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stickperson··on Things every React.js beginner should know
If it works for you stick with it. I started with webpack for the same reason-- I wanted to use ES6 syntax, and a coworker had some boilerplate that did most of the work for me.
stickperson··on Things every React.js beginner should know
I think Dan is making a different point. He's saying functional components are just like regular components in terms of speed. The author of this article is saying use functional components so it's clearer when a component needs to be split up.
stickperson··on How to learn data science
Absolutely. I remember seeing an "Epic NHL goal celebration" post on here a little while ago. That was a fun read and seemed like a good project to get some exposure to ML.

http://blog.francoismaillet.com/epic-celebration/

stickperson··on Get your Google calendar into tmux
Hey, thanks for the info. I've tried that, but now I get a "Error: redirect_uri_mismatch" error.

edit: I got it working. When creating a new client id, you need to choose "Installed application" as the application type.

stickperson··on Get your Google calendar into tmux
Getting a "daily limit exceeded" error from the Google API client.
stickperson··on Vim Colors
You can use iterm/tmux and split windows.
stickperson··on Vim Colors
I spent a couple hours reading up on tmux/zsh/vim. If you want, I put my dotfiles up to save some time with configuration.

https://github.com/stickperson/dotfiles

stickperson··on Show HN: Differential Equations Explained
I think it would be helpful to define a derivative first.
stickperson··on Show HN: Differential Equations Explained
Cool idea, and the site looks nice. That being said, I was lost by the end of the first section.
stickperson··on JavaScript at 20
What other resources did you use? I'm slowly working my way though Programming JavaScript Applications.
stickperson··on My Love-Hate Relationship with Stack Overflow
I've been using IRC to ask questions instead of Stack Overflow for some time now. Each room has its own character, but I've found people are generally very helpful.
stickperson··on Changes to Linkedin API Developer Program
Forgive me for the possibly silly question, but does this mean developers won't be able to make LinkedIn a login option for their apps? I'm not sure if and how OAUth and APIs are related.
stickperson··on US Healthcare Is So Screwed I Fly to Britain for My Medication
Is there a way to find out how much drugs cost in other countries? I take a biologic that runs me $300/mo after insurance.
stickperson··on Is it really 'Complex'? Or did we just make it 'Complicated'? [video]
Doesn't that depend on where you work and what you're working on though?
stickperson··on Show HN: Save your side project
Is there a way to filter by language?
stickperson··on Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did you make?
Looks good! Now the tricky part-- driving traffic and SEO.
stickperson··on Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did you make?
Roughly how much did you have to invest in the first couple of sets? Most manufacturers have a minimum order, and I imagine that would be the case for you considering you were getting something custom made.

Thanks!

stickperson··on Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did you make?
I've been toying around with this for a couple hours. Getting the links is relatively straightforward (I'm using kickass torrents). How do you go about adding the magnet links to transmission-daemon? You can setup a watch directory so that torrents will automatically start downloading when you fetch a torrent file, but that's not what's being done here. I'm assuming you're remotely monitoring the downloads true, correct?

As for ffmpeg, is that automated or do you have to do some manual work every time a torrent is finished?

stickperson··on Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did you make?
Wow, cool stuff. Thanks for the info.
stickperson··on Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did you make?
I'm just curious how you go about doing it and how you actually index the links. Let's say you scrape tbp (or any other site) every X minutes. You see a link-- how do you know if you already saved that link? From there, I'm assuming you just have a simple model for each link which you save and render on the frontend.

I'm used to building pretty simple webapps, so doing something like this is really interesting to me from a learning perspective.

In addition to the technical tasks, how did you go about marketing your site?

Thanks!

stickperson··on Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did you make?
That's an interesting technical challenge, at least to me. Could you talk a bit about it?

edit: Could you also talk about SEO and how you market your site?

stickperson··on Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did you make?
How have you marketed this so far?
stickperson··on Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did you make?
Are there any legal implications associated with this site, as in is it legal to download videos from those sites?
stickperson··on Oil Crisis Explained in 3 Minutes
Knowing absolutely nothing about oil and the industry, I don't view paying $3 a gallon now vs $4.29 a couple months ago as a "crisis."
stickperson··on Inmates at California’s San Quentin prison learn to code
I came here to talk about Kenyatta, too. For sure thought I'd see his name in the article.
stickperson··on Learn to Code, Get Hired
Totally agree. I took a class last year and learned a lot, but finding a job was extremely difficult. I finally found one in the early part of 2014, but now that I'm looking again it has been just as hard.

Everyone wants more senior people which is understandable. The problem is there's just such a shortage of talent. I argue that if you find someone who possesses the passion, curiosity, and ability to learn quickly and train them for a couple months, you'll have a decent developer. Unfortunately, I haven't come across many companies who share this viewpoint.

stickperson··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2014)
Location: San Francisco, CA

Remote: No

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, Django, AngularJS

Resume: email me!

Email: glik22@gmail.com

Interested in frontend, backend, or full stack work.

stickperson··on Codefights
Absolutely agree. I find it a waste of time otherwise.
stickperson··on Save money flying from New York and San Francisco
Don't airline companies really frown upon this practice? I can't recall if they can actually do something about it though.
stickperson··on Python Practice Book
What sort of projects do you have in mind? I say try to tackle one of them and look for answers to your questions along the way.
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