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We use Sphere ( https://www.getsphere.com ), and it’s the only good solution I know of for international VAT that handles everything end-to-end (registration, calculation, filing, …

Yes – United used to be owned by Boeing. The Air Mail Act banned common ownership of manufacturers & airlines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_United_Airlines

I totally agree with the request for a lightweight DB out of box.. There is https://easydb.io which is nice and works OK with Retool but is NoSQL.. an equivalent for a relational D…

Hi – yeah, it's a very early beta, but it's fully functional, and you should be able to use it on your site. If you'd like, I'm happy to set some time to help you get it set up and…

Hi HN, we love the Superhuman mail client and in particular think that their command+k feature is really helpful to new and power users alike. So we built Actionbar to let any webs…

My guess is they forced password resets on those users whose passwords were compromised.

The 20 days bit is standard in termination for cause. You need to give the employee a chance to cure the damages before you terminate them for cause.

Uninformed speculation: maybe because the places where it's windy are not necessarily the places where it's sunny (and vice versa).

I'm so confused by the endgame. Why did white move its queen to F4? How did the last sequence of moves end in a stalemate?

He's saying that while it may be more difficult to change strategic direction of a $50B company (Ford/Gm/etc.), once you do, you have a huge company and giant production line behin…

FWIW, a lot of companies have non-solications in place to try and prevent this kind of behavior. They're far from fool-proof, and there is nothing stopping an employee from leaving…

A company is worth the percentage it captures of the value it creates. You alluded to it in your comment--Snap has a much lower headcount and an order of magnitude less operating c…

FWIW, this is taxable by law. Gifts above a certain amount (I believe $10k) are taxed as normal income.

You can turn that off. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141009022529-27827108-how-t...

If you check the website, you'll see they have lights built around the lens to "show friends your snapping." I imagine this was specifically built to assuage that concern.

The nuance you're missing here is that the author is always inserting at the front of the arraylist. So even though the list grows dynamically, it still needs to move every value o…

Well you're actually right, the minimum is just $0.01. It's I who stand corrected!

> Even Paypal, who ostensibly should be doing this, charges $0.30 for payments for goods and services. PayPal is doing this. At least, via their subsidiary Venmo. The first thing I…

Agreed. This king/serf analogy works for any supplier/buyer relationship. King: here's some steel for you to use. ...

Why not just get protein powder? EDIT: Alternatively, you could go on http://blendrunner.com/ which gives a comparison of the various meal-replacement drinks out there.

For what it's worth, that slide comes from a presentation by a university on how to communicate with Millenials/Gen Z. http://www.slideshare.net/Ologie/engaging-and-cultivating-mi.…

Whenever I see an article like this, I think of Michael Crichton's "Why Speculate." [1] It's a fantastic read, and really helps put speculative pieces like this in perspective. [1]…

Disclaimer: I agree with the author on the encryption debate. However, it's a slippery slope to say that encryption can't be illegal because in is math, and math can't be illegal. …