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re1ser

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    Firstbase.io not issuing refunds?

    Has anyone else had issues with refund requests at Firstbase.io? We recently purchased a $399 package, realized it was a mistake and requested a cancellation promptly. It took them…

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    Ask HN: How to summarize lots of short-term contracts in my resume?

    I've been contracting for over 8-9 years now and while I had longer term contracts I also have lots of short-term (1-3 months) contracts. Last 2 years I almost exclusively had shor…

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    Comment #13741621

    I've been freelancing for ~7 years now, and at this moment I can recall one month-long bug that took A LOT of time to fix. I like to imagine there is a certain "buffer" of hours, l…

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    Comment #8875671

    Did they improved startup time of the editor? Last time I tested it (Windows 7 x64bit) it took good 3-5 seconds for it to start.

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    What career path to choose?

    A bit of backstory, due to generally bad financial situation in Serbia, I started working as a fulltime remote programmer when I was 20 years old for one startup in EU, so I could …

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    Comment #8058717

    6 to 8 times. Up to 10 if I work hard. I'm working as a contractor.

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    Comment #8013058

    Doesn't show useful info. Window load time is 1809ms, workspace load time 94ms, everything else is under 20ms. I hate being nitpicker, but thats a lot of time to load window.

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    Comment #8011156

    Loads under 400ms on mine. Not sure why Atom takes so long.

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    Comment #8011016

    Is there a way to speed up boot time? It takes a bit less than 4 seconds on i7 to load up text file, which is way too long for a text editor.

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    Comment #7881736

    Would be cool if it was available as a screensaver :)

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    Comment #7858976

    This is exactly what I do/did. Making initial contact over Freelancer, payments over wire/skrill. I look only for crème de la crème clients (as funny as it sounds over those sites)…

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    Comment #7794238

    This is really good idea :)

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    Comment #7656429

    Thats why you shouldnt do any larger jobs over these sites. Do smaller scale projects over them to build your profile and reviews, and each larger project should go directly throug…

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    Comment #7652204

    I work from home as a freelancer. I use a flat desk, which I extended on both sides so its more wide. Under left side of it is chassis & UPS, under right are routers and subwoofer.…

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    Comment #7615356

    eh, davno je to bilo :)

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    Comment #7615122

    I will certainly take a look at Qt, and other alternatives, but isn't Visual Studio the ultimate tool of all tools? I'd rather start with it from the start, since I'm already famil…

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    Comment #7613755

    Thats exactly my plan, to learn some basics then further improve skills on minor contracting jobs I get and I feel comfortable to do them in new language. It would probably be C++.…

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    Comment #7613728

    Delphi is a great RAD tool, but it's also slowly dying and has lower and lower market share, 100% of my income come from Delphi contracting at the moment, and I love Delphi, but it…

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    Comment #7508468

    I'm in similar situation, and from neighbor country, Serbia. 24 years old, and with 2 classes left to finish college. I've started with freelancing 2 years ago while I still had to…

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    Comment #7324350

    SEEKING WORK - Delphi developer (remote/onsite), Serbia ~10 years experience in Delphi. paunovic [at] gmail for more information.

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    Comment #7129935

    Serbian freelancer here Last year I was to USA (10 days), Mallorca/Ibiza (14 days), Greece (4 days), a bit around the country for a few days, and during winter I tend to take every…

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    Comment #7124379

    Crashes for me upon startup: http://i.imgur.com/OzPT0yA.png Win7 x64