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by meiji 15y ago
I would have to say that as a tech person in general, the blog post would have me avoiding looking for jobs there full stop. Sometimes you find good people who aren't perfect for you but you know will work out. I worked with an engineer who
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by meiji 15y ago
I think the business model is definitely to sell to someone else consolidating in the sector. I use this and have used Xobni but don't need the services enough to pay for them like most people I suspect. It's genuinely useful for people who
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by meiji 15y ago
Nothing to do with work. I've been "in technology" for my entire life and professionally for the last 18 years. I have learned that whilst homebrew is satisfying an itch, sometimes there are people who do things better. I've had companies g
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by meiji 15y ago
Well the problem with that is, what happens when the atom machine dies. Or the ISP cuts you off? People outsource services not because they can't make a cheap version themselves but because it can be a hassle.
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by meiji 15y ago
I think you could arguably charge based on frequency. Weekly job -> free. Daily job -> 10c a month, Hourly 50c a month, more than that, pick a price. Definitely useful but then you're also going to need a way to make it a distribute
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by meiji 15y ago
I've never had an awful lot of sympathy for people who assume that because they know they're not up to anything dodgy that the immigration people will know too. I was married in the US and knew that when I went on my honeymoon I better have
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by meiji 15y ago
Some of those seem to be people who damaged their kindles then got upset that Amazon wouldn't replace them for free? Do they have the same approach if they crash their cars I wonder...
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by meiji 15y ago
Very sad to hear this. Despite working in the industry for some time (and therefore being able to have free quality hosting) I have paid for Site5 hosting for some time now. That's a mark of their service. Deepest sympathies to his family,
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by meiji 15y ago
There's some good advice on the reddit thread and some poor. Making a counter offer to the company could be construed as intent to make a buck on the sale and end up muddying the water and causing him problems. Best thing in these cases is
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by meiji 15y ago
Can't decide if the writer is trolling for traffic or not. It's clear SOME programmers should take an interest given the number of awful GUIs we see on desktop, web and mobile apps but not all "programmers" need to have anything to do with
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by meiji 15y ago
Like lots of others, I can help with hosting (work at a big hoster). Ping me a message if I can assist
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by meiji 15y ago
But Google do allow an opt-out and follows what AT consider outdated methods of data protection. Doesn't seem that AT is the same.