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itengelhardton Adventures in Self Publishing

Thanks for making Germans look like dicks...

IMHO you are not factoring in the value of the built email list building. This will (hopefully) allow Pete to be exponentially more successful with future books.

itengelhardton The quote that to date inspired me the most

I kind of like that quote in the sense of "don't let anyone hold you back" / "don't settle for what is already there".

OTOH it can easily come of as pretty arogant. What do you think about that?

itengelhardton Ask HN: What will entertain us in 20 years?

I am willing to bet my money on porn - but I could be wrong there

itengelhardton Durnken Lnauch Avdcie — Huors bferoe Our Frist Luanch

Yes. That's basically the idea... Bonus: If you never ship, you can never fail :)

itengelhardton Durnken Lnauch Avdcie — Huors bferoe Our Frist Luanch

IMHO the best line: "perfect is never possible, and shipped is better than perfect."

itengelhardton Intern’s death puts banking culture under microscope

Effiency For The Win!

itengelhardton Intern dies after ‘working until 6am for three days’ at Merrill Lynch

Not to mention that the SEALs that make it to hell week have been sifted quite a bit already. The "weakest" are already gone by then

itengelhardton Intern dies after ‘working until 6am for three days’ at Merrill Lynch

True. It is highly unlikely that sleep deprivation alone killed him.

However, there were a few studies performed on animals where the test subjects died after 5-20 days of (complete) sleep deprivation. There does not seem to be a study about the long term effects on humans.

So it might be possible to kill someone from sleep deprivation - it might just take a while.

src: http://sleepjunkies.com/features/sleep-deprivation-and-tortu...

itengelhardton Choosing a payment provider for your Europe-based SaaS startup

Hi Kilian, Thanks for clarifying this! Good to hear

itengelhardton Choosing a payment provider for your Europe-based SaaS startup

I think it is a prudent move for a bootstrapped startup. You just don't blow out 1,200 EUR / year, when you don't have any revenue incoming. Solve the problem at hand (i.e. accept payments) in a way that is best RIGHT NOW.

There are so many ways to mitigate this decision later on. I know at least two companies who changed their payment processor in the course of their lifetime.

itengelhardton Choosing a payment provider for your Europe-based SaaS startup

Thanks for the blog post and going into how difficult it is to accept payments in Europe.

I would like to add one - IMHO important - point to PayMill: They do not support credit cards from the USA.

source: https://www.paymill.com/en-gb/pricing/ (click on "fees for card types and countries" - the US is not mentioned in that list)

itengelhardton Question To Ask When You Meet Fellow Bootstrappers

Hi beat. You are probably right and this is NOT a good FIRST question. BUT... it is a great question (that is seldomly asked) for later in the conversation. And of course you should be able/willing to follow through. (also see my other answer here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6224784)

itengelhardton Question To Ask When You Meet Fellow Bootstrappers

Hey Jon. Thanks for reading the article & posting a comment. Interesting question.

I haven't and I feel that it could get a bit more akward, if you haven't established some sort of connection first.

Another reason against it might be that if the other person blanks out, you don't know enough about him to fill the void. In the example I've given with Matthew, when he blanked I knew enough about him and his endeavour (writing a book) to come up with a few ideas how he could do research for his book.

On the other hand, asking this upfront sets the tone for the entire meeting. That is also a great benefit.

tl;dr: I might have to A/B test this - right?

itengelhardton Callbacks as our Generation's Goto Statement

Having had the pleasure to work with node.js for the past months, I upvoted this submission on title alone.