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I'm working from more public places recently and would like to add a VPN to my toolkit to help protect my privacy and reduce my risk of exposure to possibly unsafe networks. Ideally, I'd like a service provider rather…

I'm curious how one gets into venture capital without going through the MBA, "I know a guy's sister's nephew's cousin", or "I'm an angel investor already" routes. Doing some research on funds in my metro area none of…

I'm strongly considering making a lifestyle move by vacating the greater DC metropolitan region and moving back South. That said, I'd like to move to a city with a vibrant / growing tech community with lots of small and…

Looking through the last couple of Who is hiring threads, I've noticed most of the software stacks seem to revolve around a "web friendly" language such as Java, Python, or Ruby, a RDBMS, and extensive Javascript--with…

One area I've found myself deficient recently is in my understanding of people, what makes us tick, and why we do the things we do. I ran a search and didn't find anything related, so I was wondering if HN had any…

Digging through my list of installed applications recently at home and at work, I realized I could break it down into a three major categories: Work -- code editors, IDEs, compilers, etc. Utility -- Email, IRC & IM…