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by jppope 7y ago
Is this why they say to never push to production on Friday?
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by jppope 7y ago
no https?
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by jppope 7y ago
Promotion is a need, and a very important need for ideas to spread. We all know that the concept of "if you build it they will come" doesn't work". Google's adaptation for this was to make advertising relevant... wh
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by jppope 7y ago
this is a pretty killer idea
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Ask HN: What non-related hobbies will make you a better developer?
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by jppope 7y ago
There are some good books out there... such as (slightly outdated) "Design for Hackers" and "the design of everyday things" ... But if I were going to recommend a place to start I think you need to start small... begin b
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by jppope 7y ago
The Brothers Karamazov. Trying to remember how to be disciplined. If you're looking for a recommendation, I can't recommend enough "Zorba the Greek" by Nikos Kazantzakis. I've been recommending it like crazy since I
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by jppope 7y ago
I think you would be surprised about the total number of hours people actually spend working... many of the jobs that I've worked (specifically my business) were a legitimate 60-70 hours of real work a week. I know this because I track
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by jppope 7y ago
79%... just can't seem to get the last percentage point...
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Ask HN: Amazon and Tax Avoidance?
3 points by jppope 7y ago|4 comments
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by jppope 7y ago
The concept of "mission" purely exists so you can disagree constructively with management. That's why it's so powerful...
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by jppope 7y ago
Here's some things I've picked up that might be useful. For context, I've worked roughly ~35 jobs since I started working (illegally) at 13. This includes all kinds of work including manual labor, food service, construction,
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by jppope 7y ago
Another way this could be said: You don't work FOR them, you work WITH them.
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by jppope 7y ago
Yeah... all signs are pointing to a dystopian future, I suppose not being able to eat a really good burger is part of that.
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by jppope 7y ago
Emotional Intelligence is kind of a misnomer... there isn't really any scientific backing on the stated concept of "emotional intelligence" in the sense of the pop-science books such as ( https://en.wikipedia.org&#x
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by jppope 7y ago
dunno what he's talking about... horses... horses are the future.
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by jppope 7y ago
Build a hacker news clone that can black list certain URLs (NYtimes, WashPost, etc)...
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by jppope 7y ago
This question sounds like you are having a "lifestyle creep" problem. Which is super legit... I fight with the same problem and am interested with HN advice on the subject. Here are the things I've done (please give me more!)
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by jppope 7y ago
This is fine investment advice... but the post isn't asking for investment advice. It's asking for advice on fighting lifestyle creep. Besides, there are a variety of ways to invest one's money, why provide only one vehicle a
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by jppope 7y ago
Sorry I don't believe this question for a second. If in fact you are making that much money you are 100% specialized, which means you also know who can afford to hire you, and you know who needs what you have to offer. And even if I&#x
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by jppope 7y ago
that's hilarious.
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by jppope 7y ago
Regarding the lack of "innovation" concept this article is hocking... pretty sure before Uber/Lyft I couldn't click a button and know how much my ride to a place would cost then, book it and pay for it. (I still remember
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by jppope 7y ago
To be clear, you believe that everyone working these gigs is really working full time for a company, on a set schedule that the company decides, without the choice of using what tools they want to, and who's work is being monitored by
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by jppope 7y ago
I honestly don't get comments like yours. The author of this repo built something to help people move off of medium (where their content is currently stored) to their own blog. This has become progressively more common and people might
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by jppope 7y ago
which products?
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by jppope 7y ago
1. Start with an Idea. 2. Go sell it to someone and have them pay you to build it. 3. This will look mostly like a service at first, very custom. 4. Now go and sell part of the thing you just built, or the whole thing to someone else. 5. Bu
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by jppope 7y ago
Wondering why no one has mentioned the fact that Entrepreneurship has been weakening for the last 25 years... Seems like one would expect corporate taxes to go down when there's fewer companies.
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by jppope 7y ago
Georg Schaeffler - He's a billionaire via inheritance that dislikes the media, and earned his own way before the inheritance. Best part... he tried for years to hide it all. https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d
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by jppope 7y ago
Thats marketing... and there are a lot of ways to skin that cat. Cold Calling is virtually dead in the traditional sense (for Small-Medium business). Cold Emailing can work, but there's a lot of noise with all the SEO scams that busine
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by jppope 7y ago
You don't worry about the website. Smart businesses worry about generating revenue, decreasing overhead, improving their image in the eyes of their customers, or reducing risk. Worry about helping a company with those things... you ma

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