smartwater

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by smartwater 12y ago
Humans don't parse things byte by byte, his argument is perfectly valid. Yuo cna stlil raed tihs cnat yuo?
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by smartwater 12y ago
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=549669
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by smartwater 13y ago
I wouldn't assume that an expert in their field, someone with the expertise to potentially achieve global recognition, would care about a half-assed company not handling their security properly. More responsibility? They probably want
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by smartwater 13y ago
Make offers they can't refuse. It's the only way you're going to attract top quality talent in this market.
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by smartwater 13y ago
> They increased the price of this domains from $28 to $140 without sending any notice. The domain was configured for auto-renewing, and I just got charged for $140. That is most definitely a violation of their merchant agreement. Probab
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by smartwater 13y ago
Sweden is good for copyright, but they could extradite you to the US for just about anything else, especially any form of financial crime. And if you're a US citizen, the TLD of your domain name doesn't matter at all. You would ha
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by smartwater 13y ago
You can't use 100% of something and claim fair-use, that's not how it works.
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by smartwater 13y ago
Who's to say you will need it?
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by smartwater 13y ago
What have you tried so far? What were the results? Weighing any options currently?
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What popular entrepreneurial advice do you disagree with?(reddit.com)
3 points by smartwater 13y ago|0 comments
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by smartwater 13y ago
Ideas are a dime a dozen. It's the execution that matters. Show investors traction, growth, or profit — if you can't reach any of those milestones, rinse and repeat until you do — now you're ready to talk to investors, but wa
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by smartwater 13y ago
> but sometimes having an office can make you look more legit. That's just your ego. Validation, growth and profit are what makes a business really seem legit.
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by smartwater 13y ago
Think about what kind of business would benefit the most from your skillset and experience. Contact them and explain how you could improve one of their projects, services, or products. If you can write well and you know truly know your stuf
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Zamfoo Critical Security Vulnerabilities - They Don't Seem To Care(webhostingtalk.com)
1 points by smartwater 13y ago|0 comments
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by smartwater 13y ago
> But I assume that if that is important to someone, I don't see a reason for that person not to be candid about it. Being candid about something usually isn't the best way to accomplish your goal. If your goal is to make a sal
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by smartwater 13y ago
It's like meeting someone at the bar. A lot of people wouldn't ask them back to their place right away. But that doesn't necessarily mean being upfront and to the point wouldn't work, it certainly does, all the time. Som
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by smartwater 13y ago
You threw away a memory foam mattress because of that? Did you consider using sheets or a mattress protector? Did you know that sweat and oils from your skin will do that on any mattress, regardless of the foam or lack of? Do you normally m
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by smartwater 13y ago
Learning to present your opinion properly is an important skill. It's tough to know what will work or not, even for the most experienced people in Silicon Valley. One time, I thought an idea was garbage and the market oversaturated, th
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by smartwater 13y ago
Practice with CodeIgniter or Laravel. It won't take long to learn. Once you learn MVC, it's all you will ever use. It helps keep things organized, portable, and efficient.
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by smartwater 13y ago
Don't describe it as if everyone should already know what you're talking about. You're not going to sell anything to anyone that way. And you definitely won't sell a service based on "known templates" and doing
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by smartwater 13y ago
Generic value propositions don't give the buyer confidence, it doesn't jump start their imagination, it doesn't do anything for you or them. You're not being specific enough to even peak my interest. Depending on who you
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by smartwater 13y ago
You have to ask the right questions to get the right answers. You shouldn't be asking us, "Would you pay for this?", you should be asking yourself, "Can I convince people to buy this?" Whether you make any sales is
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by smartwater 13y ago
An IP address is light-years from a real-life identity. Without a warrant, there's not a chance of figuring out even the account holders name-- which could be different from the person who actually performed the transaction. It could b
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by smartwater 13y ago
It's just some dude tweaking out on meth in that thread. Interesting to see the difference between traditional amphetamines and meth. The motivation seems to be there, but incoherent and full of conspiracy theories too.
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by smartwater 13y ago
Frameworks and open source handle the heavy lifting. Some coders aren't interested in learning how a framework/function/class works, they just know the end result.
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by smartwater 13y ago
Never say never. Build it and they will come worked for me, although only once out of about 20 attempts. It happened to be exactly what a lot of people needed and every day it grew faster than I could keep up with it. The average user would
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by smartwater 13y ago
The screenshot on your homepage is blank. It should be filled in to allow users to imagine their own resume in its place. Showing users the placement of unknown elements certainly won't get them to sign up. You show it off under templa
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by smartwater 13y ago
If it wasn't for the quality control, I wouldn't be here. I wish HN would be more strict, it would drive the quality up even further. I want users to think long and hard about what they are writing and submitting. HN is a right, n
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by smartwater 13y ago
You don't have a sales or signup funnel of any kind. Don't just drop users into the heart of your app. What if they don't know what Sudoku is or how to play it? They will just leave. When you signup for World of Warcraft or L
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by smartwater 13y ago
Install the plugin "Live HTTP Headers" to see what is being sent and received.

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