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theunixbeard

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About theunixbeard

Ben Gelsey - Ruby on Rails software developer currently traveling throughout the world.

say hi:

ben at bengelsey.com - or - beng at empireflippers.com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #47225051

    Empire Flippers | Remote (no office), all timezones | Full-time | https://empireflippers.com Empire Flippers is a true global-remote company with travel in our DNA and employees sc…

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    Comment #46916967

    New Zealand in this case!

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    Comment #46393266

    More behind-the-scenes info could be provided by HN's @JustinSkycak: * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=JustinSkycak Here's a blog post of his talking about Matteo among other …

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    Comment #39386114

    Happy Tiller user as well, with a bit of effort customizing your Google Sheets and you can out-do any SaaS app on the marketplace.

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    Comment #37772404

    Be warned: The Pixel 5A has a manufacturer defect where they just die out of nowhere: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/11833075?hl=en This just happened to me after 1.5…

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    Comment #37274267

    Looks like PE and venture-backed tech have a bad rep these days given how cynical the comment section is... It seems the core problem at hand attempting to be solved is baby boomer…

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    Comment #36676146

    For anyone who likes spreadsheets but wishes the boring data input bits were a little more automated, check out: https://www.tillerhq.com Imagine a Google sheet where 1 tab pulls i…

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    Comment #35221714

    Look at this early warning! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34913887

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    Comment #32573266

    Presumably if your site is behind Cloudflare then this strategy won't work, right? Since the IP addresses that Security Trails sees are just of Cloudflare rather than your actual H…

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    Comment #32335489

    Awesome work, Albert! Looks like you are crushing it on HackerOne, over $37K in bounties? https://hackerone.com/albertspedersen?type=user You've obviously got a strong career in Se…

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    Comment #30364560

    One thing that wasn't immediately clear from the blog posts --- does Cloudflare's solution allow configuration to also send emails from the custom domain email address? In GMail (a…

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    Comment #30030918

    Wouldn't it be elevating your head, rather than your legs? Most sources I've seen[1] that discuss inclining your bed have your head be higher up than your legs. [1]: https://www.go…

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    Comment #28044185

    Empire Flippers | Remote (no office), all timezones | Full-time | https://empireflippers.com Empire Flippers is a true global-remote company with travel in our DNA and employees sc…

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    Comment #27749620

    China does this to some degree. Small businesses are free to transact without much intervention but very large companies get influenced/controlled by the small government elite in …

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    Comment #27700051

    Empire Flippers | Remote (no office), all timezones | Full-time | https://empireflippers.com Empire Flippers is a true global-remote company with travel in our DNA and employees sc…

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    Comment #26787568

    When researching hedge fund jobs I had heard of the Susquehanna International Group (Jeff Yass’s firm), but never knew their story until reading this article. In addition to tradin…

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    Comment #26158351

    Great article, especially the ending sentence cracked me up. pg is such an inspiring person. Walking away from $2M per month at Yahoo. To now most likely being a billionaire from p…

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    Comment #21072675

    That same user posted this “Tell HN”: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19562222

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    Comment #21029704

    Stripe keeps your 2.9% also [1]. > Stripe supports the ability to refund charges made to your account, either in whole or in part. If the original charge underwent currency convers…

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    Comment #20338810

    Do you use affiliate programs to get a cut of any bookings you make on your customers behalf?