aaronmacy

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Re:Ask HN: I've been slacking off at Google for 6 years. How can I sto... on Sunday January 05, 2020 @06:06PM (#21964867)

it’s worth pointing out that large US tech companies hire international applicants and sponsor work visas for these folks. i get that not everyone is willing/able to make the move for various reasons, of course.

edit: applications -> applicants

Re:Happy Birthday, Ruby on Thursday January 10, 2019 @04:17PM (#18878276)

I've not personally tried it, but I remember thinking rdl sounded promising after seeing this talk (looks like there's a video online): https://www.thestrangeloop.com/2017/type-checking-ruby.html

Re:Security Analysis of Telegram: 6.857 Final Project [pdf] on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @10:10PM (#15607269)

Professionals anonymously ripping apart a non-anonymous undergraduate paper :clap:

Re:Age of Empires: Definitive Edition Beta on Thursday July 27, 2017 @08:55PM (#14871081)

strongly agree about the multiplayer. not generally into re-playing video games from my younger days, but i'm really looking forward to this.

Re:Show HN: Tenence – Making Renting Easier on Thursday March 02, 2017 @07:36PM (#13779780)

> Unfortunately, the scroll-jacking and large visuals take away from the UX side of things.

This. I didn't proceed through site because I can't stand scroll-jacking.

Re:Stripe in Japan on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @10:33AM (#12635814)

"Payment Systems in the US" by Carol Coye Benson and Scott Loftesness

Re:Venmo Five Years Ago on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @01:24PM (#10426914)

PayPal owns Venmo.

Project Euler offline, "database may have compromised"

Posted by aaronmacy on Sunday June 15, 2014 @05:22PM
from the self-post dept.

http://projecteuler.net/ has been taken offline. Full text:"Due to the discovery of a serious security issue a decision was made on Sunday 15 June 2014 to take down the website. The full extent of the issue is still being investigated but in an attempt to be as honest as possible to our members we must make you aware that we have reason to suspect that all or parts of the database may have...

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Re:A mobile friendly Vim cheat sheet on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @02:05PM (#6168137)

one of these can be shortened: cw - deletes the current word & enters insert mode