16:[[44757794,{"by":"whoishiring","descendants":449,"id":44757794,"kids":[44757802,44759575,44759874,44760258,44757803,44760766,44760412,44766395,44761026,44761598,44764886,44757835,44760650,44757800,44761828,44763818,44760504,44761184,44782827,44759963,44783314,44759175,44758422,44766520,44760021,44804356,44761405,44761493,44758970,44766786,44760333,44757796,44786156,44760909,44833275,44760289,44765630,44762378,44766062,44890040,44878855,44820766,44804802,44837439,44765511,44788738,44814602,44761240,44826965,44760349,44883368,44801052,44868515,44834012,44790199,44758695,44761795,44800377,44858243,44826156,44758529,44758985,44760651,44902421,44796398,44801073,44790101,44881074,44763114,44802038,44783467,44760352,44801081,44770296,44784182,44786393,44758147,44787715,44760350,44817913,44868787,44792014,44789076,44910500,44759734,44763186,44759124,44759100,44762616,44759647,44769956,44842321,44777165,44875286,44842731,44799826,44759522,44828342,44787734,44796426,44767967,44805340,44757997,44785403,44761918,44818094,44788853,44787513,44759133,44884088,44766108,44761008,44788220,44757817,44771384,44785153,44818903,44757816,44795803,44788389,44760720,44815114,44784066,44759960,44758007,44895564,44758310,44763729,44888879,44829306,44842129,44869638,44801204,44767051,44764006,44763660,44799504,44763223,44763865,44864660,44760005,44758559,44881396,44771874,44764929,44786450,44763482,44761597,44761226,44766561,44760930,44818733,44788140,44761247,44766635,44901365,44785484,44758396,44758206,44767975,44783595,44783054,44888173,44762878,44763288,44758667,44765950,44758674,44767414,44771178,44757832,44766963,44762150,44819156,44758838,44764163,44758813,44765088,44758036,44839276,44785589,44787634,44760584,44757890,44759149,44761705,44762806,44765434,44759608,44762710,44763077,44757876,44787072,44882410,44781687,44883473,44817698,44763150,44807445,44758026,44777784,44759816,44762624,44761994,44873077,44762648,44764800,44764431,44802650,44786196,44760178,44840389,44786571,44765194,44884216,44762118,44866686,44869556,44761313,44772688,44835635,44782525,44908622,44873489,44765338,44762228,44764328,44902183,44759424,44781860,44761620,44800204,44767226,44761865,44907976,44762709,44760610,44762301,44810588,44798264,44758754,44759492,44761160,44759717,44759490,44789887,44829213,44761824,44762019,44764669,44857568,44827980,44765522,44805851,44761925,44759469,44817645,44757922,44763022,44765056,44814562,44760986,44894803,44763415,44762613,44758926,44757809,44763580,44758910,44813946,44771323,44760852,44765348,44758311,44758000,44883506,44757820,44759613,44759081,44790807,44760363,44795586,44761866,44758972,44758808,44763084,44765861,44786166,44758710,44758408,44763272,44766982,44760488,44789030,44762434,44788342,44834694,44759600,44766110,44765821,44792780,44785783,44777320,44760222,44759839,44759017,44760068,44765423,44758020,44769816,44825739,44760267,44770173,44776080,44759683,44761497,44760373,44760303,44758179,44760424,44762338,44759087,44762551,44760576,44759426],"score":242,"text":"$17","time":1754060405,"title":"Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2025)","type":"story"}],[8268366,{"by":"saurya","descendants":8,"id":8268366,"kids":[8271280,8268551,8278031],"score":2,"text":"I'm trying to set up my home working environment to be a bit more ergonomic. I have about 2.5 feet of space between my bed and my desk, I myself am 6'4" and the desk has about 2 feet of clearance under it. Given these space considerations, does anyone have some recommended chairs?","time":1409840344,"title":"Ask HN: Comfortable chair for small space","type":"story","url":""}],[4098953,{"by":"gm","descendants":9,"id":4098953,"kids":[4099203,4104809,4155634,4099071,4100390,4099948,4099783],"score":10,"text":"Ok, so I know HN likes MailChimp for mass emails...

But what do you guys use for single email sends? I'm talking about stuff like email verification emails, or notification/unique emails that are sent to a single user through normal web use?

I have dealt before with setting up my own SMTP server, configuring the different anti-spam configurations different recipients like (SPF, etc). Then going through hell with blacklists and a-hole sys admin policies in order to get the emails to go through.

A small site can use something like a gmail account to send outbound emails, but I figure Google is going to get pissed off and block the account soon.

