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i wouldn't call it exploitive, rather i would say it's very savvy. even if it's a one-time shot, it's real money and you're not doing anything shady to earn it. that's how people build wealth -- seizing opportunity. congrats on the success.

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Total agreement. There is no rule, law, or moral stricture against earning money efficiently. (Some people seem to accept that a lawyer can bill $4,000 in a day of work but an engineer who does the same thing must be cheating somehow. I've never understood this.)

A great many people also think that what the lawyer does is exploitative. It has just become an accepted social fiction that law is an exploitative profession and its to be expected of them.

"Well sure lawyers do it, but engineers?! Come on, they're supposed to be the good guys!"

Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad the Hacker News community is so understanding and supportive, even with silly little projects like this!

Its a very nice site. Nicely designed and you know exactly what you're getting and what it's about when you look at it.

I wish my site was so intuitive =(.

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