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by fortes 18y ago
Debit cards don't build your credit score. I learned this the hard way when I started my first job and couldn't get a reasonable credit card, despite 5 years of using a debit card (and a healthy salary)
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by fortes 18y ago
Santiago is more expensive, but you're otherwise correct.
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by fortes 18y ago
Been trying on and for the past few hours, no luck so far :(
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by fortes 18y ago
Hispanic markets have done better as well.
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by fortes 18y ago
Nope, just hadn't updated my profile. Fixed.
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by fortes 18y ago
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by fortes 18y ago
I live in Manhattan (Chelsea). I vote Manhattan, but I'm down for Brooklyn if it's got easy train access.
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by fortes 18y ago
I'm interested as well.
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by fortes 18y ago
I used to work with the typography team at Microsoft (say what you will about MS, but they've invested a fair amount of money into readability -- sadly, not all of that work has made it into their products). The general thinking there was a
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by fortes 18y ago
I too live in NYC, recently transplanted from Seattle. I coughed up the (not insignificant) cash in order to get a gym and make sure to work out every morning as a start to my day. Do at least 30 minutes of cardio at a good clip (most machi
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by fortes 18y ago
Using something like 8aweek is good for productivity, but I still end up missing the news aspect. I'm trying to get the best of both worlds -- no distraction w/o missing news :) Perhaps the answer isn't algorithmic though, given how often p
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by fortes 18y ago
Thanks! I'll try that out for a bit.
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by fortes 18y ago
Although it's not super-high, they have been paying 10-11 cents for the past few quarters: http://finance.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chd... ;
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by fortes 18y ago
I'm new to NYC -- any meetups in particular that you'd recommend?
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by fortes 18y ago
Quick summary: "Unveiled on Monday evening as part of New York’s Internet Week, NYC Seed will provide up to $200,000 of investment into New York-based technology start-ups." http://www.nycseed.com/ "We encourage first-time founders. There
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Mayor Bloomberg Unveils New York City Venture Fund (NYC Seed)(dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com)
21 points by fortes 18y ago|14 comments
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by fortes 18y ago
What about the loss of page rank and search due to content not being hosted on your server? Could disqus perhaps allow you to use a custom subdomain (such as disqus.yourblog.com)?
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TechCrunch: Opera Releases Firebug Alternative: Dragonfly(techcrunch.com)
30 points by fortes 18y ago|3 comments
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by fortes 18y ago
Depending on the client, you can bill for commute (or travel) time. Make sure this is clear though before you start doing it, you don't want to create ill will.
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by fortes 18y ago
It depends on how you bill (hourly vs day vs project) -- but there are many things that are obviously non-billable, because they are not for any client (e.g. doing your taxes/administrative for your business, buying office supplies, and eve
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by fortes 18y ago
"Remember that you cannot get eight billable hours out of an eight hour day." This is an extremely important point. When I was freelancing, I was surprised by just how much non-billable overhead time I had (at least 5-10 hours a week when w
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by fortes 18y ago
When I was living in Seattle and self-employed, I was paying $155 / mo for Regence Blue Shield's best plan ($500 deductible & 80% coverage) [this was Jan 2007] After a year, it increased $50. I left the insurance a few months ago, so no
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by fortes 19y ago
I've been to San Francisco several times, and enjoyed it (I was deciding between SF and NYC for my move). I don't disagree that there's a fair amount of diversity -- however, it just doesn't compare to NYC, totally different ball game (just
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by fortes 19y ago
I will definitely miss Seattle's easy access to nature (along with the views and climate, which are amazing) ... but that's also part of the reason NYC isn't a permanent move :)
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by fortes 19y ago
I just moved from Seattle to NYC after 5 years, and although it's only been a few weeks -- it's been nice to be in a city where there are other dominant industries other than technology. San Francisco (and to a lesser extent, Seattle) does
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by fortes 19y ago
I'm surprised the article doesn't mention the fact that men readily date women who are significantly younger -- while the same is not particularly common in women. Men have a much larger pool of candidates as they get older (while women had
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by fortes 19y ago
Make simple changes that add up. Exercise, of course. Take the stairs, walk further distances. Switch out breads and starches for veggies. Eat a meat with spinach and tomato, instead of fries / pasta. Skip the soda, skip dressing and use mo
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by fortes 19y ago
I currently pay for Flickr and Remember the Milk. I also pay for my web host. Would pay for nymag.com (restaurant reviews & db is worth a few bucks a month). ... other than that, everything else I use has enough free comparable alternat
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by fortes 19y ago
From the article: I majored in English Literature and minored in Communication Theory. The main reason I chose those subjects was I thought they would teach me how to write and speak, two skills that would serve me well for the rest of my
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by fortes 19y ago
That's it! You can now build your application as you normally would using Django. I'm curious, does this mean that once you do their initial steps, you could run any existing Django application to Google App Engine?

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