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It's tough to overstate the amount of savings you should put aside. I'd say that even if you save for "18" months - there is a lot that can happen that you wouldn't even think to p…

I am about to start a longer term remote contract and have been checking out coworking spaces. I plan to go there maybe three times a week and spend the other days at my apartment.…

Thanks for that resource, I had no idea it existed.

The strange thing is that this recruiter has already placed other people at this company (according to the hiring manager). Maybe the terms did change, or the quality of those cand…

Thanks for this advice. I was thinking about ways to close the loop and get out of this situation without harming future opportunities. This would be a good way to make sure my nam…

I recently engaged a recruiter to help me find 3-6mo contracts. They set me up with an interview at a well-known, established local firm where the hiring manager (who I'd be workin…

I try to give myself adventures and goals for the morning to at least make it interesting. Some I've tried: - Figuring out the most efficient way to make an omelet and coffee, in t…

We got some good traffic (and growing!) after John posted a new feature here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2341175 Wanted to share some stats pre-HN effect. I'll do another …

Awesome. Quick turnaround. Looks good now.

I'm getting "Column count doesn't match value count at row 1"

We recently released http://rewordio.us which helps people find alternative domain names by using a thesaurus. We went with this name because it's a bit shorter, but also registere…

You should definitely reserve that name! Maybe through our site? :) I agree with not overwhelming the user. Though I think it depends on how your users are individually inspired to…

Looks similar to the project I announced last week ( http://rewordio.us ) here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2118240 I like the interface to show additional (whois, etc) inf…

Clickable: http://rewordio.us/ Related post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2024927

Ever have an idea for a domain name just to find out that it is already taken? Followed by spending too much time searching for available domains based off synonyms, when you shoul…

Absolutely agree. I was looking for feedback and encouragement/doubts from people who have done this before, so I left it out intentionally so I could do a follow up post focusing …

Thanks for the contrarian view. For me personally, the feedback I have gotten from reading people's YC rejection posts has been useful in that it has helped put the process into pe…

We haven't given up on it just yet. What came out of the whole process was that we are up against big hurdles - including legal obstacles that might make the business model impossi…

Thanks! Yes, that is really similar to what we had planned to do.

Thanks for the detailed advice Jordan. It's good to know that we're not completely crazy in doing this (just partially). I'm also glad to see that even if the first time didn't wor…