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Microsoft Pledges to Use ARM Server Chips, Threatening Intel's Dominance
Original EnglishWhen you say "there's no money to be made...so Micosoft has no reason to bother", this attitude is a major reason why ia64 failed, and …
Most people don’t finish online job applications
Original EnglishI once failed a quiz that would have granted me the privilege of frying chicken at KFC.
Tell HN: After 10 years of experiments, custom username emails receive no spam
Original EnglishI've saved money on three projects thus far with this.
What are common mistakes that new or inexperienced managers make?
Original EnglishHowever, I cannot help but feel like I failed at this task that I felt sure I could tackle and I don't understand why.
Hiring Is Broken – My interview experience in the tech industry
Original Englishthe team's familiarity with my skills, but I still got rejected amusingly) - the only reason I made it was because I failed & learned …
Update on Hiring Plans
Original EnglishFor example, I failed with a startup about 10 years ago and ended up at Square only because of that exact same failure.
Mail-in-a-box: easy to set up modern SMTP/SMTPS server stack
Original EnglishRe "zero point of failure mail system": I also use Dovecot, and I learnt about DSync recently, although haven't played with it yet.
Apple’s refusal to support Progressive Web Apps is a detriment to the web
Original EnglishI needed a feature that PWA's can give me - but Apple hasn't added support for them in mobile safari, so I paid the $100 …
Ask HN: What's your top growth strategy that helped grow your startup?
Original EnglishWe spent 12 months trying to use smart people with no experience and sales people that were great at selling into different markets and generated …