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by dminor 15y ago
Extensive discussion last time this was posted: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1792353
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by dminor 15y ago
Didn't Wyden already place a hold on this?
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by dminor 15y ago
I think it's more like a step sideways. The main issue with patents right now is the low bar for new patents, and this bill doesn't seem to alleviate the problem.
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by dminor 15y ago
"Went to the Verizon store to get an iPhone, and walked out with an HTC Thunderbolt. Pretty amazing phone!" - non-techy Facebook friend of mine a couple days ago.
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by dminor 15y ago
There is some specific legislation for software contractors that was passed in 1986 that make it difficult for them to be independent contractors who work solely for one company. The IRS is pretty active about enforcing it. This is why most
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by dminor 15y ago
We originally discussed this on HN about a year ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1416891
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Hacker's Mystery Illness Yields No Concrete Diagnosis(savemylyfe.blogspot.com)
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by dminor 15y ago
Maybe I'm missing some detail of the scheme you're proposing, or have some fundamental misunderstanding of bitcoin, but if bitcoin is anonymous and untraceable, how do you prevent insurance fraud?
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by dminor 15y ago
Most banks do have something in place for whitelisting transfers, but adding new recipients is often protected by the same regime that the Zeus bot controllers have already broken.
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by dminor 15y ago
Of course (most) banks don't look very hard for suspicious money transfers - they don't share much of the risk if a business account is hacked.
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by dminor 15y ago
Quick and dirty: https://github.com/davidminor/No-Bitcoin-on-HN
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by dminor 15y ago
> Additionally, and importantly, I had indicated that I would be willing to relocate. IME recruiters pay absolutely no attention to this field.
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by dminor 15y ago
This was directly from a Google Adwords rep.
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by dminor 15y ago
One thing not mentioned here is that exact matches will have a higher quality score than broad matches, so don't just rely on broad match keywords - include some exact match keywords for common variations.
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by dminor 15y ago
He has his very own wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Sailer
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by dminor 15y ago
A hoax, but very well done.
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http://news.cnet.com/2100-1029_3-6140191.html Be sure to use real tin foil, not the inferior aluminum kind.
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by dminor 15y ago
Which change(s) in pricing are responsible for the increase?
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by dminor 15y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMG_v._MP3.com
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by dminor 15y ago
Don't mention other offers - it looks like you are selling your loyalty, rather than asking to be paid what you are worth. Just present your data on being underpaid and ask for a raise. If your dream job comes through, just tell them it's y
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by dminor 15y ago
Drawing a few tiles and messing around with 2d terrain generation for a game idea I have.
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by dminor 16y ago
The most interesting thing about your comment is you consider Netflix a streaming-only service. Kudos to Netflix for being ahead of the curve here, despite the fact that streaming is much harder to implement and probably less profitable tha
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by dminor 16y ago
Recur is essentially just a loop - it doesn't use the stack at all.
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by dminor 16y ago
Previous: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2287213
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by dminor 16y ago
Crockford wrote a book titled "JavaScript: The Good Parts", which more or less implies there are bad parts as well.
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by dminor 16y ago
Sounds fine to me, just so long as every B&M is required to check ID and collect the appropriate sales tax as well.
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by dminor 16y ago
> generating word of mouth (far more valuable - how do you think people found out about Facebook and Twitter?), and content. This is pretty much what SEO people mean by white hat SEO. Create interesting/valuable content that people will
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by dminor 16y ago
Some more details from Notch here: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/3746989361/terrain-generation-p...
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by dminor 16y ago
I once decided to skip the standard programming problem during the interview process, and I ended up regretting it extremely. The person we hired was nice, and a good "culture" fit, but couldn't code for beans. We had to let them go and I f
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by dminor 16y ago
Of course, since the original Gmail ad privacy fears were raised, Facebook has come along and gone much further.

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