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Re: Show HN: My new project - ask.io

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Post by ozh »

brandoncapecci wrote: post #31
ozh wrote: post #24

Side thought: nice domain. Registered since 2007, but you were keeping it in case you had a nice idea to use with?

Ugh I bought Ask.io for one of my own projects. Domai.nr said it was available, I paid, and after about a month they informed it it didn't go through for some reason I don't remember (thankfully refunding me). I was pretty pissed... I had already made shirts.

Domainr is fun (and really neat) to find cool domain names, but they're not a registrar, they just output affiliate links.

Reminder: gandi.net has 29€/year .io registration and they provide top notch service.

Re: Show HN: My new project - ask.io

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Post by franstereo »

jcutrell wrote: post #67

I very much like this idea. I think the most important and persistent feedback would be to offer more (even if just a few more) asks on the front page. While it makes sense to limit focus, by having one a week, I feel entirely less compelled to keep ask.io on the forefront of my mind. If you do choose to stick with one, make a few macros or something like that to allow people to be reminded of the newest ask once a w…

What if you allowed people to pool money for it? Give $1 a week to the winner based on up votes and then that money goes for whatever the ask is. Automatic charges on your card, reminder every week to vote. Eliminates some of the more frivolous uses.

Re: Show HN: My new project - ask.io

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Post by robomartin »

raverbashing wrote: post #76
robomartin wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> an Atheist would receive a lot of "I'm praying for Jesus to make it better" cards I'm an atheist. I've had believer friends ask if they could pray over me during a time when I was navigating difficulties. Do you know what I said? "I would be honored". Do you understand why? Because, while I don't share their belief system I recognize their request comes from only one place: love and caring. It would take a pedantic…

As I said, it is only an example, and could go in a lot of different, but similar ways. I wouldn't be offended if that happened to me. "It would take a pedantic asshole to reject something coming from such a place" Yes, that's the main problem, as there would be people sending offensive cards there's also "overly sensitive people" that would be beyond themselves because of something like that.

> as there would be people sending offensive cards there's also "overly sensitive people" that would be beyond themselves because of something like that

Agreed.

Re: Show HN: My new project - ask.io

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Post by [deleted] »

grecy wrote: post #58
nmcfarl wrote: post #14

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If your street address isn’t on the internet you are doing way better than I. Some recruiter a 5 or 7 years ago or so went so far as to scan my paper resume, (with my address), did OCR, and posted it on the net. My wife’s in a profession that needs registration with the state - they post the office address in the net - so no home offices. Got a land line, and in the white pages - like everyone in my parent’s generati…

Why would your resume have your actual street address? Surely city name is enough granularity. (mine doesn't even have that) It's also why mine doesn't have my actual DOB.

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Re: Show HN: My new project - ask.io

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Post by grecy »

[deleted] wrote: post #84
grecy wrote: post #58

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Why would your resume have your actual street address? Surely city name is enough granularity. (mine doesn't even have that) It's also why mine doesn't have my actual DOB.

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> People would literally mail you responses

Get a PO Box.

Re: Show HN: My new project - ask.io

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Post by possibilistic »

jboynyc wrote: post #55
possibilistic wrote: post #27

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I'd like to hear how you got this domain as well. I tried to bid for 'bt.io' due to my name sharing the initialism; that thing wound up going for quite a bit. You're probably sitting on a goldmine here, OP.

The submitter has posted about registering .IO domains on her/his blog: http://hack.ly/articles/app-io-acquired/

Interesting information about the drop time. This might be valuable if you happen to have a list of domains that are about to elapse the 90-day renewal grace period.

Re: Show HN: My new project - ask.io

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Post by z3bra »

skore wrote: post #20

> My wife is not well and was recently hospitalized, but her birthday is coming up. I think it would make her happy to receive a lot of birthday cards. Could you please send her a birthday card? Wait, so your wife is sick and you think a lot of cards from random strangers will cheer her up? In my experience, that's rarely how wives (or for that matter: husbands) work. I'm all for random acts of kindness... not too su…

implying he knows every wife.

Re: Show HN: My new project - ask.io

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Post by frankdenbow »

skore wrote: post #20

> My wife is not well and was recently hospitalized, but her birthday is coming up. I think it would make her happy to receive a lot of birthday cards. Could you please send her a birthday card? Wait, so your wife is sick and you think a lot of cards from random strangers will cheer her up? In my experience, that's rarely how wives (or for that matter: husbands) work. I'm all for random acts of kindness... not too su…

When Steve Klabnik's Dad was sick many did this: http://blog.steveklabnik.com/posts/2012-03-26-birthday-cards...

Re: Show HN: My new project - ask.io

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Post by LukeShu »

groovy2shoes wrote: post #47
elohesra wrote: post #42

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Apologies, maybe I am misunderstanding this point: >Sigh...sometimes I wonder if I shouldn't change my username to "tokenwoman", a la "tokenadult". :P But are you suggesting that tokenwoman is synonymous with tokenadult, and by doing so suggesting men are children? If so, I consider this insulting rather than amusing. Sexist jokes are unwelcome regardless of the gender being targeted. If I've misunderstood you, then…

I think tokenadult's nickname is a reference to tokenism[1]. It's a tongue-in-cheek insinuation that he's the acting adult amongst a group of children. Just a joke. If that is correct, then tokenwoman would be the one woman in a group of men. It's a joke within a joke, though unfortunately one with echoes of truth, statistically speaking. Cool your jets, man. It wasn't meant to be offensive. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.…

Not quite, tokenadult's username isn't not a tongue-in-cheek insinuation. The username originated on a website (http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/) where the majority of users actually are children, and he just chose to re-use that identity.
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