paulvs
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Comment · 1 year ago
A couple of reasons why Paraguay is a great place for remote workers:
* Friendly people * Great food (soups like Vori Vori, delicious BBQ) * Decent internet * Cheap rent * Low taxes (no taxes on foreign income) * Timezone alignment with the US * Economic stability
I’ve been here over 10 years and as long as you learn to not rely too much on public services, you’ll be fine.
Comment · 1 year ago
I’ve worked on the Day One & WordPress iOS mobile apps for the last five years.
I just shipped a new iPad experience on the Day One app: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBSv1sHOZX4&t=412s
Location: US-timezones
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: SwiftUI, Swift, Obj-C, UIKit, Core Data, Xcode, iPad, macOS, release management, TestFlight
Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pfzgTLzIOsRaOwlBpeyvzosZhVzhi4Fe/view?usp=share_link
Email: [email protected]
I studied Electronic and Computer Engineering at Griffith University, Australia.
Comment · 3 years ago
It's not available on the Paraguayan App Store yet. The same thing happened with ChatGPT itself, it wasn't available in Paraguay for a couple of months and no explanation as to why.
I get that it's a free research preview and they don't have to, but it would be nice if I could get these things when most others do.
I can switch stores but would need to cancel subscriptions.
Comment · 4 years ago
Does this affect contractors, or just employees?
This year, I noticed Amazon hires international contractors for engineering roles and I don't think I saw that before.
I wonder if Amazon is opening up more roles internationally (via contractors), while increasing wages of employees to retain folks in US/Canada/etc.
I don't have any data to back this idea up, it's just a thought.
Comment · 5 years ago
This is eerily similar to videos forwarded on WhatsApp about "things you'd only understand if you were born in the <insert decade here>" :)
I did relate to it though. It would be apt for a video about things you'd only understand if you're a millennial.
Comment · 6 years ago
> Moreover, I feel like it's going to be a big problem that the architecture you're deploying your code to is different than the one you are developing on.
iOS apps—which run on ARM chips inside iPhones—have all been developed on Intel-based Macs.
Comment · 6 years ago
I think that the test cases included with packages might have the advantage of being able to obfuscate URLs or other strings as benign test dummy data.
This would be especially easy by using the technique called string sampling that the author mentions. I could choose a "Lorem ipsum" like text for use as dummy data, but ensure that the first letter of every word, when combined, forms the domain name of a server that will be used to download a second malicious payload.
Comment · 7 years ago
Inverse:
"A schrödinbug or schroedinbug . . . is a bug that manifests itself in running software after a programmer notices that the code should never have worked in the first place."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisenbug
Comment · 7 years ago
Nice to see Paraguay present here on HN, I live here in Asunción.
I also heard of some people near Luque without power Sunday and Monday, but I'd guess it was an unrelated ANDE incident.
Comment · 7 years ago
According to Paraguayan news [1] (Spanish), the failure was on the Argentina side of the Yacyretá hydroelectric (which is shared by Argentina and Paraguay), not at the plant itself. Only a few Paraguayan towns close to the hydroelectric itself were affected, while Argentina and countries it resells electricity to were out of power.
Comment · 7 years ago
Slightly confusing how although the article's opening paragraph currently says "...an explicit order" from the state education department, it goes on to quote it later where it can be seen to be just a recommendation.
Comment · 7 years ago
I found Susan Fowler's story quite interesting, as told on her blog: https://www.susanjfowler.com
Comment · 8 years ago
A shoutout to Rober Dam who built Xaddress, "Give 7 billion people an instant physical address": http://xaddress.org/
Comment · 8 years ago
A couple more from around the world (esp. Paraguay):
1. To drop a passenger off where there is no street parking, just turn on your hazard lights and stop in the middle of the road.
2. In the seconds before a red light turns green, the cars behind you will honk to get you moving.
3. Be prepared for squeegee men at traffic lights who clean your windscreen for coins even if you say no.
4. Most city parking spots are controlled by guys who "take care" of your car while you're away for notes (really your car would be better off without them, they sometimes scratch your car if you don't pay).
5. Asphalt streets have preference over cobble stone.
6. Speed bumps come in all shapes and sizes (and are not always marked).
7. Drove through a pothole? Hey, you should've been looking where you're going.
8. Pedestrian crossings (zebra crossings) have no real significance.
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