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If this is _why then there's no need for that and we should, in fact, be supportive of someone who gave to much to the community and buy the book.

Stainless can leach too. Magnetic stainless steel is fine, though.

You won't believe what happened next.

I love you, too, BrainScraps! I made this for you: http://i.imgur.com/xNOzWJz.jpg

I'm reasonably sure this HN submission came from a discussion on the latest Geek Friday (http://5by5.tv/geekfriday/59). I say this because someone posted the article to the Google+ group (https://plus.google.com/107635569257603441624/posts/HmNguCkZ...) and then it wound up here. It's a pretty interesting article, though I still think heels and wedge shoes are, at this point, an elaborate prank.

Nope, no relation that I know of.

This is an interesting start up and concept but it seems like there's a pretty high barrier to entry. In order to use this site you have to place a lot of trust in it to:

* Be secure with your credentials to sites * Reliably figure out that you are dead * Trust that your next of kin will figure out the key you've set up

It's certainly a useful concept and much better than hoping your loved one placed the credentials somewhere you could access them.

So many of these articles do not distinguish between simple and complex carbs and lump them all together. There is a difference between 20g of carbs from a piece of fruit vs 20g carbs from, say, pasta.

Perhaps they will improve the new Skype client.

Does anyone know whether this will impact business accounts? I haven't been able to find any information on that.

I have yet to register a domain through them but the DNS services are fantastic.

Thanks a lot for that, I'll add in the validation.

Yep that's built in though I should probably highlight it more on the tour. There are two possible ways to request time off:

- In your profile. These are times that you can never work and they are recurring. You can set yourself to be unavailabile every Monday from 2-4pm, for example.

- In the Requests Off section. This section is for one time requests off, as in your exam example.

This was a wonderful comment and gave me a lot of ideas for targets to implement. Thanks!

I was planning on doing a bit of online marketing but mostly in person -- brochures, business cards with the app info, phone calls, etc.

Thanks a lot for the thoughtful response. I do have some questions for you.

- How did you market it?

- You said you talked to local businesses and chains. What did you do to get to them? What was most effective?

- Are there any marketing avenues you think should be avoided?

- Are there any features which you found to be not worth it? I'm keeping it simple for now but would appreciate knowing where not to take it.

- What finally made you decide to abandon it? What did you do with your customers?

Support or bugs go to support@schedulingapp.com. There's a support link in the bottom right of the app as well.

I like that wording a lot more and think you're right about that.

Schedules that haven't been posted show up under drafts in the "Schedules" section. I think you're right and I need to find a way to make this more obvious.

Thanks, fixing the sign up tab index issue. I hadn't planned on opening it up outside of the US yet but you convinced me. Deploying that now, thanks!

This has been my side project for a bit over a year now, working on it nights/weekends (I do Rails consulting full time). I finally thought it was good enough to get out there. There's definitely more I'd like to add to the app, such as shift trades, but I thought it was good enough for an MVP and would love any feedback.

As usual, rvm is quick to update. If you're on rvm: rvm update head; rvm install jruby.

Reading this article was really crazy. Sony has also subpoenaed YouTube for information on anyone who watched the video he posted and it was approved. The rationale is that they're trying to sue in California and this will help better prove distribution there. It does not say what Sony intends to do with the information otherwise which is kind of scary.

Your username made the comments on this so much better.

This was really meant more as advice to the commenter I replied to, having been through it before and learned how to deal with that particular company.

United denies everything they possibly can and they make "mistakes" that take so long to find you get past their dispute time.

Do not go through United trying to get them to pay this. Prepare for a day spent on the phone with the hospital until you find the person in the billing or services department who can really get to the bottom of it. They will figure out for you which technicality the insurance company is trying to use and what the correct one is. I had something similar happen and, after a day on the phone, was able to get the incorrect code that was used, how much they were supposed to pay, and what to say to them (this needs to be reprocessed according to X agreement).

From there you need to write a letter to United saying you want the case appealed. Send it certified mail and be prepared for the first response acknowledging your letter and the second one, about 30 days later, with the result of your appeal.

PS: I would have emailed this to you but couldn't find any contact information in your profile.

I had a similar experience. Between all the back and forth it took me about 4 months when getting the merchant account for Genius Pool (http://geniuspool.com/). For background, this site is not meant to make a ton of money -- I just wanted a job board as an option for the podcasts I do.

I tried to get the merchant account set up while building the site. When I tried my bank (BOA), they wanted a fully functional site before they'd think about looking at an application. That wasn't going to work since the site wasn't done yet.

I went with TrustCommerce for my gateway and the rep there referred me to someone for the merchant account. He had me do an application and submit it. After a week or two he said they needed "marketing materials" like a brochure and flyers. I made some marketing materials and let him know the podcasts were the primary marketing materials. Application denied due to marketing materials.

Next he said he could try a different processor. I go through the whole application process again. It takes many weeks during which I keep getting emails back needing some other piece of documentation. During this time I had contacted Braintree who said they could approve me with X,Y, and Z, and it would take about 7-10 business days to get me all set up. They were very explicit about what exactly I needed. The only downside was that it was going to be a relatively high minimum every month.

I told the first guy to cancel the application and then it was approved if I still wanted it. Plus all setup fees would be waived. I went with them because fees were lower as were monthly fees.

However, I wish I had gone with Braintree. Their service was top notch and I wasn't even a customer. If I knew I was going to be processing at least their minimum I would have gone with them. With that said, my current setup works and I've been very happy with TrustCommerce.

Yeah but compare the groups you saw there to some random groups you'd see in a mall here. There's a pretty big difference.

Did anyone else notice how healthy they looked?

If it was made by man then it's probably not good for you (exceptions: butter, coconut/olive oil). If you can't pronounce the name of an ingredient it's probably bad for you as well.