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jeromesalimaoon Loading Sega Games Off a Vinyl Record [video]

I remember loading the game Frogger off a cassette tape onto my friends old Commodore 64 at the time. That blew my mind at the time!

jeromesalimaoon Gruen transfer

Such a good show.

jeromesalimaoon Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?

https://jeromesalimao.com/

I blog I just started / neglected. Will one day be about my plant collection and care.

Astro on GH pages.

jeromesalimaoon 3D in CSS

This is so cool.

jeromesalimaoon Ask HN: What is the thing you've built that you regret the most?

Basically every spreadsheet I built working at an investment bank during the GFC.

jeromesalimaoon Show HN: debounce, throttle and requestAnimationFrame

First time I've heard about requestAnimationFrame. Very cool.

jeromesalimaoon What’s a fire and why does it burn? (2016)

Putting this here after reading the title.

https://youtu.be/SXKlJuO07eM

jeromesalimaoon Gruen transfer

One of the only aussie shows I actually watch!

jeromesalimaoon Ask HN: I just got fired

Out of curiosity, at what age do you think it stops being "ok" to stay at hostels?

jeromesalimaoon Show HN: The best time to visit any city

On the 'Weather in Sydney' page: "The warmest time of year is generally mid-January where highs are regularly around 61.9°F (16.6°C) with temperatures rarely dropping below 50.3°F (10.2°C) at night"

I think something is off here. That sounds like our winter weather! I would guess our average summer temp would be closer to 30deg C

jeromesalimaoon Ask HN: Django vs. Flask

I'm also a noob. To hack together a quick app to hit a few of the instagram endpoints I went with flask. In my case, it was just a matter of writing a few annotated methods, and plugging in some template files and I was up and running in a few hours!

I'm now looking at SQL alchemy and thinking I might try to taking another look at Django...

jeromesalimaoon You shouldn’t use a spreadsheet for important work

Microsoft VSTO can be used to build office addins and extensions. Meaning you can code in any CLR language. C#, VB, C++ presumably.

"Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) uses unmanaged code that is tightly integrated with Office applications. Microsoft Office projects created by using Visual Studio enable you to take advantage of the .NET Framework and Visual Studio design tools."

- http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/vstudio/ss11825b.aspx - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/vstudio/bb386107.aspx - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/hh133430.aspx

Probably worth a look. I worked at an iBank previously and we were investigating when/how we could start using VSTO more..

jeromesalimaoon Do Men Suck At Friendship?

I'm not sure where you are located, but back home in Australia they've come up with the idea of "Men's sheds". I think it's a great idea on so many levels.

http://www.mensshed.org/what-is-a-men's-shed/.aspx

I'm not sure if it's the kind of thing your dad would be into (my dad probably not). But sounds like fun.

jeromesalimaoon Can the Bloomberg Terminal be "Toppled"?

This. I still code in VB6. Alot.

jeromesalimaoon Ask HN: What is the newest hobby you have picked up?

Sailing. Small J24's.

I live in Sydney. There's nothing quite like sailing in our harbour. Truly is breathtaking.

jeromesalimaoon Ask HN: How do you manage your personal finances and budgets?

Excel Spreadsheet.

jeromesalimaoon Ask HN: What book are you reading?

Yes.

jeromesalimaoon Ask HN: What book are you reading?

Moonwalking with Einstein.

jeromesalimaoon Here is today

This reminds me of a song by Xavier Rudd (great aussie artist).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E1bNmyPWww

"Many moons have risen and fallen long, long before you came. So which way is the wind blowin', and what does your heart say? So follow, follow the sun, and which way the wind blows when this day is done."

jeromesalimaoon Notes from The Valley: The real social network

Guess I should just go out and buy a ticket hey...

jeromesalimaoon Show HN: Learner Approved Motorbikes

Heya. I never even knew this bike existed! But looks like you're right.

As an aside, the postie bike as we know them now (and for the past 20-30 years) are Honda CT110's. Seemingly our dataset is missing this model. Something else we're looking into.

jeromesalimaoon Show HN: Learner Approved Motorbikes

Personally, I absolutely agree with it. The exhilaration and freedom afforded to a motorcycle rider is unparalleled, but it comes at a huge cost. You are completely exposed. To other cars and to the elements. It also seems that everyone has horror story to tell. All that being said, I wouldn't give it up for the world.

Edit: Thankfully where acanby and I live, it's compulsory to complete learner riding training + to ride a learner approved bike (shameless plug) and few other restrictions. eg. Zero alcohol limit, speed limits, not allowed to double people on the back etc etc.

jeromesalimaoon Show HN: Learner Approved Motorbikes

Thanks Matt.

I'd be super interested to know how other countries / jurisdictions specify what is learner approved. For us, I guess it would just mean a bigger dataset and potentially, more sophisticated mechanisms of filtering?

Cool bike btw :)

jeromesalimaoon Show HN: Learner Approved Motorbikes

For my information, why do you think the headline and tag should be swapped around? Have I committed some kind of tag line faux pas?

jeromesalimaoon Show HN: Learner Approved Motorbikes

Thanks for the tip mate. We intended to have some slick images scrolling in the header. But agree, it may be too much yellow-negative-space. Slimming it down right now.

jeromesalimaoon Show HN: Learner Approved Motorbikes

Australia mate ;)

"have an engine capacity up to and including 660ml and do not exceed a power to weight ratio of 150 kilowatts per tonne." - rta.nsw.gov.au

jeromesalimaoon Show HN: Learner Approved Motorbikes

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