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Re:HP's CEO spells it out: You're a 'bad investment' if you don't buy ... on Friday January 19, 2024 @04:28PM (#39061448)
Never ever ever buy anything from HP. They will brick it with a software update. If you need a lightweight printer go with Epson. You can refill them.
Re:Ask HN: Are ad revenue still a viable way to monetize an app in 2022? on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @04:53PM (#33000965)
I just wrote about how ads actually hurt my user retention. My case is particular, my app is privacy-oriented

https://ahbou.org/post/696176028423487488/ads-impact-on-perc...

Re:What are you supposed to do with old clothes? on Thursday August 11, 2022 @05:11PM (#32431756)
In my country we give them to people with lesser means on the streets. When the winter season gets close some people will start collecting clothes to bring them to people living in the mountains
Re:Hiring tool Homerun hit with cyberattack on Thursday November 11, 2021 @03:55PM (#29193045)
The interesting part is "Homerun made an agreement with the cyber attacker."
Re:Shadiest Job Offer? on Monday October 25, 2021 @11:48AM (#28989155)
Feels like the mafia hiring a software engineer :)
Re:Ask HN: What's your “crazy CEO” moment? on Thursday April 01, 2021 @04:38AM (#26658018)
this feels like an episode from the Silicon Valley show lol

Ask HN: What's your “crazy CEO” moment?

Posted by Ahmedb on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @05:50AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Title says it all.Mine was a couple of years ago, I applied to an established mobile games studio and went through the steps (recruiter, technical interview, CTO). The last step was a call with the CEO. They gave me his number and insisted I add him to my contact. He was going to call on WhatsApp at 5pm my time since he was on some island somewhere living the life.That day at 5pm there was no...

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Re:Sorry, I won’t take your online coding quiz on Thursday November 19, 2020 @11:37AM (#25151201)
My point is: to ace the test I need to prep for the test and that time is better spent on a take-home project.

Most tests I saw were between 1h30 or 2 hours.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2020) on Thursday October 01, 2020 @04:24PM (#24655802)
Same! I applied for the Senior iOS position and I liked how the whole process was transparent and straightforward.
Re:Tell HN: My permanently deleted Facebook account reactivated withou... on Thursday May 21, 2020 @06:54PM (#23266532)
I deactivated my account a couple of years ago and then realized someone has been impersonating me. So I reactivated and used the Jumbo app to monitor and wipe out all the content from both Facebook and Google. They run weekly checks and remove anything you setup including tags by other people.
Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite developer-efficiency tips? on Friday May 08, 2020 @07:14PM (#23120552)
Instead of commenting your code once in a while make it default. I started always commenting and documenting my code (even the simplest parts for consistency) and it dramatically improved my productivity when I revisited if afterwards.

10x multiplier if you're working with a team.

Ask HN: What's your goto Twitter lists?

Posted by Ahmedb on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @08:25AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I like to broaden my twitter feed by subscribing to curated twitter lists.A couple of lists I'm following:Reading from @patrickchttps://twitter.com/i/lists/810352678735781888and Crypto from @navalhttps://twitter.com/i/lists/875371355570487296What's yours?

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