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by wmboy 13y ago
I reckon $1-2 per month is way too low if they already have paying users at the $5 per month rate. ...but perhaps they could offer discounted pricing of say $4 per user if it was paid annually ($48/user/year instead of $5/us
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by wmboy 13y ago
> If Microsoft owned the patents they could enforce them against others. Thanks for the clarification, that makes sense
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by wmboy 13y ago
> ...they are not buying any patents. They are buying a 10-year license to Nokia's patents. That's basically the same isn't it? A patent can only remain active for 20 years, assuming most of the patents are several years
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by wmboy 13y ago
Great news for NZers. Hopefully the next US service to make it our way will be Stripe...
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by wmboy 13y ago
> I won't be happy if I'm charged upfront, and the project is only half funded. ...so just set it up the same way as Amazon payments. Do an Auth on the card to check it's valid and active, then bill the card when the proj
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by wmboy 13y ago
This one comes to mind (it's free): http://onepagelove.com/themes/clutterless
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by wmboy 13y ago
So... there would be market for a secure email service that ran on a ship/vessel that was permanently in the middle of international waters? (might have to have multiple vessel's for redundancy purposes)
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by wmboy 13y ago
> ...but credit-cards are the big one you have to keep in plaintext. If you want to bill the card without asking for the number to be reentered, there's no way to avoid storing the number and expiration date. Not necessarily, if you
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by wmboy 13y ago
> A photographic memory simply mean its easier for you to remember images than, say, sounds, text, etc. I think you're mistaken http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidetic_memory
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by wmboy 13y ago
I thought the purpose of having a 'dumb' phone would be to simplify things, not carry around multiple gadgets! Also, taking a photo with an iPhone is very quick. Press home button, swipe up and you're ready to go. Arguably
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by wmboy 13y ago
This is not true, I used to work in the industry and you can use a hosted credit card solution (where you transfer customers to a secure payment page) without needing PCI compliance. If it were correct, and the card holder name needed to be
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by wmboy 13y ago
PCI is designed to protect credit card fraud, not customer's address information. Banks don't care about the risk of identify theft, but rather credit card fraud.
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by wmboy 13y ago
You could start by spending $50-$100 on a nice WordPress theme to slap on the front end. Spend money on a designer when you've got some initial paying customers.
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by wmboy 13y ago
According to them it's not the same product (remember listening to a Mixergy interview where it was stressed that they were different - different code, solving the PM problem in a different way). Edit: just found the product page for Baseca
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by wmboy 13y ago
Can't really call them a one hit wonder, the new Basecamp has taken off and IMO is better than the original Basecamp.
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by wmboy 13y ago
Sure, but in this case 'forever' should at least mean a few years... surely?
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by wmboy 13y ago
I'm doing everything I can to legitimately pay for the service. If it is "illegal" then it's absurd and just shows you how dumb the laws are regarding digital movies/music.
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by wmboy 13y ago
I live in New Zealand... there's no other way to subscribe to Netflix.
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by wmboy 13y ago
My kids have just started watching Diego (as in last night), so it seems the licensing deal is still active in the Canadian Netflix library? Unblock-us.com is the way to go, costs $5/month and means you can access all of the Netflix librari
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by wmboy 13y ago
If you get bored after 2 weeks and want to work, then go find a job... Retiring in your 30's or 40's is probably better called financial independence.
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by wmboy 14y ago
Hmm perhaps I'm just a cynic, but if health care providers are coming out with such garbage as discouraging breast feeding, it's got to make you wonder whether they want people to be sicker!
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by wmboy 14y ago
I'm pretty sure caffeine increases stress levels which is what you want, if you need to start focusing on your work. Of course, too much stress is bad for you, which is why you shouldn't have multiple cups a day...
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by wmboy 14y ago
Doctors are usually learned people who have a lot of helpful (and often lifesaving) advice. But the fact is, being a doctor doesn't make you an expert in nutrition or diet, and it certainly doesn't make you an expert in things like co-sleep
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by wmboy 14y ago
I'm not trying to validate the Kickstarter idea, but thought I'd add that making it open source doesn't mean they would have to stop selling it. WooThemes is an obvious example of a company that makes a heap of money selling open source sof
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by wmboy 14y ago
This is why I think free healthcare actually promotes entrepreneurship. I have a family and run my own business in New Zealand and have no concerns over healthcare as it'll all be covered by the government.
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by wmboy 14y ago
Thanks Taurus looks good, pricing is pretty reasonable though I'd like to see at least some sort of analytics or A/B split testing features.
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by wmboy 14y ago
Thank you! Not only is that a viable option for us, I was also able to find the original HN post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4407915 Turns out it was called http://tourmyapp.com
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Ask HN: Service to add 'getting started' wizard to your web app
2 points by wmboy 14y ago|5 comments
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by wmboy 14y ago
FYI, unblock-us.com is a handy service that lets you easily switch between the different Netflix libraries (US, Canada and UK). It costs $5 per month and is well worth it! (You only require one Netflix account).
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by wmboy 14y ago
$80k is guaranteed, but it's not stopping other investors to make million dollar investments if it's recognised as being the next Microsoft.

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