Mankhool | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (February 2020)
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Mankhool | 7 years ago | on: The Water Wars of Arizona
Immediately brought this to mind. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23209924-the-water-knife
Mankhool | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Whatever happened to “Offer HN”?
Cool. Thanks for the insight.
Mankhool | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are the best Sci-Fi books you've ever read?
Iain M. Banks: https://www.iain-banks.net/books/
Peter F. Hamilton: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/peter-f-hamilton
And while not strictly sci-fi, Peter Higgins: http://www.wolfhoundcentury.com/
Mankhool | 7 years ago | on: Toys ‘R’ Us Didn’t Have to Die
Here in Vancouver, BC, it IS. The property values are SO high and continue to go up every year, that retail income is almost irrelevant to the owners. They are just waiting for a developer to buy the property so they can cash out.
Mankhool | 8 years ago | on: Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica situation
>“We also made mistakes, there’s more to do, and we need to step up and do it,”
I, for one, am tired of hearing tech companies say that they are sorry - believing that this makes whatever the issue is, immediately a thing of the past so that they can start again from day zero with regard to whatever they failed at.
A company the size of FB must police the usage of their data if they want to be able to promise security of it. That this wasn't being done is a mistake of unforgivable magnitude.
Mankhool | 8 years ago | on: Make Money Strapping a LED Sign to Your Car
There are all kinds of jurisdictions that will never allow this.
Mankhool | 8 years ago | on: Lottery winner asking a judge to let her keep the cash and remain anonymous
Both her, and Shane Missler, who won the Mega Millions in January should just disappear. I think her problem is that she wants her life to remain largely the same. Well it can't and it won't. But a few hundred million dollars gives you plenty of opportunities to start over, at any age, and take care of your inner circle from wherever in the world you want to live.
Mankhool | 8 years ago | on: Remoteindex.io – Simple aggregator of remote jobs
Is/will this be searchable?
Mankhool | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
hell.com, gabocorp.com
Mankhool | 8 years ago | on: Cape Town Is 90 Days Away from Running Out of Water
An earlier article in The Guardian, that I cannot find atm said that only 54% of residents were meeting their water rationing quota (!)
Mankhool | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: Can I ask for more severance pay?
What country / state are you in? Check the local laws.
Mankhool | 8 years ago | on: California has the highest poverty rate in the USA
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/15/america-extr...
>41 million people who officially live in poverty.
Of those, nine million have zero cash income
Mankhool | 8 years ago | on: The growing body of evidence that digital distraction is damaging our minds
If I didn't work for a telco, I would still carry a basic phone.
Mankhool | 8 years ago | on: Dock-less bike share is ready to take over U.S. cities
Like it did China? https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/25/chinas-bike-...
Mankhool | 8 years ago | on: Bitcoin and almost every other cryptocurrency crashed hard today
The dollar is essentially not backed by anything - except debt.
Mankhool | 8 years ago | on: How a Radio Shack Robbery Could Spur a New Era in Digital Privacy
>urging the Supreme Court to continue to bring Fourth Amendment law into the modern era.
If the Supreme Court can do this, then perhaps it could bring the Second Amendment law into the modern era.
Mankhool | 8 years ago | on: FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose the sites customers see
How much of America is like this? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/21/republica...
Mankhool | 8 years ago | on: Why Do We Still Commute?
I've always tried to live close to where I work, or to find a job close to where I want to live.
Mankhool | 8 years ago | on: iphone6 on iOS11
I'm not seeing the battery issue, but my iP6 is S-L-O-W. and I'm only using 10% of my 64GB of storage. I regret doing the upgrade.
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Looking for a mobile app dev to build a photo/video sharing app on both platforms.
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