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svmegatron

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About svmegatron

Cocaptain of the S/V Megatron.

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    Comment #31029674

    Better yet: keep going to therapy and start lifting weights!

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    Comment #28620466

    Can you elaborate on this? My gut agrees with you 100%, but I can't puzzle it out.

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    Comment #21670025

    I think you can - there is a link to sign up for the newsletter at the bottom of the page

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    Comment #15871474

    A high tolerance for risk

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    Comment #14925463

    You should, boats are rad. In my experience it won't be as cheap as you think - but it is still awesome!

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    Comment #11855164

    I just want to add to the chorus of people saying they would pay for this. I too would be delighted to pay for this app. Looks AWESOME, thank you for creating it!

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    Comment #11583709

    That is AWESOME! Nice work! If I can offer a button nitpick - I suggest "Try it out for free!" in big text, and "Version 1.5.248.1, 2016-04-26" in small text. Maybe as simple as wr…

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    Comment #11504796

    Certainly not with that attitude. Writing software - even hard, complex software - isn't even remotely comparable to a space program.

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    Comment #11409192

    I agree 100%. It has gotten easier to turn a side project into a business. My take is that it has gotten easier enough that fewer folks are pursuing VC, opting to bootstrap instead…

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    Comment #10321244

    The great thing about exercise is there is no minimum effective dose. Pushups are a great exercise, and they are more of a full-body exercise than they appear to be. They're an exc…

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    Comment #8261410

    > The regulations barriers are immense and the security and compliance problems are legion. Paging Uber ... I am kidding, kind of. I do wonder what would happen if a well-capitaliz…

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    Comment #7984223

    Nice! I see you're on Shopify - I started a fraud prevention app that's great for Shopify stores. Would you be willing to try the free trial? I'd love to hear what a fellow HNer th…

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    Comment #7950432

    If you haven't considered it already - this might be a great product for "pay only if you succeed" pricing. Might be easier to get people to pay, say, $5k from someone who has just…

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    Comment #7816558

    Bock and the author both miss the same point: the thing that helps you learn to think in a rigorous way is to study something that does not come naturally to you. I see it as the d…

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    Comment #7774033

    +1 for periodic re-examination of best practices.

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    Comment #7745347

    I run a product in this space ( https://www.merchantprotector.net ) and I'm quite impressed with Sift Science's pricing. No charge for the first 10k transactions/month is impressiv…

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    Comment #7699379

    Weirdly, middle-click (at least for me) does open the link in a new tab. If I were to venture a guess, it would be that that behavior was unintentional. If it wasn't, I'm also curi…

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    Comment #7683180

    You could use DeleteItLater to prevent Buffer Overflow. Sorry, I'll show myself out.

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    Comment #7604154

    It seems to be the Optimizely js, which could mean they are A/B testing something about their pricing grid. I'd really like to know the results of the test.

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    Comment #7531835

    I disagree - it's hard to stay in business if you don't make money. The fact that someone else might offer a similar product for free has stopped, e.g. the makers of premium websit…

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    Comment #7392993

    I'll be the Pollyanna here and say: maybe! Probably not this iteration, but maybe! Features I'd suggest: * Some explanation, in a big font, of what we are seeing on the homepage of…

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    Comment #7367100

    I recently had occasion to write a job description for a web design job. It was surprisingly hard, and I recommend it as an exercise to anyone frustrated with the language of job p…

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    Comment #7325270

    This is a really cool concept and looks nicely executed. Great work! Please keep us posted on progress if you can. I'm interested to know how you decided on pricing being based on …

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    Comment #7232640

    OTOH, you may have to buy the self-hosted server, which could sway the cost calculation back in favor of cloud hosting.