie
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by neilxdsouza 12y ago
There is a book called Advanced 80386 programming techniques by Jim Turley - it was referenced in Robert Love's Linux Kernel Development book. Other resources include http://www.brokenthorn.com/Resources/OSDevIndex
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by neilxdsouza 13y ago
Working on a compiler for data collection. It's a simple programming language that allows you to launch surveys on android devices. We can also compile to an embedded webserver using (webtoolkit.eu) or a desktop survey using wxWidgets,
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by neilxdsouza 13y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote We are a team of 3 startup founders, looking for work to self fund. Our skillset - - Backend Programming: Frameworks: Node/{Express,Sails}, Python/{Django,Flask}, PHP/Laravel Databases: MongoDB,
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by neilxdsouza 13y ago
Sorry about the late reply, I have no-procrast on, am going to disable it. email: nxd_in@yahoo.com, github neilxdsouza (same as my HN username). the compiler is not yet pushed to github - I will do so and update you (but I dont have your em
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by neilxdsouza 13y ago
Not a direct answer to your question but ... You should probably find someone in the Open Source world who is willing to mentor you for free and you could contribute code to their project (thus building a profile for yourself). I myself am
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by neilxdsouza 13y ago
I am pretty confident that when the presidential candidate is selected, he is already being manipulated by the financial houses. They make sure that the president is weak pawn who can be easily manipulated. I am also sure that this has been
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by neilxdsouza 13y ago
Reminds me of when I went to Brussels the first time, trying to travel to Leuven (where my friend was staying). All the buses were going to "Geen Dienst". That's a popular destination I thought to myself.
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Open Data Apps Challenge - Govt of India(data.gov.in)
3 points by neilxdsouza 13y ago|0 comments

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