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I was considering going freelance myself and these are questions I also considered. I hope someone with experience replies and we can turn this into a very useful post.

What country are you in?

Yes. When the user opens the app I will get their current location and add it to a column in the database 'currentLocation' Then I will query the database like so: select * from users where userOnlineStatus = 'online' and currentLocation = ""; <- That is what I would want to do. Its just calculating the distance so that not all random users are showing up.

Thanks for the awesome reply. Gonna do some more googling now I know a little more what i'm looking for :)

I would but the question is vague and has no code so will only be closed and downvoted.

There are also places like reddit that has a subreddit for basically everything.

I'm not too sure but flappy bird the game only got successful overnight because someone hated how crap it was and posted it onto Buzzfeed. Then it went viral.

lol

Absolutely sound advice - internet points for you!

Ive tried zapier. It doesnt work. In the fields selection for the emails from disqus it has changed. :(

This makes you go awwww.

ah, sorry I read that wrong. I lose internet points dont I? :/

I'm not certain but I think its because HN wishes to promote positive up voting not down vote trolling like reddit etc... If its good It will get up voted, if not then just don't upvote it.

Anything by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Yeah the pro performs very well for me. If you are wanting to get into Swift there are some awesome beginner tutorials here: http://ios-blog.co.uk/swift-tutorials/

Pro has more power. The big projects will need it. I chose a pro when I was doing my iOS stuff as my mate has an air and Xcode just killed his resources when running the app simulator.

Thanks for the heads up. I was actually considering using this service in a month or two when I wanted to go travelling

Here is a good resource to learn: http://ios-blog.co.uk/swift-tutorials/

I also heard this before I went to see the doctor, I just said that it was affecting my day to day activities and that some days I struggles to force myself out of the house. I said My friends and family are also noticing and then the doctors seemed to listen and referred me. The list was about 5 months before I got seen and I heard that this was quick.

The first and Major step is recognising it and now you have. You'll be fine. Will take some time but you will get through. Good Luck :)

I had it really bad at one point, I still have it now but less frequent and I can recognise when its affecting me. I went for CBT through the NHS (if you're in UK). Really does help.

I think this is all relative to the person. My friend can touch type but he struggles to work out the logic needed in programming at the speed he can type so he works it all out first and then just types it out. etc... so I think it really does depend. I cant see it hurting your skillset to be able to touch type though :)

This is how the Algorithm works: http://amix.dk/blog/post/19574

Volunteer your services to help the less fortunate?

pretty amazing

In order to get a working Visa you must have a letter of employment from the company that you will be working for. I've just gone through the same thing.

I thought about that but SO is usually for more detailed questions etc. I have seen similar questions like this be put on hold and slated by the users

I thought about that but SO is usually for more detailed questions etc. I have seen similar questions like this be put on hold and slated by the users. However, the above posters have answered my questions :)

Thanks for the reply - Very Useful

I hate Quora as it forces people to sign up just to even read the content. I could just remove the DOM element in the inspector but I shouldn't have to. So I shall post my reply here.

I once got fired from a job unexpectedly. and it was terrible, It not only meant I had no income to pay the rent etc. But all my direct debits bounced causing more debt and the benefits in the UK took about 4 weeks to kick in after I had to jump through hoops and hoops.

I found myself slightly depressed for about 2 weeks, not moving from my bed and sleeping most days. Luckily I run a blog that kept me active-ish and I slowly pulled out from my stupor.