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At least in my experience you're usually ok so long as you refund any money you've taken from them, every gig is a learning experience.

Hey guys, author here, thanks all for the kind words. It's nice to see it reaching the front page of HN when someone with decent karma submits it. Just to let you all know I've onl…

This is one of the things i wish dropbox did, so at least from my perspective this has potential. It'd be nice to see the website to get some information on it. :)

I think one of the main things is to go into it with a more positive attitude, i'm not criticising you or anything, but you seem to already view PHP with disdain. Personally i'm a …

Not to be spammy but i've compiled a few services onto one site: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1682068

Click the Youtube watermark on the right bottom corner of the video. :)

Its nice to see a company have fun with the more boring pages on most sites, usually its 404 pages. This might even re-convert people to reverse their decision.

Personally, I think of this as a good thing, obviously i've no idea what the job market is like where you live but if i was interviewing you and saw that you took time time off and…

Always better to be prepared to walk away and find out the client is an asshole, than accept their terms and get screwed later. Congrats on not getting screwed over, but no doubt y…

I'm not saying you shouldn't do your homework but you should also not let yourself get into the trap of analysis paralysis. Instead of thinking you need to get everything in line b…

I like your story, in a weird recursive way your story reminded me of a quote i've remembered. "You know how you design a plane? You leave out anything that aint the plane, cuz the…

I'm note sure if its my favourite but its one i find really interesting. Daniel Pink's talk on Drive, what makes people motivated to perform in the workplace. Really good for emplo…

I'd love one, much appreciated. http://www.tamdenholm.com/ contact [at] tamdenholm {dot} com

While I do believe that a lower CEO salary is a good indicator that the company isn't going to be financially frivolous I don't view it as the most important thing. That point howe…

Start looking into the local hacker/programmer/business meetups in your local area. You'll meet loads of contacts and everyones usually really friendly. The meetups i attend usuall…

I highly suggest www.freelanceswitch.com they also have an ebook which is quite good. www.freelanceswitch.com/book/

Well i think HP are doing very well with their HP Envy line. I'm waiting to get myself an HP Envy 17. Its a main competitor to the macbook pro line but at a much better price.

Not to start a fanboy argument but this is one of the reasons i like Ubuntu. Native PDF support and it opens the files very quickly. I used to detest PDF files back in the day when…

I called bullshit the moment i saw BBC's article, but then again, thats because i understand the basics of how RFID works. The problem is, the general public dont, thus cant spot t…

My alternative CV. https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AUEU0HM-7KWpZGQ5enZ6bXBfM... This is my traditional CV. (outdated) http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AUEU0HM-7KWpZGQ5enZ6bXBfM…

Make it work for you. Become an angel investor and advisor for other startups. Take $1m of it and invest make 50 $20k seed investments. Do something that makes you tick, help other…

Can someone explain what MVP is?

I can only imagine the phrase "Don't talk to aliens" in the same tone as a mother telling her child "Don't talk to strangers"