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by vinceyuan 8y ago
Wow, so high! What kind of engineers are mid-level or senior? Typically, is a lead engineer a senior?
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by vinceyuan 8y ago
And car manufacturing.
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by vinceyuan 8y ago
Not sure Qi Lu is the best person for this position. Though Qi was born in China, he almost spent his all career time in the US. Probably the time he worked in China is less than one year. You can't expect this person knows China marke
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by vinceyuan 8y ago
I don't want to get involved in politics. But I have to point out "Taiwan is literally the Republic of China." is 100% correct. The official name of Taiwan is Republic of China (ROC). On the cover of Taiwan passport, you can
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by vinceyuan 8y ago
Typo. It should be "you don't need to do the same thing twice"
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by vinceyuan 8y ago
Great article. I started iOS programming in late 2009 and had solid experience of native mobile programming (iOS/Android) and web frontend/backend (RoR/Node.js/React/Go) before I started to use React Native in late
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by vinceyuan 8y ago
In late 2015 (maybe early 2016), I was interviewed by the engineering manager of a 20-to-50-person tech company for a iOS engineer role in Hong Kong. I answered all tech questions well. But when I heard his last question, I knew I would not
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by vinceyuan 9y ago
> I too have been approached by non-technical people who wanted to form a team, but rely on me to come up with both the idea and the product. I don't trust people who can only talk. I like these words, especially "I don't
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by vinceyuan 10y ago
Oh, when I read the title, I wrongly thought it's Digital-Free Trade Zone, a trade zone without any digital methods. :D
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by vinceyuan 10y ago
Exactly. Go app uses much less RAM than Java app.
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by vinceyuan 10y ago
One solution in my mind is the source code of the monitoring software must be reviewed by independent and trusted software engineers/experts.
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by vinceyuan 10y ago
If I have to choose one from end-to-end encryption and security, I will choose security. I don't mind my WhatsApp chats are scanned by police's software, if it can reduce terrorism. Of course, we need to make sure it is used for a
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by vinceyuan 10y ago
Food, public transportation, beach, hiking in HK are good. But housing in HK is super expensive. You can't find a room in any other cities smaller than HK. People feel desperate because of the super expensive housing. The city's e
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by vinceyuan 10y ago
I will buy it too, if there is a toilet in the car!
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by vinceyuan 10y ago
I bet it will be blocked soon.
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by vinceyuan 10y ago
You are right. WeChat has had voice message, video call, group chat, stickers, sending money for years. I use WeChat frequently but seldom use fb messenger. (I am in Hong Kong.)
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by vinceyuan 10y ago
Wow, Golang again! Let me show my web client for hacker news http://hackernewsroom.com built with Golang too.
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by vinceyuan 11y ago
LinkedIn is not that bad. Indeed it is very useful. I was contacted by many head hunters on LinkedIn and got jobs. (But I got no response when I apply for positions on LinkedIn.) LinkedIn is really a good place for head hunters.
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by vinceyuan 11y ago
It's totally different. Google officially stopped development and support for ADT in Eclipse. But Apple is still supporting Objective-C and most Apple's apps are written in Objective-C.
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by vinceyuan 11y ago
Facebook spent $85 million buying Parse in 2013. Now it will be closed. I used Parse. But I found it's expensive if you want to use some Pro features. I built my own server on a cheap VPS later.
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by vinceyuan 11y ago
BitBucket
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by vinceyuan 11y ago
Suggestion: add links of comments. Many people like reading comments at Hacker News. Users have to open the original HN home page to open comments. btw, I created another HN web client: Hacker News Room http://hackernewsroom.com
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by vinceyuan 11y ago
> I have been accused more than once of stealing the rubberized signature pad from a UPS delivery man. This is the most interesting part of this article.
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by vinceyuan 11y ago
I heard Dart before, but didn't know it's created by Google until now. I am a fan of Go. I like goroutines and channels. Why does google create two new languages?
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by vinceyuan 11y ago
> FxOS for phones didn't fail Any new phone shipped with firefox os? Nobody buys it. It totally failed.
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by vinceyuan 11y ago
Obviously Mozilla still doesn't know why Firefox OS/phone failed.
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by vinceyuan 11y ago
This is really a cool idea. Segway was acquired by Xiaomi. And the background in the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr-9p8o60gY is Beijing. I believe this project is developed in Beijing, China.
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by vinceyuan 11y ago
If you are confident with your programming skills and believe this startup has bright future, accept it. Otherwise, join another company to gain income and experience. Btw, are you in the US?
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by vinceyuan 11y ago
Hong Kong
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by vinceyuan 11y ago
It is actually "Do not parse and compile the files which have been parsed and compiled. Use the cache.". Can't believe it is done so late.

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