Ex-PraliteMonk

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by Ex-PraliteMonk 15y ago
Truly overwhelming amount of paperwork and taxes that must be satisfied from day 1? I can form an LLC in my state online in 30 minutes for less than $200. You could just fill out a "Doing Business As", but the LLC takes the place of that. O
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by Ex-PraliteMonk 15y ago
I'd buy a phone without all the bells and whistles. My current phone has a calendar, stopwatch, email, games, and web browser, all unusable because the screen is the size of a postage stamp and there is no attached keyboard. But it makes ph
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by Ex-PraliteMonk 15y ago
Yeah it's tough to keep them working for you on your plantation when they have their own 40 acres and a mule.
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by Ex-PraliteMonk 15y ago
How much of the silliness in U.S. health care is caused directly by the tax code? For instance the largest health insurance company in my area also owns several hospitals. The hospital charges the insurance company for a procedure. The insu
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by Ex-PraliteMonk 15y ago
A friend of mine, when filling out the paperwork for joining the army, listed as his race "North American Indian." He's a caucasian with a dark complexion, and he figured (rightfully so) that being misrepresented as a minority might be help
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by Ex-PraliteMonk 15y ago
I'm in the process of re-reading all of his books. Lot's of ideas on artificial intelligence, artificial life, and computing. His books really make you think.
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by Ex-PraliteMonk 15y ago
An ex-ski racer told me the young racers are faster than the older racers not because of athletic ability but because the young ones haven't taken a serious fall yet.
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by Ex-PraliteMonk 15y ago
The way it works is you will never be cleared, the security-theater machine has eaten you. In other words, being on a security watch list is like being diagnosed with cancer. You're never cured. The symptoms are just in remission and can