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Hey Jono, thank you for the suggestion. I have actually been watching freecycle for a while but have had no luck.

Ask HN: Does anyone have an old computer laying around unused in Brisbane, AU?

I'm currently unemployed, broke and using a 5-year-old laptop to work on my startup. The laptop has undergone multiple emergency surgeries and is basically on life support at this stage, going into cardiac arrest every hour or so.Does anyone happen to have an old laptop or desktop laying around unused? I'm really, really not fussy about what type of machine it is, or how many times it has...

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Re:Alternatives to PayPal for receiving money? on Sunday December 28, 2014 @08:41AM (#8806233)
Have you used xoom before? It looks like they're making a lot of money on the exchange rate.
Re:Notes on the Celebrity Data Theft on Tuesday September 02, 2014 @09:43PM (#8261140)
I've noticed this with my own websites. Fonts consistently look great in FF and IE but terrible in Chrome. What can be done to fix this?
Re:Urgent: Does anyone have a contact at Weebly (YC W07)? on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @08:05PM (#8200506)
Email sent! Thanks!
Re:Fiverr Raises $30M for Online Services Marketplace on Tuesday August 12, 2014 @09:32AM (#8167632)
I completely agree. I was just making the point that it isn't necessary to spend a lot of money on a logo when bootstrapping. I've had logos created by designers on Elance for around the same cost and been very pleased with the results.
Re:Fiverr Raises $30M for Online Services Marketplace on Tuesday August 12, 2014 @07:07AM (#8167306)
Nike's logo cost $35. Twitter's logo cost $15.

I honestly didn't expect anything good, despite the satisfaction guarantees and "examples of past work" on the seller's profile. I expected to receive something very mediocre, and I was STILL disappointed.

Re:Fiverr Raises $30M for Online Services Marketplace on Tuesday August 12, 2014 @06:23AM (#8167209)
My sole experience with Fiverr was terrible. I paid $35 to their highest-rated logo designer, who promptly delivered the worst logo I had ever seen. I'm not usually one to complain, but I was so unimpressed that I told the seller that I was not happy with the logo. His response was basically "I don't care. See ya!" I will never use Fiverr again. I've had much better luck with Elance.
Hey, thank you so much for commenting.

My father has a PhD and my mother's doctorate is in educational management. My mother's experience includes office manager, finance officer, operations / communication officer and site manager. My father has done... everything - lecturer, social worker, program coordinator, truck driver (in his younger years).

I do want to emphasise that they would be happy to do anything that is not labour-intensive (both are in their 50s), and would certainly not consider any work "beneath them."

They are currently based near Ipswich but would not be averse to a long commute.

Thanks again!

Ask HN: Any admin / office jobs near Brisbane, QLD? Desperate

Hi everyoneDue to unfortunate circumstances, my parents are unemployed and about to lose their home - they are both very well educated (both have doctorates) and hard-working, but getting jobs is often more about who you know than what you know, and my parents don't know many people at all. They are two of the loveliest people you could ever know, and I am desperate to help them. They would be...

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> choosing to watch other people playing computer games on YouTube rather than playing them myself because I get bored too easily

Could you please elaborate a little bit on this? I'm intrigued - I assumed that actively playing a game would be less boring than passively watching someone else play. I'm not a gamer though so I really have no idea.