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by aswerty 12y ago
While that sounds like a reasonable hiring approach most of the contractors I know (in the UK and Ireland) wouldn't take permanency because contractors earn significantly more. Maybe it's a bit different in the US though.
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by aswerty 12y ago
This is just a poor article. The author mentions armchair psychology at one point, and for me that is probably the best way to sum it up. I've worn glasses for the last 12 years (full time for 10 of them) ever since my eye sight deteri
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by aswerty 12y ago
I quit about 2 months ago. Currently researching a new tech stack and in the process of designing a web application.
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by aswerty 12y ago
I think this is a good idea. The subscription could potentially be done similarly to Humble Bundle where a decent percentage could be ring fenced for charitable/non-profit organisations. In this case you'd expect it to go to organ
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by aswerty 12y ago
+1 GitHub pages and Pelican are what I use for hosting my blog. Now all I need is a tool to write articles for me...
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by aswerty 12y ago
Thanks for the answer. I guess it makes sense that it'd come down to trademark law or somesuch.
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by aswerty 12y ago
It does seem like a reasonable step to take because any 3rd party who takes such a username does piggy back on the brand reputation of these companies; intentionally or not.
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Ask HN: How brand name usernames are handled?
2 points by aswerty 12y ago|7 comments
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by aswerty 12y ago
Use Firefox mainly due to it's ethos and it isn't part of the ever expanding google-sphere. Chrome is a nice browser which I think UI-wise is a bit nicer than Firefox (not much though) and I also like the process per tab design. I
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by aswerty 12y ago
Currently I just use the in-built Firefox bookmarking features. I put everything I bookmark in the bookmark toolbar either directly or in a folder. For sites I use commonly I add the bookmark directly but delete the name so only the favicon
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by aswerty 12y ago
For something a bit less "quasi" there is https://chocolatey.org/ .
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by aswerty 12y ago
The normal kind.
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by aswerty 12y ago
I recently created a personal blog and have just bumped into issues surrounding anonymity with regards linking to accounts I use on different sites. Some sites like Stack Overflow are fine to link to but I'm not too happy linking to ce
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by aswerty 12y ago
I thought the big brand logos was a bid odd as well.
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by aswerty 12y ago
I think you're on to a winner with regards identifying a pain point for people in terms of dealing with the numerous charities, people, and organisations who request/solicit money from them. But does this product not just add one
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by aswerty 12y ago
I'm glad this came up on HN. I got an email telling me to claim my gift card and thought it was some sort of voucher for an online store. Just realised it is used to make a free donation on Watsi. I have since sent it on to a family me
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by aswerty 12y ago
I liked the job posting but thought the list of requirements is very specific. JavaScript, Python, and Linux are the only things on that list that look like they should be a deal breaker for you. Everything else can be covered in a soft req
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by aswerty 12y ago
It's not something I've ruled out.
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by aswerty 12y ago
Yeah I guess one of the things I was thinking about doing has already been validated by the market. It's just how I'd like to offer it is different, a pay for what you want/use model as opposed to fixed price. I guess it foll
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by aswerty 12y ago
Hopefully they will find them less humdrum than me. I guess as a developer my idea of humdrum, when it comes to technology, might be a little disconnected with the rest of society.
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by aswerty 12y ago
Yeah talking to folks is definitely on the todo list. I think over the next week I'm going to try nail down what I want to do. From that point out I'll be looking to continually validate (or invalidate) where I'm going. Reach
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by aswerty 12y ago
I've read that before. It was definitely a game changer in terms of how I view where the value of software derives from.
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by aswerty 12y ago
No need to apologize! It's refreshing seeing peoples take on things.
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by aswerty 12y ago
Thanks for the reply. I'd like to avoid the cost of office space but I would literally not do an iota of work from home. Home is for home stuff, work is for work stuff; that is how my brain works. I'm in Europe and my desk is cost
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by aswerty 12y ago
I think your perspective overlaps mine from what you've written. And there isn't much of a back story to me. It's just the case that a lot of my wider family have gone out on their own over the years and things have gone well
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by aswerty 12y ago
Thanks for the comments and the links. I've come across strategyzer.com before and I can remember thinking it was worth bookmarking – but of course I didn't. It's not so much the problem of finding a business model I'm s
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Ask HN: Settling on an Idea
12 points by aswerty 12y ago|22 comments
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by aswerty 12y ago
Ah yes, I missed that (the FAQ is quite long). It'll be interesting to see how that works out.
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by aswerty 12y ago
Just with regards to the password being transmitted to the server. A quick look at the source code shows a bunch of crypto files. They could, and probably are, encrypting client side and just comparing the cypher text. Someone need to do a
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by aswerty 12y ago
PrivateSky looks like it had the same failing as LavaBit in that the service provider actually had access to the decryption key for your email. So encryption in these services was vulnerable to a court order imposed on the service provider

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