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Google finally responds to Europe's antitrust charges
Original EnglishBut I don't see how paid ads are an example of using dominance to support their business though; paid ads are just a market that …
Did Dropbox and Evernote Heed the Lessons of Flip?
Original EnglishThat is probably a better deal for the founder than getting a $1 billion valuation and just paying out dividends.
Ask HN: What encrypted chat application to choose?
Original EnglishBut it doesn't seem like that's the case, though, since I've used TextSecure and there's some (necessary) complexity in the interface to generate and share …
App.net: or why you shouldn't copy a successful company
Original EnglishI've paid up for App.net because I have a zero tolerance policy to advertising, and I don't want to be involved with services that have …
Find Your Footing After Installing Arch Linux
Original Englishbecause its (old) code is incredibly complex, because it is full of features, and these features need to be kept for backward compatibility but aren't …
Ask HN: How to Survive when Life is in Pieces?
Original EnglishI charge $70 per hour for coding, but I can't find clients lately, and I'm out of time. This is so frustrating.
Ask HN: Why don't startups outsource/offshore development if salaries are low?
Original EnglishI used to contract for a startup that was sold to Google a couple years ago for $350 million dollars.
Jason: Scriptable iOS JSON Client
Original EnglishAs an example here are two hacker news clients I just wrote up in 2 minutes:
Ask HN: Do bootstrapped businesses lose much money on free trials?
Original EnglishSo that's 4400 to get 25 customers or 176 USD per customer (much closer to 200