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Re:Ask HN: What do you wish someone would build?
on Thursday April 28, 2016 @06:43PM (#11592417)
I recommend Appear.in http://appear.in
Re:How quitting my corporate job for my startup dream f*cked my life up
on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @11:08AM (#11337127)
Definitely agree. If you're thinking that you're missing out on life then make the change, go down a tangential path. Do not go through life bitching & whining that you didn't make the most of an opportunity.
Take the sabbatical and go to Europe for 6 months. If it turns out to not be what you expected, so what, you've learned something and grown.
Re:How to contribute to JHipster generator?
on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @05:46AM (#11244563)
Why not ask this question to the jHipster team?
The contributing guidelines are here:
https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/blob/master/C...
Re:How do you deal a better programmer than you having same or less ex...
on Friday January 08, 2016 @10:04AM (#10865303)
There will always be someone who does something better than you, regardless of whether it is related to programming or not. Some people have more of an aptitude for a particular skill than you but that doesn't mean you're a failure, nor is it something to get depressed about. Rather than dwell on the knowledge that someone is better than you at something you enjoy, use it inspire & motivate yourself to improving your own ability.
Re:Analysis: Raising Series A in the Nordics, 11 key findings
on Monday June 15, 2015 @04:40AM (#9718155)
Interesting article, but annoyed that it doesn't feature Norway in the country comparison. The Norwegian start-up market may be small, but it is growing.
Re:Interview with Jon Skeet
on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @04:02AM (#8989454)
As did I, though I started with a Commodore VIC-20.
Re:How did you learn to code?
on Monday February 02, 2015 @03:54AM (#8983295)
When I was 7 my parents gave me a Commodore VIC-20 and after tiring of playing games, I wanted to make my own. Started out with copying game listings out of magazines in basic, then moved on to assembly, pascal, and then C.
Fast forward 30-ish years and I've been a developer for over 20 years coding games to enterprise applications and everything in-between.
To me its more a calling rather than a concious choice to be a programmer, like joining the seminary. now I spend my time mentoring younger developers and tinkering with new languages and things.
Re:Ask HN: Best accredited online education?
on Monday December 29, 2014 @10:33AM (#8810148)
The university of Liverpool has a number of decent online programmes in cooperation with laureate international.
I'm currently on the MSc Web sciences & Big Data programme.
Re:Scope.watch
on Saturday November 15, 2014 @07:11AM (#8611517)
Something must be wrong, I get the Ubuntu default apache page.
Re:Ask HN: Which tech conference would you attend?
on Thursday June 05, 2014 @04:00AM (#7850779)
The Summit in Dublin. 4-6 November http://summitdublin.com/
Was a great event last year, Elon Musk attended as well as a whole host of great speakers.
Food Summit & Night Summit were also part of the programme and a lot of fun.
Highly recommended.
Re:We Just launched our customer management tool for small biz. Need t...
on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @09:55AM (#7559253)
Re:Poll: How long have you been programming?
on Sunday April 06, 2014 @06:31PM (#7543442)
Started when I was 7 with a Commodore VIC-20, so 31 years ago. I was curious about how things worked with it, so started making my own games.
Had a couple of generic games published for the C64 in my teens though. Back of magazine fodder, nothing great.
Re:All Norwegians become crown millionaires, in oil saving landmark
on Thursday January 09, 2014 @06:54PM (#7034093)
Norway isn't in the EU, but it is in the EEA. Its easy to get the residence permit for EU citizens.
I'm from the UK and settled here 8 years ago. All it took was a trip to the tax register in Oslo, fill in a few forms and that's it.
Jobs are relatively easy to find. The main job board in Norway is at: http://finn.no/jobb
Only thing really to complain about is the expense of damn near everything. But even that, you can get used to.
Re:The American way of using fork and knife is inefficient and inelegant.
on Thursday June 27, 2013 @08:24PM (#5955544)
It is more common in Europe to hold the fork in your left hand rather than your right. But I think that has more to do with handedness than anything.
I'm right-handed, yet hold the fork in my right hand and often get comments about being 'cack-handed'.
Re:Show HN: Outbound - A single events API for emails, push, sms, and ...
on Thursday June 27, 2013 @11:42AM (#5952852)
There's no mention of using Google authentication anywhere other than after clicking the login or sign-up buttons and you get the oAuth permissions/Google login page.
