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Varkiil··on Ask HN: ETL solutions for developers?
Currently working with Talend, it's pretty good and saved me a lot of time.
Varkiil··on [dead]
Using a Neil Young song who was against Irak war...

What a bad choice for someone who claimed things like this :

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/15/donald-trump-cp...

Varkiil··on Ask HN: Is it possible to get the original 1977 Star Wars?
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-IV-Limited-Edition/dp/B000FQ...

"for the first time ever on DVD, the original films as seen in theaters in 1977, 1980 and 1983."

I guess this should work

Varkiil··on Zimbabwe offers new exchange rate: $1 for 35,000,000,000,000,000 old dollars
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1099467/Mugabes-geno...

You are right, this cleansing is only within their borders...

Varkiil··on Ask HN: Are there any examples of profitable Google Chrome extensions?
Of course this was a joke.

Jokes aside Adblock Plus has got a pretty good business model based on ads whitelisting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adblock_Plus)

Varkiil··on Ask HN: Are there any examples of profitable Google Chrome extensions?
You are looking for an extension that automatically generates money ? I'm afraid neither Google nor anyone has developed such thing yet.
Varkiil··on Show HN: Chrome plugin to rate and review sites' terms of use and privacy policies
How about a desktop plugin to rate and review browsers' terms of use and privacy policies ?
Varkiil··on France’s Zone Rouge – Land Poisoned by War
The red zones can be inhabited but most of the ground is either polluted either completely destroyed. And as the boards said some zones still have armed explosives in them. I went there once. It's pretty beautiful when you forget it has been caused by a useless and slaughtering war.
Varkiil··on The strange fate of a person falling into a black hole
"In a big enough black hole, you could live out the rest of your life pretty normally"

Free falling in your ship and suit waiting for you to be crushed to death... pretty normally

Varkiil··on Ask HN: What are the best hackathon ideas you have seen?
http://hackinghealth.camp/fr/ I believe health related hackathons are the best. Because in the end you know you are participating for the Greater Good
Varkiil··on OK, Google
Didn't Google enable huge restrictions on Maps because of drawings ? How come this happen ?
Varkiil··on Women in technology are paid 13% less than men, research reveals
Having a link to such study would be nice because we actually have no idea how it is calculated.

If they are counting Bill Gates, Larry Ellison... then I'd say most men are winning less than women

Varkiil··on Ask HN: How to integrate coding into primary school?
From the site : "What is the age range for Scratch? While Scratch is primarily designed for 8 to 16 year olds, it is also used by people of all ages, including younger children with their parents."

We saw children from 6 to 12 come try coding with scratch at our school during a coding for children event

Varkiil··on Ask HN: How to integrate coding into primary school?
https://scratch.mit.edu/ It is made for teaching code to young children
Varkiil··on Ask HN: How much do you sleep at night?
between 6 and 8 hours. Every evening I ask myself wether I should do more today or tomorrow... I'm always wrong...
Varkiil··on Ask HN: What numbers do you pay attention to daily?
€/CHF exchange rate : it has gone crazy lately and working for CHF while living with € it's pretty important for me.
Varkiil··on Ask HN: How much would you pay for the domain test.com?
I would pay about 15$ and two bowls of ramen.

But this is not the price resellers are asking for...

http://dnpric.es/stats/stats-by-length/?sl=4

Varkiil··on Ask HN: Always late to the office, is this OK?
Being late sometimes is ok but every time for ~6 years ?

When people ask you to come at a certain time they are asking you if they can trust you to be here at that time. By arriving late deliberately you have abused their trust and been dishonest.

This is not a professional problem that you are having, it is a human problem : it is disrespect.

Varkiil··on Ask HN: Need assistance from the Hive Mind
I have no idea what this is but I bet it's about Dr.Who
Varkiil··on Ask HN: What are the biggest problems facing humanity?
Please, tell us how those are obstacles. I am intrigued.
Varkiil··on Ask HN: Registering an .ie domain?
https://www.iedr.ie/register-a-domain/document-requirements/

For personal projects : "You will need to provide a copy of your Irish passport, drivers licence or a recent utility bill."

Varkiil··on Ask HN: A startup runs at a loss for 6+ years, gets acquired. Was it a success?
In the end, the goal of a startup is to either generate profit or be sold. Your startup got aquired by a company ? great job ! Your startup is a success.
Varkiil··on Ask HN: How to talk smart?
Ad populum, ad hominem, ad personam... Those are argumentations that make you lose all credibilty so try not using them.

The most important part after this is being honest, things must come out naturally just as shown by lies detectors. When you try to lie your brain makes a lot more effort so don't do it and your speech will be way smoother and won't tend to contradict itself.

It counts for extrapolation too, be honest about your knowledge or you will make a fool of yourself

Varkiil··on Ask HN: What should I do?
Think about your people first.

Instead of reporting your fellow countrymen show them the good way of winning $$$ and they'll stop by themselves.

Moreover you are helping an American company, Americans only work for themselves or for their country. If Google happened to be Nepalese be sure they would wage war on it.

You can't be a "good guy" to the eyes of everybody, there must be a time at which you have to chose a side, a time at which you leave your neutrality

Varkiil··on “Flower of Battle,” a combat manual created in the first decade of the 1400s
I love the first image https://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliodyssey/16180332158 I bet it says : "Don't aim for the head, you need to aim for vital parts. Hit the balls"
Varkiil··on [dead]
Theists are worshippers of God. Atheists are fighting God. Agnostics haven't found God yet.
Varkiil··on Ask HN: Do you gamble?
You can always gamble as a game as long as it doesn't become an addiction but never gamble for anything else. Life's not a game.

Also I have so much bad luck that it spreads around me.

Varkiil··on Ask HN: How to not base self worth on your own work?
I love reading my 6 months old code and feel like a complete stranger wrote it.
Varkiil··on Ask HN: How to not base self worth on your own work?
You are feeling disapointment and satisfaction, which are pretty normal feelings imo.

You need also to focus on what is between the start and the end of a project. People may fail but learn a lot and know even more than you because of this failure. Keep in mind that what make good stories are peripeties.

Varkiil··on So How Do You Pronounce “R'lyeh”, Anyway?
/ˈɹu.li.a/ or /ɹɪl.ˈai.ɛ/
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