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threesixandnine··on Ask HN: Are you buying a Tesla model 3?
I just wonder. I have insurance that covers tow rides for a car that is 5x cheaper than any Tesla. Insurance even covers stay in a hotel and expenses if you are away from home.

And as far as I can see some brands even offer 5-7 years of warranty with tow included if anything goes wrong. Mind you that this is Europe(EU).

I would expect the same arrangement for a car as expensive as Tesla.

threesixandnine··on The New Mind Control – The internet has spawned subtle forms of influence
VW?
threesixandnine··on Seven Hanged: The Book That Started World War One
You do realize that historians agree that WW1 would happen even if there was no assassination of Archduke? It was just casus belli and not the reason for WW1.

The sparks happened before with two Moroccan crises, German naval buildup, etc. It's much more complex than your simple view.

threesixandnine··on Seven Hanged: The Book That Started World War One
Exactly.
threesixandnine··on Seven Hanged: The Book That Started World War One
The article also doesn't mention that WW1 practically started way earlier and would probably happen even without annexation of Bosnia and assassination of Archduke which was just casus belli.

Nice write up here : http://historylists.org/events/10-events-that-led-to-world-w...

What worries me is that today it all looks very similar. Heck, even in Bosnia there is a guy from Austria with absolute power. Then we have crisis in Africa and some countries trying to assert themselves as powers.

threesixandnine··on Seven Hanged: The Book That Started World War One
It was not ceded. It was annexed by Austria-Hungary. Annexation was not covered by the Treaty of Berlin (1878).
threesixandnine··on Ask HN: How do startups in Europe generally deal with the VAT requirements?
It's obvious you have no idea. It's not about pricing. It's about that you have to registered as some sort of VAT ordinary or not-ordinary business. Hard to translate into English.

If you do business within EU with other countries you have to register for VAT and charge it. Then you have to get customer info and charge what his country charges....it's a mess.

threesixandnine··on Ask HN: Best minimal CSS Framework for side project
Bravo! Good job on the framework. I just browsed through docs and it seems perfect for what I need for my next project.

Imho it has all small css framework needs to have. Keep it small and fast!

threesixandnine··on Ask HN: Best minimal CSS Framework for side project
http://mincss.com/
threesixandnine··on Google Will Soon Shame All Websites That Are Unencrypted
I am using ASO.
threesixandnine··on Google Will Soon Shame All Websites That Are Unencrypted
If they don't bother why should people bother to pay for their hosting? There are many, many hosting companies that do bother and I am using one of them. Had no problem installing Let's Encrypt cert on shared hosting via cPanel there.
threesixandnine··on As Zika virus spreads, El Salvador asks women not to get pregnant until 2018
I was thinking the same earlier today......
threesixandnine··on Ask HN: First time pitch in front of a big company. What do they want to hear?
What do they want to hear? One and only one thing. How will you make them more money. Either lower their cost of operation or bring them more business. That's it.
threesixandnine··on Ask HN: That's Not My Name
Just go with programmer and sysadmin. That is what you actually do...
threesixandnine··on If being too clean makes us sick, why isn’t getting dirty the solution?
To tell you the truth I don't really know (and understand) what you are talking about. Myself, I understand balance as not to be phlegmatic and not to exaggerate towards things, life. Hopefully you can understand what I wrote and tried to say (English is my 4th language) better now? Let's take washing hands as an example. Don't wash your hands every 15 minutes just because you touched door handle or shook hand with someone but be sure to wash it when you finish your toilette business...

Your football game example reminds me of :

"If you want to win you must not lose" – Number One (Alan Ford)

threesixandnine··on Ask HN: Are there real-world examples of moral failures of software engineers?
Why would software engineers be any different than other people? As in any field you will find the whole spectrum of humans...
threesixandnine··on If being too clean makes us sick, why isn’t getting dirty the solution?
As everything in life. The secret is in the balance.
threesixandnine··on My GF and I finally completed our first ever game
In my opinion it is too hard. Maybe slower it down a little. On my Android phone there's no chance to play this....
threesixandnine··on Finding the Tennis Suspects
+ the list is bullshit. You can't apply statistics to a sport like Tennis, sorry....

