Shamiq

Question: What is the default timeout for a question? It seems that homework help is typically one of those "I need this answer sometime tonight, before I have to turn it in." So, wouldn't it be wasting tutor time if the question is old and the asker is no longer interested?

Shamiqon Ask HN: Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com

Please, don't send passwords over the clear via email:

Your account has been activated.

Shamiqon Goldman Sachs loses money on just one trading day in Q3

Interest rate adjusted?

Shamiqon Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad.

I think the time is ripe for some creative destruction.

Shamiqon How Reliable Is the M-16 Rifle?

Tangential:

Are weapons manufacturers as "evil" as the people behind http://www.swoopo.com/ ? (ie taking advantage of base human instincts and game theory for profit -- substantial profit).

Shamiqon Why dolphins are deep thinkers

maybe the opposite of the big bang -- destroying everything. When exists==nothing....

Shamiqon For Texas Instruments, Calculator Hackers Don't Add Up

How much patience?

Shamiqon Nation’s First Open Source Election Software Released

This is cool. I think we need open source ATMs too.

Shamiqon Reasons why Apple should add "Gift This App" to iTunes

I hadn't thought of that as a way to game the system -- it does, however, cause a tax disincentive.

Shamiqon Ask HN: Has anyone started a non tech related business before?

Do you have anything written up about being a franchise owner? I've heard of a couple people doing quite well, but I'm not sure what kind of effort goes into it.

Shamiqon Ask HN: Has anyone started a non tech related business before?

And that, is the American dream.

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For the business in this crowd:

Does this approach yield similar results for you? I could imagine iPhone applications spreading this way (much like those damn Facebook quizzes), but what about for more specialized markets?

Shamiqon Perian: QuickTime plugin for codecs

For those OSX'rs out there -- this is useful.

Shamiqon If you think you haven't found your passion...

Derek, Have you always been this popular on HN? I'm enjoying reading your articles :)

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Police are investigating whether the kid may have fallen out of said balloon.

Shamiqon NSA.gov Site Defacement

It happens.

Shamiqon Chicago HN'ers: I made an iPhone/Android version of Metra's train schedules

Thanks.

Shamiqon OpenMoko branches out with new $99 WikiReader device

Any ideas on cost?