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fsipie | 15 years ago | on: Raspberry Pi: A £15/$25 computer to inspire young programmers

I couldn't do it but I bet it's possible..

fsipie | 15 years ago | on: Raspberry Pi: A £15/$25 computer to inspire young programmers

Wow. This looks amazing! Have contacted them and said I'd like to buy some, and I wouldn't mind writing or porting some educational open-source games on them. Great, great idea.

fsipie | 15 years ago | on: Silicon Milkroundabout: Forget the banks, come and join a London startup

I'd like to present a different perspective. I've worked at 3 startups in the past, including one of my own. None of which had much financial success and 1 of which cheated me out of several thousand pounds.

Though it's been interesting, in the sense of the chinese proverb, I sometimes wish that I'd just worked at a bank for the past 15 years.

fsipie | 15 years ago | on: The Programmer Salary Taboo

Hi,

£18,000 is what I got at my first job over 15 years ago. I know things are tough in the UK for you young 'uns now though.

Commercial experience isn't as good as having some nice websites in your portfolio IMHO.

fsipie | 15 years ago | on: The Programmer Salary Taboo

How does this translate into UK salaries? I'm working at a medium sized company (approx £200 million turnover) and am a senior developer with 15 years experience in stuff like c++/c#/iphone/asp.net mostly MS stack and I'm getting paid £34k. I know I can go contracting for £40/hr but it's alot more hassle.

What are other people getting paid here in Blighty?

fsipie | 15 years ago | on: Poll: How much do you average per freelancing gig?

Two simple iPhone apps at £500 and £900. One freebie one which brings in £15/month.

Need to charge more!

fsipie | 15 years ago | on: New Startup Now Pulling In Over $100k in Monthly Revenues

Can anyone explain this business model to me? I find it very confusing, both in terms of how it works and why people sign up to this. This is not a criticism, as obviously it's brilliant and profitable, but rather an indication of my own limited knowledge 8)

Does it work like this?

1. Devs pay to feature their apps in this app 2. Users install the app and can like & install apps for points 3. After a certain amount of points (which seems huge) a user gets a free itunes gift voucher

fsipie | 15 years ago | on: Being Poor by John Scalzi

I'm going to try this donating to the local school, thanks for the constructive ideas.

fsipie | 15 years ago | on: Being Poor by John Scalzi

What can we do to help people who are this kind of poor? Having given a decent bit to charities in the past, I somtimes feel a bit odd not knowing where it really went, or even if it really helped anyone. Or is this just me?

fsipie | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: What do you want to tell Microsoft?

Hmm silverlight isn't really like iphone sdk. IOS has a visual consistency that means that apps look generally nice across the board. Silverlight is a stylistic smörgåsbord.

I guess I worry if MS are going in the right direction with their web stuff, as silverlight has been out for years and I don't use anything written in it daily at all. All the popular & useful websites use html & jquery & flash.

fsipie | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: What do you want to tell Microsoft?

Also, get rid of Ballmer and put someone technical in charge. A hard hitter like Gates or Jobs. MS is embarassing at the minute.

fsipie | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: What do you want to tell Microsoft?

Add stuff into vs2010 to make small, portable executables for Windows with minimal dependancies. Get rid of b.s. like silverlight and wpf and adopt html 5 big time. Rip off cocoa & iphone sdk and make a windows-alike version.