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Re:Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video] on Thursday February 18, 2021 @10:53PM (#26189472)
A few years ago I made a mars rover image viewer for a job interview question.

Will have to update it if images from Perseverance become available through the NASA Open APIs.

https://simon-lang.github.io/mars-rover-image-viewer/#/colle...

Re:Fox News attempts to explain what Github is on Friday September 13, 2013 @07:46AM (#6379807)
by far the best explanation I've read in this thread

Ask HN: How to find a job TEACHING programming?

Posted by simonlang on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @05:03AM
from the ask-hn dept.

For some background. I have been a web site/app developer for about 10 years now - since high school pretty much.While I love building web apps commercially, I've always wanted to get a full time job teaching it instead. I tutored a "web information systems" course at uni for a few semesters and absoltely loved it. Most rewarding job I've ever had. I also scored really well on feedback from the...

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Re:Ask HN: How to sleep less and yet stay fresh? on Monday January 07, 2013 @12:50AM (#5019604)
As others have suggested, you should definitely try Amphetamine. If you have trouble getting to sleep, just take sleeping pills. You'll be fine.
Re:Police concerned with Apple iOS 6 mapping system on Sunday December 09, 2012 @11:29PM (#4897517)
This reminds me of a recent story where some tourists tried to drive their rental car to an island (through the ocean) because their GPS told them to:

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/travel/travel-news/taking-th...

Re:Site44 turns Dropbox folders into websites on Monday December 03, 2012 @11:51PM (#4869599)
I've found it great for quickly showing clients a semi-functional mockup or prototype. I just replace my database connection with a big lump of json. Great if most of your application logic is in javascript.