See more here : http://www.sportdw.com/2016/01/tennis-fixing-buzzfeed-hewitt...

threesixandnine··on My GF and I finally completed our first ever game
Man, too hard to play. How do I "drive" the rocket?
threesixandnine··on Brave: Brendan Eich's clean-ads browser startup
Am I getting the message from their #about section correctly?

They want to block ads that the person running a web site put on their web site with their own (Brave Ads Infused TM Ltd. Inc. - let's make some money while pretending we are freeing the world).

threesixandnine··on Ask HN: I've got one user. What's the best way to get more?
You just have to do it. Either be bold and go straight to their doors or schedule 5 minute meeting with person in charge. Try to get the meeting with people with budgets and not with us monkeys that run their equipment for peanuts ;)

There is no silver bullet for this and while books and articles can be of help it will never describe what you do and feel once you are before people you are pitching your product. You have to overcome any issues with that yourself. You just have to do it. I am still sometimes anxious so don't worry. It's normal...

People will tell you to post on the Internet but they know jack shajt. You will get freeloaders and hardly any feedback from those users. Once you land 3 serious biz users those are gold mines. Better spend the time and $200 for a dinner with them.

threesixandnine··on Ask HN: I've got one user. What's the best way to get more?
Is the app you are talking about the one in your profile? If so I personally think it's great. I am sure you will find few more users now that you posted here.

If I were you I would personally go to small-mid-big biz in your area and pitch them this tool. I know that Internet is the thing but real money and connections are offline....just a hint....

threesixandnine··on Desktop Neo – rethinking the desktop interface for productivity
What's up with all the criticism. Jealous much?

While browsing this I found it to be inspiring and beautiful. Way better than anything some companies that call themselves "design" put out for BIG $$$.

Screw all the negative energy here. Go man, go. You are the real deal among all the fake critics-designers.

threesixandnine··on Ask HN: How can a technical person trade work for money without a full-time job?
Was and still am a complete newbie. Over coffee a friend told me they got some new tooling (tool on the CNC table - vacuum holding it down) and they needed someone quickly to set it up. I just grabbed the opportunity not knowing what I was getting myself into. Read machine manual and went on to read about G-code. In 48 hours I was able to produce working G-code and off we went cutting. Shorty after I landed another simple gig and now the third is around the corner.

Mind you this is simple, practically 2D cutting process.

threesixandnine··on Ask HN: How can a technical person trade work for money without a full-time job?
By coincidence I just did a couple of CNC cutting gigs. It just came out of nowhere. It's not programming but still interesting and really refreshing since it's tangible. You can learn simple stuff quickly.

I have to disappoint you. Finding clients is always time-consuming. Not really painful but sometimes can be hard and you feel like there are 1m thick steel walls everywhere.

threesixandnine··on Getting ahead vs. doing well
Oh my....you are dating her and she spent her birthday weekend with fully loaded(pun intended) rich guy.

Run man, run!

threesixandnine··on Ask HN: Most stable Linux distro for desktop use
I use Debian on my old Thinkpad T61 beater. I use it for everything. Coding, browsing and multimedia. I am no power user so it kind of just works. My wife is using Debian on desktop as well and for years now has been no-fuss-it-just-works...so I recommend Debian.
threesixandnine··on Ask HN: Why incompetent people get paid more at big companies and continue?
I feel you. Most of the world today is fake. Fake people, fake news, fake products.

I recently saw a company sell a product for over USD15,000 that was just Joomla ecommerce that I could do in a day. What makes things even worse is that 5 people were working on it. At least that is what "sales person" told the client. It made me sick. They had 2 months for this and it should be up by New Year. It's still in "development phase" because they don't know how to redirect from Paypal to shop once the payment is made. That's those fake engineers you are talking about. They took money from small business and sold them a solution that will never work properly and for big money. Fake people, fake engineers, fake product.

threesixandnine··on Happy new year
Happy New Year everyone and may you win this 2016!!
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