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I've changed careers and am no longer programming (a bit of VBScript now and again doesn't count does it?!). My new career involves a few years of training and I need to learn, memorise then apply rules - tax law if you…

I'm not super technical and it's not something I'll ever have to deal with but I'm curious; when a website is compromised how do you find out what they did and what data they took? Presumably the attacker will try and…

Hi all. I've been running a "startup" for just over a year. It's a website aimed at people in the local community, of interest to generally everyone in the area. We have some interest from advertisers that barely cover…

Hello all, Sorry, this place is becoming my goto place for benign questions, being a lowly lone developer has its drawbacks! You are looking for some information via Google on your iPhone/iPod touch. You find a link to…

I'm building an app that has a large social component to it but that's not the point of it. I'm not interested in building the next Facebook, or even an app with all the features of Facebook. Is there any way I can…

I've got one year left until I obtain a law degree, then have a good few years of training and so on. My knowledge will be mostly UK based but I'm hoping to gain more knowledge of the US side of things. Could my…

I had a few websites using AdSense, one of which was important, the others weren't so much. I made the mistake of explaining how AdSense and internet ads worked to a friend and they decided to go onto my website and…

Hi wonderful HN people. Quick question, probably aimed at startup people. Do you like telling people about your groundbreaking new idea, or do you keep your cards close to your chest? When people ask me what I'm up to,…

I've been developing a web app for the last 6 months or so. It's been tough as I have no money of my own, no funding and no help, the entire thing is all me. One problem I've found is, I've been coming up with some…