hoju

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by hoju 8y ago
Now is a good time to work in this field since data science is hot and companies need web scrapers to provide the data for these models. Atleast that has been my experience in finance. Try applying!
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by hoju 8y ago
This approach is known as "wrapper induction"
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by hoju 10y ago
Darn - I did an MSc at Oxford last year and they didn't offer this course then
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by hoju 10y ago
I started on Elance and found some awesome clients there. One even told me to double my bid because "they weren't cheap"! The key is to focus on a niche and find clients that value their own time. Also I was living in a 1st w
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by hoju 10y ago
I have worked online for ~8 years as a programmer and most of my clients don't know where I'm from. It's just not important if I can do the work and communicate effectively (by email). Try picking up short term contract freel
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by hoju 10y ago
Campaigning for Brexit - learnt that no one is objective, everyone interprets information through their preconceptions. Also finished my Masters and got a remote job at an awesome startup. Learnt to be less afraid of failure - better to app
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by hoju 10y ago
> Being told by cab drivers that I’m the first Black person they’ve ever had a positive encounter with Seems then part of the problem is behaviour of other black people
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by hoju 10y ago
Why would leaving the EU obviously make the UK "permanently poorer"? Norway and Switzerland are doing fine outside the EU. The majority of UK's exports are with non-EU countries, but the EU has few external FTA's (see h
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by hoju 10y ago
I campaigned for Brexit over the last month and am excited with the outcome. However very disappointed with reaction in the international media - it was a complex debate with good arguments on both sides. Former MEP Daniel Hannan presented
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by hoju 11y ago
Has anyone created a web interface yet for browsing these emails?
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by hoju 12y ago
Hostel wifi, if that is slow then cafe wifi, and if still no luck then a local 3G sim card.
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by hoju 12y ago
I found expat community in Bangkok shady. Whereabouts are you based?
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by hoju 12y ago
the only people I know who read HN are other devs
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by hoju 13y ago
Do some small projects on Elance in your spare time. That's how I learn new technologies - gives you more motivation because have deadline and get paid.
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by hoju 13y ago
crunchbang (#!)
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by hoju 13y ago
the point of relocating to a cheaper country isn't to earn a local wage
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by hoju 13y ago
yep, this matches my experience in Melbourne
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by hoju 14y ago
Got one! I was delayed and didn't login until 7:30. Waited a few minutes for a ticket to be allocated and then needed to open and close payment window a few times before redirected to the survey. Do you think preference is given based on
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by hoju 14y ago
lxml.html is great for most cases. I developed this one for my own web scraping: http://docs.webscraping.com/
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Historic website screenshots(webscraping.com)
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