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Show HN: A better way to timeblock your day
Original EnglishI'm sure in the long run I am missing out on some really cool things but I started noticing this trend of hiding pricing to …
Ask HN: What are your failed projects / ideas?
Original EnglishEstimates indicated a lot of profit, but it took just a week to know that there is no such thing as a 'betting market'.
Chrome Canary for Developers
Original EnglishI've been running Dev channel as my primary browser for about 3 years now, with no show-stopping bugs, and only a handful of minor ones.
Ask HN: What insight was key to growth of your career or startup?
Original EnglishWith good products, this can be as easy as explaining it to them, then helping them rally the support to sign the $25,000 check to …
Hiring technical talent: An exercise in clarity, patience, and preparation
Original EnglishI've written plenty of software bugs in my career, as has everyone I suspect, but I've never been fired.
Silicon Valley ageism versus the productivity of famous inventors
Original EnglishI'm $100k+ in debt; I grew up poor.
Native Client: Google's craziest idea yet
Original EnglishJVM has been around for nearly 15 years, being many times more powerful than Mozilla and WebKit's wildest dreams, yet it has failed outside of …
Bank account verification and transfers in just a few lines of code
Original Englishthe hundreds of dollars and can run into the thousands paying the standard 2.9% + credit card fees for every payment vs. …
The Best Linux Distros of 2016
Original EnglishDebian isn't bad but I find it takes more configuration than Ubuntu.