15:[[19642571,{"by":"dosy","descendants":4,"id":19642571,"kids":[19642626,19642670],"score":1,"text":"I have the technology to virtualize the application and deliver it through a browser to any device. each of your users could have their own version without ever having to download the product.

would any of you who build electron applications for your business be interested in paying for this sort of service?","time":1555051872,"title":"Ask HN: I can make an app delivery platform for your electron apps. interested?","type":"story"}],[18600220,{"by":"throwaway8m","descendants":508,"id":18600220,"kids":[18607473,18608096,18607370,18607892,18607197,18607267,18607411,18608001,18610922,18611277,18607789,18608192,18607909,18610370,18611052,18607003,18608267,18610005,18608229,18607711,18607014,18607538,18607521,18607698,18607362,18607123,18608485,18607258,18611271,18611677,18607131,18607561,18607118,18610561,18607128,18607076,18608168,18607556,18609291,18611270,18607629,18611723,18607748,18610710,18607433,18611348,18607404,18610158,18607058,18607100,18607022,18607931,18607184,18607079,18608588,18607758,18607735,18607179,18609366,18610812,18607048,18608048,18607253,18609735,18608287,18609633,18608304,18607053,18607077,18608003,18607338,18611122,18635387,18607536,18608245,18608047,18608883,18609962,18607281,18608489,18609037,18609463,18622961,18608098,18611123,18607952,18608691,18630069,18613844,18607275,18608393,18607075,18610837,18609132,18607895,18609264,18607751,18609499,18611433,18611911,18607966,18607020,18613493,18608708,18612150,18607142,18607381,18610358,18608679,18610623,18611090,18607861,18611398,18607914,18617331,18638600,18607478,18608279,18607715,18607021,18607475,18607518,18608663,18607083,18607888,18607420,18624039,18611703,18608629,18607152,18612556,18610212,18611204,18607492,18607235,18610437,18608468,18608597,18607213,18609293,18607466,18609414,18607408,18617455,18608568,18609426,18613103,18608964,18609038,18607977,18612474,18616308,18607840,18611736,18608931,18608309,18607416,18609461,18610486,18615072,18607915,18608778,18607117,18629013,18613808,18607078,18608132,18616143,18607198,18610433,18621863,18618443,18610427,18607173,18609680,18611082,18607424,18656100,18607516,18607454,18619547,18607209,18607540,18608012,18611524,18610716,18607196,18610519,18609785,18608409,18607479,18608619,18607431,18607037,18607689,18608277,18607983,18607537,18628968,18609648,18609020,18608256,18608062,18608499,18608282,18610805,18611660,18607122,18611493,18607191,18607449,18607683,18610070,18607717,18608846,18616113,18614708,18609605,18610528,18607329,18609309,18609356,18630345,18607750,18607010,18608002,18628160,18610074,18610259,18610794,18608270,18610832,18610762,18607675,18607606,18608601,18607332,18609361,18607946,18609216,18629578,18617020,18613824,18611437,18609643,18608786,18608276,18611311,18610556,18608019,18607163,18606989,18607374,18609985,18608094,18608798,18607487,18608331,18610182,18607488,18612984,18607395,18630060,18607803,18607012,18607399,18610895,18609506,18626179,18626757,18607068,18607050,18607535,18607154,18607304,18607828,18608572,18607653,18610512,18607346],"score":687,"text":"Going anonymous for this. I am just an average project manager who happened to be at the right tech company at the right time. They had a big exit and suddenly my stocks are worth $8M (the money came in my account last week).

I am just an average guy. I am 43 and middle level tech manager.I know coding (but nothing superb). I know business (but nothing much). I am not particularly very hardworking or particularly super intelligent. Not dumb or lazy - just average.

The point is I can probably find another similar job but probably nothing much higher.

I have two kids and a nice wife. I have a nice, small house and two small cars. Everything paid for. I have no debts or “vices”. I do not like smoking, drinking or going out. I do not think I have any real hobbies.

Just a simple guy with simple life and then this happens. What should I do? Should I donate it? Should I hire a personal wealth manager? Should I retire?

I am freaking out. Please provide some guidance.","time":1543937269,"title":"Ask HN: What to do after $8M (all cash, post tax) exit?","type":"story"}],[18261173,{"by":"MarkMc","dead":true,"id":18261173,"kids":[18261315],"score":10,"text":"I just received this email from Apple:

macOS Mojave is here. Give Mac users even more confidence in your software distributed outside the Mac App Store by submitting it to Apple to be notarized. When users on macOS Mojave first open a notarized app, installer package, or disk image, they’ll see a more streamlined Gatekeeper dialog and have confidence that it is not known malware.