So what does HN do for this task?","time":1339479452,"title":"Ask HN: Sending non-mass emails?","type":"story","url":""}],[2826946,{"by":"yuvadam","descendants":9,"id":2826946,"kids":[2826992,2826996,2827026,2827012,2826988,2826967,2827060],"score":13,"text":"","time":1312063999,"title":"Ask HN: What exactly will happen on debtpocalypse?","type":"story","url":""}],[2759595,{"by":"paliopolis","descendants":38,"id":2759595,"kids":[2759902,2759833,2759811,2760883,2759705,2760127,2759998,2760097,2759644,2759959,2759964,2760048,2759985,2760380,2760564,2760088,2759935,2760163],"score":29,"text":"","time":1310576001,"title":"This is so wrong at so many places. Web App vs Native App (Infographic)","type":"story","url":"http://www.alterian.com/wcm/images/278692/mindthegAppinfo"}],[2686142,{"by":"keiferski","descendants":21,"id":2686142,"kids":[2686300,2686256,2686171,2686533,2687538,2686541,2686346,2686573,2686442,2686417,2686226,2686218,2686252,2689331,2686224,2687075],"score":18,"text":"Traveling? Building a \"big\" startup? Running a smaller business or website? Go to work for a large company? Graduate school? What are your suggestions?

I'd love to hear opinions from those currently in their early 20s - what you're doing - as well as older folks - what you did, and what you wish you did (if they aren't the same! :) )

(by early, I mean age ~20 to 25)","time":1308790363,"title":"Ask HN: how to spend your (early) 20s?","type":"story"}],[2672672,{"by":"mcasaje","descendants":7,"id":2672672,"kids":[2672923,2672686,2672691,2672696,2672710],"score":1,"text":"So, it's almost (finally) time for my graduation - less than a year. I've lived in Canada my whole life and want to continue living here a while more. I consider myself lucky having experienced life in Toronto and Vancouver in almost equal amounts. I've come to conclude that, for myself, either city would make a fine home, but what about work?

Which city (Toronto or Vancouver) would lend itself to:\n- Higher salaries\n- More start-up companies\n- Interesting jobs\n- Easier to get a job (with a BSc in Comp Sci)\n- More tech jobs available\n- Working for Big-Name companies\n- a larger IT/Tech community\n- IT/Tech events/conferences

If you have anything to add to the list that is not present, please feel free to do so.

Any constructive help is appreciate! Thanks for the replies in advance!","time":1308538737,"title":"Ask HN: Computer Science in Canada: Toronto or Vancouver?","type":"story","url":""}],[2641896,{"by":"jobeirne","descendants":2,"id":2641896,"kids":[2642499,2643094],"score":3,"text":"","time":1307730046,"title":"Show HN: I'm biking across the US; this is the journal I'm keeping.","type":"story","url":"http://ahadventure.us/logs.html"}],[2586404,{"by":"hugh3","dead":true,"descendants":4,"id":2586404,"kids":[2586465,2586482,2586407],"score":2,"text":"","time":1306377307,"title":"Everybody loves bitcoin","type":"story","url":"http://www.3news.co.nz/tabid/423/articleID/212579/Default.aspx"}],[2574137,{"by":"open","descendants":13,"id":2574137,"kids":[2574282,2588759,2574569,2577604,2600648,2577631,2574568],"score":13,"text":"In terms of technical skills, I am pretty much pure software (rather web dev). There are MASSIVE resources out there for learning how to program, base on CS tracks, or base on self-taught web development advice from people who've done it.

Anything from recommendations from learning Python, Ruby, PHP, to the order in which you would normally learn how to program something... HTML, CSS, Javascript and some backend language, etc...

Perhaps I'm a bit naive in hardware development but just exactly what topics in what order would you normally study if you were going at it solo? Yes I do realize hardware development and electrical engineering as a whole is typical an extremely difficult major as it is in college but there's got to be a few hardware hackers out there who are primarily self taught? Advice for someone with no hardware knowledge and where to start?","time":1306096077,"title":"Ask HN: How to learn to be a self-taught hardware (EE?) engineer?","type":"story","url":""}],[2571109,{"by":"techdemic","descendants":32,"id":2571109,"kids":[2571233,2571299,2571308,2571409,2571135,2571279,2571438,2571512,2571382,2571268,2571182,2571328,2571432,2571475,2571476,2571381,2571401,2571346,2571731,2573027,2614527],"score":23,"text":"Well, school's out for summer, but the learning doesn't stop. Jobs and internships aside, what personal projects/goals do you hope to accomplish during Summer 11'?

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I just had my wisdom teeth (all four) removed, and to help pass the time I've been working through Zed Shaw's 'Learn Python the Hard Way'. My end-goal is to have a few Python/Django projects in my portfolio come September.","time":1305995820,"title":"Ask HN: What personal projects/goals are people working on for this summer?","type":"story","url":""}]]

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