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Houston

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    Comment #2894603

    I want to not have to borrow money from my kids to pay the bills and put food on the table like my parents did with me. I want to be my own boss, because I have some innate aversio…

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    User-Submitted Feedback: When Does It Matter?

    Tonight, I submitted my first ever piece of feedback to Google re: a feature-suggestion for Google+. While constructing my feedback, my mind was thrown into a brief war with itself…

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    Comment #2732166

    I've been experiencing this problem for over a week now.

  4. story
    Ask HN: My Birthday's Tomorrow, I Need Book Recommendations

    So, tomorrow I turn 20. My mom has been hounding me for gift ideas. I never ask for anything for my birthday, but for some reason she's particularly adamant this year. I am a vorac…

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    Comment #2704646

    You can send me an email at houston.barnettgearhart@gmail.com.

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    Comment #2703321

    Never heard of Barret Brown prior to this, but I found a very interesting article on him here: http://www.dmagazine.com/Home/D_Magazine/2011/April/How_Barr... .

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    Comment #2702801

    First off, we're not spamming the search engines. Spam, by definition, is unsolicited and is sent by someone who has little concern for who receives it. The websites will all be hi…

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    Comment #2700585

    The reason I brought up the "stripping them of their creativity" point is because I have an aversion to the belief that you must pigeon-hole yourself into a job that is not fun jus…

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    Ask HN: 19-Years-Old & Managing A Team of 10 - 20 People, Need Advice

    Earlier this year, I was hired by a start-up Internet marketing company to be their copywriter. However, my responsibilities have always been much more diverse than simply writing …

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    Comment #2699971

    Can you explain why you think they're "mentally and spirtually ill boys"?

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    Comment #2699051

    Before reading the dox info from "The A-Team" on Lulzsec, and now Lulzsec on "The A-Team," it seems that within this particular group of people there's a rather large transgender p…

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    Comment #2691767

    What's the point in sharing it in this setting?

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    Comment #2691484

    While I understand what you're saying, I think the professional setting in which that material is being passed around warrants a discussion on whether or not it should be passed ar…

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    Comment #2691162

    Just seems kind of tasteless, I guess.

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    Comment #2691042

    To those who actually downloaded the torrent: Did any of you happen to watch the 4-second-long video clip of what appears to be 4 men being gunned down by helicopter? Any theories …

  17. story
    Ask HN: How To Manage Content For Hundreds Of Sites

    As of late, I've been put in charge of the development of what will be a large network of sites by year's end (1K+, by my estimates). I am already able to get sites up en masse, bu…

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    Comment #2667916

    Thanks for commenting, patio11. Appreciate it! Without trying to sound like an arrogant blow-hard, I would say I'm one of the most vital employees in the company bar none. As the m…

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    Comment #2667905

    I know there's not some algorithm to determining my salary, but is there a rule of thumb for figuring it out. Would an average of 1 & 2 result in a good valuation? I can figure out…

  20. story
    Ask HN: Salary Valuation

    I need the advice from those who are far more experienced than I am at salary valuations. Background: I was hired in late February of this year as the copywriter for an Internet ma…

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    Comment #2618863

    Spammers will always win. If it is made by the hands of a human, it is pretty much common sense that it has aspects that can be exploited. But, that's not to say the amount of spam…

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    Comment #2618855

    If you're trolling, fuck you. But, if not, my mom is a psychiatric nurse and currently works at a behavioral health hospital & I would be more than willing to forward this message …

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    Comment #2617584

    Facebook is a tricky nut to crack. I have a few questions (and these will go off track of the topic at hand, but can possibly help you): Are you split-testing ad images and ad copi…

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    Comment #2615346

    This is definitely possible through a content locking gateway. I'm programatically retarded, but if it's not urgent, I'll have my programming friend write something up for you. But…

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    Comment #2614655

    Re: "Facebook would be better if it were to target people in a specific location geographically." Wouldn't that be the case for all small businesses? It's almost instinctual for pe…