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darka

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Darius, Software Engineer & Entrepreneur based in London

University of Edinburgh, MInf Informatics Graduate

http://dariuss.net/

Always happy to chat, e-mail me at darius.scerb AT gmail DOT com

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darka··on Today’s Brexit Likelihood Score
It is a voluntary relationship, but both parties have stakes in it and provide certain benefits and possibly some negatives to each other. That's how every relationship works and that doesn't make it abusive.
darka··on Twitter Sees 6% Increase in “Like” Activity After First Week of Hearts
I'm surprised, I'm sure the number of likes would fall on Facebook if they switched to using hearts.

People seem to have a personal/emotional attachment to the heart symbol, which makes it suitable for social networks like Instagram, because you can love a picture! But a Donald Trump status? Not so much.

darka··on Launching in 2015: A Certificate Authority to Encrypt the Entire Web
How does this compare to StartSSL?
darka··on Tänzer – An industrial web server framework for Tcl
How prevalent is Tcl usage in the real world? You don't hear much about it, are there any new startups adopting it? Or is it only used in legacy projects at large companies?
darka··on FreeBSD turns 21
Happy birthday, FreeBSD! You were one of the many operating systems I experimented with back in my teenage years, along with countless Linux distributions. The popularity has waned [1] but good to know it is still active :)

[1] http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=%2Fm%2F02ydx&cmpt=q

darka··on Show HN: Upload e-mails from Outlook using only the browser
Looks interesting. What are the typical use cases for this? Why would companies running on Outlook use this?
darka··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2014)
SEEKING WORK - Remote or London, UK

I'm a software engineer based in London, UK.

I have experience navigating complicated frameworks and working with a wide variety of projects, including front-end developent, automated testing systems for startups, and internal tools for Google.

Skills: Python, PHP, HTML5, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, MySQL, C++, Chef, AWS, Linux system administration

Website: http://dariuss.net/

LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/scdarius

Github: https://github.com/darka/

E-mail: darius.scerb@gmail.com

darka··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2014)
SEEKING WORK - Remote or Edinburgh, UK

I'm a software engineer based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

I have experience navigating complicated frameworks and working with a wide variety of projects, including front-end developent, automated testing systems for startups, and internal tools for Google.

Skills: Python, PHP, HTML5, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, Facebook API, MySQL, C++, Chef, AWS, Linux system administration

Website: http://dariuss.net/

LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/scdarius

Github: https://github.com/darka/

E-mail: darius.scerb@gmail.com

darka··on Laverna: Self-hosted Evernote alternative
Can this be used on Android phones in any way?
darka··on Regalii (S2013) Eases Money Transfer To Latin America
Thought this would be similar to the European TransferWise and TransferGo startups, but this doesn't transfer money directly. Makes it apparent how different the financial situation is in Latin America.
darka··on Study: There may not be a shortage of American STEM graduates after all
Similar experience in UK (Edinburgh, at least). Startup companies are dying to hire great devs, but the vast amount of people applying for tech jobs lack the necessary skills.