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Probably not what you want to hear, but I'd avoid Google for any mission critical things, and any business model that relies on Google products for revenue (YouTube, AdMob, AdSense…

"I sent out a few celebratory tweets but mainly kept the news to myself." How does that work? Are there private tweets? Like the ones that Anthony Weiner sent out?

Your assumptions go in the right direction. I think the Bay Area is an amazing place to live, not the worst place to raise a family. But somehow I don't have much luck with the dat…

I applied to SJSU, they have a Master's program with emphasis on mobile development. But after the budget cuts they seem to be really struggling, bureaucratically. I haven't heard …

Thanks for sharing your story. I remember reading something similar a few weeks ago here on HN. It may be the combination of 10+ years at one company, plus a gap. It could be somet…

My lease is running out in November, so that's the time frame I've given myself to see if it gets any better. The good thing is that time doesn't run against me. Okay, maybe opport…

Thanks for this link! I've been reading a lot of blogs lately, but haven't seen this article. I've seen the TED talk mentioned in the article, and it was an inspiration to my idea,…

I've been talking to my manager about this. The problem is, after moving to an open floor plan, paradoxically we don't have room anymore. I'm trying to work standing up for a bit. …

> You should think twice about what your motivaions are, do you want to become an entrepeneur? Or you just want to be happy with your job? Dont make the wrong choices for the wrong…

That's exactly what I'm already working on. I have a domain name secured, an app in the Android app store, and if I do make the jump, I'll change my LinkedIn to "Founder, LLC" or s…

You summed up my inner dialog perfectly. I used the retirement calculator my brokerage firm has on their website. According to their Monte Carlo simulation, I have about 10 years t…

I've been thinking a similar thing. It's probably not very smart, but one idea would be to move to Honolulu. Same cost as the Bay Area, but much more beautiful and no tech echo cha…

I have a line of Android apps that have a few thousand downloads. So far I've made about $30 in half a year with ads. But I'm positive that it would be a different story if I could…

I could probably move to Ecuador or Cambodia and retire outright. Trust me, I've been considering it. But there's something about the developed world that I enjoy. When I traveled …

Some more data points and thoughts: - I have 23 days of PTO per year, which is generous for the US. I did several two week trips the past years, mostly to Asia. My job is fairly lo…

I've been working in IT as a software engineer for almost 12 years now. Half of that in Europe with J2EE, the latter half in the Bay Area as a web developer in .NET. I'm starting t…

Very entertaining and interesting article. One peculiar thing I noticed: Did Sophie photoshop this picture of hers? https://93fd9190-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/so...

Let's say you're Greece and you're a trillion Drachmes in debt. You can't pay the interest anymore, your deficit is too high. Greece uses INFLATION, it's super effective! Prices do…

Wouldn't the troll entity have at least control of the patents it's suing for?

Looks like an interesting game, love the artwork! But why is the demo video cutting back and forth between scenes so quickly? Quite confusing and irritating.

I found that number hard to believe, so I looked it up. In 2007 (the most recent figure I could find) the US sent $2.5 billion to Israel. The total budget was $2800 billion. So it …

Coal and nuclear power are both dangerous, just in different ways. And there are incidents that don't get much international coverage, but still have a lasting impact. For example …

The limit is $7.5k in California, but you can voluntarily reduce your claim to meet this threshold.

The funny thing is, if that were true, you'd have no problems getting an O-1 visa to the US for example.

I spent the first five years of my professional life developing software for these places. I've seen lots of warehouses and even worked in them briefly to test our software. Not th…