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interwho··on Roblox faces criticism for 'exploiting' young game developers
I had the same issue, Google escheated the money to the state of Delaware (where they're incorporated) after a few years though. Consider checking Delaware's unclaimed property site, you may find your money there.
interwho··on Security Update
There's a group out of the University of Warwick that's trying to commercialize a similar idea.

https://www.hubofallthings.com/main/what-is-the-hat

interwho··on Twitter forces all new users to enter a valid phone number
No, I just had to open a support ticket. That said, it definitely added significant friction to signing up, and took two days for the ticket to be approved.
interwho··on Twitter forces all new users to enter a valid phone number
They also aren't allowing "throwaway" VoIP numbers, so you can't even mask your main phone number - I tried signing up with both a Twilio number and a TextNow number and both failed with a "This number is not supported" error. I ended up opening a support ticket and they allowed me to bypass that requirement only after I explained that I don't have a traditional phone number.
interwho··on Show HN: Stallman Bot – The Interjecting Slack Hubot Integration
Based on the Stallman on Steroids bot from /g/, stallman bot will interject on trigger words from the FSF Words to Avoid list.

This was made as a joke.

interwho··on Inside an Official GameBoy Dev Cartridge
From the site of the company that makes most of Nintendo's dev equipment, there was a gang writer that the cartridge plugged into.

https://intsys.co.jp/english/tools/index.html

interwho··on Best, Brightest – and Saddest?
There isn't a hard cutoff, those are the recommended grades to receive an offer. I'm currently in the Computer Engineering program here and I can say out of my class, most had around a 90. That said, CE is one of the less competitive programs.

Here's a chart of the number of students rejected from Waterloo Engineering with averages 90+: https://profbillanderson.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/unadmit...

interwho··on Best, Brightest – and Saddest?
I feel compelled to respond to this, as I know from first-hand experience it isn't true. The pressure is definitely there for Canadian high school students, and 90 isn't enough for some schools anymore. Programs like University of Waterloo's Software Engineering and Mechatronics Engineering and University of Toronto's Engineering Science all require 95+ AND extracurriculars. Same goes for the "best" schools in other categories - Queen's Commerce for business, McMaster's Health Science for premed, etc...
interwho··on Ask HN: Building a large webapp today - what language for the backend, and why?
If you use the same database, and just change the code accessing it, it is.
interwho··on EBay Is Launching A Same-Day Shipping Service Called eBay Now
If it only supports local stores, and has nothing to do with auctions, then how is it any different than TaskRabbit?
interwho··on Ask HN: Building a large webapp today - what language for the backend, and why?
Personally, I'd go with PHP.

Why?

- It's easy to get things done fast.

- There are plenty of classes available online that'll make things even easier.

- It's easier to maintain (IMHO) than some other languages.

- It'll run on almost all web hosting services cheaply.

- It's scaleable.

If and when you need something more powerful, a seamless transition can be made over to another language.

interwho··on Show HN: breeziee.com - add a paywall to any link for free
Done. Thanks for the suggestion!
interwho··on Show HN: breeziee.com - add a paywall to any link for free
I can't seem to find your email in your profile, but you can email me here: justin [at] breeziee [d o t] com.

Thanks!

interwho··on Show HN: breeziee.com - add a paywall to any link for free
Beats me as to the name of it, it was found on a free landing page template site.
interwho··on Show HN: breeziee.com - add a paywall to any link for free
There's the directory at the bottom of the page:

http://breeziee.com/directory.php

Do you think I should put a demo link at the top of the page?

interwho··on Show HN: breeziee.com - add a paywall to any link for free
Thanks! Please email me through the address here: http://breeziee.com/contact.php
interwho··on Show HN: breeziee.com - add a paywall to any link for free
If I didn't take any criticism, how would I improve? :)

As to the fact that this is my first post here, I've been a lurker for a long time, and finally had something good to post. I've been on reddit and a few developer forums under this username (and interwhos) for much longer.

Thank you for writing this.

interwho··on Show HN: breeziee.com - add a paywall to any link for free
As I said earlier, the differences are: No fees, you don't need a credit card to buy something, I have a file directory + search.
interwho··on Show HN: breeziee.com - add a paywall to any link for free
Good idea, I'll look into it. Thanks!
interwho··on Show HN: breeziee.com - add a paywall to any link for free
Fixed. Thanks!
interwho··on Show HN: breeziee.com - add a paywall to any link for free
I also have a directory + file search. I haven't used Gumroad, so I'm not sure what it's control panel looks like.
interwho··on Show HN: breeziee.com - add a paywall to any link for free
You're right, I'll get a security cert + force ssl.
interwho··on Show HN: breeziee.com - add a paywall to any link for free
No fees, you don't need a credit card to buy something.
interwho··on Show HN: breeziee.com - add a paywall to any link for free
I suppose you could file a case with PayPal.
interwho··on Show HN: breeziee.com - add a paywall to any link for free
Got it. Thanks a ton!
interwho··on Show HN: breeziee.com - add a paywall to any link for free
Nope. It's built from a template.
interwho··on Show HN: breeziee.com - add a paywall to any link for free
I'm bcrypting the passwords.

Exact method: sha1(bcrypt(sha1(md5.'othersalt').'salt').'anothersalt') and a few more salts + sha1s

interwho··on Show HN: breeziee.com - add a paywall to any link for free
Done. You can also contact me via the contact link at the bottom of the page.

Thanks for letting me know.

interwho··on Show HN: breeziee.com - add a paywall to any link for free
Exactly.
interwho··on Show HN: breeziee.com - add a paywall to any link for free
I'll try my best to explain this:

To sell something on Breeziee, you'd have to first upload the file to a web server or hosting service (ie. imgur, Dreamhost, mediafire, etc...), put the url of your file in the link field on Breeziee, and finally, share the link to the paywall page that is created for you.

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