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tzzon Hackers nab $500k as Enigma is compromised weeks before its ICO

There are a lot of scams on the web, but you don't blame the HTTP protocol. There are a lot of email scams, but you don't blame SMTP. Sad to see the dominant view of this community is against any type of cryptocurrency.

tzzon Genius laid off a bunch of its engineers

What contributed the most to kill their business is that now Google displays lyric results inline. Your are in great risk if Google can just replace your business by displaying it inline when people are searching.

tzzon Ask HN: Do you carry a backpack? Which one?

Here are list of backpacks mentioned with price and link to Amazon

GoRuck GR1 $128 http://amzn.to/2ies4lj

The Frye Logan $332 http://amzn.to/2j98jLJ

Lenovo GX40L16533 Y $69 http://amzn.to/2j9dXgF

Peak Design backpack $289 http://amzn.to/2ilwPrN

Patagonia Refugio 28L $125 http://amzn.to/2jl0Ar9

Ibagbar Canvas Backpack $36 http://amzn.to/2j8hkUL

Osprey Strato $105 http://amzn.to/2j9k2tm

Deute $119 Giga Bike http://amzn.to/2j9ggQW

JanSport Hatchet Backpack $69 http://amzn.to/2j9kNms

Thule Covert DSLR Rolltop $194 http://amzn.to/2j9djQs

Filson Rucksack $350 http://amzn.to/2ilNNWH

Cannae Legion Elite Day Pack $140 http://amzn.to/2j2qr7j

Cote & Ciel $435 http://amzn.to/2jx7f0D

Alienware Orion $70 http://amzn.to/2j9lrQO

Timbuk2 messenger $69 http://amzn.to/2jl2QPc

Ogio Renegade RSS $149 http://amzn.to/2j9nHYt

FAST Pack Litespeed from TAD $149 http://amzn.to/2j9gqYG

Northface Recon $89 http://amzn.to/2ii3ZVJ

Everki Titan $169 http://amzn.to/2j9ulxX

Victorinox backpack $120 http://amzn.to/2jx4tZp

tzzon Man sued for $30K over $40 printer he sold on Craigslist

This technique is also used by debt collectors. They sue and most often people ignore a court action. This causes a default judgment against you. This will give them a power to garnish your wages, place lien against your property and even freeze your bank account.

tzzon Setting Up a Deep Learning Machine from Scratch

If someone creates a Juju Charm https://jujucharms.com for this, then you can use the pre-configured service on any of the major public clouds.

tzzon United Airlines' Quest to Be Less Awful

You can use Kayak to set your minimum layover time.

tzzon Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage

Nine months ago, I said the following. It feels good to predict things before they happen:

Backblaze should expand their service to a cheaper cloud storage service similar to Amazon S3. They already have the infrastructure and the know-how.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8756119

tzzon Judge throws out United Airlines lawsuit against Skiplagged.com founder

What API service does this person use to find these cheap tickets? Or are there any good API service providers to find ticket price?

tzzon YC-Backed Bluesmart Raises $2M for Its Self-Tracking Suitcase

Actually, they are in better position to be acquired by the existing bigger luggage companies in few years. It is a lot easier for the bigger luggage companies to acquire them than create a software/hardware group.

tzzon Hi, It’s Google Corporate Development

Does Google ever access your Google Analytics or other Google tools you are using to get more insight info about your website or app? Would they ever do such thing?

tzzon Our 6 TB Hard Drive Face-Off

Backblaze should expand their service to a cheaper cloud storage service similar to Amazon S3. They already have the infrastructure and the know-how.

tzzon Ask HN: Which domain name registrar provide API to register domain names?

AWS Route 53 allows domain name registrations but they don't provide an API.

tzzon Pawnmail: a free email host for custom domains

What API do you use for users to register domain names?

tzzon Ask HN: Which domain provider/registrar do you recommend?

