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Gotperl··on Show HN: Ahey – A simple pub-sub service built on top of web push
I was disappointed when I found this isn't a service that delivers Publix Subs.
Gotperl··on Confessions of a recovering Perl Hacker
Waited years for my username to be relevant here :)
Gotperl··on Big Companies and the Military Are Paying Novelists to Write Sci-Fi for Them
This is part of the plot by Armada by Ernest Client (which was also heavily influenced by Ender's Game)
Gotperl··on Today I sold my $278,987 worth of Apple Stock
I have to agree. Today may be the day Apple jumped the shark. The use case for a headphone jack is just so broad. And the wireless headset just seems so...useless.

Spent the last hour looking at android phones. There are so many it is overwhelming

Gotperl··on Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?
Add "Deamon" by Daniel Suarez to your list.
Gotperl··on Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?
I'm reading "The Beam: Season 1" by Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant
Gotperl··on Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?
Best book i've read in a decade
Gotperl··on Court rules California employers must pay employee cell phone expenses
The cost for an employer gets cheaper as an employee makes more money, not more expensive. There are no increasing marginal rates for employer payroll taxes- just the employee state/federal income taxes.
Gotperl··on Bitwage
It isn't legal in most US states. Almost all states have laws that dictate employees working within that state have to be paid in US currency
Gotperl··on Bitwage
> The real benefit is time of transfer. ACH is infuriatingly slow. If you'd like a payroll run to arrive in employee accounts on a Friday, it must be initiated almost a week prior.

Ya, this isn't true. the ACH spec does say 3 business days, but 2 of those days are for redundancy. In all normal cases a transaction submitted today can and will post tomorrow. Your bank may not allow this for individual transactions, but it isn't because ACH can't accommodate it.

Source: I run a payroll company doing $1B annually in ACH transactions.

Gotperl··on Rules for Work: The Zaarly Employee Handbook
Ours works great- we actually require a minimum of 2 weeks a year. I'll end this year having taken about 4- one long one and a bunch of smaller ones
Gotperl··on Introducing the new compose in Gmail
This is usually caused by having a lot of devices polling your G-mail account. Go to this link: https://www.google.com/accounts/IssuedAuthSubTokens

and remove any that are old/you aren't using. You'll see a speed up.

Gotperl··on "therefore, starting now, waffles are now $450.00 each"
So the owner didn't understand cashflow?
Gotperl··on How To Build A Startup From A Beach
You in Honolulu? If so, in the local tech scene? I'm a tech exec of a mid-sized company in Honolulu- always like to meet other local like minded folks
Gotperl··on How To Build A Startup From A Beach
As I resident of O'ahu, I'm psyched to see this. We don't have enough startup activity here.
Gotperl··on App Engine charges $6,500 to update a ListProperty on 14.1 million entities
Like any other tool "the cloud", as you say, can be the right fit for the right job.
Gotperl··on Poll: How much did you earn from your stock options during exit?
Same here
Gotperl··on Full Screen Google Task
hmm..i think because my personal account is my default (0 index) account it is accessing that one.
Gotperl··on Full Screen Google Task
Nice. How can you access it for your google apps account though?
Gotperl··on Reddit Hits 1.2B Monthly Pageviews, More Than Doubles Its Engineering Staff
Law of small numbers- way to exploit that for a headline
Gotperl··on Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
You are required to report every dollar earned. Tax will be typical self employment taxes- your income tax rate + (approx 15% * the first 106K you make)
Gotperl··on Daylight Saving Time Increases Suicide Rate
Correlation != Causation