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Mobile Apps and Websites

Andrew Lim — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 19:17:58 +0800

Hi, I'm a general coder who has experience in mobile (Android/iOS) coding as well as web development (PHP/Java).
I can also do native Windows and Linux C++ applications.

Contact me for a quotation via PM or directly here:
danteshamest@gmail.com
WhatsApp: https://wa.me/60177976837

Portfolio
Github
Personal website
Google Play

Weird WhatsApp Message From Possible Scam Victims

Andrew Lim — Sat, 21 May 2022 13:19:20 +0800

Recently I have been getting strange WhatsApp messages from people who seem to be genuinely confusing me for someone else.
Some of them share very sensitive information (name, bank account no) to me without prompting.
When I tell them they got the wrong number, they seem genuinely confused. Some of them also get very angry and call me "b4bi". Those I block.

So right now wondering if anybody experienced anything similar?
My theories are

1. Scammer giving out my phone no. for some reason. It's strange though that these possible victims only WhatsApp me, they don't call or SMS me.

2. Someone bought a fake SIM card with my phone no.. Then for some reason without testing he gave out his new phone no. to his friends. And now they all messaging me.

3. My SIM card got hijacked. However I contacted Maxis and ensured nobody else was sharing my phone no.

4. Everybody messaging me is a scammer. Possible, but I looked up some of their phone nos, and they belong to normal blue-collar workers and some type with Indonesian slang.

So yeah, I'm puzzled.

Cradle’s Nazrin killed by shrapnel from handphone

Andrew Lim — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 13:46:44 +0800

"“The postmortem report concluded the cause of death as being complication of blast injuries attributable to an exploding handphone that was being charged next to him,” the company’s management said in a statement Friday.
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018...hone-explosion/

Don't charge your phone too near to you (especially your head)

Nano / RaiBlocks XRB Talk V1

Andrew Lim — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 18:18:06 +0800

Decided to create a thread specifically for this fast-growing crypto. It just got into the top 20 cryptocurrencies on CoinMarketCap.

Official Site
http://nano.org/
https://raiblocks.net/

Useful Sites
raiblocks.club
What is RaiBlocks?
Global Nodes

Get Your Wallets Here
Many people currently use the web wallet nanowallet.io to store Nano. It is NOT an exchange and you cannot buy XRB there.
You can also try using one of the desktop wallets listed here.
Please note that desktop wallets can be very slow to sync. See this Reddit thread

Buy / Exchange
Binance - most popular exchange listed here
KuCoin - one of the more stable Nano/XRB exchanges
Coinfalcon - At the moment, only can buy XRB directly with BTC and ETH. But they have other coins on the exchange convertible to BTC.
Bit-Z - Another China-based exchange.
BitGrail- NOT RECOMMENDED. Used to be the most popular exchange till the owner started doing shady shit and then their funds got stolen.

Important Unit Notes:
After RaiBlocks was rebranded to Nano, 1 XRB is still 1 Nano
10 XRB (or 10 mrai) is 10 Nano. The only thing that changes is the ticker (remember to use $NANO on Twitter).

An XRB is the same as a Mrai or Mxrb. (i.e. 1 XRB = 1Mrai = 1Mxrb).
When trading XRB is usually used. But if you see BitGrail or someone say a minimum deposit of 10 Mrai is needed, they also mean 10 XRB.
Uppercase "XRB" is NOT the same as lowercase "xrb", also known as rai when considering prices/fees.
See The Official FAQ.
Nano Rebrand FAQ (Reddit)

WTS Samsung Galaxy S4 Active (GT-I9295)

Andrew Lim — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 19:24:44 +0800

SOLD TO JOE

Item(s): Samsung Galaxy S4 Active (GT-I9295)

Package includes: Samsung box, earphones and charger

Price: SOLD

Warranty: None. Please test during COD.

Dealing method: COD

Location of seller: Mid-Valley

Contact method/details: PM or WhatsApp (+60 17-797 6837)

Age of item: 1 year

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Item(s) conditions: Front is good, back cover has scratches

Picture:
Before reset, using Nova Launcher:

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After reset

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Reason for sale: Using Nexus 5 now.

Nokia Lumia 630

Andrew Lim — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 10:30:56 +0800

GSMArena Specs
Lumia 630
Lumia 630 Dual SIM

Nokia Malaysia seems to be selling the Dual-SIM variant for RM549

iPhone 5 16GB (Black) (SOLD!)

Andrew Lim — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 01:04:34 +0800

SOLD to mus1305

Item(s): iPhone 5 16 GB (without earpods). This is a Maxis set.

Package includes: Everything except the earpods.

Price: RM1300 (non-negotiable for now)

Warranty: I think so. Bought on 26 march 2013. Warranty card included.

Dealing method: COD

Location of seller: KL Sentral, Mid-Valley, KLCC

Contact method/details: PM me

Age of item: Bought on 26 march 2013.

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Item(s) conditions: There are a few scratches on the back, but everything else is fine and works. Updated to iOS 7.0.4.

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Reason for sale: Using Android now.[SIZE=14]

HTC Hero (White)

Andrew Lim — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 20:39:48 +0800

Item(s): HTC Hero

Package includes: Box and accessories.

Price: RM150

Warranty: None. Test during COD.

Dealing method: COD

Location of seller: KLCC, Mid-Valley, KL Sentral

Contact method/details: PM

Age of item: Since 2010

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Item(s) conditions: Still pretty good.

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Reason for sale: Cash

Nokia N9 Cyan - Great condition

Andrew Lim — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 16:20:05 +0800

Are you a classic Nokia collector? Then the Nokia N9 should interest you. It is the only MeeGo smartphone that Nokia released.

