jakewolf | 16 years ago | on: What to make of chatroulette?
Hitler makes a comeback...
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jakewolf | 16 years ago | on: Unemployment tax or $20000 reasons not to hire someone
This post makes no sense. From Illinios State site http://www.ides.state.il.us/employer/uitax.asp Rates for 2010 are max 7.250% min 0.650% base $12,520 (you don't pay into unemployment insurance for wages over $12520/yr)
The rate you pay is based on past claims not to exceed 7.250%. How does he get $20000?
jakewolf | 16 years ago | on: Text of Steve Jobs' Commencement address (2005)
Doesn't "Hacker News" imply links that are only new? How about an "old" flag that buries the submission and bans the user from adding new submissions for a few days?
jakewolf | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Online entrepreneur network "Million Impossible", what do you think?
There's nothing wrong with getting a referral fee for signing up people. It's when most of your income comes from signing up new people instead of the product you're supposed to be selling that it becomes fishy.
I don't get whitedotbox. Why would someone give up 50% of potential revenue when they can use adsense for search and keep 100% of the payout.
jakewolf | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Online entrepreneur network "Million Impossible", what do you think?
"MI Referral Scheme", multilevel marketing scheme, recently bankrupt founder and a blog hosted on wordpress.com. What else do you want to know? http://millionimpossible.com/coming-soon.asp?page=Success%20... Who wants to be a 399pound guinea pig?
jakewolf | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Has anyone used machine learning to trade?
You'll need at least 25k in order to be a day trader in stocks. You can get around that by trading futures. http://www.finra.org/Investors/SmartInvesting/AdvancedInvest...
jakewolf | 16 years ago | on: Jeff Bezos supposedly invested $250k in Google in '98, worth $1.6 billion today
Read the New Yorker piece http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2009/10/insid...
jakewolf | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Monthly vs Annual - Subscriptions.
I know people who have used paypal for annual subscriptions with no problem. However, monthly is the most popular option followed by a three month for a small discount.
jakewolf | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Am I crazy?
Come to NYC and I'll buy you beers while you interview me about my startup.
jakewolf | 16 years ago | on: Knight News Challenge offers up to $5 Million for community news innovation
I'm definitely going to apply in the open version especially as I'm looking for a partner/first employee.
jakewolf | 16 years ago | on: The Iraqi who saved Norway from oil
I love people who fearlessly operate like this:
"After the Ekofisk find, he had to train new recruits. “I, of course, accepted that I am teaching people so that they can make my existence unnecessary … What choice did I have? I had only one hope, and that is that through my contribution, I would become indispensable, which I did.”"
jakewolf | 16 years ago | on: Prosper is Back
I took out a small loan with prosper 3 years ago and it's definitely a quick and easy way to get cash if you have good credit.
jakewolf | 16 years ago | on: Feedback on my new site Chipped.In
I already have friends using some of the apps mentioned http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/15-cool-tools-for-easy-expense-.... Why should we switch to yours?
jakewolf | 16 years ago | on: How Much Will the Post Office Put Up With?
There's always http://mailabrick.com
jakewolf | 16 years ago | on: Leave the math to us: Advertisers increase profits with Conversion Optimizer
You might also find that some keywords convert extremely well and those cpc will go up through the roof while others won't be clicked on anymore.
jakewolf | 16 years ago | on: $12.50 to quote 5 words of an AP story
I'm thinking this is a good time to start an AP for blogs where bloggers can write articles to be syndicated among other blog.
jakewolf | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Can you Monetize Celebrity Gossip Sites?
Start by changing the anti aging ads on your blog to something your target readership would be interested in.
jakewolf | 16 years ago | on: My Adwords Are Turned Off
He didn't say his account was suspended, right? It's just that he screwed up how the conversions work and therefore google stopped showing ads because they weren't converting. Sounds like adwords is working perfectly.
Am I the only who checks my adwords account almost daily when I have a campaign running? A month seems like a long time to wait, plus you'd expect to see regular charges in your bank/credit account.
jakewolf | 16 years ago | on: Rate my startup (TwitterLift.com)
mass follow your followers' followers = follow spam?
jakewolf | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: How to protect/copyright code/essays/papers published on my site?
From copyright.gov FAQs
"Do I have to register with your office to be protected? No. In general, registration is voluntary. Copyright exists from the moment the work is created. You will have to register, however, if you wish to bring a lawsuit for infringement of a U.S. work."
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