Hacker News: maxer

New comment by maxer in "Why Tech Startups Should Look at Go"

maxer — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 15:19:55 +0000

its hard enough to hire decent developers never mind decent go developers

New comment by maxer in "Hacker News London meetup, Thursday 24th April"

maxer — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 09:10:06 +0000

i have been to a few of these and its well worth the trip

New comment by maxer in "Hacker News London meetup, Wednesday 23rd Oct"

maxer — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 11:14:24 +0000

I have been to a few now and I live in NI

New comment by maxer in "Ads in Gmail displayed as normal emails?"

maxer — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 09:58:45 +0000

i have been waiting for this on youtube for years- i do not want to see the same video pre-roll i have already clicked skip on 30 or 40 times.

Being a technology company who are seen as leaders in personalised adverts you think they would over come this terrible user experience

New comment by maxer in "London Hacker News February Meetup"

maxer — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:40:55 +0000

being picked on by sanderson is not what i would have wanted...

New comment by maxer in "London Hacker News February Meetup"

maxer — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:23:36 +0000

with so many startups and hackers in the room-

Setting aside 10 slots of 30 seconds (or min) each to pitch to the room on what they are working on may help people connect and find like minded people? kind of like show and tell..

New comment by maxer in "London Hacker News February Meetup"

maxer — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:21:34 +0000

I went to london specifically for the last- i live in northern ireland

New comment by maxer in "That'll Never Work"

maxer — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:43:48 +0000

whens the next hacker news meetup in london?

New comment by maxer in "Put Alan Turing on the next £10 note"

maxer — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:12:23 +0000

yes.. my first choice on that list would be Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Greatest engineer to come from Great Britain

New comment by maxer in "Put Alan Turing on the next £10 note"

maxer — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:46:48 +0000

it would be quite ironic to put george orwell on a currency note

New comment by maxer in "Ask HN: How does an experienced freelancer get work?"

maxer — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:27:47 +0000

As a web developer php type guy..

Things i have done to get work-

Network- attend tech conferences and talk to people

Blog about your area of interest

I ran google adwords on specific key terms, this helped to get a decent bulk of work with a 20x ROI

Over time your network will build up.

New comment by maxer in "Benefits of basing your startup in Scotland"

maxer — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:01:51 +0000

Edinburgh is the place to be, although i live northern ireland- having been over for the recent fringe and talked to some imigrant workers, they couldnt be happier.

A nice apartment would run you about £550/$800 a month which is a tad dear but its a great city with so much going on.

A walk around the museum will show you a place that was built on inventions and innovation.

only downside is the scottish climate

New comment by maxer in "I Have 50 Dollars"

maxer — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:08:41 +0000

is this the new reddit?

New comment by maxer in "Drinking at work: the boredom of boozeless business"

maxer — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:37:12 +0000

if your in london, going back to work after a pub lunch of 3 or 4 pints seems to be the norm

New comment by maxer in "I Won't Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar"

maxer — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:11:22 +0000

i wont read an article about people who use poo

blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/07/i_wont_hire_people_who_use_poo.html

New comment by maxer in "RBS IT cockup: This sort of thing can destroy a bank, normally"

maxer — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:34:50 +0000

One of the real impacts of this was holiday makers abroad as reported by the bbc

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18590028

New comment by maxer in "RBS IT cockup: This sort of thing can destroy a bank, normally"

maxer — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:30:28 +0000

I have been using hsbc for business banking and haven't had a complaint.

You just need to warn them when you travel or they will block your card.

New comment by maxer in "Bringing Like to Mobile"

maxer — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:58:36 +0000

my understanding is.. the current like button is used by the the user through the iframe, while this is an action completed on behalf of the user through the graph api?

New comment by maxer in "Index Ventures launches new €350m seed fund with European focus"

maxer — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:52:37 +0000

dublin or ireland not mentioned once

New comment by maxer in "Ask HN: Domain names you bought for a start-up that never happened"

maxer — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:47:05 +0000

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