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Contributing to the Mozilla code base(developer.mozilla.org)
342 points by new_here 7y ago|150 comments
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by new_here 7y ago
A colleague of mine wrote and maintains https://www.localizationkit.com/ We use it in a global iOS app and it works pretty well.
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by new_here 7y ago
Yeah, the backend interviews are something I'd really like to do more of. Glad you're enjoying it!
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by new_here 7y ago
Thanks for the feedback, Fernando. I've transferred the app to the Able organization on Github and pushed a new build that only requests read access to your Github profile info. It should be up in 20 min. It's used soley to pre-po
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by new_here 7y ago
Able | Remote (US/Europe) | https://able.bio/ Building a LinkedIn alternative for programmers. Users can earn skills on their profiles through code challenges, write blog posts and find jobs. Looking for a technical co
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by new_here 7y ago
Interesting, thanks for the correction!
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by new_here 7y ago
TIL, thanks for the clarification!
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by new_here 7y ago
I was raised to use British English spelling. Honestly, without any offence intended, whenever I see words like 'color', 'organize', 'oriented' and so on my mind sees it as a lazy (for lack of a better word) in
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by new_here 7y ago
About a two years ago my friends and I used to scroll back into each other’s posts from the early days and ‘like’ some of the most cringeworthy posts and photos we could find. It would cause them to bubble up into everyone’s newsfeeds again
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Why is Uber so bad in London?(reddit.com)
1 points by new_here 7y ago|3 comments
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by new_here 7y ago
I used to drink quite a bit in high school, university and my early twenties. At some point I decided that I wanted to start programming and build a side project but found that having one or many drinks would write off the evening or next d
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How Mixcloud serves 15m users a month with Python(able.bio)
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It’s time to kill the web (2017)(blog.plan99.net)
5 points by new_here 7y ago|1 comments
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How Mixcloud serves 15M users a month(able.bio)
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Custom Elements for React(github.com)
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by new_here 8y ago
All this CSS minimalism reminds me of Dan Luu's post about Web Bloat: https://danluu.com/web-bloat/ His website is refreshingly light and fast, but that's still no excuse for Times New Roman. Maybe it's
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by new_here 8y ago
Moving diagonally to another company is generally the best way to increase your earnings. You should get one or more offers from other companies. The more options you have the less shy you will be because you have alternatives if your curre
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by new_here 8y ago
I find working towards wins (new users or customers) helps to replenish my excitement and enthusiasm for my project, so I aim for those. Otherwise, I just end up grinding until my mind eventually says enough and I'll just have to stop
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by new_here 8y ago
Nice!
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Stop the Bots: Practical Lessons in Machine Learning(blog.cloudflare.com)
56 points by new_here 8y ago|9 comments
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by new_here 8y ago
I'm moving to Denmark in a month. A few questions, if you have time: - Do you have an opinion on the Copenhagen tech scene? Companies, talent, access to funding etc. - How've you found integrating with the Danish culture? - Any su
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by new_here 8y ago
That quote on the slide is the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit#Bullshit_asymmetry_...
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by new_here 8y ago
Glassdoor, company engineering blog and careers page on their website to see what the environment, tech stack and benefits are like. Maybe Stackshare.
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by new_here 8y ago
Honestly, I don’t know why fake Amazon reviews are not more of an issue. This really is a huge problem that should be getting covered in mainstream media the way Facebook is scrutinised about privacy. Millions of people are being swindled o
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by new_here 8y ago
I’ve read and listened to quite a bit of stuff from Reid Hoffman (Masters of Scale, LinkedIn’s pitch deck etc) and have never found him or any of his advice particularly convincing. Maybe I’m speculating wildly here but it feels like the ma
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by new_here 8y ago
Oatly is awesome. It’s a great example of the potential of synthesised foods to replace our current consumption habits.
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by new_here 8y ago
Quora also started out as an awesome service just like Medium. Eventually though, the VC's need the promises they've heard during fundraising to be fulfilled. That's when the platforms start with the dark patterns. Non-VC com
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by new_here 8y ago
Interesting article about a topic that Westerners generally find dystopian. However, it didn’t make much mention about how this system can and has been abused to punish dissidents (e.g. feminists) and how citizens with low social credit can
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by new_here 8y ago
Getting there.
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by new_here 8y ago
Is there not some collective action that can be taken to have Google penalise Saowen.com and other sites that engage in this kind of plagiarism?

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