elephant0xffff

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Ask HN: Does really every software engineer in the US earn ~100000?
45 points by elephant0xffff 8y ago|46 comments
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by elephant0xffff 8y ago
Oh, sry, I see. I guess that it's just a Stripe marketing channel and the number of sign-ups supports some metric.
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by elephant0xffff 8y ago
> That's a fair point I hear quite a lot. Not sure what the reasoning is there (assuming it is the case). That it's incredible inconvenient? I don't want to do discussion there, but just read what other people tried and di
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by elephant0xffff 8y ago
Slightly off-topic, but what happened to indiehackers? I liked the page more before the redesign/stripe-takeover. The page was more clearly arranged and you could browse it without being logged in or having an account. There is also th
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by elephant0xffff 8y ago
> Some sort of service that signs and proves the authenticity of videos. I don't think that is even possible. You might want to succeed with amateur efforts, but I would guess there will be a point where it is impossible to tell if
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by elephant0xffff 8y ago
> If people named Jane are more likely to eat ice cream, you can't target ice cream ads at them and help keep your site free, without asking them. Apart from the fact that people named Jane aren't more likely to eat ice cream,
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by elephant0xffff 8y ago
Why?
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by elephant0xffff 8y ago
> [...] Now if you run a website in the EU, any user who signs up to it has control over the contents of your servers and you have to ask in extremely specific detail to do anything with some of that content, and that "consent"
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by elephant0xffff 8y ago
I don't really get it. So what's the burden for the developer here - he argues that the IP is PII (personally identifiable information), which is true, but I don't think it means you can't log IPs in general anymore? So
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Ask HN: How is DDoS protection implemented?
260 points by elephant0xffff 8y ago|54 comments
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by elephant0xffff 8y ago
> 5. Don't be afraid to learn. Try not to specialise too much. Generalists/full stack devs are very sought after. You'll start a contract as a web developer and soon you'll be doing DB optimisation and securing their
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by elephant0xffff 8y ago
> Mind sharing a link to your blog (if it's still active)? Thanks :) It seems to be there: https://www.brentozar.com/blog/ Bam. Inbound marketing seems to go well, a HNer just linked to the blog by inspecting t
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by elephant0xffff 8y ago
What differentiates you from freelancer.com and upwork.com? The Problem at freelancer.com (currently testing that) is that it is hard to differentiate yourself as a good contractor it seems more like quantity then quality. However isn'
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by elephant0xffff 8y ago
After evaluating both platforms in more detail I will probably start with freelancer.com as it is possible to have an arbitrary name (e.g. "elephantdesign") instead of real name only. This makes it simpler to tailor your profile t
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by elephant0xffff 8y ago
Has it been complex to sell your skills because of your previous employee? Did you just cold e-mail your previous contacts that you got while working or did they approach you?
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by elephant0xffff 8y ago
Hey Doreen, thanks for your input. By "service" you mean some of the popular middlemen mentioned in this thread? All the best for your endeavor!
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by elephant0xffff 8y ago
Thanks, this is uplifting information, and sounds like a good plan - start with low-paying jobs and be exceptional and then raise your rates and get first-hand clients. How professional do they handle freelancer's and client's pri
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by elephant0xffff 8y ago
> The typical situation is that employers need techies LOCALLY and can’t find them in the sort of numbers they’d ideally want which drives rates up: +1 techie. There are local jobs here, but they are mostly pretty standard and boring (sm
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Ask HN: Has anyone bootstrapped a business using services like Upworks?
9 points by elephant0xffff 8y ago|15 comments