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Jhndbon “I’m moving out of state”: employees are trying to avoid California income tax

Or all the other states with plenty of high paying tech jobs

Jhndbon Activision Blizzard staff reportedly bracing for layoffs

As a RuneScape player I'm astonished at how well Jagex have done to revive the old RS community by bringing back the old version of the game, and then polling in new features.

Hopefully Blizzard can take notes from this with WoW classic

Jhndbon Chrome plugin that adds a laugh track to all videos

Pretty cool, how does it work?

Jhndbon Ask HN: How bad is freelancing?

"A freelancer or freelance worker, is a term commonly used for a person who is self-employed and is not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance workers are sometimes represented by a company or a temporary agency that resells freelance labor to clients; others work independently or use professional associations or websites to get work."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freelancer

Can you explain how this definition differs from yours?

Jhndbon Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds are using ad blockers

I don't want ads while listening to music, and I want all my thousands of weird songs I've added over the years on all my devices wherever I go

Jhndbon Ask HN: What are some great personal blogs/portfolios?

I found this quite fun, not sure if it still works.

http://blog.soulshake.net/2016/04/command-line-resume/

Jhndbon Saying Goodbye to Louisville

For my GDPR friends:

>https://www.wdrb.com/news/belknap-neighborhood-residents-con...

https://outline.com/etFHuX

>https://www.wdrb.com/news/google-fiber-announces-plan-to-fix...

https://outline.com/nxZPBa

Jhndbon Whole Foods admits trying to sell asparagus water for $6 was a mistake (2015)

In other news (2018): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42639479

Jhndbon Ketamine Could Soon Be Used to Treat Suicidal Ideation

I don't think they would have given you the same dose if it was to treat depression. By the sounds of your trip, you had way more than the standard dose (even by recreational standards).

Jhndbon Slick Olive Oil Label Designed to Deceive

Seems like they changed it

https://www.amazon.com/Iberia-Virgin-Sunflower-Purpose-Cooki...

Jhndbon Boeing 787 Suffers Rare Dual Engine Failure on Landing

Going off your quote it just looks like they're describing the symptom?

Jhndbon Big Cities No Longer Deliver for Low-Skill Workers

Just to point out, this article is focused on the US only.

Jhndbon Googling 'web'.. First result is WhatsApp

Same thing when you search 'face' or 'you'

Jhndbon Netflix to raise prices by 13% to 18%

You didn't miss much. (subjective)

Jhndbon List of hilarious and useless things at CES

I can't see any of these images in Firefox.

Edit: Works in Safari.

It's a good thing the internet has enough ad space to sell all this crap

Jhndbon Start with a Website, Not a Mobile App

I think the point stands, and the article explicitely says "start with". Apps can come later in lots of cases. A personal example - I was hired to build the MVP Android app for a new greeting card company. 1 year later: It's been done for 6 months, no one's using it, no one wants to use it, everyone's using the web app.