andrewhillman

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by andrewhillman 2y ago
I was reading an old history of law book last year and the reason was that lawyers got paid by the word back in the day. Then they were paid by the sentence, paragraph and page.
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by andrewhillman 2y ago
I was reading old law school book last year and it literally said it’s written the way it is because lawyers were being paid by the word way back when.
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Ask HN: Home schooled boys got elective approval to work on crypto
3 points by andrewhillman 5y ago|4 comments
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Ask HN: When will the ‘we use cookies’ popover end? It’s insane
6 points by andrewhillman 6y ago|3 comments
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by andrewhillman 8y ago
I have the same fear of the moments preceding. My anxiety goes through the roof when I think about the environment I am in at 35,000 feet. I keep my mind occupied by mentally removing myself from the environment. I fire up my laptop with he
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by andrewhillman 8y ago
Depends but NO. After running 2 successful companies I was thinking about going back to school and I asked myself the same question but more importantly the staff as me why I would want to go back to school with my real life experienced. T
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by andrewhillman 9y ago
Economics of scale in this instance are not applicable. But they do lower the providers cost. They never pass along the savings. Media companies like this do not decrease prices as output increases. If this were true cable boxes would be fr
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by andrewhillman 9y ago
Everyone is quick to bring up President Trump. If you don’t think about the media landscape (big scary picture) and are quick to say this is lawsuit is a political move you are naive and uninformed. If this isn’t blocked overtime you will s
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Ethereum Wallet Co Knew About Critical Flaw That Let a User Lock Up Millions(motherboard.vice.com)
5 points by andrewhillman 9y ago|4 comments
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by andrewhillman 9y ago
"These days they have streamlined online applications for writing to them, but I suggest that you only send them paper letters. This is a really weird thing for a technologist to suggest, but when you send paper letters, you can establ
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by andrewhillman 9y ago
FB buys a shitload of data to 'connect the world' but they don't have to disclose sources unless related to serving ads. They obviously use data sources to make both personal connections and targeted advertising work. While
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by andrewhillman 9y ago
I was scratching my head because I didn't recall reading this. After dinner, I grabbed a glass of wine and I went back and read beyond the first 5 paragraphs plus the embedded tweets.You gotta do what you good do but don't get cau
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by andrewhillman 9y ago
I believe NYT has a bookstore list for reporting orders. This is how the best selling books make it on this list. The buyer (someone tied to the book) probably knew the store was on the NYT list and made a massive order. The NYT will need
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by andrewhillman 9y ago
Allowance for doing nothing works pretty well. When you go to stores make sure they bring their money. They ask for less if they are holding their money. When you tell them they can buy anything they want with their money. Suddenly the crap
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by andrewhillman 9y ago
Coming from a background in real estate as an active broker who has worked with Redfin agents, I'd like to point out a few things. Redfin's biggest asset is their website. It's a good user experience and grabs them a lot of
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by andrewhillman 10y ago
I agree. I love how he thinks NHTSA should take a test drive. This is delusional thinking. It's going to be nearly impossible for an SV startup to create aftermarket parts for automobiles because the US dept of transportation is not i
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Why html thinks 'chucknorris' is a color(stackoverflow.com)
11 points by andrewhillman 10y ago|2 comments
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Yahoo Ordered to Reveal How Deleted Drug Case Emails Were Recovered(deepdotweb.com)
5 points by andrewhillman 10y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: What will it take to ensure the '16 Presidential polls are secure?
1 points by andrewhillman 10y ago|1 comments
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by andrewhillman 11y ago
"Life is short, have an affair." Apparently, those affairs made life a lot shorter. The irony of a tag line.
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Ask HN: Why am I getting offers to buy my iblockchain.com domain last few days?
3 points by andrewhillman 11y ago|1 comments
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by andrewhillman 11y ago
I believe they will fade away or evolved into more of a VR device (gaming). I have glasses but they are not something I enjoy wearing. I buy glasses that are aesthetically pleasing and I cannot imagine a tech company being able to design s
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Amazon's 17th top reviewer is clearly not buying the items being reviewed(amazon.com)
6 points by andrewhillman 11y ago|8 comments
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by andrewhillman 11y ago
I may have a few things to learn about how networking works. However, I was just stating the facts. A technician came out to re-configure to see if the issues of speed could be resolved. They did, and technician said... speed test is hittin
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by andrewhillman 11y ago
I have a NETGEAR Nighthawk X6 AC3200 Tri-Band Router.
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by andrewhillman 11y ago
I just had comcast to my home last week. I pay for 120 mbps but when connected via cat 5 it only reached 90 max mbps which would fine considering when using a wifi router it only reaches around 30 mbps. I have moved around the wifi router b
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Did Yahoo kill off smushit.com lossless compression tool?(smushit.eperf.vip.ac4.yahoo.com)
2 points by andrewhillman 12y ago|0 comments
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by andrewhillman 12y ago
You should not rely on HN for this. Seriously, seek legal advice.
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by andrewhillman 12y ago
Well, considering we change the clocks to "spring forward" 2 a.m on March 8, all signs point to some kind of watch being released. The Swiss must be shaking in their boots while frantically clicking through the Android SDK. ;)
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by andrewhillman 12y ago
Are there ways to get the future beneficiaries of a new b2b product to fund its development, and that don't involve spending 6 month to raise funding? Sort of... I've been spending my free time learning the ins and outs of retail&

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