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Mankhoolon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (February 2020)

SEEKING FREELANCER | Vancouver, BC | Remote OK (must be in BC)

Looking for a mobile app dev to build a photo/video sharing app on both platforms.

This will be the second app I've created with Freelancers from HN. This is the only place I ever look for talent.

cultur@mankhool.com

Mankhoolon The Water Wars of Arizona

Immediately brought this to mind. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23209924-the-water-knife

Mankhoolon Ask HN: Whatever happened to “Offer HN”?

Cool. Thanks for the insight.

Mankhoolon 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/

Mankhoolon 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.

Mankhoolon 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.

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There are all kinds of jurisdictions that will never allow this.

Mankhoolon 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.

Mankhoolon Remoteindex.io – Simple aggregator of remote jobs

Is/will this be searchable?

Mankhoolon Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?

hell.com, gabocorp.com

Mankhoolon 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 (!)

Mankhoolon Ask HN: Can I ask for more severance pay?

What country / state are you in? Check the local laws.

Mankhoolon 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

Mankhoolon 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.

Mankhoolon 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-...

Mankhoolon Bitcoin and almost every other cryptocurrency crashed hard today

The dollar is essentially not backed by anything - except debt.

Mankhoolon 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.

Mankhoolon 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...

Mankhoolon 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.

Mankhoolon 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.

Mankhoolon Critics say WeWork is an overvalued real-estate play

Thank you.

Mankhoolon How MDMA Went from Club Drug to ‘Breakthrough Therapy’

Paywall . . .

Mankhoolon Critics say WeWork is an overvalued real-estate play

Paywall . . .

Mankhoolon McDonald’s Has a McSpicy Problem: An Indian Partner Has Gone Rogue

Paywall . . .

Mankhoolon $782k over asking for a house in Sunnyvale

Please come to Vancouver, BC. We have bidding wars on houses and many have sold WAY over the asking price. Here's a fine example: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-tea...

Mankhoolon How Many Years of Life Does That House Cost?

Please do one of these for Canada!

Mankhoolon Why We Should Send All Our Politicians to Space

There should be a live feed of our planet from space available online, on a TV channel globally, and on an app that does nothing else.

Mankhoolon Essential Phone, available now

If you are in Canada, Telus is the only carrier selling them: https://www.telus.com/en/on/mobility/phones/essential

Mankhoolon Extreme Commuting

Live close to where you work, or find employment close to where you want to live.

Mankhoolon Why Can’t Americans Get a Raise?

Not just America. In Canada too salaries have been flat forever. I work at one of our big three telcos and we were told last year that nobody is getting a raise for at least the next 3 years. Like, none of my costs of living are going to go up in the next three years either?

http://globalnews.ca/news/3531614/average-hourly-wage-canada...