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freeslugs··on Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
I built my mom a mother's day gift https://get-telephony.now.sh/
freeslugs··on Ask HN: I got rejected by all the US colleges I applied to. Now what?
Think about where you want to be 3-5 years from now. From an IRR and ROI perspective, not all colleges are equal and often trade schools yield higher relative returns. You definitely have a lot of capital and can invest in future endeavors. Try to apply for a software internship for the summer -- strong way to gain hard skills and determine whether tech life is a good fit.
freeslugs··on Ask HN: Who is hiring right now?
I run a dev shop called Bauhaus Labs (bauhauslabs.com) we build mobile and web apps. Looking for extra hands on deck, open to part time, REMOTE, and INTERNS. If you have exp with react, react native, rails or python, hit me up! Email is contact@bauhauslabs.com
freeslugs··on Fast
I would not be proud to include JavaScript on this list. Haste makes waste
freeslugs··on Confessions of an insurtech founder: why single payer is the answer
Fascinating article on insurance? Why do you think insurance companies are behaving in this manner and what do you think the solution is? Single payer, universal healthcare? Maybe something similar to the UKs NHS?
freeslugs··on Ask HN: Buyout offer 2 weeks into our startup – what do we do?
this genuinely looks like a dope product.
freeslugs··on Fish - A systems package manager like homebrew but cross-platform
this is awesome and should've existed years ago.

We don't need a custom package manager for each OS.

freeslugs··on From Rails to Clojure, Then to Java, Then Back to Rails
thoughts on rails 5? coming from rails 3 -> 4 -> 5, it solved a lot of issues for me.
freeslugs··on Ask HN: Stuck in Switzerland
Build side projects with the latest technologies to show companies you're "cool" and "hip"
freeslugs··on Ask HN: What are best tools for web scraping?
If you need simple scraping, I like traditional http request lib. For more robust scraping (ie clicking buttons / filling text), use capybara and either phantomjs or chromedriver - easy to install using homebrew!
freeslugs··on Ask HN: Best way to monetize free compute power?
check out monero
freeslugs··on Ask HN: Want to Join Our Cryptocurrency Startup?
link to your site!
freeslugs··on [dead]
soon we will see graphql endpoints
freeslugs··on Launch HN: 70MillionJobs (YC S17) – Job board for people with criminal records
Can you sort by criminal record? e.g. Only white collar crimes.
freeslugs··on Where Are the Progressive Web App?
create-react-app is PWA.
freeslugs··on Microsoft Solitaire Collection
166 MB! :O
freeslugs··on Show OS X notifications when long running command finishes
how would this work with terminal instead of iterm2?
freeslugs··on Ask HN: Upgrading Rails
check out the changelog and update your broken code.
freeslugs··on Ask HN: Why is Google worth far more than Twitter, snapchat, Facebook combined?
goog Q4 revenues $21.32 billion twtr q4 revenues $2.2 billion fb q4 revenues $5.8 billion snapchat (private company) ~$100M annually http://www.businessinsider.com/snapchat-is-on-track-to-gener...
freeslugs··on Marvin Minsky – Artificial Intelligence and the Future of the Human Mind
very sad, he was a great man.
freeslugs··on ButterDB
Omg! wow this is insane. nice job guys! :)
freeslugs··on Apple Confirms “Back Doors”, Downplays Their Severity
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The requested URL /blog/ was not found on this server.

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freeslugs··on Discovering private APIs with Charles.app
very creative idea. +1
freeslugs··on Would appreciate constructive feedback pre-launch (www.centrallo,com)
how is this disruptive or innovative? what does centrallo do that google or apple doesn't?
freeslugs··on Google just lost it
didn't work for me. check out http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:htnWfH7...
freeslugs··on Ask HN: List of tools to create beautiful data visualizations
d3 d3js.org
freeslugs··on Dual-touch smartphone design concept
There was something like this at the CES (consumer electronics show). They had it with an iPad. Not sure if this is the most practical idea.
freeslugs··on Show HN: Original Rap about Databases
Note : it was written in a dark time of deadlines and sleep deprivation
freeslugs··on Please rate our new landing page.
the landing page looks great but i'm a bit skeptical of the product itself