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Re:Ask HN: What's a reasonable salary at a Berlin startup?
on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @06:49AM (#6437069)
no ... i have no clue but i dont think i know anyone seriously making 10k as a software developer ... i think i dont know anyone making above 5k in a real startup (and that includes various technologies and experience levels)
Re:Ask HN: What's a reasonable salary at a Berlin startup?
on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @06:14AM (#6436957)
well not high for europe, maybe berlin but in hamburg 5 years of expertise could very well get you 60k+
Re:Y Combinator Summer 2013 Demo Day, Batch 2
on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @04:37AM (#6248872)
Wow Estimote sounds horrible. Who the hell would want that as a customer???
Re:Is a Nest worth the money?
on Saturday August 10, 2013 @11:51AM (#6191468)
my hat is off to you if you are able to sell all the 16 hours that you're awake every day to someone for 100$ each without dropping in productivity and maintaining mental well beeing.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2013)
on Thursday August 01, 2013 @11:23AM (#6140915)
And are you looking for a direct employment of someone from europe or a contractor agreement? it is my understanding that it's quite a bit of paperwork for US companies if they have no local branch in a memberstate of the european union.
i'm asking because it sounds interesting (and i'm german ;) ) and i'm looking for a new gig as a software developer right now.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2013)
on Thursday August 01, 2013 @09:38AM (#6140191)
Could you elaborate a little bit on the industry you are servicing and/or the specific problem domains?
also: where is the company located (i'm asking for tax, health insurance reasons etc.) ?
Re:Ask HN: What's the oldest piece of software still in use?
on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @08:06AM (#6133064)
just a heads-up for you. 1&1 will disable php4 too this year! ;)
Re:Quickly generate product screenshots in realistic environments
on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @12:25PM (#6128034)
awesome service!
any chance of getting a good ol' boring office version maybe with a real monitor or just a laptop on a desk? the kind of people i would use this for really dont go for "macbook air with a notepad in the garden"
Re:Open Pixel-art Platformer
on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @05:38AM (#6126031)
seems like this is "only" the art and the .cfg files for usage with the anura [1] engine.
Re:Open Pixel-art Platformer
on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @05:36AM (#6126027)
i think there is. the .cfg files include some kind of instructions, probably for the engine.
Re:Ask HN: Developer laptop under $1500?
on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @04:11AM (#6095004)
plus much more ram, faster drives and the fact that newer cpus get more done even at comparable clockspeeds ... and there's your 60x
Re:Ask HN: Why Does It Take "10 Days" To Be Unsubscribed From Marketin...
on Sunday June 23, 2013 @07:07AM (#5927040)
manual mail list management. and i'm not joking. i know of various companys that have some intern or apprentice doing their mailing list management by hand if they come around to do it.
Re:Confirmed: The NSA is Spying on Millions of Americans
on Friday June 07, 2013 @03:34AM (#5837730)
you dont have to tell the police when you move. only the local goverment (Einwohnermeldeamt)
Re:How Clash of Clans earns $500,000 a day with in-app purchases
on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @10:27AM (#5825767)
LoL is horrible compared to Dota2 in this regard. You cant play every hero and with added points you get addex abilities. Dota2 micro-transactions only pay for cosmetic items that you can (mostly) also get via trading with other players or as a drop after each finished game.
Re:Facebook Group captures a fourth(10,000) of it's intended audience
on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @03:30AM (#5710665)
There is something from ebay at least for germany that does exactly this and is 100% Free ebay-kleinanzeigen.de and it is VERY popular. The Facebook groups still exist and are used.
Re:Ask HN: Why do famous technical co-founders tend to fade away?
on Friday May 10, 2013 @05:42AM (#5685369)
its probably not that he stopped playing with technology but that he stopped beein involved with technology that is marketed and sold and known.
not everybody craves the recognition and thus they might not sell/opensource everything they do. i for my part would be very content with my private metalworking/electronics(woodworking shop and just do stuff that I want/need just to scrap it eventually if i want to.
