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rhornbergeron Ask HN: Why did Congress recently add a Software "Special Rule" in the tax code?

What I want to see is that they remove the "special case" rule for software from the line. Let us decide what is R&D and not R&D. Right now the new rule says "all" software is R&D and that is where our biggest problem lies.

rhornbergeron Web Framework Benchmarks Round 7

I'd like to see what this test looks like once you add event-machine to the ruby frameworks.

rhornbergeron How a Startup made a $7M Series A (Scan Inc)

My bad. Thanks for the comments.

rhornbergeron How a Startup made a $7M Series A (Scan Inc)

clarified. Really it was Ben and Garrett who flew out there though ;) The first time I heard this story was reading this article today.

rhornbergeron Scan gets $7M to do QR Code Scan To Pay

PandoDaily just released the story on how Scan secured the funding. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6523182

rhornbergeron How a Startup made a $7M Series A (Scan Inc)

Awesome story about Scan Inc. (http://Scan.me) and how the company closed a $7M Series A investment.

(Disclosure, I'm an employee of Scan Inc.)