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by jj_aa 14y ago
sorry, should have clarified: I meant the bank was the one with the token apology, not the guy who deposited the check.
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by jj_aa 14y ago
IIRC from this guy's site, before it was a show, he had a stand-off with the bank for a while before learning that this check was holding up a merger between his bank and another company, so the whole executive suite was freaking out. Event
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by jj_aa 14y ago
We're turning around a beloved but sleepy trade magazine into a modern web-first company. As you can imagine, the existing technical bench is pretty shallow. We need someone who enjoys crafting beautiful CSS and beating responsive HTML emai
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by jj_aa 15y ago
Yes, that figured into my decision to leave a top 5 CS program. The best students were so far ahead that I thought, "Wow, I obviously don't know the first thing about programming- I guess I'm just a lowly diletante." My other best subject
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Ask HN: Backup services that charge based on how easily you can access the data?
1 points by jj_aa 16y ago|1 comments
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by jj_aa 16y ago
Kaleidoscope (OSX) has an "image scope" that at least integrates a couple tools for image comparison. http://www.kaleidoscopeapp.com/
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by jj_aa 16y ago
I was hoping this would cover "Are you calling me a liar?" which seems to be a euphemism for "I dare you to explicitly accuse me of lying so I can change the subject" used by people who are lying.
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by jj_aa 16y ago
Remarkable- that list supports your conclusion way more when you insert an item! Darn those irrational technophobic nature-romanticists, putting mobile phones into lists where they don't belong.
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by jj_aa 16y ago
More accurately, some of the New Deal (deposit insurance, fiscal & monetary expansion, leaving the gold standard) worked, but some of it hurt. The fact that many countries suffered for just as long and worse, if not longer, without a
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by jj_aa 16y ago
I've never gone through the system, but my first guess would be it's probably so that all the slots aren't given to kids from ideal, wealthy homes, raised with tutors and computer camp, but that there's some room in there for kids who might
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Re: yesterday's "Why I'm not hiring" WSJ op-ed and why it was poop(motherjones.com)
52 points by jj_aa 16y ago|53 comments
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by jj_aa 17y ago
I think avinashv is trying to give you perspective on how it might look to the IRS in the worst case scenario, not suggesting that there's no way such an arrangement could be legal.
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by jj_aa 17y ago
Sorry! Thought I'd updated my profile with it. Here's my work address: http://imgur.com/zEwd6.jpg Mention hacker news in the subject.
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by jj_aa 17y ago
I'd love to find a generalist who can try to find cool, scalable ways to help a rapidly growing, profitable company get really reliable, efficient, and secure. We're located right on Union Square in New York, and we specialize in the profi