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not_a_test_user

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    Comment #9809010

    You no longer can say that it's hard to emigrate to the USA: you just need to enlist, give up your freedom and possibly your morals! Grrreat deal.

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    Comment #9758474

    If you're an Alfred user, https://github.com/spamwax/alfred-pinboard is the best way I've found to add links to Pinboard.

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    Comment #9676030

    I'm starting to realize that what I like about web development is creating visual experiences. Sadly, that job, at least around here, seems to be limited to web agencies with all t…

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    Comment #9564481

    Why? I went from having very limited free time due to having a commute to having at least 3 - 5 hours every day after work. Even more if I woke up earlier. I'm interested in learni…

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    Comment #9562552

    I'll take that into account, but right now I'm more interested in improving my free time. Working from home is perfect right now. :)

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    Ask HN: Keeping sane while working remotely

    I started working remotely a couple of weeks and it's great. I'm happier, less stressed and I'm learning a lot. I can wake up, shower and start working right away. I have to keep o…

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    Comment #9328659

    Best case scenario: Retired, living in the beach or a mountain somewhere. Worst case scenario and much more probable: Too old to continue working in the ageist tech industry and to…

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    Comment #9237866

    It really needs some kind of demo or video, there's no way I'm going to log in just to see what it does considering the amount of permissions it requests.

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    Comment #9227140

    I'm currently working in web agency so speed > anything else. The amount of technical debt we have shipped dwarfs the GPD of a small country.

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    Comment #9226323

    This is fun. http://i.imgur.com/ILo0eiE.gif

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    Comment #9015835

    I know HTML/(S)CSS like the back of my hand. I know enough JS for most use cases and I'm starting to explore React and other frameworks to expand my knowledge. In the backend side …

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    Comment #9015525

    Photo app like an image gallery or something like Instagram that applies filters to images? When you say app do you mean a web page/app or a phone app?

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    Comment #9015305

    We use mostly PHP at work but lately I have been using my free time to learning Ruby because most good job offers around here ask for Rails knowledge. I'm not saying there are no P…

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    Comment #9014255

    I can't believe how negative the article's comments are. Is everyone so addicted to work? I would understand if I could work at top performance 10-12 hours a day, 5 days a week but…

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    Comment #8916805

    I remember there was more than a couple of years between the 4th and the 5th book's release. More than enough time for the general audience to grow out a bit of the books. Personal…

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    Comment #8867202

    Is there no way to check out pricing before signing up?

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    Comment #8857192

    Pinboard plus a Pinboard extension for Alfred ( https://github.com/spamwax/alfred-pinboard ). It makes bookmarking and tagging almost instantaneous.

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    Comment #8817211

    Yosemite, Macbook Retina 13". I hope it doesn't trigger again as I still can hear my ears ringing.

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    Comment #8817173

    I got an extremely loud noise when I used it for the first time, so be careful after installing it.

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    Comment #8380473

    > I mentally blacklisted Quora when it was proudly US only (I'm Canadian). Their reasoning was extremely dubious: something about "cultural differences" and "language barriers" pre…

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    Comment #8343044

    I'm worried about my email being seen as spam or worse.

  24. story
    Ask HN: What do you think about receiving emails expressing interest in a job?

    The local market is dead so I'm looking for a remote job somewhere else. I've sent some resumes to companies advertising here and in WeWorkRemotely but I haven't had much success. …

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    Comment #8079852

    That's very cool but I can't help thinking "Why would you want to do that?". Columns are awful to read on a webpage.