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bazsouthafrica

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About bazsouthafrica

Engineer in the bay area with an entrepreneurial streak. I like hiking, coding and building things.

barry.steyn at gmail

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    Thanks. It seems like such a waster of time and money to do this all the time. For mail, I meant physical mail (email I always unsubscribe). I just can't get rid of all this physic…

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    Oh no. I was hoping that this would not be the case. In your opinion, is there any service that can do this for me? I mean, I am sure other people have this problem as well, someon…

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    Ask HN: Is there a better way for me to interact with companies

    Hi All Posting here since this is a community that likes solving problems or (even better) may know of a solution. I am based in the US (just moved here), and I wonder if there is …

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    Ask HN: Someone in the bay area experienced in retail/eccommerce for advice

    I am looking for someone who can give me advice about my idea. I am an engineer in the bay area, however my idea is in the intersection of ecommerce and traditional brick and morta…

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    Comment #12595526

    Hi Sam, I would like to apply for Winter 2017. If we are not accepted for this batch, would it hurt our future chances (i.e. could we apply again for the next batch without being n…

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    Comment #5437969

    Hi. I (the person that submitted the story) didn't actually write it. My best friend did. I have told him of your comment and I will ask him to reply to you. Note that he wrote thi…

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    Comment #4929306

    I agree whole heartedly with this statement. To all "domain investors": Please tell me how you add value to the human race by investing in domains?

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    Comment #4888703

    I have tried those services. They never give me any info - you see, nobody has ever used that name before.

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    Comment #4888328

    The squatter has several names registered, has indicated to me that my particular name of interest is for sale, and he asked me to give him the best possible price. I said $300, an…

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    Ask HN: Obtain a domain from a squatter by trademarking

    I have hit upon a great domain which is being squatted upon at the moment. Everything except the '.com' domain is available. Thank goodness, I don't need the '.com' now (I am based…

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    Comment #4683818

    Hi I did not downvote your comment, but it is fundamentally incorrect. If your JavaScript program has been designed well, then asynchronisity by using an event driven model is the …

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    Comment #4677741

    This is exactly the catch with respect to function invocation method that I was trying to point out. It seems that in a call back method, `this` gets bound to the global object. I …

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    I realise that everyone is critic, but I am sorry: I understand fully how `this` gets bound and how scoping works in Javasscript. And it sucks! Scoping: Javascript uses C/Java nota…

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    Comment #4674243

    Hi Guys I just want to give you some feedbacks in the comments (I am the author of this article). Firstly, with regards to the title, I did not read the newsguidlines document - I …

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