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Education / Re: Important Study Abroad Tips by Runningwater(m): 2:29pm On Jul 17, 2020
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Programming / Re: Share Your Remote Job Experience As A Developer by Runningwater(m): 2:20pm On Jul 17, 2020
myles16:



I use python's selenium and beautifulSoup
I once wrote a web scraper in python that scraps phone number and email address.
What programming skills you use in earning in upwork apart from Python....
Programming / Re: Share Your Remote Job Experience As A Developer by Runningwater(m): 2:08pm On Jul 17, 2020
techtechh:

Yes.
Js and python

I guess you have good years of experience before becoming a senior software developer
What do you use JavaScript and Python at work for. Please be more specific on the project work they are both use.... I have immediate skills on both especially Python.

I would be really grateful if you could explain.
Programming / Re: High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked By Bitcoin Scammers by Runningwater(m): 3:22pm On Jul 16, 2020
George28:
Hackers are maaad

Well, with the way high profile accounts are being hacked at the same time on the same purpose, there is probably a Judas working for Twitter
True word
Celebrities / Re: Wizkid Celebrates His 30th Birthday Today by Runningwater(m): 3:10pm On Jul 16, 2020
Happy birthday to Wizkid!!! African starboy and the number one African international music artist!!!
More blessings and archievements to you
TV/Movies / Re: Mark Angel Is Africa's Greatest Youtuber, A Nigerian by Runningwater(m): 2:52pm On Jul 16, 2020
Dpsychologist:
Nigerians Are Unaware That Africa's Greatest Youtuber Is A Nigerian

Alot of Nigerians do not know that Africa's biggest YouTuber is a Nigerian. Interestingly, that title belongs to one 29-year-old Nigerian comedian, scriptwriter, and video producer who oddly doesn’t have as much clout back home as he has loyal fans abroad.

With over 6.39 million subscribers and more than 1 billion views on his 300+ videos, Mark Angel is technically the biggest YouTuber in Africa.(Social blade, 2020)
The Nigerian is best known for the Mark Angel Comedy series of shorts on YouTube, often featuring child comedians such as his 9-year-old niece, Emmanuella Samuel, and her sister, “Aunty” Success Madubuike (age 5 as of 2019).
Mark Angel’s YouTube channel was the first African comedy channel to reach one million subscribers.
Mark Angel was born in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. He had a stint at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Osun State, Nigeria, where he had been accepted to study medicine, but he eventually abandoned his studies due to family reasons.

After he left college, he spent time in Nigeria gaining experience in cinematography and theater. In 2013, he began independent filmmaking under the name, Mechanic Pictures, having been unable to find stable work in Nigeria’s film industry, Nollywood.
His skits became an instant hit. In 2017, Mark Angel Comedy received a plaque from YouTube for having reached one million subscriptions. It was the first Nigerian-based YouTube channel to reach that threshold.
Mark Angel’s niece, Emmanuella, has won comedy awards in Nigeria and Australia for her work with Mark Angel and is Africa’s youngest YouTube award winner.
In 2018, she even bagged a nomination in Nickelodeon’s famous Kids’ Choice Awards. Mark Angel Comedy videos can reach up to a million views during the first week after posting.
Few people know it but Mark Angel is, by some distance, Africa’s most successful YouTuber.


So, How Come Most Nigerians Don’t Know This?
Short Answer: It’s probably because Nigerians don’t care about YouTube and YouTubers that much, at least, not as much as they care about other social platforms.
As a matter of fact, compared to other social media platforms that are popular in Nigeria like WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram, YouTube has only a tiny fraction of active users of which only an even smaller fraction can be termed “consistent users.”
Maybe it’s not even Mark Angel, perhaps the fact of the matter is that most Nigerians don’t even know any of the biggest YouTubers in Nigeria.


And Why’s This?
Hootsuite’s State of Digital report placed the number of internet users in Nigeria at 98.39 million as of 2019.
Of the 98.39 million Nigerian internet users, it was found that 54 percent access the internet on a daily basis while only 12 percent (24 million) have active social media accounts.

