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Re:You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to Europe on Sunday April 01, 2018 @05:54PM (#16730694)
The good news here, is that many countries have double taxation treaties. So that you don't get taxed by 2 countries for the same income. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_treaty
Re:You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to Europe on Sunday April 01, 2018 @05:45PM (#16730639)
The weather is vastly different and very cold, but I enjoy and missed the winter, and spring is almost here as well. The people are not as open to talk to strangers, but I've noticed that once they do open up, they are fun, honest people. I believe education is free over here, I haven't looked into it from an immigrant's perspective. I don't speak Estonian, as I currently don't need to... There are a bunch of tech companies who's primary language is English, so the incentive is still low, but if we do decide to stay long-term, I plan on learning it.
Re:You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to Europe on Sunday April 01, 2018 @05:39PM (#16730606)
Estonia has quickly grown to be a very technological advanced country. I had several interviews within a week when I started applying, and I don't regret my decision. Who knows, it may change in a few years, but even if it does, I can always get up and move again.

Ask HN: Anyone know of Denver, CO jobs that offer relocation?

Posted by samjc on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @11:00PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hey everyone, I've been trying to find a good job as a backend dev in the Denver, CO area for a while now, with little luck. I live in Florida.I have gone through recruiters as well, and it just seems really difficult.Today I got another rejection just based on the fact that I'm not local.I've done Full-Stack development in PHP+MySQL, Node+MongoDB on the back-end, and JS with JQuery on the...

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Re:AirConsole – Your browser is the game console, your smartphone is t... on Saturday September 05, 2015 @10:09AM (#10174849)
This is awesome, had the same idea not too long ago. Was about to start a kickstarter campaign based on it, until life got in the way. Here's the prototype we built if anyone wants to mess around with it: https://github.com/SCastaneda/swipe-prototype
Re:Show HN: Wayback HN, a cross between the Wayback Machine and Hacker... on Saturday June 20, 2015 @12:55PM (#9750406)
Author of hnhistory.net here. Thanks for mentioning it. I didn't get any feedback back then. This will give me some motivation to work on it again. Mine actually scrapes hn... This was done before the api came out.
Re:Show HN: Wayback HN, a cross between the Wayback Machine and Hacker... on Saturday June 20, 2015 @12:43PM (#9750379)
I made something like this a while ago, and it didn't get nearly as much attention... What made this a "success" on hn compared to mine? http://hnhistory.net Also on GitHub: https://github.com/SCastaneda/hnhistory
Re:“Just remove the duck” (2013) on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @09:32PM (#9148895)
Oh I see. Sorry, I'm german, and the word seemed out of context to me. Thanks for clearing that up :)
Re:“Just remove the duck” (2013) on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @12:24AM (#9142841)
Just out of curiosity what do you think Kinderheitstrauma is?

Ask HN: Advice on exploring different areas of programming

Posted by samjc on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @08:54AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm about to finish my CS Bachelor's Degree, and have been working as a Web Developer for 2 years. I've learned a lot, on the entire stack. I know my way around PHP+MySQL, Node.js + MongoDB, as well as the front-end. I've also been exposed minimally to app development(ios).Although I like web-development, my concern is that I haven't gotten exposed to other fields enough, to where I can say,...

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Re:Show HN: Hacker Experience – Online hacking simulation game on Friday September 12, 2014 @09:09PM (#8311276)
verifying your email should fix the issue
Re:Show HN: Hacker Experience – Online hacking simulation game on Friday September 12, 2014 @09:09PM (#8311273)
Once you click on "Start Tutorial", looks like it does an animation thing, but then just takes you back to the screen to where you can click "Start Tutorial" again... I just realized that this keeps on going in a circle until you verify your email... So if you think it's not working for because it is buggy, make sure you check your email and verify your account :)
Re:IFlix – like popcorntime but better on Saturday May 03, 2014 @09:31PM (#7693008)
Is this an open source project? Where can I download it?
Re:Ask HN: What have you built with your raspberry pi? on Wednesday April 23, 2014 @06:32PM (#7637359)
This is a great link, thank you! I found a project someone is working on that seems really interesting: "Music player server with a web-based user interface"

https://github.com/andrewrk/groovebasin

Re:Show HN: My Node.js weekend project – HN History on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @05:44PM (#7630691)
No these are simply a reflection of the top 30 links of HN captured every hour. It's pulling them from HN's rss feed.

The point here is to find something that was at the top a number of days ago.

I sometimes also find that I like a bunch of the posts on HN that I want to read at a later time, and then I don't refresh HN for a while, because I'm scared to lose those links. With HN History I don't have to :)

Re:Show HN: My Node.js weekend project – HN History on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @05:37PM (#7630637)
Any suggestions/comments/questions are welcome :)
Re:Smile: a programming language based on Lisp and Smalltalk on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @09:26AM (#7559090)
This looks interesting. So when can I try this?
Re:The HN Digest trial on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @09:22PM (#6138025)
Maybe if a user writes 5-10 summaries in a month, and his summary gets picked, he/she get's access for free the next month. Can't wait to see what you do now :D
Re:The HN Digest trial on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @09:03PM (#6137959)
Here's an Idea: See how many people show interest in paying for it, and how many do not want to pay for it. If it's worth it, let the people not wanting to pay for it summarize it for "free" access to your service, now you don't have to write the summaries, you just approve others' summaries.

Just an idea, also sounds like a fun project :)

Re:The HN Digest trial on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @08:50PM (#6137904)
Are all these summaries going to be hand-written? Who will be writing them, how many people would you have on backup in case you can't write the summaries for that day? -- Since, you know, people would be paying for the service.

With the Hacker Newsletter, if I don't get it sometimes, I don't really care, since it's free. However, if I were paying for a service I might feel different about it.

I wouldn't mind trying it, but I don't think I'd pay for it. But, who knows, others might! Good luck to you.

Re:The HN Digest trial on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @08:13PM (#6137750)
What's the difference between this service and the Hacker Newsletter I already get for free? http://www.hackernewsletter.com/

edit: "free" in the sense that I do not pay anything. However, there usually is a sponsored ad (obviously geared towards the HN community) with the weekly email.

Re:Show HN: My first webapp. Yikes! Read and Post Stories anonymously on Friday August 31, 2012 @12:40AM (#4458287)
That was my intention: Learning the practical side of PHP and MySQL, without having to deal with too much design and markup. At the same time I didn't want my project to like a POS, which is the main reason I used Bootstrap.

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