Download Xcode 10 and submit your software today. In an upcoming release of macOS, Gatekeeper will require Developer ID–signed software to be notarized by Apple.","time":1539998559,"title":"Tell HN: Soon macOS will normally only run applications approved by Apple","type":"story"}],[18245423,{"by":"yohannes","descendants":2,"id":18245423,"kids":[18247960,18245763],"score":4,"text":"Handy if you're in a conference / meeting and your buddy has a full charge. Just plug in your usb-c to usb-c cable to charge up.","time":1539829309,"title":"You Can Charge a USB-C Macbook Pro from Another USB-C Macbook Pro","type":"story"}],[17792170,{"by":"kschua","descendants":1,"id":17792170,"kids":[17792589],"score":2,"time":1534645245,"title":"How Uber, valued at billions, was sent packing by a startup in Singapore","type":"story","url":"https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/cnainsider/uber-grab-singapore-ride-hailing-southeast-asia-private-hire-10630396"}],[17721601,{"by":"aaronbrethorst","descendants":329,"id":17721601,"kids":[17722284,17721870,17722135,17724840,17721867,17722125,17722867,17725724,17722280,17721976,17722043,17722244,17722266,17722261,17725610,17722348,17725414,17722343,17725337,17722618,17724288,17722293,17722787,17721938,17721928,17721781,17721866,17721854,17722332,17723721],"score":361,"time":1533787955,"title":"New York Times Co. Reports $24M Profit, Thanks to Digital Subscribers","type":"story","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/business/media/new-york-times-earnings-subscriptions.html"}],[17670330,{"by":"robertAngst","descendants":3,"id":17670330,"kids":[17670493,17675579,17670436,17670434],"score":2,"text":"I asked this question on reddit, and the response was to buy the 2,000 dollar computer that I would only be using to compile an iphone app.

Given the cost, I've considered borrowing a friends computer for a few days/week to compile a react native iphone app to save myself from having to buy an Apple product.

Anyone have ideas?","time":1533203926,"title":"Ask HN: Looking for low cost ways to compile an iphone app","type":"story"}],[17652151,{"by":"nailer","descendants":3,"id":17652151,"kids":[17652222,17652158],"score":2,"text":"So saline is 98 USD a litre in the US. What are the barriers to entry in this market? Why isn't someone else making purified saltwater and charging 49 USD a litre instead, halving the price and still getting an insane margin?

Pardon my naivety about the US hospital system, I'm not in the US. But for all the discussion around health care in the US, I haven't seen anyone address the lack of competition here.","time":1533035192,"title":"Ask HN: Why can't a startup sell saline to hospitals?","type":"story"}],[17650371,{"by":"kaseoriginal","dead":true,"id":17650371,"kids":[17650534],"score":1,"text":"Everyone love sales! Why not try our proprietary design mobile accessories for just $3 bucks

coupon code 24JULY80 valid for 48 hours @ www.kase.com","time":1533008439,"title":"iPhone and Samsung Accessories for just $3 bucks","type":"story"}],[17618132,{"by":"gk1","descendants":2,"id":17618132,"kids":[17626296,17618345],"score":1,"time":1532618367,"title":"Ask HN: What's difficult about selling to enterprises?","type":"story"}],[17579271,{"by":"forthispurpose","descendants":6,"id":17579271,"kids":[17580500,17580204,17580110],"score":3,"text":"Basically the subj. We are setting up the board for the startup and are wondering if we should work to get the founder-CEO to be the chairman. Investors want to have outside director to be the chairman and we, frankly, are not sure if this is worth negotiating over or is that just some kind of formality.","time":1532123497,"title":"Ask HN: Should founder / CEO be the Chairman of the board?","type":"story"}],[17548374,{"by":"TekMol","descendants":2,"id":17548374,"kids":[17548850,17548646,17548445],"score":3,"text":"I keep watching all these ICOs and people investing in them. I wonder: Has there ever been an ICO that resulted in anything useful?

Any product or service or whatever that people actually use except for speculation?","time":1531819030,"title":"Ask HN: Has there ever been an ICO that resulted in anything useful?","type":"story"}],[17505212,{"by":"fileshare","descendants":2,"id":17505212,"kids":[17511425,17505275],"score":1,"text":"I often need to share files with wife at work, when she needs some help but dropbox etc is all blocked.

I have my own server (Wordpress etc) - what could I run to make this easy?

Ideally, I would like a webpage (username / password) that I can drag a file to and it creates a URL on my server that then when clicked on can share the file. Like a mini dropbox. Something really simple :)","time":1531296053,"title":"Ask HN: Fileshare without dropbox etc.","type":"story"}],[17496395,{"by":"slygent","descendants":51,"id":17496395,"kids":[17496593,17496665,17496605,17497152,17496726,17496689,17496463,17496433,17496495,17496478,17496483],"score":36,"time":1531213407,"title":"In Hong Kong, flats really are cheaper when they contain the number 4","type":"story","url":"https://blog.dataguru.hk/2018/07/10/hong-kong-higher-floors-are-more-expensive-and-4-is-avoided/"}],[17430906,{"by":"prmph","descendants":7,"id":17430906,"kids":[17431651,17430914,17440202,17441069,17431182],"score":4,"text":"We are building a data analysis app, and AWS lambda seems to offer a scalable, secure, and easily administrable engine for the computationally-intensive parts of the app.

The pricing structure is reasonable for now, but we are uneasy about becoming dependent and locked into lambda, should the pricing change dramatically in the future (this is Amazon, after all).

Is this a valid concern? And, if so, how can it be mitigated?","time":1530367583,"title":"Ask HN: AWS lambda pricing/lock-in concerns","type":"story"}],[17284033,{"by":"bkovacev","descendants":2,"id":17284033,"kids":[17284265,17301262],"score":1,"text":"Does anyone have any experience with other Twilio like services?

We've now started implementing the twilio app in one of our project and I'm slowly getting aggravated by the outdated docs, incomplete/no concrete examples, awful dashboard and non-meaningful error messages in the debugger (following the code example on their docs page).","time":1528724240,"title":"Ask HN: Twilio alternatives?","type":"story"}]]

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about:	Technophile based in Melbourne, Australia