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by speleding 16y ago
A few people in the discussion seem offended by the term "ghetto" in the article's title. I thought I'd point out to those unaware that this is a tongue in cheek reference to the infamous Zed shaw article in which he combines a critique of
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by speleding 16y ago
http://www.supersaas.com Doing exceedingly well, thank you, and growing like mad still. (no funding needed, cash positive from day one)
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by speleding 16y ago
In case it helps anyone, this is the helper I used: https://gist.github.com/703175 The tidy lib is installed by default on the Mac. It's very fast (written in C) so it only adds a few seconds to my tests. (I'm leaving it in after the conv
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by speleding 16y ago
I'm almost done with upgrading myself and the XSS stuff does take a lot of effort. I am very surprised the Shopify blog says they checked for XSS error manually though because it's very easy to add something to your test helper that checks
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by speleding 16y ago
I just like to add a little contrasting experience, note our paths start out similar: - I left a (very) high paying consulting position - I'm not in the US - Coded up a great product & launched - Nothing happened, very little attention
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by speleding 16y ago
tl;dr? He explicitly mentions "defer"
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by speleding 16y ago
I second that. I run my entire SaaS business through PayPal, dozens of transactions each day, and while I've had a few problems with large payments being flagged as "suspicious" they've not resulted in me losing any money (as far as I'm awa
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by speleding 16y ago
Since no one mentioned it yet: The lack of right to die if you are incurably ill is shameful A few countries and states already have euthanasia laws in place (Switzerland, the Netherlands) but in most other places you are still forced to di
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by speleding 16y ago
It's true the legalization of prostitution hasn't solved the problem of human trafficking in the Netherlands. The hope once was that legal prostitutes would lower demand for illegal ones, just like legal marijuana has all obliterated the de
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by speleding 16y ago
It's been regulated in the Netherlands for decades, but is't only been entirely legal for a few years. It still hasn't completely stamped out illegal immigrants being forced to prostitute themselves though. These girls are afraid to be sent
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by speleding 16y ago
I've worked in both countries and I noticed at least one explanation for the productivity difference that isn't mentioned in the article. If a German is at risk of missing a deadline on a project he will put in a lot of extra hours to avoid
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by speleding 16y ago
What's also missing from the picture is the comparative advantage that the US had in the fifties compared to the rest of the world (with Europe in shambles after WW II). Today it's a lot harder/more expensive to have the best educational sy
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by speleding 16y ago
How many lives would he ruin if drugs were not illegal?
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by speleding 16y ago
In Singapore you also have a very high chance of getting caught. The change of getting caught is a much better prediction for crime than the severity of punishment.
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by speleding 16y ago
There are a bunch of recommendations in a previous thread on HN "What is the best startup city outside the US" here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1565375 Anyway, I like Amsterdam: People speak English and the state provides a lot o
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by speleding 16y ago
Starting a B.V. in the Netherlands requires you to have 18000 euro in your bank account at the moment of inception for a few days, but the actual cost are much lower. I managed to do it for less than 1000 euros and within a week (although u
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by speleding 16y ago
I have a masters degree from both a US university and one in Europe. It always struck me how the American books were consistently thicker then the the ones I got in Europe. The contents was the same basically, just much more condensed writi
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by speleding 16y ago
A year is really short to get a revolutionary way of working to catch on. Why give up so easily? Maybe they couldn't figure out a working business model for this one.
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by speleding 16y ago
One common remark on HN seems to be that high school is not challenging/interesting. One way to fix that would be to put pupils into different schools according to their ability. Several European countries do it that way, usually around age
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by speleding 16y ago
With great startup scene, I mean there are bunch of cool startups within biking distance of each other (To name just a few http://www2.layar.com/ , http://www.phusion.nl/ , http://www.ebuddy.com/ , http://www.supersaas.com/ , http://ww
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by speleding 16y ago
Amsterdam has: - The largest internet exchange in the world, which means very cheap and high quality colo - Several large universities with CS departments in the vicinity should you need team members - Excellent quality of life - People spe
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by speleding 16y ago
A lot of my competitors are using spin articles too (although I don't think they are using my content as the basis). The main problem seems to be that it appears to work, I can see them rise in the organic search results. I wish there were
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by speleding 16y ago
Just to complicate things a little bit more for you: even if your SO says she supports you she may not always do and vice versa. My wife is supportive but, as the female prerogative goes, if she is in a bad mood I will still get the "why di