Also, if you cancel the oAuth request, you get an internal server error:
Re:The Vaccine Hoax is Over. Documents from UK reveal 30 Years of Coverup
on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @05:02PM (#5942432)
Fearmongering at its worst. No better than Jenny McCarthy.
Also mentions very little regarding the UK as stated in the title.
I highly recommend 'We' by Yevgeny Zamyatin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_(novel)
Re:A quick message queue benchmark: ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ, HornetQ, QPID,...
on Thursday April 11, 2013 @09:10AM (#5531670)
Background; I'm currently running a system which at peak runs with about 15 million messages per hour using ActiveMQ, with several producers and consumers on the same topic.
Another vote for RabbitMQ. We're currently using a small RabbitMQ cluster that is averaging 5000+ msgs/sec and its not straining the sytem. At times, we've experienced bursts approaching 10,000 msgs/sec without any issues.
We have around 30 producers and 45 consumers spread out over a wide range of queues & exchanges.
Whilst ZMQ is generally faster, it does require more effort to be useful. Whereas RabbitMQ, I believe, provides the best of both worlds. Blazing fast messaging combined with ease of use and setup.
Re:If PHP were British
on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @09:56AM (#5443252)
With Roger Moore announcing "Worker #3 please"
Re:Ask HN: Email services
on Wednesday January 23, 2013 @09:30AM (#5103140)
I signed up before the change to being a paid service, so am not paying unless I go over the 10 account limit.
Now its $5 per account. An account being in Googles own words:
"We consider a user to be the same as the number of distinct email inboxes you need. One user can have multiple email addresses, and a domain can have multiple aliases – these are included in the price for each user."
Check out all the info you need at: http://www.google.com/enterprise/apps/business/pricing.html
Re:Ask HN: Email services
on Wednesday January 23, 2013 @09:16AM (#5103072)
Google Apps for Business is a good choice for individuals. I use it for several accounts and it works lovely.
However, they recently stopped accepting free sign-ups and is now a paid service. $5/user/month won't break the bank.
Re:A typical programmers toolbox
on Sunday January 13, 2013 @06:03AM (#5050526)
I find there's very little that is typical about programmers other than in an abstract way. Compilers/editors/etc.
It largely depends on the domain in which they are working, and their own preferences to the tools the use.
Re:Apple: The Original Sin
on Tuesday November 20, 2012 @12:52PM (#4810181)
I can see this having the Apple fan-boys frothing at the mouth.
Re:Redux: 12 Steps to Better Code
on Thursday November 15, 2012 @05:09PM (#4791056)
> 11. Do you discourage the use of IDEs?
Surely it would more beneficial to mandate a build platform that is IDE agnostic and leave the choice of IDE to the individual developer preference.
Re:Ask HN: Do you have a CS degree?
on Thursday November 15, 2012 @03:27PM (#4790571)
Although I attended university for a couple of years, I dropped out once I figured out I'd had enough of structured learning. At the time, it was not for me.
I've been programming since I was 7, professionally since I was 21 and I'm now in my late 30's. Over the years, I've been involved in some fantastic projects and companies on both sides of the pond. I've since started the move up the chain whilst keeping my fingers dirty at the code level. I've been able to mentor younger developers, deliver projects that I find interesting and contribute to opensource projects that appeal to me.
Although, I do not think my lack of a degree has held me back in any way, it does depend a lot on the country in which you live. Some countries rely more on educational background, whilst others do not.
However, times now are different than they were in the early/mid 90's. Now you're expected to have experience, education and to have launched a successful start-up before your 21st or 22nd birthday. The pressure to be awesome is incredible, and every young developer wants to work for Google, Facebook or Twitter. You know, the cool companies that are developer led and have the best toys.
Re:3 billion items in Java Map with 16 GB RAM
on Sunday November 11, 2012 @05:16PM (#4770760)
I was more interested in knowing whether you have any real world examples of MapDB?
Re:3 billion items in Java Map with 16 GB RAM
on Sunday November 11, 2012 @03:07PM (#4770429)
Interesting, though I'm curious about what kind of results you get when something other than an empty String object is used?
Re:Ask HN: Why don't people talk specifics about money and salaries?
on Saturday November 10, 2012 @02:29PM (#4767476)
As a Brit living in Norway, I thought it was strange when I first learned of the tax lists being published for public consumption.
I have to admit to looking up people I know, celebrities, and others on the tax lists. More out of idle curiosity rather than anything else.