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http://www.linkedin.com/in/fredngo
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fn··on What if successful posts on HackerNews are just luck?
Why are some domains penalized? Just curious.
fn··on Why I Will Never Go Back to the United States
> I was born in Canada as it clearly states on my US passport

Just wondering why you didn't enter Canada with your Canadian passport then?

fn··on We have an employee whose last name is Null (2010)
I'm beyond surprised it took this long for someone to get it... ;-)
fn··on We have an employee whose last name is Null (2010)
Is he a dev?
fn··on How GitHub No Longer Works
That's funny. I didn't click on the link cause I thought it was a video, until I saw this.
fn··on Want to download anime? Just made a program for that
Thanks!
fn··on Want to download anime? Just made a program for that
Would love a guest pass!
fn··on Change http://localhost:3000 to myapp.dev with marathon-dns
I do this with Vagrant and the vagrant-hostmaster gem.
fn··on Heroku’s log-runtime-metrics Can Crash Your Rails App
It turns out I was wrong about log-runtime-metrics! Please see the followup post: http://siliconisland.ca/2013/04/26/beware-of-the-zombie-proc...
fn··on Heroku’s log-runtime-metrics Can Crash Your Rails App
log-runtime-metrics does work -- just enable it for a half hour or so, observe the stats, then turn it off. Just can't keep it running long-term.
fn··on Heroku’s log-runtime-metrics Can Crash Your Rails App
Yeah, I actually sent the post to Heroku and NewRelic so they were the first to see it. I think someone from NewRelic submitted it to HN (just a guess).

Curious: What other method would you suggest for reporting deeper issues? I can't think of anything else that would allow for free-form writing like blogs.

fn··on Heroku’s log-runtime-metrics Can Crash Your Rails App
You're welcome! Our community runs on paying it forward, afterall!
fn··on Heroku’s log-runtime-metrics Can Crash Your Rails App
Hey, this is my blog post! Thanks for submitting it to HN. :)
fn··on Will Google Hang Up on Voice?
Does it work with Canadian area codes?
fn··on Why Startups Should Choose Canada Over Silicon Valley
Anyone know how long the entire process takes -- from sending in the application, all the way to being able to cross the border with a moving van -- using the points system?
fn··on Why Startups Should Choose Canada Over Silicon Valley
Enter the Canada Startup Visa, released last week:

http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/02/silicon-valley-north-canad...

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/business/start-up/ind...

fn··on Are you an underpaid developer?
I too am in the same situation and wondering how to move more into "charging by value", when I am also experiencing that most work doesn't have boundaries.
fn··on Ask HN: What do you use for HR (vacation, expense, recruitment, employee database etc)
+ also:

http://standoutjobs.com/site/tour/view-candidate-profiles/

fn··on Ask HN: What do you use for HR (vacation, expense, recruitment, employee database etc)
Yup, exactly!

http://standoutjobs.com/site/tour/candidate-dashboard/

;-)

fn··on Ask HN: What do you use for HR (vacation, expense, recruitment, employee database etc)
http://standoutjobs.com for recruitment (disclaimer: I'm a cofounder :-P )
fn··on What do you do for fun on Friday, Saturday nights?
The following keep me sane after the normal insane workweeks: Swing dancing on Friday night, and hanging out with my girlfriend on Saturday night.
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