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jeromesalimao

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About jeromesalimao

Software developer based in Sydney, Australia. Wishes he had more free time to code, surf and work on his salsa skills...

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    I remember loading the game Frogger off a cassette tape onto my friends old Commodore 64 at the time. That blew my mind at the time!

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    Comment #40652805

    Such a good show.

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    Comment #36593618

    https://jeromesalimao.com/ I blog I just started / neglected. Will one day be about my plant collection and care. Astro on GH pages.

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    Comment #34317353

    This is so cool.

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    Comment #33678394

    Basically every spreadsheet I built working at an investment bank during the GFC.

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    Comment #33060762

    First time I've heard about requestAnimationFrame. Very cool.

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    Putting this here after reading the title. https://youtu.be/SXKlJuO07eM

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    Comment #16847179

    One of the only aussie shows I actually watch!

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    Comment #16260838

    Out of curiosity, at what age do you think it stops being "ok" to stay at hostels?

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    Comment #15077070

    On the 'Weather in Sydney' page: "The warmest time of year is generally mid-January where highs are regularly around 61.9°F (16.6°C) with temperatures rarely dropping below 50.3°F …

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    I'm also a noob. To hack together a quick app to hit a few of the instagram endpoints I went with flask. In my case, it was just a matter of writing a few annotated methods, and pl…

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    Comment #7809311

    Microsoft VSTO can be used to build office addins and extensions. Meaning you can code in any CLR language. C#, VB, C++ presumably. "Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) u…

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    I'm not sure where you are located, but back home in Australia they've come up with the idea of "Men's sheds". I think it's a great idea on so many levels. http://www.mensshed.org/…

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    Comment #7432120

    This. I still code in VB6. Alot.

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    Comment #7427869

    Sailing. Small J24's. I live in Sydney. There's nothing quite like sailing in our harbour. Truly is breathtaking.

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    Comment #7295340

    Excel Spreadsheet.

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    Comment #5859049

    Moonwalking with Einstein.

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    Comment #5621044

    This reminds me of a song by Xavier Rudd (great aussie artist). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E1bNmyPWww "Many moons have risen and fallen long, long before you came. So which wa…

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    Guess I should just go out and buy a ticket hey...

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    Heya. I never even knew this bike existed! But looks like you're right. As an aside, the postie bike as we know them now (and for the past 20-30 years) are Honda CT110's. Seemingly…

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    Personally, I absolutely agree with it. The exhilaration and freedom afforded to a motorcycle rider is unparalleled, but it comes at a huge cost. You are completely exposed. To oth…

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    Thanks Matt. I'd be super interested to know how other countries / jurisdictions specify what is learner approved. For us, I guess it would just mean a bigger dataset and potential…