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rrrrrraul

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About rrrrrraul

Engineer. Los Angeles, Ca.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #25586393

    Good on you for sticking with it. I too tried launching a similar service in this market, you’re right, the “big boys” marketing is everywhere and drowns out smaller service provid…

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    Comment #21923545

    fgBlox - an OSX Safari Extension. Prevents common ad-trackers from loading. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fgblox/id1460509929?mt=12

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    Comment #20874531

    Or perhaps fgBlox =) https://fgblox.com/

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    Comment #20051750

    On OSX, there are Safari App Extensions. They’re not as user customizable as extensions on Chrome but they do exist. In fact I recently release my own Safari Ad-tracking blocker on…

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    Comment #15140418

    Chiming in with one exchange I've used, Coinbase / GDAX , I think it might only be available if you're in the United States.

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    Comment #14825134

    Yes! I did this today =) it's a lot easier for me to switch tasks if I work my side project first thing in the morning, but it takes quite a bit of effort to get going for me as I'…

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    Comment #14794640

    Retainer, that sounds like an awesome setup. How many years have you been freelancing?

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    Comment #12785284

    Currently using Sinatra in my latest side project. I realize it's no longer the heyday of Ruby, but for simple apps its easy to get started and enables the possibility of using the…

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    Comment #11039736

    Me too, good luck!

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    Comment #10923157

    Zot zot ftw!

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    Comment #10791983

    I built http://highbetastocks.com as a way to scratch my own itch (was too lazy to have to login to my brokerage account every time I wanted this info). And in the process learned …

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    Comment #10709319

    Generally, when flaps and slats are extended, they increase the camber of the airfoil, increasing the Coefficient of Lift for the same AoA. Also, the air gaps introduced at the jun…

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    Comment #10623329

    shooting from the hip... a) gust of wind; b) planned engine gimbal

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    Comment #10357802

    Follow blogs / forums / prominent devs on Twitter for the tech you use /are interested in, at least that's what I do. And HN =)

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    Comment #10337434

    Oh man, this great. Now I kind of want a burrito ^_^

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    Comment #9900080

    Have you thought about attending tech Meetups (if there are any in your area), in my experience there are often individuals looking to hire devs.

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    Comment #9332631

    @rwenderlich @mattt

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    Comment #9332093

    I have one. I bought a domain to have a personalized email address and decided I'd throw something up. It's an 'about me' page, but I still guide folks to my LinkedIn page instead.…

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    Comment #9274552

    thank you sirrrr!

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    Ask HN: Is there a 'RailsCast' for MeteorJS?

    I have recently started looking in to MeteorJS and find it really exciting, any idea if there are good video resources to learn more about it? edit for clarity

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    Comment #8886821

    Like already mentioned, sleep. In addition to that, most recently I found that listening to "Tibetan singing bowls" (random Spotify playlist I found) helps keep me in the zone.

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    Comment #8861391

    Good idea, me too. Thanks !

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    Comment #8499554

    I tend to gravitate to music without lyrics. I've been listening to a playlist I found on Spotify - "Beats to think to" Also, if you like the sounds of a coffee shop, checkout coff…

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    Comment #8438854

    I used pretty much all the resources already mentioned (Big Nerd Ranch, Raywenderlich, Stanford course), but I'd like to add a few more to the mix - check out http://objc.io , http…