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fgpwdon India's demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes

But there can still be Bitcoin <=> Bitcoin transactions as an alternative to Paytm et al. It's very unlikely to pick up though I guess.

fgpwdon India's demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes

There is Bitcoin though

fgpwdon Ask HN: How much do you earn on average through software freelancing?

I guess you are right, I should try quoting higher prices and see what happens :)

fgpwdon Ask HN: How much do you earn on average through software freelancing?

I once met a guy in a Starbucks in New Delhi. He asked me about my job. Me: "I am a software developer." Him: "Oh no! You are not one of those Indian guys who keep on sending Skype messages to everybody asking for projects and selling services? Are you?"

LOL. I agree, a lot of people engage in spamming others like that in India. A lot of people do just this (sending unwanted messages to "leads" on Skype , email, slack, whatever) as their day job to make a living.

fgpwdon Ask HN: How much do you earn on average through software freelancing?

I am willing to work for 10$ an hour for full stack development (React/redux and go or firebase, SQL, sometimes node), or Cordova app development, or programming embedded devices (C or proprietary languages).

But no clients so far except for some friends who have promised to pay in the future if their startup gets successful or gets funded :)

I have tried the usual freelance sites but no one really bids on me. The reason is that I am from India and don't have much to show in terms of projects/experience - my previous company had a very strict non disclosure policy, and haven't worked on anything open source yet, don't have a blog, etc.

I am not very serious though and more focussed on a project/"startup" of my own but still looking for pocket money of 20-40$ a day to sustain myself without having to do a job. I am trying at fiverr now. Somehow I just haven't cracked the money nut yet.

fgpwdon Who's to Blame for the 16 GB RAM Limit on the New MacBook Pros: Apple or Intel?

Where did you get it for 980? I tried configuring one and a base model with 8gb of ram and 256gb ssd turns out to be over $1250. With 32GB ram it goes above $1500.

fgpwdon Who's to Blame for the 16 GB RAM Limit on the New MacBook Pros: Apple or Intel?

I have a 4gb 2012 MacBook air that works fine. I don't face much performance related issues with it and can compile apps, use VMs(one at a time) fine with it. It can get slightly laggy at times, but most of it isn't noticeable. I usually restart when that starts to happen and it gets fine that way.

I am thinking of saving some money and upgrading to the base 1499 model and donating my air to a friend who really needs it. But it has got only 8GB of RAM. Ideally I would have gone for the 1799 model with 16gb ram which makes it $1999. But don't have that much money right now. However, since even the 4GBs of RAM have seemed satisfactory to me so far, I am thinking of making the jump. Non-apple is anyways not an option as I use sketch and need to compile iOS apps.

With my present air I always regret getting 128GB hard disk as it is too less, and I need to format my laptop every year to get rid of the junk occupying hard disk space. I hope I don't end up regretting the 8GB for the next few years.