Does Google provide support for this service? It is high risk if something goes wrong and you have no one to talk to.

tzzon Netflix Stock Price Crashes in After-Hours Trading

Sorry not relevant to the subject, but who is allowed to trade after-hours? How come some people are allowed to take advantage of trading while the general public is not allowed?

tzzon Final – A credit card built for the 21st century

This is similar to ShopSafe from Bank of America. ShopSafe let you create temporary reoccurring or single use CC number. https://www.bankofamerica.com/privacy/accounts-cards/shopsaf...

tzzon Ask HN: Got an offer to leave my current employer, need advice

You can ask your current employer to make counteroffer. Also, indicate that you are willing train the next guy before you leave. You want to leave in good-terms.

You should also know that when an employer want to terminate you, they don't think about your current situation before they lay you off. You still get laid-off when you are in middle of having a baby and need insurance. So employer's current situation shouldn't affect your decision.

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In other note, I noticed that if you vote in poll but didn't up vote the post itself, it lowers the post ranking.

tzzon Random JSON data generator

Cached version: http://realcache.com/?q=http://www.json-generator.com/

tzzon PyCon US 2014 – Videos

Probably disabled video listing on their YouTube profile page. They want you go to their website to watch the videos rather than on YouTube.

tzzon Ask HN: I am a startup employee "getting screwed" by offshore talent

You shouldn't have a problem finding a job at this market but before you resign, communicate with the founders. Send them email telling them what your expectation was when you first joined the startup. Since the company is doing well right now, the right thing to do is to raise your salary to the current market. If they deny your request, just move on.

tzzon Buttercoin – US-based Bitcoin exchange

Here are the frontend and backend designs:

https://docs.google.com/a/coinharvest.com/document/d/1w0JPnG...

https://docs.google.com/a/coinharvest.com/document/d/1qfEnnV...

tzzon Inside DuckDuckGo, Google's Tiniest, Fiercest Competitor

How does DDG work? Do they have their own algorithm to rank the web pages? What makes their algorithm better?

tzzon So, my Coinbase account was hacked, bitcoin stolen, now what?

How does this happen with two factor SMS verification? Did you enable your API key?

What is the whole address and transaction id just to trace and see where it went? There is no way to cancel the transaction.

[edit]

Here is the info[1] about the transaction. It seems the transaction way relayed by IP address 71.206.70.250, somewhere in Florida (Comcast customer). It also seems the address[2] only holds your balance for now. You can call Comcast and let them know.

[1]https://blockchain.info/tx/d3f6547f901b45b3c79315e78a1bbcc98...

[2]https://blockchain.info/address/12aW8jPeEc9iQa5ocXCDReJ6Nij4...

tzzon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2013)

Applied long ago but never heard from your team. If someone spends time writing a letter to join your team other than just attaching a resume, it would be nice to let the person know if you are interested or not.

tzzon Twilio Announces MMS Support

After so many years, Google Voice still doesn't support MMS. I am afraid Twilio will have the same issue dealing with the carrier partner in the US. I hope they support it soon but I am afraid it will be long.

tzzon Getting a job in San Francisco

I am not from SF and hard for me to believe that a company like Twitter cares about your look more than your technical expertise.

  I will add than Twitter had a specific atmosphere compared  
  to other so called startups. The employees seem to be hired 
  on more than skills, everyone at their office is very much 
  hipster like, beautiful looking, feeling super confident 
  and ready to kick it. Walking around Twitter sometimes 
  almost feels like walking within a TV show.

tzzon Tell HN: AT&T added fees on their service; now you can cancel the contract

http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/articles-resources/wireles...

tzzon Hacker News is depressing

The site seems to be down. Here is cached version: http://realcache.com?q=http://threads2.scripting.com/2013/ma...

tzzon Send money with Gmail

jrockway,

You said to ask you any questions, so far you only answered one single question for the last hour. Why would you say ask me anything and don't respond to the questions?