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funkeemonk | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (August 2012)

Seven years minimum experience developing mobile apps? Seriously? I don't see why PalmOS or WinCE experience can be criteria for minimum experience these days.

funkeemonk | 13 years ago | on: Amber Waves of Green

And with that, I understand why the rich are secretive about their wealth. It's ok if you're poor and pissed about the rich, but if you're rich and pissed about the poor, lose all your friends. Collect $200M as you pass Go.

funkeemonk | 13 years ago | on: Amber Waves of Green

I'm hopelessly naive about taxes in the US (I'm not from the US). How much more money (in dollars) are we talking about here?

funkeemonk | 13 years ago | on: Amber Waves of Green

Considering how much the US has spent and is still spending on the military for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, I don't quite get the perception that taxing the rich more would fix anything. The bucket is leaking like crazy at the bottom and the solution is to pour more water? It may be fairer, but will it produce that much benefit, especially when compared to how difficult it would be to make this change? Is this tax-the-rich issue a red herring?

How much more money would end up in Uncle Sam's coffers anyway if the richer are taxed more?

funkeemonk | 14 years ago | on: An employee, whose last name is Null, kills our employee lookup app

17 years ago, when I got my second Internet account with my ISP, I filled in these 3 names for my choice of email address on their paper signup form.

root@ , nobody@ and daemon@

They gave me "daemon". I've terminated that account long ago, but last I checked (6 years ago?), I could still retrieve emails and dial in using a modem using that account.

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