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vkron Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2015)

SEEKING WORK

Location: Belgium or remote

Technologies: Bootstrap, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, SilverStripe CMS, WordPress CMS, Java, C#, R

Front-end dev with background in CS / Economics. Passionate about UX, performance, SEO and user analytics. Looking for freelance opportunities in web development.

Email: kristof - at - fluvio.be

Github: http://github.com/krv

Linkedin: https://be.linkedin.com/in/kristofverbeken

vkron Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2015)

Current PhD student in finance with background in CS. Interested in startups that combine both.

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: R, Java, VBA, PHP, HTML/CSS. Willing to learn anything.

Résumé/CV: https://be.linkedin.com/in/kristofverbeken

Email: kristof - at - fluvio - dot - be

vkron Show HN: New IDE and GUI for R language

What happens when you just download FasteR? Does it work for a limited period and then stop working, will it ask me for a license each time I start it?

Also, why would I pay €399 for FasteR while its main competitor is more mature and completely free? Aside from Excel add-in, the two other reasons I've found are in the comments here: "graphical user interface for selected packages/functions, support for multiple monitors". Am I missing something?

vkron Show HN: New IDE and GUI for R language

I was also looking for an OS X / Linux version. The website doesn't mention being Windows only, will other operating systems be supported in the future?

vkron Show HN: New IDE and GUI for R language

The video presents version 1.4.1 (last 10 seconds of the video), the website only lists version 0.4.1. I assume you changed the version number after finishing the video?

It was hard/impossible for me to read the R code in the video while playing it at 1080p.

vkron How to get into an admin account on a Windows computer

If booting from a CD or USB is allowed, you can just change the password using the Pogostick [1] live cd - or any linux live cd.

[1] http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/

vkron Ask HN: Tricks to integrate late coding session in current workflow?

Here's what works for me:

  - Intense workouts early in the day
  - A lot of water
  - Sunlight

  - Airplane mode
  - Batching email, IM, SMS, ..
  - Automate payments
  - It's ok to be late with administration sometimes

Books that really helped me:

  - The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss [1]
  - Getting Things Done by David Allen [2]
  - Rework by Jason Fried [3]

[1] http://amzn.com/0307465357 [2] http://amzn.com/0142000280 [3] http://amzn.com/0307463745

edit: added Rework

vkron Public speaking is tough

There's a very interesting TED talk related to this, by Amy Cuddy (title: Your body language shapes who you are) - http://on.ted.com/Cuddy

Basically you can manipulate yourself into being calm by taking on a relaxed and confident body language. Sitting up, stretching out, taking in a lot of space, ..

I tried this several times and it does help, of course it doesn't make your stress vanish entirely.