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Re:Ask HN: I'm a solopreneur and I feel demoralised on Thursday December 07, 2017 @05:30PM (#15874990)
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg gives incredible insight into how to build habits. I highly recommend it.
Re:Software development and screen readers at 450 words per minute on Monday August 28, 2017 @12:20PM (#15117704)
Totally should have The Matrix screensaver playing at all times.
Re:Show HN: Poly – Universal chat app. Speak in 60+ languages. Transla... on Friday March 31, 2017 @11:16PM (#14010200)
I'm aiming to get the backend open sourced in a week or two so keep posted! I just wanted to get something out there in the mean time.
Re:3.5% of Android phone clocks are wrong by more than an hour on Friday June 14, 2013 @11:05AM (#5880295)
It's Candy Crush's fault.
Re:Ask HN: Any Aussie Startups looking for an intern? on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @09:31PM (#5829832)
Alright thanks, I'll look into them.
Re:Ask HN: Any Aussie Startups looking for an intern? on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @09:21PM (#5829804)
That's true, but I've coded away in my bedroom before and it can get quite lonely. If I can't find anything I'll definitely be doing that though.

I'll also be graduating next year and would really appreciate the experience of working with a team.

Ask HN: Any Aussie Startups looking for an intern?

Posted by dawilster on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @09:11PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hi HN,I'm a second year Computer Science student studying at RMIT in Melbourne, Aus and lately I've been longing to get my hands dirty with some code and get a back to the real reason I started Comp Sci.Before I started Comp Sci, I was a self taught programmer, absolutely loved working on personal projects and had so many ideas I never knew which one to follow. But now I feel university has...

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Re:Google Search Terms Can Predict the Stock Market on Friday April 26, 2013 @10:42AM (#5613167)
I was thinking of something very similar the other day but in regards to bitcoins. They are very volatile at this stage and whenever they're in the public eye they either seem to increase or decrease in value. Perhaps somebody could perform a study as to a relation between the volume of bitcoin related search terms and it's market value.
Re:2nd year Comp Sci student that just now figured out I have ADD on Saturday April 20, 2013 @04:14AM (#5580758)
Thank you so much for the overwelming response from the HN community. I will now spend the night going over all your responses. I'm going to book a counselling session through my university and hopefully they can give me some advice as to where to go from here.

Thanks so much

Ask HN: How to university?

Posted by dawilster on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @05:53AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hi HN,I'm a 2nd year computer science student with a 3.5 GPA so I'm not doing to bad but I feel like I've gotten by so far on I knowledge I already had and cramming at the last minute. I like to consider myself some what of a uni hacker.I was never really taught how to take notes in a lecture and how to study for exams. I seems like I'm winging everything. Additionally I exhibit many of the...

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Re:Show HN: Hammer is a web development tool for designers and developers on Saturday February 23, 2013 @01:51AM (#5268823)
I haven't used Hammer yet but I just have to commend you on the design of your website. Looks great and is really easy to use.

Best of luck!

Re:I predict Spotify will release a mp3 player within 2 years on Saturday February 02, 2013 @09:56PM (#5158389)
Hmm, you may be right but how long is it until an offline spotify optimised device is released. I could easily see on of these things popping up on kickstarter.
Re:Wireless Arduino Powered Chess on Saturday February 02, 2013 @07:02AM (#5155826)
Imagine the potiental, using an iphone or android to connect users from around the world to a seemingly physical chess match. As a chess lover I think this is amazing

Ask HN: Whats a good resource to learn rails active associations?

Posted by dawilster on Sunday January 06, 2013 @02:23AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hi HN,I'm in the process of learning rails and I've studied basic sql at university but I'm having a really hard time getting my head around rails active association.For instance I'm trying to build a twitter clone. Where users can follow other users and have a homefeed populated with tweets from other users. But I can't seem to get the association of the relation mapped in my head.If anybody...

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Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2013) on Tuesday January 01, 2013 @09:17PM (#4994977)
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SEEKING WORK - Based in Melbourne, Australia

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William Porter

Email: william[at]psdtobootstrap[dot]com

Website: psdtobootstrap.com

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Front End Developer

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Specializing in the conversion of PSD's into HTML that utilizes the Twitter bootstrap framework.

Re:Ask HN: How do I convert a PSD design to Android xml? on Tuesday September 11, 2012 @02:52AM (#4504137)
Thanks! I will.
Re:Ask HN: How do I convert a PSD design to Android xml? on Tuesday September 11, 2012 @01:06AM (#4503891)
Hey,

Thanks for the reply, I gave the wrong idea with the word convert I mean't manually code but I can't seem to find many online resources that go into detail about going from a photoshop design to a coded user interface.

Ask HN: How do I convert a PSD design to Android xml?

Posted by dawilster on Monday September 10, 2012 @11:31PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hi everyone,I've been toying with android apps the past couple of days and cannot seem to get my head around the entire UI and layout development.I've been programming in Java for the past year so I'm fairly familiar with the language and I've been front end developing in CSS for a couple years now but I can seem to make the transition.If anybody could point me towards some online resources...

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Re:Samsung Pays Apple $1 Billion Sending 30 Trucks Full of 5 Cents Coins on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @10:07AM (#4448569)
Haha I know right.
Re:Samsung Pays Apple $1 Billion Sending 30 Trucks Full of 5 Cents Coins on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @04:41AM (#4447602)
I think this is going to turn out to be a hoax

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