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   Show HN: An as-you-type time calculator(pressbin.com)

   2 points by jawns 16y ago|0 comments
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   by jawns 16y ago

   I've heard of several news websites doing a version of this, with some success. For instance, one New Jersey newspaper has a forum called "Take It Outside," where the comment policy is not as strict as in other areas of the site -- basicall
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   by jawns 16y ago

   Quite a number of newspaper websites employ exactly this technique. At the site I work for, we call it "bozo-ing." We've had users who have been in their own Troll Fantasyland, as you call it, for many months without realizing it.
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   Ask HN: Has this been done? Cost-sharing for ads

   6 points by jawns 16y ago|3 comments
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   by jawns 16y ago

   I'm using Firefox 3.6, and when I type "amazon harry potter" into the awesome bar, I arrive at the destination in the same two-step process that Entogo promises in the "old vs. new" example on its homepage. So ... why would I switch to Ento
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   An algorithm for self-enforcing post importance levels(coding.pressbin.com)

   1 points by jawns 16y ago|0 comments
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   by jawns 16y ago

   I'm one of the people who posted a list of failed startups ("10 web start-ups (all mine) ... and why they failed"). I've been fortunate to always have a day job that I enjoy, and I've never really sunk big money into any of my side projects
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   by jawns 16y ago

   You make some good points! See ... this is why I said I would have benefited from a co-founder with more of a business mindset. I get so gung-ho about an idea that I don't always think about it from that angle.
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   by jawns 16y ago

   I would love to be able to do something like that -- grabbing their credit card details and only charging them if they run afoul of the rules -- but I haven't found a credit card processing service that would give me that flexibility. The o
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    10 web start-ups (all mine) ... and why they failed(coding.pressbin.com)

    64 points by jawns 16y ago|23 comments
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    by jawns 16y ago

    And factorials!
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    URL-encode and URL-decode as you type using PHP and Javascript functions(pressbin.com)

    1 points by jawns 16y ago|0 comments
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    Show HN: Fill-in-the-blanks percentage calculator (ad-free for HN hackers)

    2 points by jawns 16y ago|0 comments
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    by jawns 16y ago

    I started coding this idea a while back, but had to abandon it for lack of time: A site for civic associations that allows them to post announcements, coordinate events, and collect dues via a credit card. Because civic associations in my a
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    If Facebook Looked Like MySpace(facebook.pressbin.com)

    1 points by jawns 16y ago|0 comments
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    Ask HN: What if PHP is the only thing you know?

    4 points by jawns 16y ago|7 comments
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    by jawns 16y ago

    I've used Dreamhost's $10/mo. shared hosting (one of the few shared hosting providers with shell access) for the past four years, and I can confirm that when it works, it works -- but there have been at least two outages during my time with