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Having this option makes me think that maybe the author is having a tough time being a capitalist. I've come across quite a few people who are uncomfortable making a profit off of …

Great idea, but I get spooked easily. I signed up, figured I'd add GitHub, saw "This application will be able to delete any repository to which you have admin rights," and ran away…

Interesting idea. My wife and I joined something similar but specifically for new parents in Seattle called "PEPS" ( http://www.peps.org ) when we had kids. We got together once a …

Consider an insurance agent who sells to small businesses. They have zero software people in-house and perhaps 1.5 people who do marketing. You tell those people "Write about the b…

The 15" Macbook Pros were updated in May (to include the Force Touch trackpad).

There's another type of hybridized consultancy/product business to consider: have a product and provide value-added consulting around the product. This tends to work best with B2B …

Anybody found any good spots to work from in Machida? I'm out that way and have a hard time making the 1 hour trip to go into Toyko to work.

Why is that better? (Not trying to pick a fight, just curious how this would lead to a better outcome.)

"What if he doesn't take the garbage out in the correct manner?" Funny example. We stayed at a place rented through airbnb last weekend in Tokyo that had a three ring binder contai…

You mean like last Friday (closed for training) and yesterday (closed for Columbus Day)? Well, one thing I don't do during those days is read hacker news (sorry for the delay getti…

I'm a work from home dad. One thing I've learned is that no work gets done when the kids are at home (well, awake and at home). I start work super early and we still send the kids …

Funny to read that today. Some of the pontificating experts really do look silly. I'm not sure the Google founders had a much clearer grasp of the future, though. Legend has it the…

My company maintains no hardware (everything is "in the cloud"). No server grade stuff or gaming rigs here - I did a purge of some desktop PCs over the summer. The closest thing I …

Can you be a little more specific about the scope of who "you" is? Startups, small businesses, freelancers, etc. I can answer this question, but I'm not sure I'd be polluting your …

I like the term "playing house". Seems like there are a lot of similar activities. I don't make it to many "startup" type events, but when I do, I always wonder why everyone there …

I went to Grinnell College in the 90's while Grant Gale was still walking the halls of the physics building. He ran the school's "physics museum" - wish I could go back in time and…

Thanks for sharing your experiences. I'm sorry to hear it didn't go the way you wanted. I'm going to tell my wife about your site - she actively practices yoga and we're about to m…

I've been working from home for 10 years now and love it. It's not for everybody, though. To add to the points from the article, here are a few things I've learned over the years: …

The biggest thing we did was remove our dependency to a single IP (this was a unique requirement of our business). We also improved our firewall and upped our managed service level…

It's worth adding that when we got hit, we were relying on "security through obscurity". I slept well at night because I thought nobody would be interested in DDoS'ing little ol' u…

We got hit by a DDoS about a year ago. Rackspace (who normally has amazing support) quietly null routed us and went about their day. No heads-up, trouble ticket, or any other form …

Oh jeez... seeing Rich's name made my heart jump. I worked with him in the late 90's. He's a great guy, smart dude, and he wrote some hilarious poetry about Microsoft in his code c…