Additionally, WhatsApp was found to be the most active social media platform in the country with 85 percent of internet users. Facebook placed second with 78 percent,
Instagram came third at 57 percent, followed by FB Messenger at 54 percent.
YouTube is only fifth on the rankings with 53 percent. And that says a lot about the popularity of the platform in Nigeria, and by extension, the popularity of the rockstars on the video-sharing platform in these parts.


Here’s Why YouTube Is Slacking In These Parts

Despite the increase in the number of internet users in Nigeria, overall internet penetration remains quite low, with only about 50 percent of the population connected to the internet, compared to the global average of 57 percent.
Besides that, many Nigerians who have access to the internet cannot afford to stream videos online, plus there’s the issue of spotty internet connections.

All these hamper YouTube usage in Nigeria, making the platform less popular and less frequently-used than other social platforms. It’s for this reason that the likes of Mark Angel get the bulk of their viewership from abroad.
“It is very discouraging for me as a video content creator,” lamented Tobi Ayeni, a YouTube creator popularly known as MissTechy, who spoke to TechPoint
last year.

“Imagine going through a lot of stress to shoot and upload a great video, only for people to watch just the first one minute or skim through because they are trying to manage the data they have,” she complained.

It’s a feeling shared by Dimma Umeh , a fast-rising Nigerian vlogger who runs a fast-growing YouTube channel where she bosses all things, fashion, makeup, and lifestyle, though, according to her, things are beginning to improve.
“I would say that adoption [of YouTube] has been gradual, especially when compared to other platforms where we often create short-form content,” she tells
WeeTracker .

“In the past two years, however, creators like me have seen a sharp increase in the number of viewers viewing from Nigeria and that gives us hope.”


Source
https://weetracker.com/2020/03/05/biggest-youtubers-in-africa/
Wow!! I never knew about all these statistics and Mark Angel comedy
Phones / Re: Should You Leave Your Smartphone Plugged Into The Charger Overnight? by Runningwater(m): 2:33pm On Jul 16, 2020
Thanks for sharing this information

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Programming / Re: How Is The Code For A Calculator (hardware), Written Into It. by Runningwater(m): 11:10pm On Jul 15, 2020
logica:
Dude, there is no code. The first thing you learn as a computer science major is a basic calculator is not a computer. It is just an electronic device. Don't confuse the novice please.

I don't understand.... A computer is a device that accepts data, process data, store data and produce results. And you're still saying a calculator is not a computer? The oldest form of computer is an abacus ( a counting device that does simple operations like addition), pretty much a simple device and it's still called a computer.
A computer simply does calculations and that just what it does behind the scene nothing more. It seems modern form of computers have changed the view of what computers are.
Career / Re: Top 7 Skills You Should Acquire In 2020 by Runningwater(m): 10:30pm On Jul 15, 2020
Alexaonfleek:
It's easy.
Just do a search in Google for 'Google digital marketing'
You'll use your email to sign up for it.
They have about 26 modules and at the end of each module,you'll answer a short test to enable you to go onto the next module.
You can either read the content of each module on the site,or watch the YouTube video they provide.
It's still the same thing.

Hope you're clear smiley
Thanks for the step-by-step guide smiley
Career / Re: Top 7 Skills You Should Acquire In 2020 by Runningwater(m): 10:17pm On Jul 15, 2020
Alexaonfleek:
I'm on this Google digital marketing stuff.
But when I get the certificate,I don't know where to use it
Do you mind sharing in more detail which you can go about this Google digital marketing ?someone write about receiving the certificate earlier
Career / Re: Top 7 Skills You Should Acquire In 2020 by Runningwater(m): 10:13pm On Jul 15, 2020
udoka55555:
Cool

I recently acquired a digital marketing certificate from Google.

I am currently looking out for a firm that will accept me for 6months or 1 year internship.
You mind sharing what course(s) you took and what are the requirements?
Career / Re: Top 7 Skills You Should Acquire In 2020 by Runningwater(m): 10:09pm On Jul 15, 2020
IamCookie:
...on point.

Observation: incomplete List. No link address. What about source ?

Modify: complete list seen grin.

Moreso, this lists are tech- based kinda or ICT oriented. What about the normal Plumbing , carpentry etc kinda skills ? Funny undecided

Oh! Top 7 smiley
Most valuable skills in all places around the globe including Nigeria are mostly tech related, hence most of them dominating the list here.

