benevpayor

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by benevpayor 14y ago
I think he's trying to say that there's a difference between your odds and the population odds. The key is to know thy self.
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by benevpayor 14y ago
"The difference is that if you can run 50 miles without breaking a sweat and do pull ups using only your pinky, it's pretty clear that you will make it in the special forces baring a freak accident." Leadership and team-building abilities a
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by benevpayor 14y ago
Do you ever get the client that wants to learn how to do the improvements? My house is my largest investment. I don't want to screw it up with an amateur fix, but I would love to work side by side with an expert to learn how to do the more
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by benevpayor 14y ago
This was not my experience at all. When my wife and I married and combined incomes we jumped a bracket, didn't qualify for IRA withholding, tuition credits (I was in night school at the time), or DC's first time home buyer's credit. Two peo
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by benevpayor 14y ago
SOPA is an example of a law with bi-partisan support that was blocked after technologists outside of the two-party system rallied to block it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA
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by benevpayor 14y ago
Suicide is the catalyst, but it is not the reason for the protest. The reason is that no U.S. citizen should face 30 years in prison, $1,000,000 in fines, and a trial that would lead to financial ruin (no matter the outcome) for making publ
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by benevpayor 14y ago
SOPA much?
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by benevpayor 14y ago
I don't see this as a shortcut for preliminary research. I saw it as an attempt to generate discussion about disrupting a sector with high barriers to entry.
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by benevpayor 14y ago
I put this on the IOC more than NBC. World sporting organizations like IOC and FIFA (hell, let's throw in the NCAA while we are at it) have sold their souls. It's just plain sad how corrupt and counter to their mission they have become.
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by benevpayor 14y ago
Just don't break it while you're trying to be a hero.
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by benevpayor 15y ago
I hope the barrier to entry to be a producer will stay as low as it is now. I worry that as PC demand goes down, the cost to get started in programming will go up. I started to learn how to code web sites while procrastinating one afternoon
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by benevpayor 15y ago
Agreed. You may end up going with one platform, but I'll never have all my collaborators on my platform of choice.