Harkins

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by Harkins 9y ago
Thanks for sharing your story. I wasn't aware of the possibility of buying a separate service contract from an outside firm. I'll include it in my consideration the next time I buy a laptop, along with my frustratingly-earned know
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by Harkins 9y ago
I don't have a recommendation, I'm not familiar enough with the current models.
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by Harkins 9y ago
Lobsters has a 'suggest' link for corrections on every post, and the moderation log linked from every footer shows tagings are corrected daily.
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by Harkins 9y ago
Only if you have cross-site referrers enabled.
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by Harkins 9y ago
TwoFactorAuth, a Rails gem for supporting the open U2F hardware two factor authentication standard. https://www.twofactorauth.io When the standard was released 2.5 years ago I figured that exacting security code against an uneve
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by Harkins 9y ago
Hospice recall? When an elderly loved one enters hospice and is unlikely to ever leave, all the family is called back in to gather for their death. Happened with Yahoo a couple years ago. I didn't realize IBM was doing so poorly.
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by Harkins 9y ago
Etsy: https://www.recode.net/2017/5/2/15522672/etsy-ceo-change-jos...
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by Harkins 9y ago
> Citizenship is a job requirement. You're violating federal labor law. Specifically, the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1324b. "Employers may not treat individuals differently based on citizenship or immigra
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by Harkins 9y ago
I had no idea there was an argument around the topic, I was just nitpicking about a hobby. Thanks for the link.
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by Harkins 9y ago
> Here’s a simple question: should you follow the same diet and training regimen as an olympic bodybuilder? Bodybuilding is an aesthetic competition, not an Olympic sport. The Olympic sport is weightlifting. (And that picture is definite
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by Harkins 10y ago
This site isn't only focused on tech, there's also a lot of tech entrepreneurship - particularly the VC-funded Bay Area variety, and also a bit of gossip about that community. For tech, https://lobste.rs is decent. The
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by Harkins 10y ago
And, as an excellent Twitter thread recently noted: take notes at the front of the room. https://twitter.com/Delafina777/status/846086667790311424 This is not solely valuable for avoiding stereotype traps, it&#x27
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by Harkins 10y ago
I've been thinking for a while that a lot of the problems (wage suppression, non-existant shortages, etc.) of the H-1B visa program could be solved by replacing the lottery with a market. Instead of companies applying and randomly gett
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by Harkins 10y ago
Bless your heart.
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by Harkins 10y ago
That's what mortgages and, really, all loans do. It's why wealth trickles up. The pattern you've recognized is a popular criticism of usury and capitalism in general.
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by Harkins 10y ago
It sure as hell wasn't me reposting. Some kind of bot building karma; I hope 'dang or another mod kills this thread.
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by Harkins 10y ago
Asked for it in the initial interview. I thought I was going to give back a day in negotiation and do 4d/w, but it didn't come up. I figured I could always come back after and ask for more hours if I need the money or couldn'
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by Harkins 10y ago
This is the correct answer, and I'm speaking as someone who got a large raise last week as I was forcibly switched from part time to full time. I'm working in a generally low-profit area and the numbers stopped working. I started
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In a legacy Rails app, drink every time…(valent.io)
4 points by Harkins 10y ago|1 comments
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by Harkins 10y ago
Location: Chicago Remote: yes Willing to relocate: no Technologies: Ruby, Python, Rust, Haskell Resume/CV: https://linkedin.com/in/pushcx Email: ph+yc201606@push.cx I'm a senior web developer looking who&#x27
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by Harkins 10y ago
It's based on the Lobsters codebase, and my fork is available on GitHub. * https://lobste.rs * https://github.com/jcs/lobsters * https://github.com/pushcx/barnacl.es
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by Harkins 10y ago
And my final sentence of the "Welcome to Barnacles" post included a request for votes on YC News, though I didn't screenshot before I reworded that. I honestly had no idea of the rule here, so I've removed it. If there&#
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by Harkins 10y ago
Shareware was a business model. Bootstrapping is the best current term I know of, but I've also seen it used by startups saying they didn't take a seed round in advance of Series A. I would love to bring back some of the vibe of t
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by Harkins 10y ago
Thanks for the quote, I was unaware from... well, everyone I've known who has had a story on YC News and has asked for upvotes. It's removed.
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by Harkins 10y ago
If you have a domain name using the term "small business" that you would like to donate, my inbox is open.
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by Harkins 10y ago
I think it's the second; aesi.news is at least a few months old.
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Show HN: Barnacl.es, a community news site for never-funded bootstrappers(barnacl.es)
382 points by Harkins 10y ago|68 comments
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by Harkins 10y ago
It's not a Lenovo. I thought it would be a nice alternative to Linux on a Macbook Air, but mine failed without warning less than three weeks out of its 1-year warranty and has been under repair for more than a month. I'll spare th
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by Harkins 11y ago
A small convenience/grocery store in a dense urban area.
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by Harkins 11y ago
For anyone wondering how this is possible: by violating fire code. He says he, then he and his wife, then one or both of their children were sleeping in the closet. I'm not familiar with the language of the California Building Code, bu

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