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hcho··on Angry London cabbies attack Hailo taxi app office
It is mostly a traffic control measure rather than protectionism. Someone should run a simulation about what happens when the number of vehicles which stops randomly for 60 secs increases by a certain percentage.
hcho··on Angry London cabbies attack Hailo taxi app office
They will quickly start to care when the number of hailed rides increase 10 fold. Which will gridlock the streets and bring the city to a halt.
hcho··on Ask HN: if you get 600 users in 3 weeks, is that good, average or bad?
Depends. 600 users paying $20 a month? Great, there are people who would kill for that. 600 users to whom you display ads? Meh...
hcho··on Andreessen Horowitz is relatively cool
All of that is true but the main reason for lack of feedback is, some people are really bad at handling rejection. Maybe a very small minority, but some guys really don't take no for an answer, get argumentative, cost you a lot of time...
hcho··on Monetizing game apps
This may work in a gambling friendly legislation. UK is one of the more liberal countries in that regard.
hcho··on Ask HN: how do I promote on Hacker News?
There are a few subreddits in which you can advertise. I reckon there's some overlap between the community here and /r/programming or whatever the subreddit of du jour.
hcho··on Ask HN: Travel opportunities for software developers?
Be careful what you wish for. That kind of roles generally exist in multinationals. You will be sent out to help troubled projects and invariably work with people under a lot of stress. There will be long hours in offices with no natural light and stays soulless hotel chains. The management will try to make most of their travel budgets so forget about staying the weekends and sightseeing.
hcho··on A performance comparison between Java and C on the Nexus 5
The perceived sluggishness of Android was down to how the system was architected, especially around the way the UI thread was prioritised. I say was, because Google threw a lot of hardware and money to workarounds for that problem. It is less noticeable these days. They won't be able to fix it completely without a ground up redesign though.
hcho··on Turkey's Twitter ban has been overturned
It's reported that Twitter themselves are censoring some accounts for Turkish IPs.
hcho··on Ask HN: How do you earn your money?
The UK is actually on par with US, if you accept to work in a "at will" arrangement. Let's say London is about the levels of New York in terms of compensation.
hcho··on Show HN: My new JavaScript MVC framework
So, how do I integrate existing JQuery plugins? In most real life scenarios there will be a few plugins which one would like to bring in.
hcho··on Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen Speaks Out
Lawsuits have regulatory function in the UK too. However, the culture is no where as litigiatious.
hcho··on Ask HN: My boss lowered my salary to make me more motivated
Is he getting a sales job? Upload CV to job board, watch the phone fall off the hook is the current modus operandi.
hcho··on Ask HN: Why are you using recruiters for recruitment?
It is not any less of an issue for bigger companies. They have proportionally more positions open.
hcho··on Ask HN: Why are you using recruiters for recruitment?
The jobs on the job boards are the ones that cannot be filled by referrals, career pages, etc...It's really a last resort.

If you post a job to a semi popular job board, you get a glut of CVs, most of which are completely irrelevant. You hire a recruiter to protect you from that.

hcho··on Why I Eat Lunch at My Desk
I hope he also realizes that he's making his office smell. My coworkers don't seem to...
hcho··on Japanese Travel Tips for Visiting America
By the responses I got, I was starting to think that I am the only one who noticed it.

I wonder why it hasn't caught on with other racial groups though.

hcho··on Japanese Travel Tips for Visiting America
Assuming you are American, some segments of your society cover their mouths when saying "shit". That's more curious.
hcho··on The Engineer Crunch
Most European countries allow a probation period, in which you can terminate the employment contract very easily. It's not even reasonable in Europe.
hcho··on How to find web development work in Europe as an American?
You need to be more specific than "Europe". European countries have different rules and regulations when it comes to employing non-European people.

For GB, unless you have spouse with a EU citizenship, your chances are almost 0 at the moment.

hcho··on Interviewing a front-end developer
Bootstrap and the like made HTML/CSS a second class citizen for business apps for a while now.
hcho··on Interviewing a front-end developer
Yes. I have 10 people working on a code base. It's been more than a year since we started. Your hunch is correct, keeping a neat namespace is the job.
hcho··on Engineering Managers Should Code 30% of Their Time
I am in the "You can't manage what you can't do" camp but 30% is a bit steep for anyone managing a team.
hcho··on Ask HN: Is it realistic to earn £1000/$1600 per week?
I am guessing here but you are probably suffering from product-market misfit here. Most probably your clients' needs could be served with a Wordpress install, a few plug ins and a shiny theme on top. They would happily pay £300 for that and you can still make a decentish profit.

You are providing a service at a tick higher level than that, which they don't really need. I guess you see where I am going with this; you need to find clients that actually need your skills.

hcho··on A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail
There's already LiteCoin and others which don't seem to undermine BitCoin. You might need to reevaluate your position.
hcho··on Yahoo to auction over 100 domain names ranging from $1,000 to $1.5 million
truestorybro.com sounds more complete
hcho··on How much money are you earning from your software products?
I think you site is the second best thing that happened to design challenged after bootstrap. Thanks for all the work.

I have a feeling that if you set up an online course which teaches how to design using bootstrap, it could sell pretty well.

hcho··on Bitcoin, The Economic Singularity: From Holland with Love
>1) What about gold then?

It is more easily dividable than gold.

hcho··on On Hiring: Trial Week - Yay or Nay?
As it is with every market out there, it is a matter of equilibrium between buyers and sellers.

Sure you can find enough people to do a trial week if you are a poster child of startups. Good luck if you are anything less than that.

Yay for Tesla Inc.; Nay for vowelless.ly

hcho··on Ask HN: Who are the 100 people who most changed the world?
Not to upset any fans, but how did The Beatles shift the culture? I have the impression that culture was shifting by itself and The Beatles only lucked into being at right place at the right time.
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