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by dhruvkar 10y ago
What was the vendor's website?
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by dhruvkar 10y ago
Sorry, 2am haze. My point is that instead of accepting privacy as the answer to the discrimination issue, use the opportunity to make the case that this needs to be talked about. The post did part of the 'talking', but the conclus
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by dhruvkar 10y ago
I'm going to be downvoted for this. While privacy is important, and a meritocracy is, well, meritocratic, these systems weren't formed overnight, and aren't even necessarily accepted as 'right' in many parts of the
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by dhruvkar 10y ago
Anecdotally, I completely fall in this category. I had a Facebook account from 2006-2010. Never missed it in the last 6 years. I don't really use other social networks either (HN counts?), email & phone is generally more than enoug
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Digital Ocean's Updated Privacy Policy [diff](github.com)
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Beancount – The Double-Entry Accounting Method(docs.google.com)
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Google Map Maker Graduates to Google Maps (retired in March 2017)(support.google.com)
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by dhruvkar 10y ago
Have you looked at https://bench.co ? They're provide a tech + manual bookkeeping service, where you have an actual accountant to talk to, aided by technology. I use them for my LLC, and it's been pretty paperless so fa
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by dhruvkar 10y ago
Nice. I like that you had a setup with Digital Ocean. I find that I learn best when building somethingI care about. This is a good way to gently introduce the command line and git.
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by dhruvkar 10y ago
Use Gitlab Pages to setup a homepage (learn some git basics as a side effect). Official Tutorial: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/pages/README.html My write-up, geared towards beginners: https://automizzen.c
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Ask HN: What has been your most AND least painful selling experience?
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by dhruvkar 10y ago
I wrote my own: https://github.com/dhruvkar/stic It's incomplete and sort of ugly. I still use it for my personal blog (dhruvkar.com). For my consultancy, I use Hugo with the Universal Theme (automizzen.com). Both
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by dhruvkar 10y ago
It's a little cumbersome to setup with Gitlab Pages with LetsEncrypt TLS. I was using a homegrown static site generator before switching to Hugo, so it took a few trial and errors to set it up correctly each time. The only real issue i
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by dhruvkar 10y ago
You can setup a landing page on Gitlab Pages with a custom domain and email capture form (and ssl, if you want) for free. Example: http://albanybusiness.org (all on gitlab pages with a capture form using mailerlite) Here's
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by dhruvkar 10y ago
Didn't know I lived in a gang neighborhood.. What's the source for these?
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by dhruvkar 10y ago
Seconded. There is some soldering involved.
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by dhruvkar 10y ago
iwantmyname.com Simple, functional UI and really awesome customer support. Been with them for a few years, and can't recommend them highly enough. They have more tlds than Google Domains (still missing .ly).
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by dhruvkar 10y ago
That's what I was going to go for unless there was a self-hosted alternative. It becomes another application to maintain, so was hoping to avoid that. Django it is.
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Ask HN: Self-hosted alternatives to Concur?
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by dhruvkar 10y ago
it's meant to be used for specific offers/courses/etc., that is supposed to provide value to the visitor. I agree that it can be extremely irritating when it's not relevant. But the times it was relevant, I was happy it
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Build your own Welcome Mat (Sumome) to increase email signups(blog.automizzen.com)
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by dhruvkar 10y ago
I'd be interested as well.
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Gitlab Pages: Create and Host a Static Site for Free(blog.automizzen.com)
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by dhruvkar 10y ago
>What is it with devs and small houses? I think it's the creation/building aspect. Tiny houses seem to be within the grasp of an individual to build. Kinda of like building an application, it has the same aspects - designing
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by dhruvkar 10y ago
+1 for tiny home. My wife and I are looking to build a tiny home in the near future. I imagine it to be a highly stress-relieving activity.
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How to setup Gitlab Pages on your own domain(dhruvkar.com)
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by dhruvkar 10y ago
http://logoshi.com It allows you to draw a rough, color sketch based on which it generates a sample of possible logos for you to pick from and tweak. For someone like me, who just needs a logo, perhaps based on the project name,
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Use Google Sheets as a database to collect emails(blog.automizzen.com)
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by dhruvkar 10y ago
A discussion for avoiding Google's services: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12298059
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by dhruvkar 10y ago
In the 'Pro' section it claims 500+ customers. Assuming that's true, at $950/year, that's $475,000. This doesn't include Enterprise ($1950/year). I'd guess it's his full-time job now.

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