alohahacker

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by alohahacker 5y ago
"I know HN has a significant aversion to cryptocurrency (which absolutely befuddles me for the foundational societal concepts it modernizes)" I can't for the life of me figure out why HN keeps hating on bitcoin for the past 1
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by alohahacker 7y ago
I had a similar situation where I contacted google and asked permission about having a certain app made. Got the green light from several google teams. Pushed and marketed the app and app brought in 7+ figures of revenue throughout the year
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by alohahacker 10y ago
It's all about target marketing. I remember some tweets I would make hundreds of dollars and on most of my tweets I was getting $5-$10 epc. The beauty of Twitter is the power of the warm leads in its search. If they can effectively mo
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by alohahacker 11y ago
Having lived in Japan more than 10 years ago, that's the first thing I commented coming back. Why fruits and vegetables were way more delicious there than here. I loved fruits in japan where here its more of a chore when I ate them bec
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by alohahacker 11y ago
i remember watching sneakers and feeling inspired at a young age!
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by alohahacker 12y ago
I recently had my account disabled over a policy issue. The thing regarding that policy was I had written permission and verbal permission in person to go ahead with my web properties directly from multiple google representatives. I was e
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by alohahacker 12y ago
I remember submitting coupons on retailmenot and getting them erased. I actually remember contacting them to post coupons that could eventually help their end users and them informing me that they wouldn't post it because it's not
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by alohahacker 12y ago
If you read the comments and tweets there were a lot of nasty personal attacks on Eich and reported physical threats against him for donating to prop 8 five years ago. A amendment that actually passed by the way. I'm fine with respectf
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by alohahacker 12y ago
great point!!
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by alohahacker 12y ago
We're tolerant as long as we share the same views. The irony in tolerance in this case is unreal.
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by alohahacker 13y ago
As an affiliate marketer, am I the only one that thought OP should of posted a amazon affiliate link and then did a case study on conversions/efficiency of having a link on the front page of HN? lol
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by alohahacker 13y ago
They should hook up with a buddy of mine eric! He's currently going to all 194 countries and having some amazing experiences. Seems like the perfect partnership! http://gowitheric.com/
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by alohahacker 13y ago
I'm suprised Retailmenot doesn't get called out for this link baiting more often. I've studied their practices for years now and they do alot of shady stuff. I remember posting coupon codes to their site and having them bein
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by alohahacker 13y ago
If Nate or anyone could program a statistically accurate sports predictor model there would be huge potential in this as far as sports betting goes. The guys that make millions in large part use their own software. I used a simple piece of
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by alohahacker 13y ago
"No company have ever increased the revenue by changing an insignificant detail like a button color. None. Zero. Get over it." I remember Josh the founder of Omniture said how they first got hired by ebay back in the day. Changing
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Ask HN: Do you use Tableau Software? Opinions?
1 points by alohahacker 13y ago|2 comments
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by alohahacker 13y ago
As someone who lives in provo aka silicon slopes, this is great news! I don't think most people realize how tech-based this area is and this should only help the companies in the area!
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by alohahacker 14y ago
This once happened to me about 2 years ago. I got furious and called up godaddy wanting to talk to someone that could give me an answer. They said we don't buy domains but when a domain is looked up on our website sometimes it is publicly
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Get ready for another VRNG Pop(seekingalpha.com)
1 points by alohahacker 14y ago|0 comments
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by alohahacker 14y ago
do you have an email? it'd be fun to shoot some ideas with you ! :)
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by alohahacker 14y ago
yup i would get up too $40 EPC for some tweets but usually averaged in the $15-$30 range. when you create value, people will click and most likely buy. on twitter, you can see what exactly is on their mind so it becomes pretty transparent w
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by alohahacker 14y ago
I have this idea myself for many years and even had a friend build his funded startup around this concept for the past year or two. The biggest issue is with compliance with the companies. There is a reason the affiliate process is vetted a
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by alohahacker 14y ago
I don't see how this going to help small businesses. As a registered small business S Corp, if this passed it would be thousands more in taxes for me( about 10k).
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Obama trying to close S CORP tax loophole(news.yahoo.com)
7 points by alohahacker 14y ago|1 comments
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by alohahacker 14y ago
is there anyway to take that default google search bar off the homescreens or does it just stay on all the time?
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Ask HN: Who bought VRNG stock after reading the "Google going to 0" TC article?
3 points by alohahacker 14y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Did anyone actually get a ticket to Google I/O?
1 points by alohahacker 14y ago|0 comments
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by alohahacker 15y ago
i guess i spoke too soon. Numbers are still down mostly due to international user base about 50% of pre-play levels. Deems like the international crowd is just as much or even more confused about the market/play transition and as a result n
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by alohahacker 15y ago
It seems the my numbers are rebounding and slowly creeping back to normal. Especially since my app has a large user base outside of the US, I'd assume the sudden switch to PLAY was even more confusing for them.
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by alohahacker 15y ago
totally agree. If we the hackers/devs are getting confused, I can't imagine the confusion the common android phone user is having.

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