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by rkon 15y ago
I had an expired card tied to a monthly service plan -- it continued to function for the automatic charges until 1 full year after the expiration date. Since some companies issue cards that are good for 4 years, I'd say many of those people
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Peel raises $16.7M, turns smartphone into TV's best friend(techcrunch.com)
1 points by rkon 15y ago|0 comments
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by rkon 15y ago
Do you dictate the language in which it's written, or let them choose? That's the only thing I could see being a valid hangup for anyone applying to a programming job...
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by rkon 15y ago
Are there really people who apply for programming jobs but aren't able to write a simpler version of that program? I find it extremely hard to believe, but I've read on two other blogs that it's a common test given to interviewees.
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by rkon 15y ago
Yeah, I know those spam emails you're talking about. Usually the type of "great opportunities" where you get to manage yourself and earn "tons of money" on commission, AKA free help. Most of the internships in my area (Philadelphia) are jus
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by rkon 15y ago
Programmers in the U.S. are so hard to find that companies like Google are willing to pay $100,000 to CS grads with no experience, but this article claims our jobs are being stolen by foreign countries? I honestly don't think that could be
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Offshoring is stealing U.S. programming jobs(philly.com)
5 points by rkon 15y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: What's up with tech internships?
12 points by rkon 15y ago|9 comments
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by rkon 15y ago
"College is expensive. Learn how to make cupcakes and knit sweaters instead" . That's the message I get after visiting your site and watching the promo video on the "About" page. Why should I pay $25 to spend 2 hours with a random person w
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by rkon 15y ago
The problem isn't with intelligence, it's the fact that gifted kids are often left in average classrooms rather than placed among their peers. Everyone is liable to develop awkward social habits if they grow up outside their peer group, reg
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by rkon 15y ago
He doesn't even mention the most important part in the video: "Testing in our workshop demonstrates that the 1.25” titanium bow survives a 48” bolt cutter attack and that sawing is extremely difficult and time consuming due to the ‘springy’
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by rkon 15y ago
According to the Ponemon Institute's study last year, the average cost of a data breach that results from a criminal attack is $318 per compromised record. Even if we only count the 2.2 million credit card numbers supposedly stolen, that's
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by rkon 15y ago
I know exactly what you mean. I'm at Penn State currently finishing a class that only covered HTML4 (no 5 at all), and the teacher still taught us to do layouts with tables instead of CSS. It's pathetic and frustrating, especially because t
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by rkon 15y ago
It would be awesome to work on something like this since the community desperately needs more open training -- the standard 4-year model really isn't cutting it anymore. Now if only I hadn't let college get in the way of pursuing web develo
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by rkon 15y ago
This + iPhone tracking log = bad news for privacy.
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by rkon 15y ago
I'd agree it's low on overall grams of protein (for a male, at least) but he did manage to get the amino acids that non-meat diets usually lack... so it's not a total fail.
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by rkon 15y ago
I find it a little odd that you complain about the quality of content on HN, but when I look through your submissions you have 17 links to your own blog and 0 to other sources. Just sayin' edit: Also, the definition of 'bacn' is that it's
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by rkon 15y ago
Domain Name: DATASHELVES.COM Registrant: German Rodriguez (german@phisoft.com.mx) Nice try. This isn't a forum for free advertising...
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FBI: China Phishing Scam Took Small Businesses For $11 Million(signalnews.com)
2 points by rkon 15y ago|0 comments
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by rkon 15y ago
This seems more like a plug for your startup than an informative article about journalism -- might have wanted to mention that in the title? Edit: The link at the end of that post even leads back to this post...
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by rkon 15y ago
It's also a reference to when the PS3 was first cracked, which was possible because they weren't really using random numbers to generate keys. So yes, it is a serious accusation that points out their consistently lax programming techniques
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by rkon 15y ago
Now, if only we could stop getting our tv from Tuvalu. Stop reliance on foreign domains! America needs Internet independence! /palin rhetoric
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by rkon 15y ago
"#define rand() 4" Pure genius -- fool the hackers by making your "random" number static, they'll never guess! Now that PSN users are actually seeing money ciphered from their debit accounts, it's only a matter of minutes until the class ac
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by rkon 15y ago
Did this marketing company forget what happened to Cook's Source when they screwed with the little people? The internet doesn't respond kindly to that type of bullying: http://techland.time.com/2010/11/17/cooks-source-magazine-co...
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by rkon 15y ago
Making a new thread to complain that your own link isn't getting enough votes? I'd say that's a pretty sad decline...
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Supreme Court: AT&T can force arbitration, block class-action suits(arstechnica.com)
8 points by rkon 15y ago|0 comments
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by rkon 15y ago
Think about all the struggling artistic types out there though. Ask any unknown rock group who they like and they'll probably name the same legendary bands like Zeppelin, Floyd, etc., but most of them will never make it anywhere. Tons of pe
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by rkon 15y ago
Actually, I'd be willing to bet the people at YC agree with what you said about how useful and popular it could be... but how do you make money with it? That seems to be the one point that everything hinges on here.
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by rkon 15y ago
I guess when you know you're going out of business you get a little lazy with customer data...
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by rkon 15y ago
At first I thought all these things were common sense, but then I realized they're probably just second nature to me because I spent so much time playing WoW =/ Give them achievements to show off, then make sure there's always one more thin

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