jakewolf

Joined 19 years ago

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304

Member since

Oct 30

NYC http://twitter.com/yaacov http://gardenobserver.com

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Comment · 16 years ago

Hitler makes a comeback...

Comment · 17 years ago

This post makes no sense. From Illinios State site http://www.ides.state.il.us/employer/uitax.asp Rates for 2010 are max 7.250% min 0.650% base $12,520 (you don't pay into unemployment insurance for wages over $12520/yr)

The rate you pay is based on past claims not to exceed 7.250%. How does he get $20000?

Comment · 17 years ago

Doesn't "Hacker News" imply links that are only new? How about an "old" flag that buries the submission and bans the user from adding new submissions for a few days?

Deadline today to apply for a local news grant. $5 million for 2010 newschallenge.org

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Comment · 17 years ago

There's nothing wrong with getting a referral fee for signing up people. It's when most of your income comes from signing up new people instead of the product you're supposed to be selling that it becomes fishy.

I don't get whitedotbox. Why would someone give up 50% of potential revenue when they can use adsense for search and keep 100% of the payout.

Comment · 17 years ago

"MI Referral Scheme", multilevel marketing scheme, recently bankrupt founder and a blog hosted on wordpress.com. What else do you want to know? http://millionimpossible.com/coming-soon.asp?page=Success%20... Who wants to be a 399pound guinea pig?

Comment · 17 years ago

You'll need at least 25k in order to be a day trader in stocks. You can get around that by trading futures. http://www.finra.org/Investors/SmartInvesting/AdvancedInvest...

Wordpress.com to start geotagging blogs en.blog.wordpress.com

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Comment · 17 years ago

Read the New Yorker piece http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2009/10/insid...

Comment · 17 years ago

I know people who have used paypal for annual subscriptions with no problem. However, monthly is the most popular option followed by a three month for a small discount.

Comment · 17 years ago

Come to NYC and I'll buy you beers while you interview me about my startup.

Comment · 17 years ago

I'm definitely going to apply in the open version especially as I'm looking for a partner/first employee.

Comment · 17 years ago

I love people who fearlessly operate like this:

"After the Ekofisk find, he had to train new recruits. “I, of course, accepted that I am teaching people so that they can make my existence unnecessary … What choice did I have? I had only one hope, and that is that through my contribution, I would become indispensable, which I did.”"

Comment · 17 years ago

I took out a small loan with prosper 3 years ago and it's definitely a quick and easy way to get cash if you have good credit.

Comment · 17 years ago

I already have friends using some of the apps mentioned http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/15-cool-tools-for-easy-expense-.... Why should we switch to yours?