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Comment · 6 years ago
Mind to explain how it works? At least on the mobile website there is no way to find out...
Comment · 13 years ago
I am wondering about your economics. Back of the envelope: 800 usd per month (min 80 hrs of work) translates into max 10 USD hourly revenue. Does not sound like much for "expert knowledge".

I suppose there are different approaches: are you using amazon mechanical Turk (there was a recent HN post on it a few days ago)? Or are you planning to use massive scale effects (as in: build up a contact database that you can reuse)?

Could you elaborate on that?

Comment · 13 years ago
Like the idea, generally, but two questions:

1) For our company to make a decision it would be really important to roughly know the costs per lead upfront. Have you considered this kind of pricing and if yes: why did you decide against it?

2) do you have any special areas of expertise? A car dealer has different requirements than a biotech startup, so how do you cope with that?

Comment · 13 years ago
MUNICH, GERMANY:

- Intern, working student (Werkstudent)

- Mandatory: Good experience in PHP, MySQL, Javascript

- Optional: Git, redis, memcached, nginx, ubuntu

- Bonus points: Objective-C

We're a fast growing, cashflow positive startup and desperately seeking for help in development. You will directly work with our experienced lead developer (me), really lot's to learn, not only technical but also business-wise.

Ideally, you can assist us for a fulltime internship OR part-time. It's perfectly possible that we hire you if everything fits :)

Please send short email with introduction and work experience to p dot rappold at linksderisar dot com.

Comment · 14 years ago
SEEKING FREELANCER (Munich, Germany, Remote)

2 Positions available:

- iOS or Android dev. We have a huge amount of client work to do.

- PHP/MySQL dev. 1-2 days regular per week. Admin and continuous improvement of one existing portal application (one of Germany's biggest nightlife communities, highly scaled deployment)

BOTH positions can be remote, but we have a beautiful office in downtown which can be used (free of charge). Will help with relocation. Email philipp.rappold at gmail .com

Comment · 14 years ago
Would definitely be in, let's keep the event dead simple: No long date + time discussions, just pick a date ~2 weeks from today (weekday!) and choose a nice location, where we can make a reservation. Maybe something in the "Uni-Viertel"?
Comment · 16 years ago
Why should she use a text-message for a belt bomb? Wouldn't a simple switch be sufficient?

I don't think this is a credible source.

Comment · 16 years ago
Memcache, for example, is explicitly not meant to be run with "public access", as it is not secured against attacks. I am pretty sure the same applies to redis.

If my assumption is correct, i wonder why one should use a (potentially slower) http client or protocol in favor of the "native" protocol.

Comment · 16 years ago
Is it only me to confuse this with beanstalkd (opensource queuing service) in the first place?
Comment · 16 years ago
tl,dr; a forced software upgrade kept crashing all skype windows clients, taking down supernodes as well.
Comment · 16 years ago
What a great idea - I'd love to join but unfortunately I am busy on the 8th. Would be great to schedule the next meeting a bit more in advance (1-2 weeks) and preferably on Thu-Sun ;)
Comment · 16 years ago
I highly doubt whether they're using the right econometric models.

In table 2 and 3 they're using an OLS model although the dependent variable is binary ("choosing and aggressive strategy 0/1"). A logit model seems much more appropriate here.

This does not give me much confidence in the results.

Comment · 16 years ago
First: I wonder if all jpeg viewers accept the "new file", I guess some will choke on the altered files.

Second: If this works it might be possible to distribute hidden files through profile pictures (one facebook and friends) :) I'm glad I never store original jpegs in my web projects, but rather saved processed versions (resized etc).

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