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Entirely agree with you. They are nothing but script kiddies. Anyone can download Metasploit, Nessus, Nikto, etc. and test for thousands of vulnerabilities. Then they either turn v…

Reddit has quite a few stability/uptime problems. Probably not his fault, but a scary prospect nonetheless. EDIT: Did I get downvoted by someone who thinks Reddit is stable? It cle…

There are many different kinds of people that drink wine.

I'd be more impressed if they could support themselves after 7 years and didn't need investments and an IPO to stay afloat.

Only sites that have the tracking code installed are accurate. Anything else is guessed (poorly).

http://i.imgur.com/HrRuJ.png That's a well known TemplateMonster template. Also, you're using Wordpress.

Building the prototype is the easy part. If you're going to do 40% of the work, ask for 40% of the equity. This is assuming he has no revenue, no customers, and no other partners. …

Those topics have been covered in depth dozens, if not hundreds of times on HN. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+choose+part... http://lmgtfy.com/?q=site%3Anews.yco…

You're the first developer on board. Get more equity, 2% would be good if they are giving you half-salary. 1% would be good if they are willing to do full salary. Walking away from…

That is a much better question. Although I can't tell you why in this specific scenario, I can tell you that middle markets can be tough because they're not the cheapest or the mos…

I follow the needs of an industry. If you understand an industry, you can feel which direction to take it. I've never understood how or why people would use any other method.

Too many people these days think they are entitled to everything for free, especially on the internet. I dabble in angel investing and you wouldn't believe how many people think th…

Starting a website based on how profitable you think it is, or how profitable strangers on the internet tell you it is, is the worst idea I've heard in a long time. Internet busine…

Let's be realistic; it took him 3 years to get this far, so he probably only commits minimal time to it. It's not a bad thing, but this is the internet, you can't move that slow an…

What if you only have 30 users after putting 3-4 years into this? You don't know burn-out till you've experienced it. You can't target everyone because everyone doesn't care. You c…

Building a website that has the potential to gain traction requires understanding how and why your users are going to use your site. Sure he can A/B test it himself, but at this ra…

Every successful website starts with a focus area and it grows outward. You simply can't target every legislative policy in every state without overwhelming your visitors or pointi…

They are all on the web (such as http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/bills0001.asp ) - I would just create a bot to scrape the content automatically. I hope you didn't do it manuall…

You should probably seed some interesting political discussions to get the comments going. I'm surprised it took you 3 years to build this-- it could have been done in a weekend an…

Every site is different. What works for someone else might not work for you. That being said, your question is too broad and generalized.

You're only liable for the first $50, but most banks won't even make you pay that. Once you report a fraudulent transaction, they will typically reimburse you within 24 hours but s…

You've got some major security issues. http://bit.ly/iSEvWu