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Programming / Re: Sign Up Form Using HTML And Css by Runningwater(m): 5:39pm On Jul 14, 2020
Nice
Phones / Re: Which Cloud Application Do You Use? by Runningwater(m): 5:33pm On Jul 14, 2020
rash47:

Last week, it took me 1h 25m to back up a file of 345mb on drive...too long
I did a search on Google and found out that file size do affect the uploading speed too. Larger files have slow uploading speed - they suggest uploading chunks of it until completion, though it also still depend on network connection speed.
Anyway you could try Dropbox and see how it works for you.
Phones / Re: Which Cloud Application Do You Use? by Runningwater(m): 4:59pm On Jul 14, 2020
Thazard:


Yeah,I love Google drive but the speed displeases me.How many minutes does it take to upload a file of 300MB on your Google drive?
I don't know. My location do affect my uploading speed and I'm also using a 3G network connection. Your network speed, good location with high network coverage and others that do affect uploading and downloading time. Maybea quick Google search might be helpful on what can cause delay when uploading files on cloud storage and/or related topics.
Phones / Re: Which Cloud Application Do You Use? by Runningwater(m): 10:45am On Jul 14, 2020
I use Google drive
I think it has to do with your network connection speed maybe, you could try uploading videos via WiFi connection
And I would prefer Google drive cause it safe, use on multiple devices, also the norm, easily accessible and other lots of features

That's my opinion

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Education / Re: How To Apply For Stanford Free Online Courses by Runningwater(m): 10:33am On Jul 14, 2020
Keep the good working on educating the people....
Programming / Re: Software Engigeer Mike Cannon-brookes Biography Age And Net Worth 2020 by Runningwater(m): 10:30am On Jul 14, 2020
Nice
Phones / Re: Recover Deleted Pdf Files - The Best App To Recovery All Pdf Files by Runningwater(m): 10:27am On Jul 14, 2020
Nice, you created it?
Programming / Re: Beginning Freelance Programming by Runningwater(m): 10:24am On Jul 14, 2020
Kelvinnz:
If you want to Start freelance programming my advise for you is to get a get a Stripe account so you can accept payments from anyone in any country and you can also do dropshipping as a side hustle.

https://incorpuk.com/ helped me setup my UK LTD company, Business bank accounts in USD and Pounds with debit card and I was able to open Stripe in Nigeria without any problem. I have used Stripe to accept payments and send invoice to customers anyhere.
Alright, thank you!!
Just a few more questions:
#Where do you freelance
#What domain do you do freelancing eg web, Python, Android etc

Thank you once more.
Programming / Re: Beginning Freelance Programming by Runningwater(m): 12:49pm On Jul 13, 2020
ekrizz:
Hello,
I can give you a guideline on how to register and get your account approved on Upwork, free of charge. And there's an Upwork group I belong to on WhatsApp. If you're interested to join, I'll show you how to get started. Mind you, I'm not charging you anything neither am I selling anything to you. It's just a free help.
I'm willing to learn!!! Sorry for late reply.How can I get started?
Programming / Re: Beginning Freelance Programming by Runningwater(m): 5:21am On Jul 12, 2020
emmy512:
Make sure you're good at what you do or have an overall idea of what you're doing, being able to understand problems and think of the solutions.
Once you're balanced with that register on a freelance site, upwork,fiverr, freelance.net etc. Check out people's offer on the platform, I'll advice you get a portfolio site where you show other works you've done like personal projects. This should be linked to your freelance site.
The rest you'll have to wait for one person to trust you to deliver, the moment you get a client, it's an opportunity to learn, google is your freind. Just understanding the concepts of what you're doing would help you understand any code snippet you get online and you'll find a way to use it on the project. Most of the time you're asked to just do a part of the whole code.
You'll also need to understand how repositories work, git and other cloud based products that'll increase your productivity and finess with the client.
As for pay, you'll certainly get paid well for your trouble wich also depends on the client and what he thinks of the code
He may think it's a simple stuff which he can do but doesn't have time, while you may think it's hard cos you don't have the experience that'll also determine the price. But looking at other people's offer should give you an overview of what you should get which will also depend on your rep on the site.
Being confident is key as lack of confidence which may be as a result of inexperience could pressurize you.

