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Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (December 2021) on Friday December 03, 2021 @05:59PM (#29436695)
SEEKING FREELANCER | Remote | Rails OR react OR Node

Hey, Forward is looking for 5 freelancers at the moment and are in particular in need of a) rails engineers and b) react engineers.

More info on us here:

https://forward.id

and on the specific roles here:

https://work.forward.id

Feel free to reach out directly to zach@forward

Re:When silence is better for white people on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @12:19PM (#23405164)
Racism is problematic to the degree it creates racial inequity. Do you think this creates racial inequity?
Re:Police license plates in Minneapolis (2016) [video] on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @11:06AM (#23404171)
They all just say "POLICE" with no actual license plate number. It's unnerving.

Ask HN: How do you handle project level imports in Python?

Posted by atticusberg on Monday June 11, 2018 @02:52PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I have python project called xyz. It has a directory structure like this: xyz/ __init__.py a.py b.py c.py At the top of a.py, I'd like to be able to say something like from c import some_func.From what I can tell, there are many, many different ways to accomplish this.I haven't been able to find anything though that is both a) automated and b) clean.How do you handle this...

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Re:Ask HN: What is the best process to learn a new language? on Friday March 09, 2018 @12:28PM (#16553264)
For romance languages that don't have declension:

0) Figure out how to read/pronounce words in that language

1) Learn important irregular verb conjugations in present tense (to have, to be, etc.)

2) Learn how to conjugate the different forms of present tense verbs

3) Look up list of most commonly used verbs + nouns. Memorize those.

4) Layer in conjugations for new tenses

5) Practice with native speakers

Re:Show HN: Tinder Revenue Estimate on Thursday March 08, 2018 @01:27PM (#16546406)
Or better yet, $36.2M
Re:Show HN: MyCryptoWiki – A free cryptocurrency coin wiki on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @02:53PM (#16531513)
Definitely agree there is a lack of easily accessible information on coins. I started putting together https://www.orc.press though my sense is that it's overly technical for most users.
Re:Basic Ripple Explanation on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @02:38PM (#16531396)
TLDR: The Ripple platform is intended for use by large financial institutions to facilitate the exchange of one asset for another (e.g. USD for EUR or gold buillon for XRP). XRP's primary use is as a bridge currency and it can facilitate conversions like USD -> XRP -> EUR or gold -> XRP -> JPY.
Re:What is the largest source code you've seen on a single file? on Friday March 02, 2018 @10:08AM (#16501950)
The first company I worked for had a 10k line java file that comprised ~90% of their codebase
Re:Ask HN: What's the worst-designed, slowest app that still makes a l... on Thursday March 01, 2018 @08:31AM (#16491757)
Ah, and let’s not forget JIRA. JIRA is a real dumpster fire.
Re:Ask HN: What's the worst-designed, slowest app that still makes a l... on Thursday March 01, 2018 @08:24AM (#16491700)
Salesforce?
Re:How Do We Learn? on Thursday March 01, 2018 @08:24AM (#16491694)
Any suggestions for further reading? In particular a book geared towards people who aren’t domain experts would be great
Re:An argument for passwordless on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @08:01AM (#16482679)
I don’t think the article is saying we should do away with passwords altogether, just that they aren’t always necessary. The advantage of using magic links is that it requires users to have to remember one less password
Re:Ask HN: How can I use my developer skills for good? on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @07:49AM (#16482610)
If you’re looking to to do pro bono part time work you could consider becoming a coding instructor for a local learn to code program in your area.

If you’re interested in doing work for international NGOs you could also look for a full time role at one of those organizations

Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook wants to end money on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @03:35PM (#16477611)
This content is locked behind a paywall :(
Re:Making a case for JavaScript, in-browser Mining on Thursday February 15, 2018 @08:17AM (#16383725)
Whenever an advertisement is displayed to you, brave awards you BAT which you then pay a percentage of to the site owner.

Brave also controls what kind of advertisements you can see and prevents things like auto playing videos and full screen ads from cropping up.

It also allows you to apportion micro payments to content producers.

Won’t weigh in on whether this makes brave groundbreaking or not, but this is at least part of what it does that makes it unique.

It also has this whole interface it exposes to advertisers and content owners I don’t fully understand.

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