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Show HN: MadBlocker — iOS 8 Ad and Tracking Script Blocker
Original EnglishMy site doesn't break even at all from ads, but they help offset the running cost (revenue is in the single-digit dollars-per-month range).
Ask HN: What makes you happy? What is your American Dream?
Original EnglishI make less than $60k/year and live quite comfortably on it, even paying $600-$1,000/mo.
Cloudcraft Pro
Original EnglishWe pay $40 per team member for a shared email inbox (also known as help desk software :), because it helps us coordinate who is …
Ask HN: How did Microsoft hold back the Internet for 6-7 years?
Original Englishthe "what if" scenario -- what if Netscape's leadership team had shown some backbone, hadn't succumbed to their own greed (AOL purchased Netscape for $4.2B …
Canada demands 5% of revenue from Netflix, Spotify, and other streamers
Original EnglishThe cost isn't the point - I stopped because of the action, not the result.
Ask HN: How do I start being a consultant?
Original EnglishI spent 1 month telling everyone and anyone that I was doing free SEO consulting in exchange for a great testimonial (read: Yelp review).
Ask HN: Why are compensation tiers secret?
Original EnglishA sales person at an enterprise software company might make 165k base and then make another 165k in commission and bonus
Please review the new tarsnap website
Original EnglishAvoid listing the pricing in the front page, but make sure it is accessible from a nice viewable button.
Thank you HN: 3 years of bootstrapping
Original EnglishBecause of these three axioms, which were not part of the business plan originally, the last 3 years have been painful, but the pain has …