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I was disappointed when I found this isn't a service that delivers Publix Subs.
Re:Confessions of a recovering Perl Hacker on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @11:11AM (#17559144)
Waited years for my username to be relevant here :)
This is part of the plot by Armada by Ernest Client (which was also heavily influenced by Ender's Game)
Re:Today I sold my $278,987 worth of Apple Stock on Thursday September 08, 2016 @01:13AM (#12450439)
I have to agree. Today may be the day Apple jumped the shark. The use case for a headphone jack is just so broad. And the wireless headset just seems so...useless.

Spent the last hour looking at android phones. There are so many it is overwhelming

Re:Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days? on Thursday April 09, 2015 @01:44PM (#9349455)
Add "Deamon" by Daniel Suarez to your list.
Re:Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days? on Thursday April 09, 2015 @01:43PM (#9349443)
I'm reading "The Beam: Season 1" by Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant
Re:Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days? on Thursday April 09, 2015 @01:43PM (#9349433)
Best book i've read in a decade
The cost for an employer gets cheaper as an employee makes more money, not more expensive. There are no increasing marginal rates for employer payroll taxes- just the employee state/federal income taxes.
Re:Bitwage on Thursday July 24, 2014 @11:49AM (#8080197)
It isn't legal in most US states. Almost all states have laws that dictate employees working within that state have to be paid in US currency
Re:Bitwage on Thursday July 24, 2014 @11:48AM (#8080187)
> The real benefit is time of transfer. ACH is infuriatingly slow. If you'd like a payroll run to arrive in employee accounts on a Friday, it must be initiated almost a week prior.

Ya, this isn't true. the ACH spec does say 3 business days, but 2 of those days are for redundancy. In all normal cases a transaction submitted today can and will post tomorrow. Your bank may not allow this for individual transactions, but it isn't because ACH can't accommodate it.

Source: I run a payroll company doing $1B annually in ACH transactions.

Re:Rules for Work: The Zaarly Employee Handbook on Thursday November 15, 2012 @05:58PM (#4791299)
Ours works great- we actually require a minimum of 2 weeks a year. I'll end this year having taken about 4- one long one and a bunch of smaller ones
Re:Introducing the new compose in Gmail on Tuesday October 30, 2012 @06:58PM (#4720167)
This is usually caused by having a lot of devices polling your G-mail account. Go to this link: https://www.google.com/accounts/IssuedAuthSubTokens

and remove any that are old/you aren't using. You'll see a speed up.

Re:"therefore, starting now, waffles are now $450.00 each" on Tuesday July 24, 2012 @04:17AM (#4284796)
So the owner didn't understand cashflow?
Re:How To Build A Startup From A Beach on Thursday May 10, 2012 @10:48PM (#3957308)
You in Honolulu? If so, in the local tech scene? I'm a tech exec of a mid-sized company in Honolulu- always like to meet other local like minded folks
Re:How To Build A Startup From A Beach on Thursday May 10, 2012 @07:03PM (#3956622)
As I resident of O'ahu, I'm psyched to see this. We don't have enough startup activity here.
Like any other tool "the cloud", as you say, can be the right fit for the right job.
Re:Poll: How much did you earn from your stock options during exit? on Wednesday December 07, 2011 @05:20PM (#3326392)
Same here
Re:Full Screen Google Task on Thursday July 07, 2011 @09:47PM (#2741013)
hmm..i think because my personal account is my default (0 index) account it is accessing that one.
Re:Full Screen Google Task on Thursday July 07, 2011 @09:05PM (#2740911)
Nice. How can you access it for your google apps account though?
Law of small numbers- way to exploit that for a headline
You are required to report every dollar earned. Tax will be typical self employment taxes- your income tax rate + (approx 15% * the first 106K you make)
Re:Daylight Saving Time Increases Suicide Rate on Monday March 29, 2010 @07:41AM (#1226301)
Correlation != Causation