microman

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Ask HN: How are you making JavaScript websites (not webapps)
2 points by microman 10y ago|1 comments
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by microman 10y ago
If you work with a particular technology than start a blog and start getting your name out there on things like Stackoverflow and Github. Once you start engaging in the community you will be surprised how many inquiries you will get. Once y
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by microman 10y ago
Pivotal Tracker
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Ask HN: Why are sites now breaking login forms into stages (name then password)?
54 points by microman 10y ago|50 comments
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by microman 10y ago
Most of the replies here focus on the gaming experience. What about for entertainment (don't mean porn)? I'm unfamiliar with the Vive/Oculus ecosystem but is there not a huge opportunity for live content (concerts, sports etc
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Ask HN: Is anyone using the new online bank Number26?
4 points by microman 11y ago|1 comments
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by microman 11y ago
I use Postbox but I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has used both Postbox and Airmail to see if they prefer one over the other?
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by microman 11y ago
Regarding your P.S., there has been a huge controversy here in Ireland regarding the move to Lisbon since it was announced. Paddy Cosgrave has blamed everyone under the sun for the problems that apparently require the event to be moved, but
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by microman 11y ago
VR and machine learning
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by microman 11y ago
- Radio Diaries - Radiolab - Freakonomics - Invisibilia - Love + Radio - Criminal - Serial - Meanwhile in the Future - TED Radio Hour - Tim Ferriss Show - The Truth - Mystery Show - Planet Money - Fresh Air - This American Life - WTF with M
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Ask HN: Freelancers; do you charge in your currency or your client's currency?
1 points by microman 11y ago|1 comments
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by microman 11y ago
I really wanted to pick up a Pebble Time when they publicly launched. I was so disappointed to see that they were charging €250 (~$280) in Europe while only $199 in The States. Now, the Steel and the Round are €300. It's just too much
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by microman 11y ago
Gin. Like people, laptops also behave stupidly after drinking gin.
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by microman 11y ago
Promotional quiz games where there are two buttons wired up to the RPi which is serving a web-based game, tweet-powered devices (RPi listens to the Twitter stream and activates a power switch when a certain hashtag is used) etc.
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by microman 11y ago
I use RPis for bespoke installations for clients. One of the problems has been offering an easy way to make adjustments to the apps the RPi is running without a keyboard/mouse/monitor setup or having to SSH in. This is a great way
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Ask HN: I want to bootstrap a business. What books should I read?
4 points by microman 11y ago|3 comments
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by microman 11y ago
MacDown. Stay away from Mou. Very sketchy author. He did an Indiegogo campaign after essentially abandoning the project and failing to sell it and hasn't updated in 6 months after taking $25,000 from backers[0][1][2][3] He also raised
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Ask HN: Tips for writing a job description?
2 points by microman 11y ago|3 comments
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by microman 11y ago
How does insurance work with this? What if my driver is robbed, gets in a crash or decides to pocket my stuff? Do Uber insure the contents or the retailer (or neither)?
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by microman 11y ago
Yes, this seems to happen to all of my chargers. So far I've had to fix 4 (all on the magsafe end). I used self amalgamating tape[0] on two of them and it's worked really well (albeit a slightly ugly fix). On the other two I used
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Ask HN: Developing on VPS with Vim and tmux?
1 points by microman 12y ago|3 comments
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Ask HN: Could you share your general purpose development contracts?
138 points by microman 12y ago|51 comments
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Ask HN: Help becoming a one-man 'micropreneur'
1 points by microman 12y ago|0 comments