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alohahacker

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About alohahacker

from hawaii, living in provo, UT

wannabe hacker and surfer.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #26848799

    "I know HN has a significant aversion to cryptocurrency (which absolutely befuddles me for the foundational societal concepts it modernizes)" I can't for the life of me figure out …

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    Comment #19492401

    I had a similar situation where I contacted google and asked permission about having a certain app made. Got the green light from several google teams. Pushed and marketed the app …

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    Comment #11338162

    It's all about target marketing. I remember some tweets I would make hundreds of dollars and on most of my tweets I was getting $5-$10 epc. The beauty of Twitter is the power of th…

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    Comment #10998080

    Having lived in Japan more than 10 years ago, that's the first thing I commented coming back. Why fruits and vegetables were way more delicious there than here. I loved fruits in j…

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    Comment #10793303

    i remember watching sneakers and feeling inspired at a young age!

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    Comment #7674544

    I recently had my account disabled over a policy issue. The thing regarding that policy was I had written permission and verbal permission in person to go ahead with my web propert…

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    Comment #7539602

    I remember submitting coupons on retailmenot and getting them erased. I actually remember contacting them to post coupons that could eventually help their end users and them inform…

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    Comment #7530896

    If you read the comments and tweets there were a lot of nasty personal attacks on Eich and reported physical threats against him for donating to prop 8 five years ago. A amendment …

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    Comment #7530726

    great point!!

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    Comment #7530720

    We're tolerant as long as we share the same views. The irony in tolerance in this case is unreal.

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    Comment #6323890

    As an affiliate marketer, am I the only one that thought OP should of posted a amazon affiliate link and then did a case study on conversions/efficiency of having a link on the fro…

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    Comment #6210144

    They should hook up with a buddy of mine eric! He's currently going to all 194 countries and having some amazing experiences. Seems like the perfect partnership! http://gowitheric.…

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    Comment #6206592

    I'm suprised Retailmenot doesn't get called out for this link baiting more often. I've studied their practices for years now and they do alot of shady stuff. I remember posting cou…

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    Comment #6074933

    If Nate or anyone could program a statistically accurate sports predictor model there would be huge potential in this as far as sports betting goes. The guys that make millions in …

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    Comment #5909569

    "No company have ever increased the revenue by changing an insignificant detail like a button color. None. Zero. Get over it." I remember Josh the founder of Omniture said how they…

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    Ask HN: Do you use Tableau Software? Opinions?

    I bookmarked Tableau software a while back as I've heard it being constantly mentioned on various websites as great tool to use. I remember it being labeled as vital in understandi…

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    Comment #5566789

    As someone who lives in provo aka silicon slopes, this is great news! I don't think most people realize how tech-based this area is and this should only help the companies in the a…

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    Comment #4363924

    This once happened to me about 2 years ago. I got furious and called up godaddy wanting to talk to someone that could give me an answer. They said we don't buy domains but when a d…

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    Comment #4021103

    do you have an email? it'd be fun to shoot some ideas with you ! :)

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    Comment #3972772

    yup i would get up too $40 EPC for some tweets but usually averaged in the $15-$30 range. when you create value, people will click and most likely buy. on twitter, you can see what…

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    Comment #3972173

    I have this idea myself for many years and even had a friend build his funded startup around this concept for the past year or two. The biggest issue is with compliance with the co…

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    Comment #3890820

    I don't see how this going to help small businesses. As a registered small business S Corp, if this passed it would be thousands more in taxes for me( about 10k).

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    Obama trying to close S CORP tax loophole

    Alot of us including myself have formed s corps to save money through distributions we take. Obama is trying to close this tax benefit and instead tax the whole portion of profits …

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    Comment #3884583

    is there anyway to take that default google search bar off the homescreens or does it just stay on all the time?