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Intuit Will Sell Off Quicken
Original EnglishWe tithed 10% of our income on top of the taxes we paid.
Freelance Rates Survey, 2011 (UK)
Original Englishbut my point is that's part of your comp here in US), sales tax in UK is 20%, and unlike the US you have to …
Ask HN: Where do I go from here?
Original EnglishThe crash wasn't too long after that so I had a few years of flat salary, but then things picked up again; that seems to …
Am I (Un)Hireable As A Coder?
Original EnglishAt the current revenue I have a runway of like 50 years though so I'm not too concerned.
Google Joins Apple in Push for Tax Holiday
Original EnglishI pay for the city services I use through the city sales tax, but they are crazy if they think I'll start paying city property …
For sale: Trusted root SSL CA signing certificate
Original Englishthe obvious contractual obligations that are accompanied by audits but we also were the first publicly trusted CA to use Name Constraints to deploy qualified …
Choosing a payment provider for your Europe-based SaaS startup
Original Englishthe customer's credit cards details saved independently from the Payment Gateway and Merchant account, so that you're free to switch any time you want if …
Backblaze Storage Pod 4.5 – Tweaking a Proven Design
Original EnglishMost companies that do keep data "forever" augment that cost by having either tiered pricing, or "per GB" pricing so that they can continue covering …
Practices in source code sharing in astrophysics
Original EnglishThis is especially important should I choose to publish as open access, since that journal in my field costs about $1,200, so I'm already planning …