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eminkelon Ask HN: How would your life change if Facebook/Twitter disappeared?

Most people don't know how to use the internet without Google.

I'm sure many industries are supported with the likes of "Just Google it"

eminkelon Selling My Bootstrapped SaaS Business

Always wondered what happened to you. Followed your story a few years ago when you participated in Baremetrics/Open. Glad that you held on for a good sum and exit!

eminkelon AIM will shut down after 20 years

I vaguely remember the 3char screen names and the trading of accounts or lists. If I recall correctly there was underground stuff going on with trading those names. Thanks for hitting that memory switch for me.

eminkelon Ask HN: What is a good way to think about the market cap of a cryptocurrency?

I'd think you need to take into account a few other items such as:

Network Usage (What business segment is using it?) Upcoming Deliverables (Are current issues being resolved, active development?) Features Awareness (Is it in the press? Is press good/bad?)

eminkelon Ask HN: Will there be an ICO bubble?

They'll be releasing an e-book on how to raise millions in 9 minutes.

eminkelon Ask HN: Where do you go to trade your cryptocurrencies?

https://www.bitfinex.com/posts/216/review

Bitfinex is closed for US customers.

eminkelon SEC Rejects Rule Change for Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund [pdf]

Kraken.com?

eminkelon Bitcoin hits 3-year peak, nears record high on U.S. ETF approval

Same, but used it to pay off all CC debt. I think I made a good choice. Might start auto-buying them again.

eminkelon Ask HN: Is Google adwords totally useless?

Almost never.

Mobile traffic is generally garbage, too.

AdWords is a monster to wrangle.

eminkelon Help:We Found a Bitcoin Mining Prog / Email Server Running on Our Server

FYI: Default redis install has since fixed this vulnerability.

eminkelon Ask HN: What do you eat/drink during the workday?

Oolong whether roasted or aged are a good start. It's between a black tea and a green tea. Medium caffeine.

eminkelon Ask HN: What's a “Hacker News” for other topics?

inbound.org - Marketing/SEM

eminkelon Ask HN: Anyone work in Honolulu?

There certainly is, and it's a bit insane. My email is in my profile. Hit me up if you ever wanna hit the beach with some beers, talk tech/code and bon fire. :)

eminkelon Ask HN: Anyone work in Honolulu?

Aloha, I'm not on Oahu, but Maui. Pretty abysmal here as far as tech work. Been here since February, and now playing with the idea of looking for "real" work.

Still hacking on pet projects.

eminkelon Ask HN: Which $1B startups will fail if the bubble bursts?

I'm on their email list and 2 hour cleaning offers at $29 can't be sustainable for long.

eminkelon Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and from what?

Just came to say, I think some of my understanding of HTML may have come from WSG, and that I remember the name from the early 2000s, about the time I was learning HTML. I also remember messing with the CGI scripts.

eminkelon Ask HN: What B2B SaaS Apps do you pay for?

AWS (S3, EC2, Route 53) - $40/mo

Digital Ocean - $50/mo?

Stripe

RingCentral - $34/mo? (Paid annually)

Grasshopper - $25/mo?

eminkelon Ask HN: What's the Minimum Viable Skillset of Web Development?

Pick something and stick with it; otherwise you'll never learn anything.

eminkelon Ask HN: Where to host a personal blog?

I've done the same, it's very smooth.

eminkelon Ask HN: Making money with ebooks and video courses vs. writing apps?

I snagged Pete's book when it was $29. The recent upgrade and new version pushes are great. The book is essential if you want a good overview of how to get setup with Stripe payments fast, without having to read too far into Stripe's API documentation. He also includes other good ideas to improve the payment portion of your application.

eminkelon Early Bird Special $1 for the new invention “Intelishake” delivered to you door

Wow, I signed up to Kickstarter to specifically get your email about this, and I'm finding it a day after and never got an email.

eminkelon $1 Early Bird Special – Intelishake Bottle, will you back this to reality?

Can I send you $25 now?

eminkelon What was your best passive income in 2014?

Sent you an email.

eminkelon What was your best passive income in 2014?

I plan to launch another cleaning business, utilizing what I learned in my launch 3 months ago and write an e-book, and of course sell it for passive income. :)

eminkelon What was your best passive income in 2014?

Excellent, I just started a cleaning business less than 3 months ago.

eminkelon I’ve created a Google Adwords course. Free (usually $59) for first 100 people.

Thanks!

eminkelon Mtgox bitcoin prices going to zero..what should i do

No, if your Mt Gox account isn't verified and your coins were sent to your Mt Gox wallet, they freeze transfers out and you can only trade within their system.

eminkelon Mtgox bitcoin prices going to zero..what should i do

Give this site a last chance effort: https://www.bitcoinbuilder.com/

eminkelon Ask HN: Best way to buy litecoins?

BTC-E, Bitfinex, litecoinlocal.org, vircurex, crypto-trade, cryptsy, coinmtk, there are a few others. All I believe aren't located within the United States, so there is risk involved other than LTC being worth $0.

I only suggest BTC-E based on it being one of the higher volume LTC exchanges.

eminkelon Ask HN: Best way to buy litecoins?

Buy BTC > Transfer BTC to BTC-E, Exchange BTC/LTC on BTC-E