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Do you know the reasons why management is moving away from working remotely? In an effort to attract and keep more talent the company for which I work allows working remotely more …

Then this might be news to you: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/929d622f3b36b00c0be1

SteelSeries Siberia V2 Full-Size Gaming Headset [1] I am wearing those up to 5 hours a day. - Fits nicely around me large ears - Cable has an extension - Audio quality feels better…

I have no idea if such company exists: - No politics. If the whole team agrees that something benefits their work then we will try it out. I do not have any respect for managers sa…

Building automation is already available for all your automation needs. Quite expensive but working well. I cannot see what Apple brings to the table other than control devices. Bi…

Does it matter? With the first product users could win money, travels, cosmetics and other prizes for solving knowledge based puzzles. The B2B product saves time by automating spec…

Hi HN, A few months ago I asked around 2,000 potential customers (B2C) if they would pay for this one product. Turned out that they hated the product in every way possible. I was r…

This [1] (in German) article sums up some. While [2] is a huge list of German/EU/Int' platforms. Naturally both lists overlap. [1] http://t3n.de/news/deutschsprachige-crowdfunding-…

I am in the same position as you: Want to invest money in a startup. So I had a look at different seed investments/crowd funding sites like [1] but often they are heavily tied to y…

For a release the lua code is surely translated into objective-c, so lua is 'just' used as a scripting language.

The pitch itself is bad. What is your slogan? Tools like a pro or something for digital rebels? No screenshots of nothing? Not even a demo game? No disarming arguments why I should…

Uhm, all I read was whine, whine and more whine. - Too long unemployed and getting weird looks at interviews? Create your own consulting company, say "provided consulting to ". Swa…

Too bad the author does not care to ask for the more important bits of developing software but devulges into questions a web crawler could answer. Creating elitisim (by offensively…

This exam is just a scam. Engineers working in those areas you described are fully aware and do not need an exam to proove it. Engineers new to those areas will not get a job becau…

and then what excactly should happen?

"democracy relies on the informed voter" yeah, get informed by mainstream media - totally does wonders to democracy. did work hefty fine in itally where the former head of state ow…

Cool! Maybe Apple will also tell why they allow spyware on iOS as reported by Bloomberg? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-29/spyware-matching-fi...

My issue is that a few selected countries from Europe do not justify such a headline. Even the article itself states that the service will be named "HBO Nordic AB" (in Sweden). The…

"... will allow customers in Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark..." Then call it HBO Nordic ffs.

Funny thing: German tax department designed an API around polling tax data primarily for companies. I have to find an english link to the full story, but basically: - company devel…

As someone who just recently found HN, all I can say is that the percentage of constructive feedback VS such 'stories' as described above is still great in comparison to the rest o…

1and1 is a hosting company for the uneducated masses. Those do not care about telling some 1and1 employee their passwords because they think it is safe to do so. 1and1 is a great h…

Valve is by no means in the "hit business" anymore. They moved on and provide service and content. From the stereotypical hat in games to deliver content from other creators. Not j…

Estimating time is no trivial task. From my past experience I can say that it really differs from person to person from team to team. In fact in the past we have wasted so many hou…

"TRC's are good. They save in long term both the publisher, and the console manifacturer." This is exactly one reason why developers are looking for greener grasses. Jonathan alrea…