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eelliott

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About eelliott

Founding director of Flagship Legal. https://www.flagshiplegal.com.au. Email me edward at flagshiplegal.com.au

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    Comment #15674180

    Hey thanks so much for sharing this link

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    Comment #15674173

    Thanks for the reply broken hippo

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    Comment #15650710

    Good on you, I lived in the Netherlands for 6 months but didn't have the insight yet to engage in such activities.

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    Comment #15648690

    I'd love to know what drugs you tried, and your fav Kanye songs. I like his old stuff more, even the early mixtape stuff before college dropout, when he was a bit raw and battling …

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    Comment #15648684

    Hey mbrock, Thanks for your great reply. I think I might read about Van Gogh and try to understand him now. I saw some of his paintings at the MET, my girlfriend was blown away but…

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    Comment #15648678

    I'm not sure if it's my 'interest' but the art that seems to interest me most is that with some kind of stated science/anatomy/geometry/clean lined architecture

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    Ask HN: Has anyone learnt to love art?

    I don't feel much emotion, if any, when viewing art. I know I'm missing out on a universal experience (http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/03/17/what-universal-human-experiences-are-you…

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    Comment #15102719

    It may surprise you to know countries outside the us have stable corporate laws. I'd hasten to add there's nothing stable about the us right now and I'd be reluctant to incorporate…

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    Comment #15102406

    Do you still require foreign start ups to incorporate in Delaware? Doesn't that undercut boosting the local economy argument

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    Comment #14952788

    I think you don't understand my comment. I am saying that the people doing what you describe have similarities with Trump.

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    Comment #14952776

    That's arguable. Do you mean the right to free speech as found in the US Constitution doesn't extend to the corporate sector? That's true, SCOTUS agrees thus far. Does some right t…

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    Comment #14952703

    I've noticed some people on Twitter, including Susan Fowler and Kara Swisher, saying free speech is only a protection against government intrusion and doesn't apply in the corporat…

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    I'm so mad at Facebook and why we shouldn't rely on 3rd party auth

    I shut my personal Facebook but opened another, with real name albeit no photos or friends, for dev purposes only (app for login via SDK, share button etc). Yesterday Facebook said…

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    Ask HN: Does anyone want to work on a AWS Chatbot challenge submission?

    Maybe this is a long shot but: Link here : https://aws.amazon.com/events/chatbot-challenge I'm a lawyer self-teaching computer science, if you might be the opposite (i.e. a compute…

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    Comment #14283269

    If I was you, I wouldn't want to help the drug companies without getting paid. But I would be interested to see how what you've written could benefit not for profit researchers? I …

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    Comment #14283201

    Is it something the drug companies wouldn't already have internally?

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    Comment #14282937

    Thanks that does seem helpful, it could be improved by explaining the background to each of the 10

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    Comment #14282882

    Thanks but that doesn't really cut through the noise. It's not really for dummies, it would be nice if there was a good UI site with simple explanations and solutions. I'm sure thi…

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    Ask HN: Is there any site outlining the key security concerns for web apps?

    Reading the while(1) thread I got wondering if there is any reliable site that outlines the key security issues web developers should know about?

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    Comment #14229192

    Hey cool idea, I've subscribed. One feedback - when you press Subscribe it opens a new tab to take you through the Mailchimp flow. Considering there's not much value on the landing…

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    Ask HN: Would you use a recurring self-emailer?

    There are a lot of things I need to remind myself and the best way to get them would be as a morning digest email from myself to myself. Or potentially at different times of the da…

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    Comment #13898613

    It is a bit of a shame that Heroku couldn't come to the table and provide something. I'm currently torn between using them or AWS for a project

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    Comment #13735972

    Hi Lordrminius, In respect of the first point, while you say the President doesn't have the "last word", there were for example indications of US Customs officials ignoring court o…

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    Ask HN: Foreign founders – would you incorporate in the US today?

    I have been thinking, as an Australian, that were I to found a company today, I would be hesitant to incorporate or headquarter in the US. Obviously it might exclude opportunities …

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    Comment #13681987

    AussieOdyssey If you're in Sydney and want to have a chat email me edward at flagshiplegal.com.au.