ben_pr

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by ben_pr 11y ago
It's a nice website and concept. Should be some pictures on the home page. I don't like logging with with google/twitter/fb. Yes, I create a different login for each website and use lastpass to keep track of it. I woul
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by ben_pr 11y ago
I am shocked at the differences. A picture is worth a thousand words.
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by ben_pr 11y ago
I tried to create an account. Still waiting for the activation email so I can "click the link and get started".
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by ben_pr 11y ago
That works awesome until there is a bail-in like Cyprus and Austria, then you are pretty well screwed, something like a 40% hair cut on your trillion $ will make you run for the tums. If I'm not mistaken the reason interest rates are s
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by ben_pr 12y ago
Most people do not realize that Puerto Rico is not a foreign country for U.S citizens and so while this may be good points for other situations it does not apply to Puerto Rico. You are correct on the SS and medicare but the assumption is i
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by ben_pr 12y ago
Puerto Rico has a unique relationship with the U.S. when it comes to taxes. A Puerto Rico corporation can do business with a U.S. corp and not pay any U.S. taxes. The employees of the PR corp that are residents in PR only pay PR taxes not
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by ben_pr 12y ago
Try ben roadrunner io. Add the @ and . in the above. Domain for one of my future micro services frameworks projects.
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by ben_pr 12y ago
Puerto Rico is different in that it is a U.S. territory so a lot of concerns in the financial services world where I work are not relevant. My clients would never hire someone from a non U.S. state/territory to work on their critical
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by ben_pr 12y ago
That is how it works. Public schools are a no go. There are some good private schools and a large number of homeschoolers. Don't know much about the colleges here but probably not good. Puerto Rico is part of the united states, just n
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by ben_pr 12y ago
It's not too different than Atlanta, there are places to avoid and places that are OK. The west side of the island from Yauco around to the top center are going to be on par with most suburbs in Atlanta, San Juan and east are a more d
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by ben_pr 12y ago
Best to find a job in the states that lets you work remotely. I have not had any problems with the internet here either DSL or cable. For the most part of the year it is the same time as ET zone so it works out nicely for east coast jobs.
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by ben_pr 12y ago
My favorite part of the Island is the southwest side. I just moved to Yauco last week after living in Palmas del Mar for 2+ years. I can't say a lot about Rincon because I don't know but Mayaguez is the most American like city he
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by ben_pr 12y ago
No it wasn't me. I do consultant work for financial services industry in the states, online banking, IVR/VRU, 3rd party service integration, etc.
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by ben_pr 12y ago
I'm in Puerto Rico, moved here from the states two years ago. There are a number of tax incentives for people wanting to start tech companies here. Google Puerto Rico Act 20. Short version: "Act 20 offers a four (4)% corporate ta
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by ben_pr 12y ago
Looks cool! Do all the chat messages pipe through your servers? How is privacy protected?
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by ben_pr 12y ago
Wow, If I had three months to just do something, my problem is what not to do. Let's see. 1. Have fun. Try some new adventure type of sport. Boating, four-wheeling, something. 2. Learn a new programming language. Tons of new stuff t
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by ben_pr 12y ago
I really doubt you will find anything at your age but there are lots of opportunities to do cool stuff. You can always look for really popular websites that need a total redo. Try buying a horse trailer or a horse and the horrific sites th
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by ben_pr 12y ago
Can't see it unless I login. Anyone care to post some details here?
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Microsoft smart watch more popular than the apple watch?(americasmarkets.usatoday.com)
2 points by ben_pr 12y ago|0 comments
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by ben_pr 12y ago
The way they advertise this makes me think the old version is a horrible, slow, piece of junk. After having spent the better part of two decades working with RDBMS I tried mongoDB on a couple projects and found it has a place in the world,
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by ben_pr 12y ago
What is "fact" is actually highly subjective and puts Google in the place of picking the "winners" for arguments or perhaps pushing their own political and religious agenda. Fact: Vaccines are Dangerous Fact: Vaccines ar
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Apple ordered to pay $533M in patent case(marketwatch.com)
4 points by ben_pr 12y ago|0 comments
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by ben_pr 12y ago
It sounds like you are a right brain dominant person[1] with a Myers-Briggs personality of INTJ [2], same as me. Once I understood this about myself I was able to start bringing my life into balance. Part of it was by doing left-brained e
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by ben_pr 12y ago
I have used essential oils for nearly everything including internal consumption, external issues, cleaning everything(alternative to bleach, etc), veterinary and can say they work. However, there are a lot of claims out there regarding esse
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Update the db to store "$" and cents values
1 points by ben_pr 13y ago|0 comments
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by ben_pr 13y ago
Umm yeah, this would be kewl if it worked, but it doesn't work in FF for me and it does in Chrome. EDIT: {"arguments":{"0":"ReferenceError: mboxDefine is not defined","1":" https:/&#x2F
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by ben_pr 13y ago
Well, think again. You really think the NSA can't make the SSL cert vendors turn over the keys? I wouldn't count on it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5933784
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by ben_pr 13y ago
No. The EC2 micro instances are not stable or reliable. I had to move to a small instance just because the micro instances kept going offline.
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by ben_pr 13y ago
Take a look at this one: http://www.nine.ch/ . It might be worth looking first at countries that don't honor U.S. extradition, which Switzerland up until a few years ago was strongly in that corner but lately they have
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by ben_pr 13y ago
The issue here is that Google doesn't know how much data the NSA collects. The NSA has access to the internet backbone that Google uses and can read whatever traffic it wishes that leaves the Google network. Obviously this is not ever

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