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I highly recommend Sneakemail.com and have been using them for over a decade. They let you set up keywords, like "foo", and then you can mail anything-foo@sneakemail.com (or snkmail.com, since a few sites block the former domain) and it creates an alias. On the Sneakemail web UI you can enable/disable aliases and see recent mail. An alias can forward up to 5 people or so, and when someone sends you mail, if you reply you'll reply through Sneakemail.

Of course it's also worth mentioning Mailinator.com (one-off throwaway aliases, but public) and 10minutemail.com (super-disposable temporary email addresses).

Thanks! (and good luck on your next thing!)

> OpenFL is an implementation of the Flash API written in the Haxe programming language.

Other than "Papers Please," who is using Haxe for production (i.e., making money on products built with it), and for what?

Pretty quiet in the mornings, but past 4pm or so we (10 of us) usually put on the speakers and start listening to Pandora.

Redbeacon's acquisition price was not announced, but there's speculation and discussion about the price here: http://www.quora.com/How-much-was-Redbeacon-acquired-for (requires Quora login)

Forgive me, but what's so exciting about this?

It's not gone: https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1

Despite opting in, I still cannot play most YouTube videos from Chrome without the Flash plugin.

Use 1Password. Life-changing.

> Being a CS student would open a lot more doors than not having a degree.

Strong thumbs up here.

I like this. Emphasis on the "Without lying." Do not lie on your resume. And anything on it is fair game during an interview.

Good for you for reaching out.

As a hiring manager, I'd suggest changes to your marketing. A better title might be "Tell HN: Django/Python engineer looking for internship in USA" (I would have clicked faster). Also, link to your GitHub and blog and twitter here, too, so I don't have to dig for them.

Good luck!

Good for you for reaching out. You should provide links to your backgrounds and projects and maybe expand on your interests.

Brazil next, right?

Don't the people who would use a service like this already have the money to use a consierge or assistant who would do the booking for them?

Thank you all. Fascinating discussion.

That's not my question, exactly. Inevitably, as the company grows, the probability of someone not joining because we're "socialist assholes" goes up. I want to know what's wrong other than sentiment.

Fascinating. Given that HN has so much content nowadays, aggregators/filters like this are proving useful. (I found this link through http://www.skimhn.com/)

More information, please. Who are you? What do you do? Do you have a blog? Code? Prior projects? Are you an axe murderer?

This is cool, but I have no idea how to use it :)

On the other side, as a founder, it's much better to accept investment only from accredited investors, since non-accredited can sue you (or so I'm told).

Yes. Math. Hard.

As an employer, the only two places I've ever looked are odesk and elance. I've never heard of Freelancer.com. Just one data point though.

There are tons and tons of "web annoation" tools and services, but none have ever caught on. What makes yours different, and who is your audience?

I don't have specific recommendations, but here's where I'd start looking:

Ganglia - http://ganglia.sourceforge.net/

Zabbix - http://www.zabbix.com/

Zenoss - http://www.zenoss.com/

collectd - http://collectd.org/

Above all, find other people in your position and area and ask them what they make.

In addition to salary, also consider equity, which is a different discussion depending on the size and stage of the company.

Piaw Na's book has a good chapter on compensation negotiation regardless of your geographic area. It's well worth the $25: http://books.piaw.net/guide/index.html

See also iaw's advice. Good luck!

The idea is neat. However, you're asking for too much up front, and the form is in an awkward position. You don't need the product name, your workers can get that from the link, and if not reject the request as "too vague." Same thing with the price. The deadline field is too much choice. And you certainly don't need my email address until I feel like I'm committed.

Make it look like this:

  +--------------------------------------------------+
  | Find the lowest price for your online purchases! |
  +--------------------------------------------------+
  | Paste a link to what you're trying to buy:       |
  | [________________________________]               |
  +--------------------------------------------------+
  | Recent finds:                                    |
  | * Samsung 42" LED TV: $399.00 - Boston, MA       |
  | * Cuisinart blender: $129.95 - Miami, FL         |
  | * ...                                            |
  +--------------------------------------------------+

Then, on the next page, show a spinner and a clock as an indicator of progress, then ask for their email address. Refresh the page periodically.

  +--------------------------------------------------+
  | Searching for the best price for your product... |
  |
  | Approximate time remaining: 5:49 (spinner)       |
  |--------------------------------------------------+
  | Enter your email to be alerted when we find the  |
  | best price: [__________________]                 |
  +--------------------------------------------------+

Indeed. Good luck with your search!

Find an existing community and make them converts. Make your thing 120% better than the thing they're using and they'll start to use it.

I don't think the grocery store will change anytime soon. :)