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cr1t1calh1ton Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

National Enquirer is funded by US tax dollars?

I'm no friend of the National Enquirer, but we should make sure we're talking about facts here..

Do you have any proof for your assertion that they're "funded by politics aka American GDP aka your tax dollars"?

cr1t1calh1ton Show HN: I'm building an open-source, high-frequency trading system

Check out IBrokers: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/IBrokers/index.html

It'll get you up and running with IB in no time.

cr1t1calh1ton Why is Google blocking shopping results in the US for vitamins?

Google Shopping has moved to a paid inclusion model, and it looks like no one in the vitamin sector has paid...

Here's Google's May 31st announcement on the change: http://googlecommerce.blogspot.com/2012/05/building-better-s...

cr1t1calh1ton Is the term Hacker/hacking been overused or misused in HN and overall?

Yes.

cr1t1calh1ton Ask HN: Co-founding startup - Profit Share or equity?

Sounds like he's contributing the minimal funding (how minimal?), and you're building the entire app.

Without knowing more, I would say that you two need to go into this at 50/50 equity if you are going to both be bringing that much value to the deal. If not, you should allocate equity accordingly.

Just going off what you've written, I'd say he should be the one taking a 20% profit share and 10% sale share. It may be his big idea, but the world is full of big ideas, and short on people who make them happen.

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cr1t1calh1ton Jotform domain seized by US due to user generated content

Fuck Godaddy.

I have been a vocal proponent of Godaddy over the years - but no longer.

Godaddy's involvement with and support of SOPA is reprehensible, but I was hoping their about-face was for real, but this action is the last nail.

Look at jotform's nameservers:

NS1.SUSPENDED-FOR.SPAM-AND-ABUSE.COM NS2.SUSPENDED-FOR.SPAM-AND-ABUSE.COM

That's just great....

I've got hundred of domains registered at GD, but I'll be damned if they'll be there after tomorrow.

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cr1t1calh1ton Ask HN: Biz owners,would you entertain freelancer coming with improvements?

What you're talking about is good old-fashioned business development and sales prospecting - go for it.

Lots of small business and brick and mortar business owners do business online as an afterthought, because their focus and expertise is on their product or service.

As long as you put together a thorough proposal in which you've done your homework to understand their business and their challenges, and pitch your proposal in terms of their business goals and measurable results, I'm sure most small business owners would give you the time of day.

You're on the right track - start in your city, call them on the phone to get an appointment, and present your proposal in person.