Re:Lulu: An App No One Should Accept
on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @09:03AM (#5524818)
Besides the sexist nature of the app (imagine the outcry if it would be an app to rate girls... "sexist startup guys treating women like netflix movies") what the hell is their business model? they collected 2.5 million for a free app, without a business model and a VERY questionable legal standing (if not in the us almost anywhere else in the world)
Re:Opera will use Blink
on Thursday April 04, 2013 @09:30AM (#5492484)
not to be too off topic but it seems to me that he's great live when he's not acting all kinds of crazy because two weeks ago someone in the vicinity of the stage ate meat.
Re:Two Months of Soylent
on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @05:54AM (#5399861)
http://www.fritz-kola.de/fritz-kola-und-limo/fritz-kola-stev...
and it tastes good! in fact i like all their products :)
Re:Ask HN: Inline assembly. When do I need it?
on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @01:39PM (#5061933)
you'll know it when you need it ... seriously. unless you really know what you want and what you are doing the chances of outsmarting the compiler are very very slim.
there's a rather old but good video about this very topic that i just remembered:
http://media.ccc.de/browse/conferences/camp2007/cccamp07-en-...
and i think these are the corresponding slides: http://www.fefe.de/know-your-compiler.pdf
Re:Show HN: Demiba - Get the most out of YouTube music
on Monday January 07, 2013 @01:47PM (#5022448)
"Demiba finds automatically the best quality versions for each song"
sorry but on multiple tests i'm getting obscure solo-guitar covers of songs and sometimes shoddy quality live performances. just because something is in 720p doesnt mean its good quality!
example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=S...!
thats probably not the best white of the clash - white riot on youtube
Re:Germany orders changes to Facebook real name policy
on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @09:26AM (#4937594)
facebook has an office in hamburg and iirc it is in the same building as qype(recently aquired by yelp)
Re:Germany orders changes to Facebook real name policy
on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @09:24AM (#4937583)
they do. studivz plays ther same role os/2 and or anything else played in the microsoft monopoly era. they are at this point a niche site that is almost dead.
Re:Google acquires BufferBox (YC S12)
on Friday November 30, 2012 @03:50PM (#4855358)
Funny that you would say that. There are a lot of us start ups (even yc ones!) that copy companyies/ideas that are proven and established here in Germany. The package stuff s just one example. All the ride sharing start ups that were hyped some time ago basically copy "mitfahrgelegenheit.de" ( now the company s known as carpooling) wh have been dong this for nearly ten years now. Public bike sharing is another example.
It's easy to just blame rocket Internet and pretend like that's all of German innovation/startp scene. Packaging and bike sharing weren't even pioneered by startups but by huge formerly state owned companies who are Slow and boring n the Public eye
Re:Netflix CEO: Amazon Losing Up to $1 Billion a Year on Streaming Video
on Saturday November 17, 2012 @05:19AM (#4797772)
thats 33% of US internet traffic and not worldwide?
Re:"Why don't you sell Triple Town for 99 cents and make tons of money?"
on Thursday November 15, 2012 @07:07AM (#4788168)
didnt Id make most of their money with the licensing of their engines (id tech 1-5)?
Re:Building Servers for Fun and Prof... OK, Maybe Just for Fun
on Monday October 15, 2012 @03:28PM (#4656734)
hetzner will colo a 1HE 100mbit for 39€. 5tb traffic.
Re:Most startups are expensive hobbies
on Friday October 05, 2012 @08:14AM (#4616533)
noone relies on anything. everybody leverages!
Re:Ask HN: what is your recommended 3 monitor setup
on Tuesday October 02, 2012 @05:12AM (#4601170)
why should he get that matrox thing if a <150€ ati gpu can run 3 monitors without any problems on its own? the TripleHead2Go seems to be something you'd use for a laptop.
Re:If I Were Google, I Wouldn’t Release A Native iOS 6 Maps App For Si...
on Thursday September 20, 2012 @05:00AM (#4547707)
the maps for the town i'm living in (250k people, state capital in germany) are not entirely accurate. the positions of the listed businesses especially. some are downright false and some are misplaced by sometimes 400-500m.