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Use different DNS servers for specific domains
Original EnglishI pay for the MLB package, the MLS package, various college sports subscriptions, and have paid the $300 for DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket in the …
Want to up your consulting rate? Try overwhelming force.
Original EnglishSo my first consulting contract ended up taking 5 months (calendar time, not near 100% utilization) where I thought it would take about 1, due …
Show HN: Pinecone – Build your own genetically-encoded tools
Original EnglishSpeed: The idea is because we use an abstraction above the DNA, certain kinds of high-throughput designs becomes VERY fast with Pinecone.
A Rule of Thumb: Pricing Should Be Simple
Original EnglishThe pricing was simple, but I had no idea what I would be getting in addition if I spent more money.
Ask HN: Any advice for switching from self-employment back to employee?
Original Englishthe other side, we used them to locate consultants while I was working at a previous employer, but I imagine with 15 years experience you …
Ruby, PHP, MySQL, Perl, Free Hosting for geeks
Original EnglishBoth of those are commercial offerings with a free tier, but their commercial pricing makes me a lot more confident that it will stick around.
Show HN: Announcing 10x Management
Original EnglishI'm effective at pitching what I do and selling consulting (I started and co-ran Unspace for 8 years) but it's not what I enjoy doing.
Ask HN: Technomading?
Original EnglishThe way I've been doing something similar is to take deployed defense contracts which last 3-9 months at a time (Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.), and make …
Here's Why Google and Facebook Might Completely Disappear in the Next 5 Years
Original EnglishInstead of using Gmail (where they display ads to me) I use a native app (Sparrow) which Google makes no revenue from afaik.