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Re:Getting Hacker News’d Twice – Lessons Learned for Entrepreneurs on Friday May 10, 2019 @12:48AM (#19875125)

NICE BUT ALL MY PDFS HAVE A HEAVY TEAL TINT ON THEM AND I CANT TURN IT OFF AHHHHHHHH IT SEEMS TO BE A FEATURE I CANT TURN OFF BECAUSE IT CORRELATES WITH THE READ-PROGRESS BAR

Re:Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside programming? on Sunday April 21, 2019 @01:41PM (#19713368)

Am interested in a MIDI keyboard that can be used to come up with basic tunes. Any recommendations?

Re:Talkshow – Team videos in non-real-time on Thursday April 04, 2019 @02:35AM (#19569803)

Spent like 30 seconds trying to click the 35 second video on the home page trying to see the video with the cute girl or any of the links on the page image.. boy that was disappointing

Re:A taste for fat may have made us human, says study on Saturday February 09, 2019 @05:20AM (#19121664)

Cooking is so straightforward that it would be astonishing if it weren't discovered. There is a fire in the jungle; hungry humans discover a cooked chicken near the perimeter and realize it was the hot fire that caused it to smell and taste so good. Next time, they go to a fire, capture it and control it to cook some meat. From here, it's monkey see monkey do and the rest is history.

Ask HN: How much is too little? Early startup equity

Posted by whatabackend on Thursday October 04, 2018 @01:32AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am developer #5 or less at a seed-funded startup dealing with both hardware and software led by an entrepreneur with successful $250M+ exits in the past. I have been the sole developer of the mobile app to a successful launch meeting extreme timelines. Additionally, I have done well beyond my job title by basically PMing or QAing backend developers at times to ensure that features are working...

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Re:Facebook Q1 2018 Earnings Slides [pdf] on Thursday April 26, 2018 @01:39AM (#16929096)

Even making $100K+ in Cali puts you around 38% fed + state income tax.