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by jharrison 16y ago
Thanks for sharing, Amy. It's been very educational watching your transition and hearing about your product success. I'm working on a new product and you've been a great motivator! Note to self: Stop using the 7-11 argument with your teena
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by jharrison 16y ago
What we're seeing is the result of Sarah busting out her business with minimal overhead. Virb + Wufoo + Tumblr = She got started on almost nothing (at least as far as her web presence). She's setting a fantastic example and following the "G
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by jharrison 16y ago
Wouldn't the FBI want to get HBGary's copy anyway? Why wouldn't they expect the torrent to be tainted or incomplete?
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by jharrison 16y ago
Whose fault is it if a designer chooses to engage in a contest and they end up spending their time in a losing effort? We all have to compete but rather than disparage a business owner for being a good steward of their money could you inste
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by jharrison 16y ago
My mistake. Thank you for pointing that out.
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by jharrison 16y ago
To be fair, I didn't clarify a timeline. I'm just curious what HNers think would be the fastest option. Fastest could mean 2 years.
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by jharrison 16y ago
Thanks for the correction and clarification.
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by jharrison 16y ago
Thanks, Patrick. I meant to exclude consulting. I'm thinking of something that happens in your sleep, like a "safe" investment would. Web apps/niche software are where I would lean as well but that's why I'm asking. I'm hoping the collectiv
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Ask HN: Fastest route to $2000/mo. cashflow, worry free and conscience clear
90 points by jharrison 16y ago|84 comments
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by jharrison 16y ago
Could I live without it? Sure. In that way it's probably a little over the top. As many replies to your comment suggest, the user experience is pretty great. However, in my opinion, OP was probably referring to the awesome performance of V8
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by jharrison 16y ago
What do you do when the answer is, "Nothing"? I find myself in situations that I really really want to change but can't come to a solution that I feel will work for everyone involved (family). My solution is basically to delay action and te
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by jharrison 16y ago
His site is in his profile. You can probably surmise at least a portion of his story from that.
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by jharrison 16y ago
I agree. He's not as SOL as he thinks, in general. I think where the SOLedness comes from is that he has a tax bill that he knows he can't pay right now. It's a scary place to be and probably feels like the end of the world. It's not (yes,
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by jharrison 16y ago
It seems pretty clear by the article that he wasn't doing any of the "business" things like tracking deductions or documentation of any kind. He could probably muster up his hosting and domain name bills but that would be it, and probably t
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by jharrison 16y ago
I have to agree. The parent seems to be basing his comment on some form of logic or reason, neither of which seem to be prevalent in government dealings. Not recognizing the burden of 1099ing every entity that I do $600 of business with sho
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by jharrison 16y ago
I believe they are using HTML5 to accomplish this.
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by jharrison 16y ago
Great job! Having tried to create my own file sharing service a few years ago, I applaud you for getting out an MVP. It's really easy to keep adding features and never get a product up and running. I'm not sure if you want bug reports yet b
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by jharrison 16y ago
Congrats omarish. I had this exact same idea rattling around in my head a week or two ago. I have recently been thinking that I needed someone to work with as an accountability partner, someone that would keep me on point. Not wanting to bu
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by jharrison 16y ago
Thanks for jumping in, Austin. I wouldn't expect a direct answer as to your monetization strategies. I was hoping others had monetization ideas that were as yet escaping me. Can we expect any kind of data report from you? A growth chart, us
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by jharrison 16y ago
Thanks, malloreon. It was indeed your unanswered question that prompted me to ask again. I appreciate Austin chiming in below.
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by jharrison 16y ago
Ah, yes. That IS a replacement for the "Profit" step. Who would buy such a thing? Seems like an interested party might not like the idea that the TOS is so locked down (I'm presuming that the privacy is spelled out in a TOS, I haven't looke
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by jharrison 16y ago
There have been a few threads on HN about Fridge and in at least one the question about the magical "Profit" step was asked. I'm genuinely curious how a platform specifically targeted at people who want to maintain more definitive boundarie
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by jharrison 16y ago
Technically he's a javascript "star guy". Thomas Fuchs, creator of the script.aculo.us library and core contributor to the Prototype library. Both libraries have been a big part of Rails development for years although many people are now mo
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by jharrison 16y ago
I don't think it will. Jasons's new project isn't just run-of-the-mill WP hosting. It's a cultivated WP environment with a different target than the Windows Live platform, in my opinion.
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by jharrison 16y ago
I'm certainly not qualified to argue with you on anything security related (nor would I want to). I'm simply clarifying Rails default handling of destructive actions which is probably semi-offtopic.
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by jharrison 16y ago
Not to be totally nitpicky but if they're using any recent version of Rails (I haven't looked at the source yet), the DESTROY action doesn't respond to GET by default. That doesn't change the fact that they don't scope deletes to the logged
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by jharrison 16y ago
Their primary product (the SEO tool) isn't what this article was about. It was about NEW offerings that he wanted to test, how he went about it, and what the results were. IMO it was exactly what was represented in the title.
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by jharrison 16y ago
This seems to be somewhat related to the idea of test marketing an idea with some Adwords and a landing page. In both cases this is a wonderful example of what can be done with the many valuable services that have popped up over the last fe
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by jharrison 16y ago
Linode is a VPS provider, not a cloud provider like EC2. Instances are always on, not on-demand. If they are ever killed it would be because of some kind of outage but I've found that to be extremely rare in my experience. Slicehost has als
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by jharrison 16y ago
I spent a couple years in South Korea a number of years ago and challenged myself to squat as the natives did. It didn't take long to achieve full heel contact with the ground but I never felt entirely balanced. FWIW I found regular sitting

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