da288

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by da288 16y ago
Thanks, Amazon FPS seems to be exactly what I want, but I don't think it has UK merchant support. I am hesitant about the whole "escrow" system because that can introduce a lot of complications and does not scale easily.
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Ask HN: Payment handler for "directory" type site (multiple recipients)
3 points by da288 16y ago|4 comments
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Ask HN: European country TLD - legal/tax issues?
6 points by da288 16y ago|2 comments
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by da288 16y ago
I've seen quite a few similar concepts out there, but I think your functional but cool domain name is one that I would easily remember over the rest. I really don't get why startups go for some obscure fabricated name linked to some deep La
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by da288 16y ago
Thanks, but sarcasm aside, I was going on the premise of a far smaller share (<5%) for an innovative technology. I can see what everyone is saying though, seems like a bad idea. I'll just keep trying to flog it to investors.
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Ask HN: Hosting for equity?
8 points by da288 16y ago|10 comments
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by da288 16y ago
From the point of vew of graduate jobs, becoming a dev in Quant or Algo is definitely a pretty high paid start in line with other IB Front Office (£50k ish). That said, I don't know how well Google pays grad software engineers.
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by da288 16y ago
...and this wasn't even UBS LA.
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by da288 16y ago
Thanks, that was really useful. Another basic thing I was wondering about was User Management (i.e. getting users to sign up, assigning password protected dirs etc). From browsing around there seems to be some good scripts but are there any
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Ask HN: Web application (primarily image based) hosting - S3?
1 points by da288 16y ago|2 comments
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by da288 16y ago
This should make it a lot easier for developers to code a sense of design, a bit like AS3 for Flash.
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by da288 16y ago
In my experience, there is a placebo in this delusional sense of elitism that galvanises your belief in being able to achieve literally anything. At your disposal are unrivalled resources, networks, prestige and financial backing that make
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by da288 16y ago
Thank you, and I completely agree if I was aiming to be the next eBay execution would be absolutely paramount. However, my (working) prototype is inherently novel and specific to the extent that there is limited scope for messing up the exe
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Ask HN: Where to go next with my prototype
3 points by da288 16y ago|3 comments
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by da288 16y ago
Well if that guy ever applies for YC he'll sure have a good answer to the "hacking a system" question.