owkaye

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by owkaye 14y ago
Doesn't matter. I would never use my main linkedin account to login, and I won't bother to create a(nother) linkedin account just to access your service. Nor would I ever want to date a 'working professional'. Sorry, not for me but best
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by owkaye 14y ago
I could easily "never work again" with $3M.
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Ask HN: Your favorite to-do list or task manager?
28 points by owkaye 14y ago|69 comments
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by owkaye 15y ago
I've had a gmail account for years yet I still have not received an invitation from google to join G+ ... so why should I care about its success or failure when I cannot even use it yet???
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by owkaye 15y ago
What truly annoys me is the proliferation of Javascript links. They prevent me from opening the page in a new tab, and I have learned that VERY OFTEN I prefer to open pages in new tabs. So the Javascript links take away my control and I H
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by owkaye 15y ago
So you're saying that by NOT giving people an easy notification system HN avoids dealing with some of the folks who might be more tempted to ruin it, right? That makes sense ... I guess. I'm not convinced that it's a good approach to avoid
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by owkaye 15y ago
I just received my first email notice from notifo and it's still not clear to me when I will (and will not) receive email notices at HN: Will I get them ONLY when someone replies to a specific post I've made? Will I get them when someone po
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by owkaye 15y ago
"Well, I didn't make it. :-)" I know, I wasn't complaining about anything you've done. I just think the lack of information on its availability is lame-brained, and the fact that no information is available on this site which explains how
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by owkaye 15y ago
Well, I didn't have any idea what that "notifo" term meant ... and in fact I still don't. So you're suggesting that the blank notifo field in my profile, with no explanation of how to use it or what it does, might actually send me an email
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Ask HN: What about email alerts on a per-thread basis?
1 points by owkaye 15y ago|7 comments
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by owkaye 15y ago
I think this thread has served its purpose. Workflowy appears to be the ideal tool for what I need. If someone has a better suggestion please email me, my email address is in my profile. Thanks.
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by owkaye 15y ago
I will start by looking at workflowy since you like its ability to focus on a single task when that's all you care about at that time. Thanks. (edit: I think workflowy may be the one I heard about here a while back, the name sounds somewh
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by owkaye 15y ago
I've tried pen and paper and it doesn't work well for me. I have no time or desire to rewrite my tasks every day. There are literally hundreds of them, each with tens or hundreds of sub-tasks needing to be finished before the main task is
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by owkaye 15y ago
it doesn't have to be online, but it must run on a computer. There, I hope this makes it clear that pen (or pencil) and paper is not an option ... :)
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by owkaye 15y ago
If you can post a URL and/or provide some reasons why you say this is a good one, that would be helpful. (edit: I found a program called "Getting Things GNOME!" that is probably similar to the one you referred to as "things". Thanks.)
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by owkaye 15y ago
Please do not post time-wasting comments like this. I asked a serious question and I would appreciate a thoughtful and useful answer.
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Ask HN: Best to-to list, outliner, task manager
1 points by owkaye 15y ago|12 comments
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by owkaye 16y ago
I've been a programmer for 15+ years and I'm very very good in the capabilities you say you're looking for. I am also very business-minded having run my own outsource programming service overseas for the better part of a decade until I move
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by owkaye 16y ago
One of my clients has so many web-based requests that he asked me to build a better system, and this system is basically what I came up with. A visitor wants to use one of our request forms so he enters his email address and clicks Submit.
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by owkaye 16y ago
Interviews are not illegal and they are typically a very important part of the hiring process, so I don't see this as a problem.
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by owkaye 16y ago
U.S. banks have gone through dramatic changes in recent years. Now nearly all of them require proof of U.S. residency. Local banks ask you to appear in person and online banks use other means to prove that you live in the USA. If you real
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by owkaye 16y ago
"she just happened to be completely ignorant about there being a way that she could avoid the obvious legal issues" I think she has known all along that she's been running her business illegally by stealing other people's work without permi
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by owkaye 16y ago
One thing I really hate is when a website like this uses javascript links unnecessarily. They prevent me from opening the linked pages in new tabs, so I have to switch back and forth needlessly. When there is no need for javascript links
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by owkaye 16y ago
I have NO ONE who prefers facebook to email. Then again I'm not a very social person online. I use the Internet primarily for research (self-education, it's like a huge free library on my desk) ... and for business, and business users cer
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by owkaye 16y ago
No answer so apparently the OP has lost interest or obtained the answer he/she was looking for.
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by owkaye 16y ago
"... lead me to believe that he might not really be qualified beyond just having a lot of money." I would LOVE it if I could find an investor like this! Apparently you're looking for a partner to help work in the business and not just an i
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by owkaye 16y ago
Are you trying to become a "merchant middleman" who buys items for resale to the customer, or are you instead attempting to provide the credit card charging service for the other merchant?
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by owkaye 16y ago
I tried it. The website said it was ringing before my phone rang, then it said connected before my phone rang. Then my phone rang and I picked up, but no voice was transmitted in either direction. Interesting concept but it doesn't work
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by owkaye 16y ago
If you need someone to fix it for you I can certainly use the work. Sometimes it irritates me to see so many people apparently complaining about the shortage of competent / qualified programmers these days. I'm more than 50 years old with
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by owkaye 16y ago
Posts like these are just a waste of time. If you're not willing to provide the details so we actually know what company / product / service you're talking about how can we offer any credible advice? Sure, it's easy to say "focus on the bu

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