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by fortes 17y ago
Doesn't matter if you're brick and mortar, you still need licenses having a basic business. In general, the laws aren't really made with small/virtual businesses in mind. You need physical locations, in-person meetings, non-electronic paper
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by fortes 17y ago
Amen. (Although this will never happen). I have a simple S Corporation setup in Washington. I have to deal with: - City government (license & tax) - County government (property tax) - State government (license, 3 different taxes) - Fede
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by fortes 17y ago
(I realize this isn't quite your area, but perhaps you can pass along to the right person?) I love love love Google Apps for your domain, been using it for years now. But the one thing that always bites me is not being able to integrate it
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by fortes 17y ago
I'm interested as well. But I'm a little confused about the next step. Your post leads me to believe we're all supposed to contact you? I get the feeling that's not what you really want (for attendees)
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by fortes 17y ago
I'm not super-educated here (learned from a friend of mine), but here are some links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_Air_Service (about $74/passenger subsidy for small airports in rural areas. http://www.dot.gov/bib2009/htm/FAA.
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by fortes 17y ago
Make it really easy to get to the airport. Pro: Airport parking is an expensive hassle, thus people are always taking cabs or asking for rides. Airports are far from city centers, and often inconvenient to get to. However, it's probably not
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by fortes 17y ago
> High Speed Rail between cities make a lot of sense, but what if the city you are arriving at does not have a public transportation? For example, what would be the point of a high speed rail between Dallas and Houston? How would you g
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by fortes 17y ago
1008 days / #4390 -- I too was a lurker
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by fortes 17y ago
Yeah, I've poked around a bit as well, but didn't find anything that seemed like it was getting traction. I was excited when I heard that mod_lua was going to be included with Apache by default [1] ... but I haven't really heard anything si
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by fortes 17y ago
Anyone using Lua for web apps? What's the current state ofthe ecosystem? Anything good, stable, and easy to deploy?
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by fortes 17y ago
I've been using EarthClassMail for two years now. It's worked for my needs (serves as a registered address for business as well), but it's quite expensive and the web UI sucks. I'd love to hear more about your experience with St. Brendan's.
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by fortes 17y ago
The thing about NYC is that the high end (and much of Manhattan) is indeed incredibly expensive. And if you don't know NYC, you think that's all that's out there. But New York is huge and you can find a little bit of everything. Brooklyn al
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by fortes 17y ago
> How did a middle-class single mom wind up with a 79% marginal tax rate? At $120,000 she would pay $16,500 a year more in federal and state taxes, wouldn't qualify for the five-year $12,000-a-year cut in her mortgage payments she's app
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by fortes 17y ago
Thanks. Knew about uxmag, but the others are new to me. If you have recommendations for Graphic or Industrial design (or anything else, really) -- I'd love them as well.
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by fortes 17y ago
Any industry blogs you'd recommend? I've got my share of tech blogs, but would love find some new hidden gems for design (especially interaction design).
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by fortes 17y ago
Good to hear about the refactoring and cleaning. There was definitely some cruft in there that made it hard to track down issues / learn from at times. I'm very curious about the mobile announcement. I've been doing some heavy coding on top
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by fortes 17y ago
Congrats on getting closer to a new version! Minified size, non-gzipped is almost 90k (up from 57k) -- will it stay this large? Any news on the lite version?
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by fortes 17y ago
I'm so excited about this, it's actually a little bit embarrassing. I've got two geo-related projects that are half-finished -- both because I was dealing with poor / non-existent geographic data. I haven't had a chance to plug this new dat
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Free vector and raster map data at 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110m scales(naturalearthdata.com)
62 points by fortes 17y ago|6 comments
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by fortes 17y ago
I've heard multiple people say something similar to what you just said: "I don't actually want a large house, but that's what I need in order to sell it." Perhaps fashion trends will change, but "Bigger is better" seems pretty ingrained int
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by fortes 17y ago
What's your current laptop? I'm in the market for one, and plan on running Ubuntu (with Windows in a VirtualBox)
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by fortes 17y ago
Sadly, like the iPhone application, this doesn't work for magazines purchased through the Kindle store. Not sure why they're restricting the non-device applications to books only.
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by fortes 17y ago
Nice work. Have you considered offering your speed improvements as a patch to jQuery?
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by fortes 17y ago
Given your experience with the tool, any tips or best practices? I already use lint in my build system, this looks like a good companion as well.
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by fortes 17y ago
An interesting, related, thing I saw while I lived in China: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fortes/215857055/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fortes/215856981/ Many bus stops and other public areas put a daily newspaper up on display, and pe
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by fortes 17y ago
Nurse practitioners have a been a stopgap, providing basic care. Doctor's lobbies have been fighting against those in various states too though, sadly. They're quite powerful.
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by fortes 17y ago
Little Portugal can't take on the huge surplus of doctors from Eastern Europe -- many still end up construction workers as well (although the salaries compared to back home end up being worth it). Definitely a shame we can't get them to the
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by fortes 17y ago
I read the New Yorker on my Kindle. It's very well written, and covers topics I wouldn't normally read up on. Well-researched, and thorough. Only risk is that sometimes I get too into the articles and miss my stop, but that's a reasonable t
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by fortes 17y ago
Neat -- watch out though, can be NSFW depending on what people are posting.
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by fortes 17y ago
I like the idea, although honestly not that useful for me given that the exits I care about I already know. You've got a decent start on an offline subway map though -- I'd pay for a good one of those.

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