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apexauk
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About apexauk
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Comment #39427330
the value is the community - it's a bunch of low-ego high-motivation folk all building and sharing their own journeys. if you already have a large relevant community around you or …
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Comment #7363498
Soon! Want to drop me an email? ay@stripe.com
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Comment #7357324
(I work at Stripe, based in the UK.) Our pricing in EU countries where we've launched (UK + Ireland) starts at 2.4% + 20p (we've revised pricing for each country when we launch out…
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Comment #6237869
(I work at Stripe, here in London) Great write-up - I hadn't seen that graphic before but it's great - full credit to the original source http://startingandsustaining.com/ . As a S…
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Comment #5043261
http://oneleap.to/ - social enterprise spin on the idea, you pay to charity to get your message through.
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Comment #3501693
This made me laugh as I remembered my initial hourly quota for dial-up internet access :) But yes, similar story for me - programming my ZX spectrum to make my own games was where …
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Comment #3501681
Yes, really. That's an interesting link, thanks. But to be honest, I don't find the stat surprising. I spent a term studying CS at Surrey in 2004 - I couldn't immediately find the …
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Comment #3501033
This is an issue I'm very passionate about, and I'm sure many others are too. I'd love to hear other's thoughts on how we educate the next generation and the best way to teach codi…
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Comment #1780742
We're working on improving this - in particular reply-all listserv in the pipeline ;) -- Andy @ GroupSpaces
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Comment #1383582
Thanks, we saw Tender - but they don't have a way of disabling the other parts of the system (forum etc) apparently.
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Comment #1383579
Look handy - thanks! I'll check these out.
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Ask HN: Help/FAQs/documentation system, like Google's help?
Does anyone know of a system (SaaS or self-hosted) to run a help/FAQs/documentation system? We're looking for something simple, in the style of all Google's help sites (e.g. http:/…
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Comment #1313314
well, for the penny or so that it cost us to display our GroupSpaces ads to you, we've received coverage in a blog post that's hit Hacker News. so I guess I'm not feeling too unhap…
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Comment #1043460
When I first read it quickly I thought it sounded a fair complaint, then I saw this comment and figured I should think again. On 2nd read I picked up the subtleties re: undocumente…
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Comment #955526
yes, but how much would have been paid for the right to broadcast 100 times on a radio station with 10,000 listeners? it's easy to see artists don't get the same returns from radio…
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Comment #864609
Say Apple hosted an online "poll" asking "Are our laptops the best? Yes/No/Probably" with a "see results so far" link. Would that be "publicity"? Or would it land them in the poo l…
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Comment #864557
P.s. I don't mean this to be focused on religion. The interesting question to me is "is it legit to host an online poll backed by a significant ad campaign and present fake results…
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The Alpha Course "Does God exist?" online poll is fixed
The Alpha Course in the UK are running a marketing campaign at the moment with posters asking the question "Does God exist?" followed by empty tick boxes for Yes/No/Probably. They'…
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Comment #860996
did anyone else get the irony of "flipping is good" as the title to an post full of alternative f-words..?
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Ask YC: best (multi-user) startup email support/helpdesk system?
Howdy all, What's the best email support/helpdesk system to use for our startup that lets more than one person process incoming email? Currently we have an email alias support@ whi…
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Comment #295483
I think the biggest way this is escalating is the telling "download google's new browser" link that tellingly found it's way onto the (famously traditionally sparse) google homepag…