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by achenatx 7y ago
in austin people are getting priced out because of taxes. Mainly poor minorities. It is called gentrification. Houses that were 50K 10 years ago are now 400K with a 2.5% property tax rate. If they are renters, then their rent went up to cov
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by achenatx 7y ago
imagine the tight u-turns you can make when you miss a parking spot on the other side of the street.
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On my honeymoon the resort had free hobie cats and lessons on how to sail. I immediately fell in love and bought a small trailerable sail boat when we got home. Launching and rigging was always a huge pain and took about an hour. While out
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by achenatx 7y ago
benefits only run about 30%. So a contractor wage should be about 130% of a salaried employees wage. This does not count when a salaried employee works more than 40 hours. My plumber charges 150/hour. Contractors around here bill by th
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by achenatx 7y ago
30 years ago, I was trying to decide what to study. I wanted to go to medical school and my parents said that I should study electrical engineering. The reason, if I decided not to go to medical school a biology BS degree was almost useless
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happiness cant come from external factors. Happiness comes from within. I have come to believe that it has to be fortunate brain chemistry. Events dont make me happy, Im already happy and optimistic. Some events are easier to find the good
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the way people see it is that I dont react to bad situations. I have been called "stone cold". I have sometimes wondered if it is related to sociopathy. I am a giving person and would rather give than receive, so am not very self
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by achenatx 7y ago
I do, because wearing a seatbelt is not that annoying. It just doesn't bother me. Being optimistic doesnt mean that I don't think bad things will happen to me, just that it will be ok, or not be ok. Either way there is always some
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by achenatx 7y ago
Anecdotally, Ive been very fortunate to have a positive brain chemistry. When bad things have happened, my brain pretty much doesn't worry on them. Eventually things work out (or something good eventually happens) and I get through the
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wars for resources happen every single day. Why do we even care about the middle east? Because of oil. Im not sure why you think it is not a popular opinion, it is the status quo. Water is actually an energy problem. Water is generally not
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by achenatx 7y ago
Leadership for me is "influencing people to create change". We use many books, but my favorite is 5 dysfunctions of a team. After that is first break all the rules Both of these are extremely practical and give a model for how to
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I do this and I also initial and date the comment so people have some idea where in the timeline it was introduced and who to talk to about it.
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In my old age I use comments to write my code before I write the code. The comments explain in pseudo code what Im trying to accomplish. # check to see if the user has a cart. The default state for # users is to not have a cart. The origin
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by achenatx 7y ago
recurring revenue is king. Typical valuations are 7-10X revenue (crazy right?) for a strategic acquisition. For example a friend of mine was doing about 3m in revenue (about break even) and I believe sold for about 15-20M (I forget the exac
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by achenatx 7y ago
there is no drive for "infinite growth". However so far the population keeps increasing at about .7% per year. Housing has to keep up to keep prices stable. If not, where do you suggest the people live?
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by achenatx 7y ago
I live in a 75% democrat area (in austin) built in the 60s/70s and the NIMBYs are boomers and are bad. The city council wants to reduce the lot size,parking, and setbacks required for duplexes and triplexes all over the city. They want
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by achenatx 7y ago
How and why to eat a low carb, high protein/fat diet. Most people are obese because of 20-30 years of marketing around high carb low fat diets. How to make and follow a budget to save money. Including all of the yearly or even every 10
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by achenatx 7y ago
Im not an expert, but LP since it refers to investors is likely a limited partners. VCs are probably also structured as limited partnerships. Limited partnerships will typically have "General Partners" who have voting control and
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only if the evolutionary pressure kills you before you can have children.
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and the state enforces and subsidizes every business model. The laws against theft, contract law, corporate law, tax law, equities laws, real estate law are there to allow business to be done in a secure trustable way. Subsidies exist for a
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by achenatx 7y ago
I didnt see this growing up and dont see it now. Anyone can enter G&T at any time and kids drop out as well. Be an advocate for your kid with the administration. At one school we attended, math was done in 4 week blocks. There was a tes
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by achenatx 7y ago
I was a disaster at speaking until I was in grad school and had to teach classes (6+ hours/week). At some point you get enough volume and it becomes no big deal. You start focusing on trying to educate or amuse your audience and are no
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Rich is when your money makes enough for you to live the life you love. If you have to work to live, then you arent rich.
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In the end a classical computer just "processes" data. It takes data in, processes it (math operations), then outputs it. The foundation is boolean math, which is then used to execute regular math. At the very most basic level a c
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by achenatx 7y ago
The contracts can be written with any language. But generally yes, you lose them. If they are vested you can exercise them - meaning you pay your own money to buy them and own actual shares.
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I was at a dotcom that busted (after going public). Developers were laid off left and right. But the internet economy hadnt taken hold yet and the tech companies were mainly still old school shrink wrapped software. i started my own company
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by achenatx 7y ago
you can google this About 23% of senators/house went to a private high school. General population has about 10% in private school https://www.privateschoolreview.com/blog/where-did-the-115th... https://
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by achenatx 7y ago
jiu jitsu is a traditional martial art.. so is muay thai. If you go back through history, fighting hasnt changed much. There are ancient roman statues showing techniques used today. As fighters get too injured, arts start to specialize in o
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china outlawed wushu fighting (lei tan) in the 1920s. Before that point masters would maim/kill each other and take over each other's schools. We know of kung fu in the united states, but there is also sanda/sanshou which act
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by achenatx 7y ago
I dont need facebook for my closest friends as I see them often enough. But there are 200-300 friends and family that I dont see often and it is great to see what is going on in their lives. I only tend to post once every few weeks, but I e

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