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by ben-gy 6y ago
Incorrect - we have had outbreaks with 1000s of people infected - but as the post above you correctly mentioned - when that happened, we did an incredibly strict lock down. For example, for ~3 months we had: - 1 person could go grocery shop
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by ben-gy 6y ago
Yes - it has played a major role in Australia’s elimination strategy - the key difference has been the Australian government fines individuals (starts at $1600 spot fine) and businesses (up to $100k per non-compliant location) heavily for n
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by ben-gy 6y ago
Correct - accelerant can be traded for “equity for lots of cash plus advice” or purchased “cash for advice” - I’m a big fan of bootstrapping to a financially stable state and having the option to take either route without the business being
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by ben-gy 6y ago
Or her...
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by ben-gy 6y ago
The question itself is flawed - would recommend rewriting (and adjusting your mindset for this to) “Finding a problem of your own....” - this mindset change should (hopefully) set you on a path of solving problems you experience daily, week
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by ben-gy 6y ago
I’ve had some great success finding affordable, senior Rails developers in Portugal on Upwork
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by ben-gy 6y ago
Great product - sorely needed for AWS - that said Heroku is an interesting choice... I’ve been using it for almost 10 years now and I’m not sure how much more room for improvement there is - maybe I’ve got blinkers on - what are the Heroku
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by ben-gy 6y ago
I need to look into this further - because I have set the firewall rules in Cloudflare to block Russia but then Sqreen is still picking up these IPs - I suspect there is some sort of spoofing going on to get through the Cloudflare firewall
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by ben-gy 6y ago
I already done this - but just seems a bit archaic given where technology is as it in terms of what else could be done...
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by ben-gy 6y ago
That’s a great point regarding a false positive / compromised server acting maliciously. One problem is that even when using a security setup like the one I’ve implemented, it’s still a one-to-one relationship. Do you know if there’s a
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Bot (91.241.19.84) from Russia has tried to hack my site every day
4 points by ben-gy 6y ago|9 comments
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Ask HN: A competitor called me pretending to be a potential customer
4 points by ben-gy 6y ago|0 comments
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by ben-gy 6y ago
You should read the terms and conditions for your updates more thoroughly. They are mor liable for you losing your phone. The Find My app is an added bonus to help you find it but not a legal obligation for doing so.
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by ben-gy 6y ago
I couldn’t agree more - for better or worse, the expectation for a perfect “it just works” solution (of course, being relative to the exact use case) is at an all time high ( in my opinion anyway) - I’m very interested to how incumbents res
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by ben-gy 6y ago
please ignore the typos - not having a good phone/keyboard day today
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by ben-gy 6y ago
Talk to your customers - find out how much they pay to solve the problem you’re currently solving (or the opportunity cost of not solving it) - as a founder you shouldn’t outsource this skill - if you don’t have it, develop it by talking to
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Show HN: Professional contact tracing for businesses and governments(covidcomply.org)
1 points by ben-gy 6y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Professional contact tracing for businesses and governments(covidcomply.org)
1 points by ben-gy 6y ago|0 comments
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by ben-gy 6y ago
Municipalities are my biggest client base for https://covidcomply.org - I’ve been doing a spray and pray sales approach for this that has been going very well - governments like to make things complicated but what I’ve found is
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Show HN: Covid Comply (my coronavirus lockdown side project)(covidcomply.org)
1 points by ben-gy 6y ago|0 comments
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by ben-gy 6y ago
I post asking for feedback in Facebook forums for restaurants and cafes
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by ben-gy 6y ago
My recommendation, think short term, ask what your customers want, make money from day one. Every journey is different, but if you're willing to talk to customers, build what they need as fast as possible, and make money from day one t
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Show HN: Maps of Contact Tracing Rules in US/CA/AU/UK/IE(covidcomply.org)
1 points by ben-gy 6y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: JavaScript library for chart like GitHub commit history?
1 points by ben-gy 6y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: How to calculate pupil (eye) dimensions in mm using CV (computer vision)
1 points by ben-gy 6y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Exclusive, per country licence to resell my SaaS
2 points by ben-gy 6y ago|0 comments
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by ben-gy 6y ago
In Victoria, Australia the government announced a mandate for capturing contact details for all customers entering a variety of businesses reopening on June 1. There weren’t any solutions that made the user experience for everyone involved
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Show HN: Covid Comply(covidcomply.com.au)
2 points by ben-gy 6y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: How much do you charge to speak on stage?
4 points by ben-gy 7y ago|1 comments
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Show HN: Onstage – like LinkedIn, but for people that speak onstage(onstage.ai)
1 points by ben-gy 7y ago|0 comments

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