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   Ask HN: What non-standard practices do your team do that you wish more did?

   9 points by suttol 6y ago|5 comments
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   by suttol 6y ago

   To add to this, there are at least 3 "cup" sizes for liquid: metric (~250ml), the US version (above, ~236ml) and an imperial cup (~284ml).
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   by suttol 6y ago

   Except one cup in metric is 250 ml, not the ~236ml that a US cup is.
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   by suttol 7y ago

   Stax / Versent | Backend Developer | Melbourne, Australia | Onsite | Full-time | https://www.stax.io/ We build software to help companies understand how they're spending on AWS and to track compliance - We want to
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   by suttol 9y ago

   I'm pretty sure from my experience it's not a shared instance - you can create multiple databases easily. The limitations are presumably so that they have control over settings for things like replication and their features that y
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   CoinJar (Australian Bitcoin Startup) Release EFTPOS Card(mashable.com)

   3 points by suttol 12y ago|0 comments
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   by suttol 14y ago

   Another one here - I know of a few others under 25 and on HN as well.
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   by suttol 14y ago

   Check at the top on the front page or any of the show pages - there is an option to toggle to search movies as well.
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   by suttol 14y ago

   We used compass and sass to make certain things (e.g. CSS3 cross browser) a little simpler, but the rest was coded from scratch I believe.
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    by suttol 14y ago

    Thanks gibybo - Our motivation for region issues is mostly due to being Australia based and constantly hitting issues with finding content (Our TV networks have a pretty bad rep, to the point where we're often one of the top pirating nation
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    by suttol 14y ago

    I believe it's all CSS3 stuff.
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    by suttol 14y ago

    If it's an ruby hash, that's unintentional. I changed one of the I18n paths in the app at 5am (the competition finished at 8am for us) and changed it in most places around the site. I missed the home page (since it uses image replacement) b
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    by suttol 14y ago

    Oh, and suggestions for other countries with decent streaming services would rock!
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    by suttol 14y ago

    Hey guys - Our team made findthin.gs in 48 hours last weekend for this years Rails Rumble ( http://railsrumble.com/ ). We built it because we're from Australia and sick of finding online services that are region restricted or don't carry wh
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    Show HN: findthin.gs - Find where to watch tv series & movies (RailsRumble)(findthin.gs)

    22 points by suttol 14y ago|18 comments
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    by suttol 14y ago

    FWIW, They already have: https://addons.heroku.com/ssl (I believe their new offerring just uses ELB under the hood)
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    by suttol 14y ago

    Also, one thing I missed - there is a definite startup market here for those catering to the mining industry and its boom. I know of at least one (I believe self funded startup) doing just that and they appear to be doing well for themselve
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    by suttol 14y ago

    As another Perth resident, and one working for a local startup I think that whilst all of your points re. increased cost of living are very true, Perth still has a lot of potential in terms of it's tech and startup scene. One of the biggest
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    by suttol 14y ago

    Disclosure: I work for the funded startup mentioned, Filter Squad. There may only be one venture fund locally, but there are several around Australia that have invested in startups out of Perth. Also, That one VC (Yuuwa for those playing al