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shimi··on Ask HN: Why is it so hard to find a job?
Sure I'll be more than happy to hear about new opportunities, unfortunately you haven't posted an email in your profile.
shimi··on Ask HN: Why is it so hard to find a job?
Good question, I guess its open for debate
shimi··on Ask HN: Why is it so hard to find a job?
I'll give you one, in a previous project I was working on the requirements were C++/QT/J2ME/Android and I was the Jave guy. I had people coming who couldn't tell the difference between String and StringBuffer
shimi··on Ask HN: Why is it so hard to find a job?
Thanks for the reply.

I'm currently contracting, I'm not sure that saturation is the problem, it was like this a few months ago but now things look different.

shimi··on Facebook is a Ponzi Scheme
This is a bit harsh, FB got a good traction and its run by some very smart people. I actually see them as a force in the communication space.
shimi··on Android (and Windows 7 phones) leads to too much hardware choice
Since when in the USA there is a thing of too much choice?
shimi··on Why Netflix Chose Amazon’s Cloud as Their Computing Platform
Netflix have done the same thing with Roku, they like to focus on what they do best
shimi··on Android-Powered Lego Robot Solves Rubik's Cube in 12.5 Second
What a beauty, That is true computer science
shimi··on MeeGo vs Android
Going defensive so early in the game isn't a good sign for MeeGo
shimi··on Jumping Ship from iPhone to Android: A Switcher's Guide
Some activities can be linked to services that will run with no regards to the Activity lifespan. Most implementations will have a stopService in the Activitie's onDestory so if that's the case killing a task may disable a running process.
shimi··on The difference between iPhone + Android: Great since day one
A friend of mine lend me is iPod Touch. To get it working with Wifi or connect it to iTunes running on windows is a very painful process.

I didn't had these problems (No need using the iTunes in the first place)with the G1, Motorola Droid, even my old N95.

So what is so great?

shimi··on Full screen, in browser, Flash 10.1 content shown running on a Nexus One
"AJAX and DOM tech turns out to be good enough"

But not as good

shimi··on Australia website black out
Too True!!!
shimi··on Australia website black out
Good on the Aussies for making a stand!!!
shimi··on The Australian Government has greenlighted compulsory internet filtering
For the sake of the kids, Rubbish!!! I feel my kids are safer in the USA than in Australia after the recent developments.

and you know, where they burn books...

shimi··on Kiwi Rocket Scares Sheep, Reaches Space
Nice work from the Kiwis!!!

Too bad the artivle didn't compare the amount of resources and man power put to the Atlas and the Atea projects.

shimi··on Rogue Amoeba abandons iPhone because of App Store approval insanity
Its all a fab.

A year ago engineers and corporates around the world made sure they have an iPhone app no matter the expense, and now everyone start to abandon the idea.

shimi··on Ninite: Easy PC Setup and Multi-App Installer (from BaseShield, YC W08)
Nice one, good job!
shimi··on Have we reached the end of desktop OS development?
A browser is a desktop application
shimi··on Schmidt: "Android Adoption Is About To Explode"
From I seen so far unless you're playing with low level stuff the software is consistent across the devices.

For now Android is far from the J2ME scenario, let's hope it will stay that way.

shimi··on The best unknown activist investment of 2009
That bloke showed those toll thieves how to do business.

These guys are doing a lot of monkey business and some times it blows in your face, get over it!!!!

shimi··on Microsoft: Google Chrome Frame makes IE less secure
They got a point. IE has its own venerabilities and Chrome has some too, maybe less maybe more. Also we can factor the plugin since it can have its own security risks. So statically IE using the Chrome Frame is more exposed then IE alone.

It sounds like MS are clutching but they still raise a valid point.

BTW I can't remember hearing that Mozilla are complaining about IE Tab.

shimi··on Before Apple introduced the iPhone
Get use to it, I know I did :-)
shimi··on So long, and thanks for all the fish
I wouldn't use such a harsh words, but probably share the opinion
shimi··on Ask HN: Has Anyone Tried Kava Extract?
Tried it while touring Fiji, sitting with the locals having a laugh.

Its really mild, no big effect, good for socializing...

shimi··on FCC Takes On Apple And AT&T Over Google Voice Rejection
It was inevitable that the feds will step in. If MS would have controlled any software running on Windows then how good would have Windows be? But that would have never fly!

Same here once you release a software product that carries an API you policing it can result in an unwanted results!

shimi··on C# is now a better language than Java
I wish Mono would be even half as good as the .NET, I really do!!

I actually had great hopes for the .NET Compact Framework until the Dalvik came along...

shimi··on It's hard to like Android.
I'll be happy if people will start blogging about how they like things instead of how they don't. I can write a few lines about Blackberry, iPhone, S60, Android but it won't get me anywhere, apart from spreading bad Karma
shimi··on How hard was Felipe Massa hit, exactly?
I haven't lost a race in the last 6 years and I must say this is freakiest accident I've seen by far.

Ruben's lost a spring on his car, and it ended up in Massa's helmet. What the chances of that?

The injury was due to the spring (although the crash didn't help)

If anyone wants to see a demonstration of how F1 car is safe have a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZqBbLyp6oo Kubica was pretty much on his legs the same day.

shimi··on Mororola's new free Android IDE
The good: Obviously the more Ides the better and displays how open Android is.

The bad: Is this the beginning of the fragmentation in the Android space? Probably not...

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