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by rrrrrraul 6y ago
Good on you for sticking with it. I too tried launching a similar service in this market, you’re right, the “big boys” marketing is everywhere and drowns out smaller service providers. Keep going, good luck.
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by rrrrrraul 7y ago
fgBlox - an OSX Safari Extension. Prevents common ad-trackers from loading. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fgblox/id1460509929?mt=12
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by rrrrrraul 7y ago
Or perhaps fgBlox =) https://fgblox.com/
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by rrrrrraul 7y ago
On OSX, there are Safari App Extensions. They’re not as user customizable as extensions on Chrome but they do exist. In fact I recently release my own Safari Ad-tracking blocker on the Mac App Store.
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by rrrrrraul 9y ago
Chiming in with one exchange I've used, Coinbase / GDAX , I think it might only be available if you're in the United States.
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by rrrrrraul 9y ago
Yes! I did this today =) it's a lot easier for me to switch tasks if I work my side project first thing in the morning, but it takes quite a bit of effort to get going for me as I'm not a morning person.
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by rrrrrraul 9y ago
Retainer, that sounds like an awesome setup. How many years have you been freelancing?
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by rrrrrraul 10y ago
Currently using Sinatra in my latest side project. I realize it's no longer the heyday of Ruby, but for simple apps its easy to get started and enables the possibility of using the vast amounts of Ruby gems in my project.
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by rrrrrraul 11y ago
Me too, good luck!
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by rrrrrraul 11y ago
Zot zot ftw!
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by rrrrrraul 11y ago
I built http://highbetastocks.com as a way to scratch my own itch (was too lazy to have to login to my brokerage account every time I wanted this info). And in the process learned a little bit of Meteor js ^_^
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by rrrrrraul 11y ago
Generally, when flaps and slats are extended, they increase the camber of the airfoil, increasing the Coefficient of Lift for the same AoA. Also, the air gaps introduced at the junctions between slats/flaps and the main wing re-energiz
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by rrrrrraul 11y ago
shooting from the hip... a) gust of wind; b) planned engine gimbal
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by rrrrrraul 11y ago
Follow blogs / forums / prominent devs on Twitter for the tech you use /are interested in, at least that's what I do. And HN =)
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by rrrrrraul 11y ago
Oh man, this great. Now I kind of want a burrito ^_^
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by rrrrrraul 11y ago
Have you thought about attending tech Meetups (if there are any in your area), in my experience there are often individuals looking to hire devs.
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by rrrrrraul 11y ago
@rwenderlich @mattt
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by rrrrrraul 11y ago
I have one. I bought a domain to have a personalized email address and decided I'd throw something up. It's an 'about me' page, but I still guide folks to my LinkedIn page instead. I am planning to add a blog, mostly to
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by rrrrrraul 12y ago
thank you sirrrr!
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Ask HN: Is there a 'RailsCast' for MeteorJS?
8 points by rrrrrraul 12y ago|4 comments
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by rrrrrraul 12y ago
Like already mentioned, sleep. In addition to that, most recently I found that listening to "Tibetan singing bowls" (random Spotify playlist I found) helps keep me in the zone.
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by rrrrrraul 12y ago
Good idea, me too. Thanks !
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by rrrrrraul 12y ago
I tend to gravitate to music without lyrics. I've been listening to a playlist I found on Spotify - "Beats to think to" Also, if you like the sounds of a coffee shop, checkout coffitivity.com (no affiliation). If I'm in
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by rrrrrraul 12y ago
I used pretty much all the resources already mentioned (Big Nerd Ranch, Raywenderlich, Stanford course), but I'd like to add a few more to the mix - check out http://objc.io , http://nshipster.com and http:&#x2
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by rrrrrraul 12y ago
Inspiring! Glad it worked out for you
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by rrrrrraul 12y ago
if you don't mind me asking, did you start doing SW dev at your employer during that first year when you were still doing EE work? Or did you pick it up on your own outside of your day job ?
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Ask HN: Anyone migrated from one engr field over to software dev?
5 points by rrrrrraul 12y ago|7 comments
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by rrrrrraul 12y ago
Hey, I've been learning iOS dev on my own since the beginning of the year, try these: -Stanford's Developing iOS Apps Course (free on iTunes U) -developer.apple.com (unpaid account), gives you access to plenty of code examples to
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by rrrrrraul 12y ago
Location: Los Angeles, Ca Remote: Willing to try it out. Willing to Relocate: Depends on role,company,etc. Technologies: iOS (Cocoa Touch & Objective-C, and a couple weeks of Swift) Resume: http://linkedin.com/in/re
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by rrrrrraul 13y ago
Another good data point. It is indeed different.

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