RobertL

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by RobertL 18y ago
The fact that I've been going back to nature every weekend for the last 4 decades should kind of speak for itself. Math is one of the foundations of all engineering disciplines and some of the great mathematical minds like Newton and fouri
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by RobertL 18y ago
I spend pretty much every weekend hiking, snowshoeing, and/or cross country skiing in the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest. I'm also an engineer. So I've been dealing with this conundrum for pretty much my entire adult life.
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by RobertL 18y ago
This reminds me of an old routine about cat hide production. You probably all remember the "the cats will eat the rats and the rats will eat the cats" thing. Total B.S. but kind of entertaining.
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by RobertL 18y ago
Yes, but men greatly outnumber women in regard to those who actually write the code for these applications. In fact, if you get right down to who's really in control of the site (e.g. the developers) you will find that there are literally n
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by RobertL 18y ago
"Inflation" isn't zimbabwe's problem. Zimbabwe's problem is political tyranny. It's a nation hell bent on self genocide. We need to stop worrying about inflation there and "just let it go". Build a fence around the whole country and d
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by RobertL 18y ago
Good responses. I seem to be in total agreement with you all. Very well stated.
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by RobertL 18y ago
Good point reit. Just eliminating the double taxation thing could be huge.
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by RobertL 18y ago
You are right on here ezmobius. Issue isn't whether your are funded or not. Issue is building something that people want.
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by RobertL 18y ago
OK. OK. I got a little carried away with my cost estimates. But, you have to understand some of the developers I've worked with over the years. No question they would have that much into before the darn thing worked right.
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by RobertL 18y ago
I agree. I should have added the caveat that "if an investor or if a customer knew how you were handling this aspect of your business". Fact of the matter is that customers and investors only see these kinds of expenses in very summary for
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by RobertL 18y ago
If it cost $1,000 to do it in-house and $5 to outsource it then that would definitely increase my trust and comfort level regardless of whether I was a customer or an investor.
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by RobertL 18y ago
You're a glutton for punishment vak..
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by RobertL 18y ago
The most illuminating phrase in the entire article follows: "he has not found an investor yet". Stupid is as stupid does.
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by RobertL 18y ago
In many cases AJAX can be used to simplify web form design. Good example would be at www.launchsplash.com. Landing page is a simple form and the first form field implores you to enter a domain name. As you start typing you see the final re
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by RobertL 18y ago
I can relate to that PP.
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by RobertL 18y ago
Your logic is stunning raganwald... stunning.. I'm rolling on the floor...
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by RobertL 18y ago
ain't gonna happen GMB.. ain't gonna happen. I do agree with your observation though..... I'm just not as optimistic in regard to the outcome.
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by RobertL 18y ago
Well... BG isn't the only one who get's frustrated with windows. I gave up on that crap environment a long time ago and started using Mac's...... the only way to go. Definitely worth the extra money.
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by RobertL 18y ago
That kind of sucks if you ask me.
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by RobertL 18y ago
I checked out launchsplash... It offers one or two free sites also... both look pretty good though..
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by RobertL 18y ago
You are worrying about the wrong things cog.... What you need to be worrying about is whether or not your product will attract any customers. Once you focus on that you should be able to relate to what Spartacus did and said before he march
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by RobertL 18y ago
Pretty stupid post if you ask me.
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by RobertL 18y ago
Arrington is wrong about everything. So what's new.
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by RobertL 18y ago
This makes a lot of sense. IMHO hackers are the best programmers. I've always been surprised that there hasn't been more acknowledgement of this fact by the big names in the business.
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by RobertL 18y ago
right on edw... Even Bill Gates is struggling with this one. He built a huge r&d center in bejing a few years back and he's deeply regretting it now. I think it makes sense to offshore things like design (I use a great CSS guy in equad
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by RobertL 18y ago
Good going guys. I love articles like this.
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by RobertL 18y ago
When all else fails you have to go look for a job. I never really got emotional about failed startups. I just took the code and the experience and used it as much as possible when I went on to the next project. This is one of the neat thing
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by RobertL 18y ago
I think the most convincing evidence I've seen to date that says we're in a real recession (probably too early to start using the "d" word but that may be coming sooner than we all think) is that the border patrol apparently apprehended som
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by RobertL 18y ago
There's only one rule for startup success guys. That rule is to build stuff that some defined segment of the market will want to buy and to build it so when you sell it at the price they think it's worth that you will make a whole bunch of
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by RobertL 18y ago
I say parachute them a small wood stove fired electrical generator along with satellite internet connectivity and a few dozen Macs. In 5 years they'll all be developers and demanding $200 an hour for their services.

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