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Open Calacanis has been around for some time as well and now is trying to evolve into a pro poker player. He's especially interesting when he's trying to deny Mahalo spamming techniques and pretending to delete his facebook account.

Considering that you already built a poker product and some trading programs and that betting on fantasy sports will be the next major thing and there is no industry leader yet, I would probably look into creating a fantasy sport product with a trading component in it.

Something that you can sell to media operators or gambling sites either as a standalone product or white label.

Coding and selling.

And why would I edit the URL?

That and the fact solo founders or non technical people with an idea don't already have 10 or more consultants working for them.

Based on my own experiences using marketplaces to find freelancers, as long as the project posted is well defined, it is much better to have the coders submit bids for the total.

Every single time I paid by the hour I have had problems. I understand Derek's advice is to find one coder to work on a large project. But even then, IMHO is better to start with a fixed amount and eventually change and pay by the hour (and add other perks) only later.

"but I would really prefer to avoid working with these kind of people"

Priest paedhophiles ?

I say Americans appoint Calacanis and Arrington as their King and Queen. And if you downvote this you will be named the Queen's jester.

Who is more ridiculous: Techcrunch writing a non-news or people on HN upvoting it?

Can you count in Russian?

Real estate in metropolitan centres and downtowns is all taken. Are real estate owners extortionists as well?

They're also claiming that the initial agreement was fraudulently induced.

Consult an attorney before applying any of the tips

>Similarly, Lord Rees, the astronomer royal, warned in a lecture earlier this year that aliens might prove to be beyond human understanding.

I'm not a Lord nor an astronomer, but I had this figured out just by watching the second season of X-Files

Gizmodo Lost and Found: who owns the phone in the pictures?

I wonder how much Apple paid to the guy that "misplaced" the phone.

I actually think that the younger you start an as entrepreneur the more influence this has on you on becoming a person.

Failing as a characteristic of entrepreneurial success is way overrated in my opinion. I've failed, but that has only helped me becoming a better person, not a better entrepreneur.

Best reason for canceling order: "I was too afraid that guy would come in the box with it."

>$646 per month or around $16.65 an hour

You may want to divide your price per hour by 4 assuming they work an average of 40 hours per week

If you look to hire coders/designers/writers on freelance marketplaces like Elance, Rentacoder and Scriptlance, hire those that ask questions.

On any project above $100 you'll receive 20 or more bids, but 90% them will simply be a price and a list of references. You can be pretty sure most didn't even read your project description.

The 1 or 2 that ask meaningful questions about the project, no matter how small it is, are the ones you want to work with.

"There's nothing unusual in that agreement. It sounds like every other social network."

Indirect, concepts, ideas...does it mean that if you help someone on LinkedIn answers section, they own the solution?

Peter, what's the name of the forum software you use, if I may ask?