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by mapster 8y ago
Suggestions for a novice to learn how to use a VPN? My sites are on shared hosting and want to switch to VPN, but don't know anything about it.
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by mapster 8y ago
my new side project: Chaingang for hackers. 8 hrs of manual labor in the summer heat of a southern state. code in the evening hours the moment you ship, you are released
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by mapster 8y ago
If you can deliver any of these apps as a value add to my life, build it.
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by mapster 8y ago
All of my projects come from my day job in a large industry which is behind the ball technically so lots of opportunities. Basically I write software that replaces my job. It will happen eventually, so why not be the one to large a series o
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by mapster 8y ago
I grew up staying out past sunset daily, rain or shine, playing street hockey, building ramps and forts until I was in highs school. My wife is from Italy and having lived there I see guys my age who are just as street smart/adventurou
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by mapster 8y ago
I am launching my first SaaS in February. I started working on it last April. Its a simple but effective app in commercial real estate market. I am very excited to get the first 100 paid users, which I am very confident I can obtain in the
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by mapster 8y ago
great attitude, but is shadowing also interning? Intern add value, but if you are shadowing - that implies being seen/never heard. Seems you could get more value and give more as an intern. never too old to intern!
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by mapster 8y ago
welp, i just found this on Show HN and just made my browser (full of work related tabs) 1000% more fun. http://radio.garden/live/ the brilliant days of 1993 chat rooms (whole earth irc etc) and when google launched are
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by mapster 8y ago
I think many towns/cities with good size liberal arts colleges are interesting and affordable - outside the big metro areas.
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Ask HN: What do regret not doing with your child before they grew up?
26 points by mapster 8y ago|5 comments
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by mapster 8y ago
put up barriers. but ultimately it has to come from deep inside. i had a bad habit for 22 yrs - nail biting. i took a job after freelancing for 8 yrs and stopped cold turkey because I wanted to be presentable. I had tried to stop countless
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by mapster 8y ago
Do you have any memories/experiences of feeling confident and open, like AFTER being with people a lot or after public speaking? My social anxiety is 100% when I am in my personal zone (working at desk). Its very hard to step away and
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by mapster 8y ago
Great start. I had a similar MVP in 2010 with the intent on building a curated news aggregator for sales territories. Once you define your geographic area (zipcodes/states/draw etc) and choose keywords and/or topics, your new
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by mapster 8y ago
typing BASIC code from Byte magazine into a Vic20 all Sunday, then debug into the evening. then joy! a game to play! No storage, keep it in ram until I get back from school.
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by mapster 8y ago
I've been farming the development work out, so I can focus on the design, functionality and big picture items.
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by mapster 8y ago
I left freelancing and took a job in a new industry (commercial real estate). It wasn't long before I found my SaaS opportunity and began building the MVP
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by mapster 8y ago
useful! the maps are blank in the examples btw
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by mapster 8y ago
Win7 Ent., Version 66.0.3359.181 (Official Build) (64-bit)
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by mapster 8y ago
i was skeptical of the simplistic approach to typography, color and icons. but honestly the result was clean, simple and thus oddly effective. very nice job! (download only provided info.txt file)
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by mapster 8y ago
I can understand. My experience working in non-profits: poor pay, in great need of talent, strong sense of purpose (you will spring out of bed and be content). anecdotal, but I've seen it with others as well.
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by mapster 8y ago
Have you considered working IT/developer for a hospital or NGO or important govt agency? You might find fulfillment there as your work supports a good mission and outcome vs just another widget.
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by mapster 8y ago
I am working on a platform to keep your health proactive, tied to your current ins coverage. you will get notices re: needed checkups, shots, etc. - as if you had a private physician's assistant. It will est what is covered vs out of p
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by mapster 8y ago
easy to log on w gmail. no issue. but the app only offered to find these attractions along my trip: camping, gas, store, etc. am i missing something? seems like a great oppty to offer some exciting and unexpected options. i would love a too
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Ask HN: How do pay-as-you-go SaaS handle payments?
1 points by mapster 8y ago|1 comments
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by mapster 8y ago
can you start over? write the app that does 1 simple stupid thing that adds a lot of value or unique value. then go all out marketing that thing like its the latest iPhone release. embed your marketing in your target market's daily liv
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by mapster 8y ago
Does your api offer routing like Mapbox's Matrix api?
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by mapster 8y ago
I think he or she had sufficient time to vet your list so send a firm email stating to 'destroy the list and do not share. and that you hope to heard from him/her soon. if you feel he/she conned you to serve his other master,
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by mapster 8y ago
by the time you've gotten thru grad school, you've most likely have accepted the dogma of animal research. then there's little time for pause as its a mad dash for collecting good data, grants/funding, publishing. of cou
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by mapster 8y ago
I am working on MVP stage of a suite of tools for commercial real estate.
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by mapster 8y ago
Seems an honest question should be replied with facts, not Rush Limbaugh rhetoric.

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