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by vmateixeira 7y ago
I honestly wish you all the best, and hope that works for you. Just please be aware that after you've delivered, you loose power for negotiation. Therefore I would probably rethink the timeline choosen for agreeing on a reward " t
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by vmateixeira 7y ago
Just out of curiosity, when would you think these prototypes should be best built? Surely not on my free time, right? If the company is not interested on listening to new ideas, and you're keen on participating in something you would l
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by vmateixeira 7y ago
In your opinion, would that apply to web APIs too? How many ways are there to write a create user API besides POST /user/? Does that mean every company should then be taken to coury as well?
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by vmateixeira 7y ago
I agree, I think people should start thinking more often what garbage would they not have bought if they hadn't seen that ad. "Do I really need that dog backpack? How many times will I ever use it? Would I actually have needed it
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by vmateixeira 7y ago
People pay attention to ads precisely because they constantly steal your attention.
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by vmateixeira 8y ago
You know that Facebook still collects information about you, even though you may not even have an account, right? [1] http://fortune.com/2018/04/11/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-data-... [2] https://new
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by vmateixeira 8y ago
Not displaying properly for me.
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by vmateixeira 8y ago
Thanks, much appreciated! Prefer this to all that JS non-sense.
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by vmateixeira 8y ago
The page shows no content.. in the other hand, my ad-blocker just blocked 125 external requests... "A Simple Makefile" .. not that simply exposed.
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by vmateixeira 8y ago
Tell people about it. Let it grow from being just your vision to become a small group's vision.
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by vmateixeira 8y ago
They're session security is hilarious.. a session token is still valid for at least 6 hours after logging out.. even after their humorous advice to close all browser tabs (which as expected doesn't do anything server side)
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by vmateixeira 8y ago
Fun fact: both books have precisely 1082 pages.
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by vmateixeira 8y ago
My machines?
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by vmateixeira 8y ago
I would say greediness.
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by vmateixeira 8y ago
Back in 2015 I ordered a Vodafone Pre-paid SIM to a friends address and that was how I got "my proof of address".
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by vmateixeira 8y ago
If a company has money to hire lawyers to make an extra 200 pages of T&Cs, I'm sure they will have the money to argue that those pages are "concise, transparent, intelligible, easily accessible, and it must use clear and plai
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by vmateixeira 8y ago
Maybe a better source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-facebook-...
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by vmateixeira 8y ago
Yes. 1366x768 and 1920x1080.
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by vmateixeira 8y ago
That's my point ;) Edit: To clarify, on a 16:9 the playable area is far from being vertically centered.
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by vmateixeira 8y ago
I hate having my scroll hijacked
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by vmateixeira 8y ago
When your cousin's software consultancy company is hired...
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Ask HN: Is messenger.com down in the UK (and Portugal) only?
1 points by vmateixeira 8y ago|0 comments
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by vmateixeira 8y ago
Reminds me of old computer magazines like BYTE and Macworld. Context is something completely ignored these days.
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by vmateixeira 8y ago
This isn't new.. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16428671
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by vmateixeira 9y ago
I would be interested to know how would these autonomous cars/trucks behave on non-linear roads, with potholes, adverse conditions, etc What kind of problem are these companies trying to address that hasn't been addressed yet? Wil
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by vmateixeira 9y ago
I share your opinion. Also, I never understood what kind of problem companies are trying to solve with self driving cars to be honest. Traffic in cities will be the same, if not worse. And I consider driving as one of the things I really en
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by vmateixeira 9y ago
It seems to me that their marketing is really working.. they just got to HN front page and I'm sure almost everyone reading couldn't resist googling them ;)
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by vmateixeira 9y ago
Exposure period
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by vmateixeira 9y ago
"Whether its called facebook or is run by a Zuckerberg is in an irrelevant point."
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by vmateixeira 9y ago
End result != motivation Bad at making profit doesn't necessarly means you're not-for-profit. Also from the article: "What they told people at the time was we're going to use this data to improve services. But now thank

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