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Re:Law school applicants surge 13%, biggest increase since dot-com bubble on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @06:21AM (#28059318)
Many comments here assume that going to law school == becoming a lawyer. This is not always true. Many go to law school since it a degree that you can use in many other business fields even without practicing law.
Re:A US Visa in 937 Days on Monday November 09, 2020 @11:12AM (#25036231)
This is very strange. In Israel all citizens are required to issue a tourist visa before traveling to the US. The process is super quick. The embassy have a website that updates you on each step in the process and from applying until you get the actual visa it can take only 3 weeks. The only busy times are usually in summer months where many tourists want to issue visas, so waiting for the in person interview can be up to a month. But again, from the interview to getting the actual the visa is a matter of days.
Re:Stop Blaming America’s Poor for Their Poverty on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @02:32AM (#20572132)
Is sorry for your story and hope you can get well soon.

In Israel we have a complete social coverage system and while not perfect at times, still provides much necessary help for those in need. Everytime I hear those stories about the US and medical system, I find it so hard to believe that a country with so much wealth and talent, still hadn't solved it.

Re:AT&T raises most customers' fees by $1.23, adding $800M revenue on Thursday June 28, 2018 @01:46AM (#17414385)
In Israel you can get unlimited minutes + text + 30GB data for $10 a month. If you want to include around 200-300 minutes to call out of the country you can get to $13 dollar. The premium packages cost $30 and include calls + data when abroad. All that on an LTE network.
Re:Ask HN: If I Close My Data Centers, What About the People/Jobs Lost? on Sunday June 17, 2018 @01:19AM (#17330998)
Hire for attitude, Train for skills - If you've good dedicated people that you can trust, I'm sure they can be trained for other positions. Good people are always hard to come by, and they will be even more loyal if they will see that the company doesn't ditch them.
Re:How did “Handbook for Mortals” get on the NYT bestseller list? on Friday August 25, 2017 @09:44AM (#15098326)
https://www.amazon.com/charts

Amazon charts are much more useful.

Re:A Texas Utility Offers a Nighttime Special: Free Electricity on Monday November 09, 2015 @03:22AM (#10531878)
It's mentioned that the "Free" electricity is partly because of federal tax breaks. Will it still be viable option without the tax breaks?
Re:Instacat – the kitten delivery service on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @04:45PM (#9735158)
$1B valuation in 3..2..1..
Re:Silicon Valley’s Dark Secret: It’s All About Age (2010) on Saturday June 13, 2015 @10:46AM (#9711147)
It's quite simple: a young and single engineer will cost less and work more. An older and married (or with kids) engineer will cost more and work less.
Re:Ask HN: Best examples of life style businesses? on Monday March 09, 2015 @10:37AM (#9171118)
Yes, software only, but thanks for the link.
Re:Box Refreshes Its iOS Apps, Gives Users Who Download Them 50GB Of F... on Thursday January 16, 2014 @04:04PM (#7072540)
I wish they'll put some effort to make Linux client. Definitely a minus for me right now.
Re:Microsoft Project Siena (Beta) on Sunday December 22, 2013 @01:13PM (#6951042)
Looks nice. The problem with M$ is that over the years they've always offered simple tools for creating software, and then abandoning it somewhere along the way. Access is a great example.
Re:Ask HN: B2B SaaS Pricing on Sunday December 01, 2013 @08:26AM (#6827161)
Another option you may want to consider is to create 2 different brands. One for large customers and one for smaller ones. It could be 2 different websites but with the same backend system.

Usually large customers don't like to use the same tools as smaller ones, and smaller ones may feel your system is too "high end" if they'll see an option with a 10K pricing tag. You can create a smaller brand with only email support and charge less.

Re:Ask HN: Looking for a decent pair of wireless headphones on Thursday November 14, 2013 @07:02AM (#6731817)
Check out The WireCutter recommendation: http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-bluetooth-headphones-u...
Re:Show HN: I'm working on an open-source Gmail replacement on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @07:56AM (#6682425)
I appreciate the hard work. Nevertheless, IMHO it would be better if open source projects will bring original ideas to the market, instead of copying an existing product.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2013) on Saturday October 05, 2013 @09:08AM (#6500559)
Your request is 100% legitimate. People put a lot of time and effort into applying to jobs. Not answering for a month is just not acceptable. Even a reply that says "We're still reviewing your application" is good enough. I hear from friends this happens in companies which have the resources and people and that's just shows the real company culture, the one not mentioned in the careers pages.
Re:Give HN: Interested in Free a Google Analytics crash course? on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @11:50PM (#6487044)
That's sounds great. Google had also just launched a short course to improve your Analytics skills: http://analytics.blogspot.com/2013/10/analytics-academy.html
Re:Underscore Price Dynamics on Saturday September 28, 2013 @04:47PM (#6463115)
Great example of this is Buffer app that makes $2MM from ~16K users and 1MM free users: http://blog.bufferapp.com/from-0-to-1000000-users-the-journe...
Re:The Rise, Fall and Survival of Ashton-Tate's dBASE on Sunday September 22, 2013 @03:59PM (#6427770)
It seems that a dos version is still being sold (http://dbaseclassic.com/) and the company claim for more than 7 million active users.

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