europa | 11 years ago | on: Python idioms I wish I'd learned earlier
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europa | 11 years ago | on: Python idioms I wish I'd learned earlier
Your defaultdict approach and the dict.get with a default specified is not really equivalent. In the defaultdict case when you encounter a non existing key it adds a new entry with that key into the dict. i.e. your dict will start growing.
whereas dic.get with default value keep returning you the default value without touching your dict.
europa | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: Anyone making a living from Desktop apps?what had been changed?
My cousin in fact makes his application looks like a desktop application to sell to his customer base. He makes pos/accounting software with a windows application(skin) that talk to his php backend over http. He sells these apps mainly to his customers in middle east.
europa | 11 years ago | on: Show HN: Free, anonymous coding interview practice
Interviewer can be the person responsible for hiring in a corporation/startup. He/She can hire the interviewee. This is a win win!
europa | 12 years ago | on: Finding Your First Clients As A Freelancer
Finding a project which can be prototyped and sending live link to the prototype in my biddings worked for me getting my first projects in Odesk.
europa | 12 years ago | on: After working +1200 hours in oDesk
As a developer living in the US my experience with Odesk is that you cannot make a living doing just Odesk. But you can still achieve good pay rate on certain projects if you choose carefully. I used to charge , for example $600+ for a 3 hour job in the weekend. and if you are lucky you may end up building relationship with your client and get other projects outside of Odsek.
If anybody looking to get into Odesk, this is my advice on how to get over the chicken and egg problem(You are trying to build your work history while clients looking for your work history).
Find projects that can be partially or even fully prototyped and send the live link in the bidding. If the project is genuine most clients will bite. If they don't , write off your effort as marketing expense!
Also never bid for a project if you think you cannot get a 5 star rating after the delivery.
You can see my odesk profile below , all my ratings are 5 star. No surprise!
europa | 12 years ago | on: Magnus Carlsen is World Chess Champion
I think Yovel was asking for 'Go Game' book.
europa | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
Yes . Most of the revenue coming in goes out as employee salary and vendor payout.
europa | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
Making $4000 + / Month profit . Running a consulting firm. I have two direct employees and few pass-through 's .
Revenue is much bigger a number at $100,000 + /Month . Effort is very less to maintain this profit as only spend few hours /month to run payroll
, invoicing clients and make timely payment out to the vendors.
pass-through : Consultants not employed by my company but work for my clients.
europa | 12 years ago | on: NASA to test laser communications link with new lunar mission
naked optics
europa | 13 years ago | on: Sh.py
Yes. Please publish it.
europa | 14 years ago | on: Show HN: My first iPhone app - Family Matters (using Parse)
Good luck abeymm. Nice to see a reference to Malayalam here
europa | 14 years ago | on: Is it better to learn JavaScript or Python as a first language?
I think Both. You almost always need a back-end for the javascripts apps you make. That back-end can be Python.
europa | 14 years ago | on: The SendHub API: Heroku for Twilio
More than API for an API, to me, this service sounds very valuable for businesses for their SMS communications/marketing needs.
europa | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: What backup strategy do you use for your websites and databases?
I use duplicity. http://duplicity.nongnu.org/
europa | 15 years ago | on: What are the missing features in App Engine?
Thanks. I stand corrected.
europa | 15 years ago | on: What are the missing features in App Engine?
Oauth or Authsub for appengine operations.
For example I want to deploy an app on appengine for a user without asking him his userid and a password.
Use case: User comes to a site. Search for available applications to install. Click install; give permission, application installed to his appengine account.
europa | 15 years ago | on: What are the missing features in App Engine?
Is channel api not close to Websocket?
europa | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancers? (April 2011)
Contact info Please. Here or in your profile
europa | 15 years ago | on: For Indian SaaS startups, alternative to Paypal for recurring payments?
Have you checked www.ccavenue.com/ ?
from collections import defaultdict s = 'mississippi' d = defaultdict(int) for k in s: d[k] += 1 d.items()
[('i', 4), ('p', 2), ('s', 4), ('m', 1)]