Item(s): Nokia N9 Cyan (Used)

Package includes: Usual accessories + Cyan casing

Price: RM450 <-- Firm/Best price for now

Warranty: No warranty. Please test thoroughly during COD.

Dealing method: COD

Location of seller: KLCC, Mid-Valley

Contact method/details: PM me.

Age of item: About 1 year

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Item(s) conditions: Very good, like new

Picture:

Reason for sale: Cash

Sick of renting, WTB place of my own

Andrew Lim — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:07:23 +0800

Hey folks,

After renting for the past few years, I've grown sick of dealing with landlords and having to move from place to place and I've finally decided to look for a place for myself.

Some details about myself:
Gross monthly salary: RM3,800 (and occasional freelance to supplement income)
Occupation: Software Engineer
Workplace: Mid-Valley
Age: 28
Can ready to deposit RM25-30k

I'm not looking for a big place, 1 room with studio with bathroom I'm happy already. Also I need a place to park my car. More important is convenient to travel to Mid-Valley where I work.

Does anybody have a good location/property to recommend?

Thanks!

Trine 2

Andrew Lim — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:29:55 +0800

Trine 2 is the sequel to the best-selling platform game Trine.
It will be available for PC, XBox, PS3.

Official Trine 2 Steam Page
Official website

The absolutely beautiful main theme:

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Trine 2: Home Shopping Trailer (watch it it's funny):

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Collector's Edition (Steam Version)

You can buy the Trine 2 Collector's Edition, or the Trine 2 Collector's Edition Upgrade. The Upgrade is for those of you who bought the regular Trine 2.

The Collector's Edition for Steam will give you access to the Artbook and Soundtrack.

To access the files after you have purchased the CE edition, you have to find them in your Steam games folder.
Note: The exact path will depend on where you installed Steam.

For Windows,

CODE

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\trine 2\

For Mac, the path should be something like:

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/Users/danteshamest/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/trine 2

List of soundtrack files:

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Artwork files:

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Trine_2_Digital_Artbook.pdf

Dead Island

Andrew Lim — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:05:14 +0800

Just check out this trailer. Wow.
[YOUTUBE]lZqrG1bdGtg[/YOUTUBE]

Additional Information
Steam Page
Wikipedia

Back To The Future: The Game

Andrew Lim — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 17:43:11 +0800

Available on Steam now! If you buy the game you get access to all 5 episodes. Currently, only episode 1 is available now. 2nd episode should be available in February.

Just bought and completed episode 1. Short and sweet. Very nostalgic for those for are fans of the movies because there are several parts that reference scenes from the movie.

About the game:

QUOTE

Marty McFly and Doc Brown return in a completely new Back to the Future adventure.
Six months after the events of the third film, the DeLorean Time Machine mysteriously returns to Hill Valley - driverless! Marty must go back in time and get aid from a resistant teenage Emmett Brown, or else the space time continuum will forever be unraveled!

Official Blog (Contains Walkthroughs and News)
The TellTale Blog

No more AMOLED for HTC Devices?

Andrew Lim — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:59:17 +0800

Samsung: No AMOLED Screens for HTC
HTC to use Super TFT LCD due to AMOLED Shortages
Apparently Samsung says they have shortages, so priority will go to their own phones first.

Need Shopping Cart Supporting Booking/Reservation

Andrew Lim — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:53:28 +0800

Hi all, do any of you know of any open source shopping cart or ecommerce solution that supports selling services?
I need a solution that can sell a certain service by date. E.g. selling a concert ticket on the 12th March.
I've looked at a few solutions (ZenCart for example), but they seem to be only support selling items without regards to time.

Rich People Must Park Properly Too

Andrew Lim — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:34:41 +0800

I saw this Mercedes (E-Class?) parked outside The Gardens, Mid Valley this morning. It was parked erratically, taking half the pedestrian sidewalk. An hour later, it was clamped. License plate starts with SJS, is that a Singaporean license plate?

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Car Blocking Your Driveway - What to do?

Andrew Lim — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:10:37 +0800

Hi guys, some dipshit has parked his Mercedes right in front of my gates. So I can't drive into my house and park my own car.
What action can I take?

Don't ask me scratch his car.

Just got my driving license, need advice

Andrew Lim — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:59:23 +0800

Hi all, serious noob here. I just got my P driver's license, and I'm planning to buy a manual car.

However I don't live with my dad or my brother (they're out of Malaysia) and there's nobody here to guide me on car maintenance. My other housemates don't have cars.

So hopefully you guys can help with my questions...

1) How did you guys learn about car maintenance? The maintenance lesson I took for JPJ test was not very detailed. I can aga-aga change a tire, and I know about dry/wet batteries, but other stuff I'm not even sure where to begin looking.

2) My friend who drives an automatic says that manual cars are more expensive because the gearboxes and clutch pedals wear out faster. Is this true? I thought since manual cars can give better FC, and the shifting of the gears becomes the driver's responsibility it'll last longer.

Satisfaction Level For Saga BLM Owners

Andrew Lim — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:56:27 +0800

Hi guys, I wish to gauge the satisfaction level for people who have bought the Proton Saga BLM/New Saga. I'm doing this for my own research, appreciate if you can fill in the poll if you're a Saga owner.

If you have any comments as to how and why you answered the poll, please do tell.

Thanks.

Driving School Near Bangsar

Andrew Lim — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:40:32 +0800

Hope this is the right forum to post this. Can anybody recommend a driving school near Bangsar? I'm trying to get my Class D (car) driving license.
Thanks.