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Re:What to make of chatroulette? on Wednesday February 10, 2010 @11:53AM (#1115301)
Hitler makes a comeback...
Re:Unemployment tax or $20000 reasons not to hire someone on Thursday February 04, 2010 @10:15PM (#1102568)
This post makes no sense. From Illinios State site http://www.ides.state.il.us/employer/uitax.asp Rates for 2010 are max 7.250% min 0.650% base $12,520 (you don't pay into unemployment insurance for wages over $12520/yr)

The rate you pay is based on past claims not to exceed 7.250%. How does he get $20000?

Re:Text of Steve Jobs' Commencement address (2005) on Saturday January 02, 2010 @12:24PM (#1027385)
Doesn't "Hacker News" imply links that are only new? How about an "old" flag that buries the submission and bans the user from adding new submissions for a few days?
There's nothing wrong with getting a referral fee for signing up people. It's when most of your income comes from signing up new people instead of the product you're supposed to be selling that it becomes fishy.

I don't get whitedotbox. Why would someone give up 50% of potential revenue when they can use adsense for search and keep 100% of the payout.

"MI Referral Scheme", multilevel marketing scheme, recently bankrupt founder and a blog hosted on wordpress.com. What else do you want to know? http://millionimpossible.com/coming-soon.asp?page=Success%20... Who wants to be a 399pound guinea pig?
Re:Ask HN: Has anyone used machine learning to trade? on Sunday November 22, 2009 @10:39AM (#955804)
You'll need at least 25k in order to be a day trader in stocks. You can get around that by trading futures. http://www.finra.org/Investors/SmartInvesting/AdvancedInvest...
Re:Ask HN: Monthly vs Annual - Subscriptions. on Friday September 25, 2009 @10:40PM (#844899)
I know people who have used paypal for annual subscriptions with no problem. However, monthly is the most popular option followed by a three month for a small discount.
Re:Ask HN: Am I crazy? on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @07:57PM (#801419)
Come to NYC and I'll buy you beers while you interview me about my startup.
I'm definitely going to apply in the open version especially as I'm looking for a partner/first employee.
Re:The Iraqi who saved Norway from oil on Sunday August 30, 2009 @09:54AM (#794482)
I love people who fearlessly operate like this:

"After the Ekofisk find, he had to train new recruits. “I, of course, accepted that I am teaching people so that they can make my existence unnecessary … What choice did I have? I had only one hope, and that is that through my contribution, I would become indispensable, which I did.”"

Re:Prosper is Back on Monday August 24, 2009 @07:56PM (#783722)
I took out a small loan with prosper 3 years ago and it's definitely a quick and easy way to get cash if you have good credit.
Re:Feedback on my new site Chipped.In on Saturday August 08, 2009 @11:04AM (#749364)
I already have friends using some of the apps mentioned http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/15-cool-tools-for-easy-expense-.... Why should we switch to yours?
Re:How Much Will the Post Office Put Up With? on Friday August 07, 2009 @03:18PM (#748360)
There's always http://mailabrick.com
You might also find that some keywords convert extremely well and those cpc will go up through the roof while others won't be clicked on anymore.
Re:$12.50 to quote 5 words of an AP story on Sunday August 02, 2009 @04:31PM (#738031)
I'm thinking this is a good time to start an AP for blogs where bloggers can write articles to be syndicated among other blog.
Re:Ask HN: Can you Monetize Celebrity Gossip Sites? on Sunday August 02, 2009 @12:03PM (#737588)
Start by changing the anti aging ads on your blog to something your target readership would be interested in.
Re:My Adwords Are Turned Off on Sunday August 02, 2009 @11:38AM (#737549)
He didn't say his account was suspended, right? It's just that he screwed up how the conversions work and therefore google stopped showing ads because they weren't converting. Sounds like adwords is working perfectly.

Am I the only who checks my adwords account almost daily when I have a campaign running? A month seems like a long time to wait, plus you'd expect to see regular charges in your bank/credit account.

Re:Rate my startup (TwitterLift.com) on Sunday August 02, 2009 @02:16AM (#737130)
mass follow your followers' followers = follow spam?
From copyright.gov FAQs

"Do I have to register with your office to be protected? No. In general, registration is voluntary. Copyright exists from the moment the work is created. You will have to register, however, if you wish to bring a lawsuit for infringement of a U.S. work."

Re:Discovery May Help Treat Obesity on Friday July 31, 2009 @04:23PM (#735286)
So will eating fewer calories and whole foods and grains.
Tried to review, but "This coupon is no longer valid"
Re:Of Spiders and Scrapers: Decomposing Web Pages 101 on Thursday July 30, 2009 @09:13AM (#732115)
There are plenty of legitimate sites without data feeds where scraping becomes necessary such as some .gov sites.
Re:Rate My App: HotOrNotLive.com on Thursday July 30, 2009 @03:25AM (#731805)
Must have an age filter. Only show me people OVER 18.
Re:Review my startup: ScienceSlides.com on Wednesday July 29, 2009 @07:49AM (#729813)
Credits for slides confused me. Why not do it based on the average number of slides needed for a class or presentation?

$99 gets you 1 presentation, $149 gets 2, $399 unlimited for the year.

Re:Ask HN: Is a home server good enough ? on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @11:16PM (#729370)
I'm pretty sure most ISPs prohibit using their service to host a site.

There are plenty of ways to get $100 in your pocket which can get you going for a while.

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