Davey

Re:Leaky adds Esurance to auto insurance comparisons on Tuesday May 22, 2012 @02:30PM (#4009140)

I would guess they are really +/- 50% for Progressive because credit really does play a large part. I can't imagine they won't get sued again by these companies for falsely posting their rates as higher, so that they can sell more policies with the companies that actually pay them.

Re:Ask HN- What can I do to get rid of a serial spammer from my website? on Thursday July 14, 2011 @02:19PM (#2764276)

Yes, we did try that, he always seems to log out and check for his posts and if they are not appearing in public, he just rejoins again.

Ask HN- What can I do to get rid of a serial spammer from my website?

Posted by Davey on Thursday July 14, 2011 @01:56PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I own a discussion forum and there is someone who repeatedly joins the forum to spam us with his drivel (articles he has written that paint him as an expert in something particular). We try banning email addresses and he gets new ones. We tried banning IP addresses and he gets new ones.<p>He is certainly in violation of the forum rules that do not allow for multiple attempts to join. Is...

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Re:Poll: Do you work for "the Man"? on Friday April 01, 2011 @10:37AM (#2396383)

I read hacker news because I want to get away from the man, if I already worked for myself, I wouldn't benefit nearly as much.

Re:A gem of a legal opinion spanking a lawyer for a frivolous copyrigh... on Thursday March 31, 2011 @10:56AM (#2391817)

I like the snide remarks from Public Citizen when they are pursuing CDA stuff. http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2011/02/javelin-marketing-...

I love how he says in his letter "even assuming that your letter is sufficiently original to be copyrightable, and that you register the copyright, the posting of your letter will be fair use and hence not actionable"

Re:HelloFax (YC W11) kills the fax machine, but it's really about e-si... on Wednesday March 30, 2011 @04:04PM (#2388953)

Free faxing isn't revolutionary, you can send one with www.freefax.com or with www.faxzero.com and they have been around for years.

Can I get some advice

Posted by Davey on Sunday August 16, 2009 @09:52PM
from the self-post dept.

I have a fairly successful website that generates about $3k per month in profit, with solid growth in the recent past and easy continued growth in the near future. The only reason why that 3k is not 30k, or 75k per month is because of my laziness.I have a list of 50+ things that need to be done with the site, changes, additions, writing etc... and I just can't seem to focus on getting them...

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