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stirkacon EU Parliamentary Research Service calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing"

How can you define a tax loophole then? Since there isn't a thing you can do called a "Tax loophole", but rather a collection of otherwise totally legitimate practices, just used as an optimization, they are impossible to define, and as such, be scrutinized. It's a neverending whack-a-mole...

stirkacon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2024)

Location: Slovenia, Europe

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: yes for onboarding period, offsites, etc., but ultimately I'm staying remote.

Technologies: Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, React.js, Postgres, Heroku, Shopify app ecosystem, Sidekiq, with ~10 years of fullstack experience. Last 2 years in a principal role (still very much coding daily)

Résumé/CV: available on request, but Linkedin has all basics covered https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastjanstojnsek

Email: sebastjan[dot]stojnsek[at]gmail[dot]com

I'm a YC-company alumni. Primarily looking for a remote-first senior/lead role in Rails ecosystem, startup or well established. Worked on dozens of apps fully remote even before Covid. Last 2 years experience with running a standalone business unit - major Shopify app - at scale.

stirkacon Show HN: Visual debugger for Rails system tests

wow, this is awesome, thanks for sharing!

stirkacon Russian trolls tried to distract voters with music tweets in 2016

So, how is this different compared to a slap by one famous person that got reposted thousand times?

stirkacon 'People are dying': how the climate crisis has sparked an exodus to the US

I feel bad just reading this, we failed as civilisation so badly. Apart from short term help, I think these people need education - how could both growing up hungry, living in famine and having children at 13 seem like a good idea is beyond me.

stirkacon Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019

This is why I would never invest too much into Smart Home. While my phone may be expected to last for a few years only, I don't want my house deprecated because of a takeover/bankruptcy of a company.

stirkacon In Anarchic Corner of Copenhagen, Police and Dealers Play Cat and Mouse

Haha been there while working for Startup based in Copenhagen, that place is bonkers. Go if you have a chance!

stirkacon SKYACTIV-X: first commercial gasoline engine to use compression ignition

Mazda is one of those companies just don't stop revolutionizing. First they got rotary to be actually usable. Now this.

stirkacon Ask HN: Do you have examples of Facebook using your microphone for ads?

I talked to my friend about my tooth pain couple of days ago and I saw an ad for dentist yesterday. Can't have it appear again for the screenshot. Keep in mind I newer saw dentist ads before..

stirkacon Poll: What Programming Language Do You Use for Server Side Web Development?

Ruby on Rails for one simple reason - it's still the fastest way to build small and mid-size web apps.