Show HN: My 4-hour project, already profitable

Re:Show HN: My 4-hour project, already profitable by unshift on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @09:12PM (#2173229)

i wouldn't call it exploitive, rather i would say it's very savvy. even if it's a one-time shot, it's real money and you're not doing anything shady to earn it. that's how people build wealth -- seizing opportunity. congrats on the success.

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Re:Show HN: My 4-hour project, already profitable by patio11 on Thursday February 03, 2011 @03:34AM (#2174128)

Total agreement. There is no rule, law, or moral stricture against earning money efficiently. (Some people seem to accept that a lawyer can bill $4,000 in a day of work but an engineer who does the same thing must be cheating somehow. I've never understood this.)

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Re:Show HN: My 4-hour project, already profitable by noonespecial on Thursday February 03, 2011 @05:22AM (#2174285)

A great many people also think that what the lawyer does is exploitative. It has just become an accepted social fiction that law is an exploitative profession and its to be expected of them.

"Well sure lawyers do it, but engineers?! Come on, they're supposed to be the good guys!"

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Re:Show HN: My 4-hour project, already profitable by guynamedloren on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @10:42PM (#2173489)

Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad the Hacker News community is so understanding and supportive, even with silly little projects like this!

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Re:Show HN: My 4-hour project, already profitable by warrenwilkinson on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @11:28PM (#2173590)

Its a very nice site. Nicely designed and you know exactly what you're getting and what it's about when you look at it.

I wish my site was so intuitive =(.

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