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by grumps 14y ago
Yes... I've had to sign those contracts before. They are brutal. Equivalent to selling your soul.
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by grumps 14y ago
I used Ubuntu for a few years off and on. I got fed up with Ubuntu One and some of the goings on with Ubuntu. I switched to Debian Wheezy. Ubuntu is a bit easier to setup, for example, most printers are plug and play on Ubuntu. It takes
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by grumps 14y ago
I had a Cr-48. It didn't last long.
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by grumps 14y ago
There's a company called Frontpoint Security it's partially DIY, you could check them out. Personally, I don't think the cost of the service is worth the insurance reduction. Of course, I don't know what a rate increase would like on a hom
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by grumps 14y ago
I can't stress this enough. As someone in consulting I have to continually battle clients on realistic goals for an implementation. It gets to be extremely old, and tiresome. if you have a better understanding of how things work it will
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by grumps 14y ago
I think that would depend on Godaddy's willingness to prove that it was in fact you who initiated the payment. Knowing them, they'd be all over that for a penny.
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by grumps 14y ago
We just switch to Acronis, haven't had any issues. I have no clue with the storage provider is.
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by grumps 14y ago
Done.
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Ask HN: Has anyone ever had P/T Freelance work as a PM?
3 points by grumps 14y ago|2 comments
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by grumps 14y ago
I'm not sure that even if a 1st grader could sign a contract that it would be legal. I believe these are public schools, and I think they're legally required to accept students.
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by grumps 14y ago
Personally I've been on many trips for interviews. I wouldn't ever think about what it's costing them to get you to the interview. If it's not you, then it's someone else that they will be bringing into the interview and you're better, ri
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by grumps 14y ago
Not sure about them. I bought a "bootstrap" css from them, completely worthless. I would have to re-work all the html because they extended most of the base into their own abstraction. tl;dr - the implementation I bought didn't use bootst
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by grumps 14y ago
You're just going to have to land your first gig, then expand your way from there. You'll have to knock them dead, and slowly bring in more people. Sidenote - Sounds like you're in the DC area, and if you're going for government work, I ho
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by grumps 14y ago
I think it's already been pointed out but I'll clarify a little more. You've hired an independent developer, at a reasonable rate. Hiring a lawyer from a law firm, comes at the rate of the firm. He bring to the table the resources of a lar
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by grumps 14y ago
Are you going for a developer type role?
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by grumps 14y ago
Interesting. I'm thinking about picking up the $30 / mon from T-Mobile. Although sprint is free but absolutely no signal where I live.
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by grumps 14y ago
He's not that far off. You'll have to build your relationship off your first client. The relationship will be your product. What's your consulting experience?
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by grumps 14y ago
So you're using some sort of SIP account to GV to avoid using minutes?
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by grumps 14y ago
Text messages count as minutes?
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by grumps 14y ago
Fully agree RE: don't know how things work.
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by grumps 14y ago
QA is a funny thing and is completely dependent on your industry, mission of the program, and clients/customers. I don't you've provided enough info to provide a solid answer. I would say that if you're a startup trying to ship code often
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by grumps 14y ago
Amen!
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by grumps 14y ago
fastmail.fm
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by grumps 14y ago
Down in DC!
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by grumps 14y ago
Do I use open source, yes. I run debian, wheezy at home as my only OS. I only operate Android phones/tablets. If you're referring to writing code, I've worked through Python the hardway, and I'm working on writing a small djanogo app that e
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Ask HN: How would/do you find your niche...
2 points by grumps 14y ago|2 comments
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by grumps 14y ago
Funny, I have this problem specifically on my laptop since its a 15" screen with a 1080P screen. I got extremely annoyed over the weekend while I was trying to read documentation on my laptop for Django. I ended up giving up and not reading
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by grumps 14y ago
interesting, I wouldn't have expected that much from services.
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by grumps 14y ago
Just regarding the re-naming, not sure if that will happen. From what I hear Ellison is a serious ego maniac. I would doubt that he'd think to change his companies name. Then again I'm not even close to a branding expert.
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by grumps 14y ago
forgot about that...

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