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Ask HN: How do you protect a PDF from being modified?
2 points by xstartup 8y ago|0 comments
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by xstartup 8y ago
> I know lots of smart people who worked for at least 10 years in very intense startup environments and got essentially nothing out of it. Often, they have to fallback on a life of contract work for huge boring corporations. Yes, it&#x27
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by xstartup 8y ago
>> Can anyone explain to me where does this obsession with VC funding and huge growth come from? I feel like if you grow your company by more then 50% YOY you will end up with a totally different company culture, and you might end up
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by xstartup 8y ago
I was working on an app which serves roughly 400*10^6 API requests/day. One cool property of our app is that it's rarely updated and mostly read. And the goal is to achieve the lowest possible latency at the edge. It scales beauti
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by xstartup 8y ago
Grade inflation refers to the phenomena of getting an "A" despite having what used to be a "B" or "C" level of knowledge. If an institution gives grade A based on some objective criteria and students getting
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by xstartup 8y ago
I and my wife discuss programming matters in front of our kids. And my kids listen to the discussions and want to be part of it. Then I start teaching the basics, they are a bit more willing to hear. Here the incentive for them is to be par
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by xstartup 8y ago
Alright, this is a personal observation of mine: 1. I go to a store where workers are paid bare minimum, they give me odd looks and make me feel as if I stole their bread or smth. 2. I go to premium stores, where I pay more but they treat m
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by xstartup 8y ago
I and my wife discuss programming matters in front of our kids. And my kids listen to the discussions and want to be part of it. Then I start teaching the basics, they are a bit more willing to hear. Here the incentive for them is to be par
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by xstartup 8y ago
Our python projects have <50 files. Each file with <100LOC. There are hardly any comments on the projects. So, far we've not faced any issue.
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by xstartup 8y ago
It's easier to pay first engineers a higher amount after you get funded. When the money dries up, it gets harder to offer even the same amount to an equally capable or a better developer. Is it an established company?
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by xstartup 8y ago
You both can be right at the same time. CNP transactions (which stripe does) cost bit higher than CP transactions which require POS machine at mom/pop shops.
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by xstartup 8y ago
Here he might find people with all those things except for the motivation to become one.
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by xstartup 8y ago
Wealth, relatively small population and homogeneity (cultural/religious/economic) does make a lot of difference, See: Qatar. US might be wealthier (I've not vetted this statement) but it still doesn't have many of the ab
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by xstartup 8y ago
Even if you apply Norway's policies to any other country, it will not magically become as prosperous as Norway. It's a resource-rich nation, highly homogenous and part of EEA. Norway is able to ship low-value hazardous work to poo
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by xstartup 8y ago
Rich people don’t have to decide a damn thing to end up on top, just do what you’re told, work hard, and go with the flow; have your quarter-life identity crisis after you get your MBA and take that VP job at GS It's so true as a ric
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by xstartup 8y ago
In the US, one serious medical crisis can simultaneously make you exhausted and unable to think straight while plunging you into poverty that is nigh impossible to escape. In Europe, we've don't have healthcare issues - it'
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by xstartup 8y ago
If you're not going to choose your life partner and you are being forced, what kind of life it is. Then why are there efforts to force economic equality through taxation which also affects a human being accustomed to certain ways in
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by xstartup 8y ago
If it's true then... Obviously, if a person's brain is affected by poverty, the market isn't going to offer them the equal opportunity when that opportunity can go to the person (rich) whose brain is not limited by poverty. U
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Ask HN: Which pdf form filler do you use?
3 points by xstartup 8y ago|4 comments
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P2P encrypted chat with Whatsapp like seamless web experience
1 points by xstartup 8y ago|2 comments
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by xstartup 8y ago
Retire before burnout. After meeting many successful tech startup founders I realized, they retired before having their first serious burnout.
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by xstartup 8y ago
It's very true. Many developers in the west having higher disposable income than their not so lucky counterparts who might be able to rival them in absolute skill. But those developers want to spend more time with the family. Remote
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by xstartup 8y ago
There are many areas where you can create opensource projects, for example, SaaS subscription management platform with plenty of payment, tax, fraud detection plugins. Last time I heard there are so many SaaS indie developers forced to add
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Google ran out of instances on App engine?
2 points by xstartup 8y ago|1 comments
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by xstartup 8y ago
Half of being a manager is managing other's behaviors to produce a great product. No! you are doing it wrong. Research shows that it's hard to change others behavior. The other half is managing your own behaviors -- i.e. being
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Where do you go for servers for personal projects?
4 points by xstartup 8y ago|4 comments
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by xstartup 8y ago
We use conversion pixel. Isn't Google and FB going to auto-optimize our ads based on machine learning and data sources which also include weather
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by xstartup 8y ago
This is why after incorporation, you should transfer the rights to all code, trademark and other Intellectual Property to the company to prevent the situations like this. These conflicts should be resolved by the board.
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by xstartup 8y ago
SilverPush Use ultrasonic inaudible sounds for tracking you Your TV ads could play these beacons to which your phone is actively listening. Or websites and physical places could play them. See: https://techcrunch.com/2014&#x
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by xstartup 8y ago
Most of my work seems to be boring CRUD work Ditto! I operate a consultancy which does this for every company, most of which are non-profits. We do CRUD apps on nearly zero profit margin. High tech fun stuff We've another ad tech c

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