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Technically, Catalonia is still a part of Spain, but I appreciate you recognizing their sovereignty!

This is referring to StackOverflow's Talent product, which is a software engineering focused hiring platform. Seems like they furloughed the sales and marketing team for this product, due to an expected slowdown in market-wide hiring.

This is due to how cryptocurrencies are classified by the IRS. Currently, they are classed as assets (property) as opposed to currencies, and thus any "realized gains" are taxable events. This includes the above example, where you may have technically "realized a gain" while buying a grilled cheese with Bitcoin.

https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employe...

I've found that Instagram use is growing amongst nearly all of my friend groups (including HN demo and non), while use of all other social apps is fading (not counting WhatsApp). For reference, mostly age 24-32 in the US and Western Europe.

Same! Python requests is one of my favorite libraries of all time. Kenneth Reitz is a treasure.

Fantastic idea. Pour overs are the fastest decent brewing method, and usually the cheapest. Making it portable is really cool little innovation. If the coffee is good, I could see this really selling

In Portugal, very few places accept credit cards, or even debit cards in many cases. This is mainly so the businesses can avoid the crazy fees. It's inconvenient, but the prices are probably slightly cheaper, so people don't really complain.

Nailed it. Traveling is amazing, but it certainly loses its luster after a while. I must say we're extremely fortunate to have been able to even make it to this point though.

What exactly is the benefit of Elsevier for researchers? Is there no free way to publish papers?

React Native doesn't deliver a poor user experience though. It's not the right choice for every project, but in most cases users won't be able to discern between RN and native.

I've lived in both Chile and Vietnam, and Chile is light years ahead of Vietnam in every respect. I love Vietnam, but it has a long way to go before it reaches the standard of living of most South American nations

That's basically the point of most law and financial firms (at least when they start out). Until it went public (and still to a large degree), the whole point of Goldman Sachs was to make its' employees rich.

OP makes it clear he would work together with the landlord on this.

This article makes a great point regarding ISIS aim to turn western nations against the refugees. I can't even fathom how it feels to be forced from your home, then be greeted with hostility just about everywhere. It's not hard to imagine developing the sense of hatred that leads to irrational decisions (like joining ISIS), especially in the younger refugees.

I have no idea what the solution is, but I think it's clear banning refugees isn't it. I understand the fear, and I'm as scared as anyone about the potential for new attacks. Still, we need to unite everyone against ISIS, not drive new recruits towards them.

I know amazing engineers without CS degrees, and bad engineers with them. It's certainly nice to have one, but it's hardly a prerequisite for becoming a good engineer.

Eventually, creditors might write it off, but the borrower would be liable if they ever return to the US.

Also, given how annoying it is for international banks to work with US expats, I can't imagine they would look past that kind of dent in credit history.

Currently in Santiago, building shook for well over a minute. No damage here though

Hey everyone!

I am the cofounder of HawkHire. We currently offer positions in London, Berlin, Barcelona, Amsterdam, and Paris.

Happy to answer any questions!

Start talking to local dev shops and startups that heavily use Python and offer to work for free (as you mentioned).

Most will probably deny you due to lack of resources (onboarding volunteers still takes engineering hours), but one might take a chance.

Shoot me an email if you want to chat (address in my profile). I was in the exact same spot as you 18 months ago, and have been employed as an engineer since then.

As much as a love Python, JS really isn't that bad. Seems to me like you could become competent with JS (at least for simple frontend tasks) in the time it would take to familiarize yourself with Rapydscript.

They also hire lawyers and agents to handle the negotiations that result in favorable working conditions and compensation. Maybe tech professionals should do the same?

If you have a programming background, the official docs are the best way to pick up Python.

This is for beginners, and it helped me a lot when I was starting out. It's not perfect, but it's a great way to get started.

Really? I found the number of innovative healthtech companies to be very inspiring. Standard Cyborg is building a better version of the prosthetic limb for a small fraction of the cost. I think that's awesome.

If you want public health insurance, you will need to pay taxes in Spain. You could get private insurance through a number of different companies, though this will likely be much more expensive.

As far as being above board, it really depends on how long you are planning to stay, and whether or not you are a permanent resident.

Cool idea. I especially agree with this problem:

"It's hard for multiple developers to share one staging server".

My company has two staging servers, but with a team of 6 devs, someone often has to wait. Does anybody know of any solutions to spin up/down staging servers in a cost-effective way?.

Football is by far my favorite sport. Unfortunately, it's just not worth the long-term injuries it causes to a large percentage of those who play it beyond high school (and some before even that level).

Check your copyright declaration. It's 2015 :)

We don't have debtors prison because it doesn't make any sense as a means of recourse.

If debtors stop paying, lendors will stop lending.

Flipboard addresses the accessibility issue in their article. While moving to canvas limits it for now, at least they are making an effort to incorporate it, which is more than can be said for most sites.

Seems to be British vocabulary and spelling, but spoken with an Americanized accent (due to pop culture).