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What are the downsides to having a greencard?
Re:Instant database clones with PostgreSQL 18 on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @07:09AM (#46364654)
Looks like it would probably be quite useful when setting up git worktrees, to get multiple claude code instances spun up a bit more easily.
They're effectively giving you a pay-cut.

Ask HN: Got space to sublease in Palo Alto or MV?

Are there any startups out there in Palo Alto or Mountain View that have spare work space they'd like to sublease?I'm looking for some, and the 'AirBnB for office space' startups don't have local inventory. How would you find space?

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Re:Vertical vs. grid product listings - a surprising AB test on Thursday November 10, 2011 @09:41PM (#3223116)
It's a bit hard to assess the significance of this. Sample size isn't even given. 40 people went through this test, or 4 million?
Re:Why We Moved Off The Cloud on Thursday October 27, 2011 @07:31PM (#3166110)
So they may or may not have abandoned the cloud?
Re:The Five Levels of ISP Evil on Monday October 10, 2011 @03:07AM (#3092569)
Just to help connect the dots on this - Sonic is the ISP that received a court order for Jacob Appelbaum's email. https://uloadr.com/u/rA44.png

The author of the "Five Levels" article is the CEO of Sonic.

Is the fact that Apple earns revenue from the 3rd-party developers' sales material to the case for either party?
Re:Beware of Asshole VCs on Wednesday July 27, 2011 @11:57PM (#2815325)
A well known Palo Alto law firm I talked to last year made this point abundantly clear in early discussions re engaging them. They wouldn't represent the founders, they would represent the company. Even in those early talks they mentioned there would sometimes be conflicts of interest where it would be best the founders seek their own legal advice.
Re:Beware of Asshole VCs on Wednesday July 27, 2011 @11:14PM (#2815221)
I'm just as interested to know who the lawyers were.
Re:BankSimple: We have cards on Friday May 20, 2011 @03:31PM (#2569104)
Twitter's staff pic on their recruitment page shows a lot of people who have left too.

Ask HN: Best unintended use of your webservice?

I build a website called favstar.fm. Its purpose is to provide feedback on tweets - and easily show who is favoriting and retweeting your tweets.This morning I woke up to discover a Japanese user has been using it as a canvas. Visit this tweet and click on the 'others' link next to retweets and you'll see a cool picture that they've put together by carefully setting up avatars for over 60...

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Re:Ask PG: Have your feelings changed about RFS3? on Saturday March 19, 2011 @01:28AM (#2343039)
Twitter is no longer a protocol.
Re:Offer HN: Twitter API Help on Wednesday October 27, 2010 @08:30PM (#1841117)
Why did you get denied? If you don't know, ask @episod/Taylor to tell you.
Re:Tweet is cheap on Monday October 25, 2010 @09:50AM (#1829754)
Yes, I'm not claiming this was any great revolutionary activism - but it was action beyond "Western self-congratulation" as John writes about in the linked post.

People took out their wallets, and paid. See if you can find the 28 people who matched. It's not easy - they're not getting any PR. This was someone who on a whim decided to attempt to raise money for a charity through the Twitter medium, and he gained a lot of support. The trigger was favs, not RTs - I'd argue it's not a PR stunt.

I do share your cynicism about the Iran situation, but I think Twitter can be used as an effective tool around smaller issues as demonstrated.

What if in the future there are 2 billion twitter users instead of 170 million? Do you think there will generally be higher awareness of global issues? Before you can act on something you need to be aware of it right?

Re:Tweet is cheap on Monday October 25, 2010 @08:12AM (#1829438)
On the flip side, this tweet and the action from it raised almost $15,000 for breast cancer in less than 24 hours: http://favstar.fm/users/Mike_FTW/status/27827936119

28 people matched the 10c donation, and there was $8,000 of adhoc donations inspired by the action. See: http://favstar.fm/users/Mike_FTW/status/27901780152

Re:Ask HN: Will you or anyone use this service? on Thursday October 21, 2010 @10:08AM (#1815400)
I'm on the fence. If I hadn't of gone through the process of learning how to set up servers myself, I definitely would have used your services. Now I know how to do it, though perhaps not efficiently, and perhaps not in the most secure, optimized way, you'd have to do a good sales job to get me interested. I'd at least take a look at your website's home page though. :-)
Re:Ask HN: Why is there no 'like' button on Twitter? on Friday October 15, 2010 @01:00PM (#1795284)
The fav feature is the like button. You can see your most popular tweets at http://favstar.fm/users/<yourtwittername>;

From there click on the recent button to see what tweets of yours were recently faved, or the given button to see what you have faved.

I've recently started integrating RT tracking too, as tech tweeters do tend to use RT more than likes.

If you log into http://favstar.fm once, it will start collecting favs and RTs you give and receive almost instantly. Otherwise it collects them more slowly using twitter's REST api.

Re:Are softlayer servers down? on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @04:04AM (#1782674)
Mine in Seattle are okay.
Re:Googlebot on a tcp/ip level on Saturday October 09, 2010 @08:09AM (#1774880)
It would be useful if Google hooked some info like this into the error message somehow. Can anyone pass it on to the right people at Google?

Ask HN: Your lawyer investing in your series A round?

While educating myself I've seen that startup lawyers sometimes invest in angel or series A rounds. I was wondering what people thought of this. To me it seems a little disadvantageous as it means your lawyer's interests are now aligned with the other investors, instead of remaining independent. As a founder, would you be second guessing advice given to you by your lawyer after the event, or...

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Re:Flipboard: A social magazine for your iPad on Wednesday July 21, 2010 @05:14AM (#1534724)
Odd thing to say. Birdhouse app is Adam's app btw. He made it with Cameron Hunt.
Re:Is Twitter censoring #flotilla? on Monday May 31, 2010 @06:04AM (#1392234)
I just flagged this story. Does that mean an op will review it?

I think it's wrong to state that Twitter is censoring, and is harmful. It should have been posted as a question instead.

[edit: The poster's reviewed it.]

Re:Is Twitter censoring #flotilla? on Monday May 31, 2010 @05:47AM (#1392214)
Ahh - wait - I see if you search from the main site, it fails for me now too. http://search.twitter.com works though. Weird. I expect it's due to a some bug/performance failure rather than an intentional censorship. Otherwise search.twitter.com would be censored too.
Re:Is Twitter censoring #flotilla? on Monday May 31, 2010 @05:39AM (#1392200)
I see people here agreeing, but when I visit http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23flotilla it appears fine?

Here's what I see: http://twitpic.com/1spne4

Re:Is Twitter censoring #flotilla? on Monday May 31, 2010 @05:04AM (#1392131)
I don't think they would do this. Care to explain?

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