You end up learning new stuff if you succeed with the job, ( learning by discovery) which i believe is one of the best ways to learn as you won't forget easily.

I freelance for other services other than coding, i do not have the experience of working with someone on a programme and not willing to take the pressure that comes with it but have my personal projects that i deal with.

But I have one other challenge - how to get to be a member on a freelancing site like upwork. I was rejected twice on there. You mention Fiverr, and freelance.net I'm going to try them right away.
Programming / Re: Beginning Freelance Programming by Runningwater(m): 5:18am On Jul 12, 2020
emmy512:
Make sure you're good at what you do or have an overall idea of what you're doing, being able to understand problems and think of the solutions.
Once you're balanced with that register on a freelance site, upwork,fiverr, freelance.net etc. Check out people's offer on the platform, I'll advice you get a portfolio site where you show other works you've done like personal projects. This should be linked to your freelance site.
The rest you'll have to wait for one person to trust you to deliver, the moment you get a client, it's an opportunity to learn, google is your freind. Just understanding the concepts of what you're doing would help you understand any code snippet you get online and you'll find a way to use it on the project. Most of the time you're asked to just do a part of the whole code.
You'll also need to understand how repositories work, git and other cloud based products that'll increase your productivity and finess with the client.
As for pay, you'll certainly get paid well for your trouble wich also depends on the client and what he thinks of the code
He may think it's a simple stuff which he can do but doesn't have time, while you may think it's hard cos you don't have the experience that'll also determine the price. But looking at other people's offer should give you an overview of what you should get which will also depend on your rep on the site.
Being confident is key as lack of confidence which may be as a result of inexperience could pressurize you.

You end up learning new stuff if you succeed with the job, ( learning by discovery) which i believe is one of the best ways to learn as you won't forget easily.

I freelance for other services other than coding, i do not have the experience of working with someone on a programme and not willing to take the pressure that comes with it but have my personal projects that i deal with.

WOW!!!! Such a lengthy advice with lots of guidelines to succeed in freelancing. Thanks for your advice, I really appreciate!!!
Programming / Re: Share Your Remote Job Experience As A Developer by Runningwater(m): 5:59am On Jul 09, 2020
Johnrayban:



show me the way. I have an approved upwork account. I do cartoon and illustrations. please how do i write a convincing letter to get a job.
Hello Johnrayban, please how did you get your upwork account? Mine was rejected. I'm trying to hone my programming skills on upwork. Waiting eagerly for reply.
Programming / Re: What Mobile APP Have You Built That Can Be Found On Play Store/apple Store by Runningwater(m): 6:59pm On Jun 25, 2020
Possiblegee:
yes
I will send an email to you
Programming / Re: What Mobile APP Have You Built That Can Be Found On Play Store/apple Store by Runningwater(m): 4:01am On Jun 25, 2020
Possiblegee:
ok bro .. he’s working on two project’s at the moment I might keep you posted
Alright... Thank you smiley Are you part of the team?
Programming / Re: What Mobile APP Have You Built That Can Be Found On Play Store/apple Store by Runningwater(m): 12:56am On Jun 25, 2020
Possiblegee:
did you download
I don't have videos to download for now. The web app is great. It has dark mode, video post download from social media websites and other features. Kudos to the developers and designers. I really like it
Webmasters / Re: Nicholas Idoko: My Experience As A Freelance Software Developer | Part 1 by Runningwater(m): 5:21am On Jun 24, 2020

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Programming / Re: What Mobile APP Have You Built That Can Be Found On Play Store/apple Store by Runningwater(m): 5:19am On Jun 24, 2020
Possiblegee:
wavedownloader.com
Nice one
Travel / Re: Breath Taking Drone Pictures Of Some Places In Abuja by Runningwater(m): 5:17am On Jun 24, 2020
Wow! It's really a breath taking pictures!
Education / Re: #JusticeForUwa: UNIBEN student wrongly accused, arrested by Runningwater(m): 11:44pm On Jun 23, 2020
falcon01:
even he's the one that said it, on which ground will they arrest him?
I just tire. Arrested, detained or whatever without proof of any committed crime.

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