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by gist 8y ago
Except for one thing that I don't think anyone has mentioned. This is a common ploy on behalf of owners of real estate to get the highest price for the property w/o appearing openly that that is what they are doing. Of course it&#
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by gist 8y ago
Apple lover 'fan boy', photographer (not professional but good enough to make money doing it). I think the thing the commercials don't make apparent is the concept of 'right tool for the job'. Just because something
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by gist 8y ago
> do I want to be in a room with 99 other people who wanted to be selected for this so much that they produced a video with answers to these questions? No value to meeting any of these people? Even if just for future contacts that could
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by gist 8y ago
First let me say I think this is a great idea even just the marketing and publicity angle alone. [1] That said I always love the arbitrary numbers they assign such as '100' or similar those '30 under 30'. And so on. Hein
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by gist 8y ago
If I had someone that was working per diem that I could bill at $165 per hour I'd be happy paying them $125 per hour.
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Couple found lottery odds in their favor (through math)(cbsnews.com)
8 points by gist 8y ago|0 comments
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by gist 8y ago
On that page appears that the photo is a composite and mashed together from various sources. And not a good job either.
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by gist 8y ago
How long before 'Jeff' gets into this industry? [1] [1] Amazon of course is what I mean.
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by gist 8y ago
> It's fair to say that they didn't really get famous until they started selling on the internet in 1996 Simply (and with due respect) not true. What are you defining as 'famous'? Michael Dell was definitely famous pr
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by gist 8y ago
> There’s no need for me to be memorable in any other way. I know a great deal about this topic. It always pays to make it easy for people to find or remember you. Even if you get primarily word of mouth. > Plus I really suck at namin
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by gist 8y ago
'Wide scale commercial' is what is implied in the article. I don't think Dell sold many computers over the 'internet' that existed in the 1980's. [1] Edit: Here you go (wikipedia): "PC's Limited adver
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by gist 8y ago
> The man who became famous selling computers more cheaply over a newish thing called the internet As is well known Dell started this out of a dorm room in 1984 and was successful and famous well before the Internet ...
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by gist 8y ago
> Is there any money in website design for small businesses anymore? > I suddenly felt like I don't have anything to offer that business. I feel so discouraged. I'm a decent programmer It's not about programming but abo
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by gist 8y ago
I think what you have done (and are doing) is great first off. However a few questions. 1) Why do you use your name for your site ( jasonpomerleau.com ) rather than something easy to remember? For example I run into cases where people are g
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by gist 8y ago
I have the first apple watch. (I bought the newest but haven't used it yet still boxed). What I found was that the heart rate correlated well with taking it manually and/or a finger heart monitor (pulse ox cheap from Amazon). But
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by gist 8y ago
We used to use things like this way back. In fact I would purchase these laminated sheets full of hints on various topics (c, unix, bash) and so on. The thing is I actually find it quicker to simply use my own notes today and/or google
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by gist 8y ago
By the way this 'spartan is good' and 'frugal is good' theme has been making the rounds for a long long time (obviously pre internet). It always impresses writers. It is so wholesome to them and the audience. Opulence is
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by gist 8y ago
> Ask HN: Maybe that is the issue. You are operating in a world where you think there are answers to things that will make them easier. You need to move away from that thinking entirely. What happens is your brain is not trained to enjo
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by gist 8y ago
> #6 “What the smartest people do on the weekend is what everyone else will do during the week in ten years.” “Hobbies are what the smartest people spend their time on when they aren’t constrained by near-term financial goals.” We don&#x
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by gist 8y ago
I actually liked what you wrote. Only thing I can add is they were able to build that brand based on the legacy start power of Marc Andressen. I wonder what would have happened if he hadn't been involved.
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by gist 8y ago
The top says 'long read'. This is where I stopped reading: > The room where I wait is spartan. There is an empty desk in one corner, and a conference table with a fake-wood veneer. In this day and age why is it necessary to wri
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by gist 8y ago
Well no. Say I am a burglar and simply try to find out in a particular geographic area cameras that I can gain access to and then monitor those cameras in some way. Let's say further I get some mechanical turk like crew to monitor (sto
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by gist 8y ago
Seeing when you come and go to your house (pattern or not) would allow someone to do a good job of planning a burglary or some other crime, no?
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Tesla barred from doing business with NJ casinos for next 5 years(njbiz.com)
3 points by gist 8y ago|0 comments
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by gist 8y ago
The tone of articles like this is always the same. As if it's a stupid mistake made on the fly. As if Tim Cook was heading out to dinner and someone yelled 'before you leave how much should we charge Tim???' and he shot back
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by gist 8y ago
In college (on the arpanet) I teleneted to all the hosts on the internet (cross country) and back to where I was (a major ivy university). Just for fun. Just to see how long it took for my keystrokes to return. Back then no pw was needed to
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by gist 8y ago
> Wow interviewed 5 US Presidents I think that is something that you do that you fool yourself into thinking is important in some way, as if you yourself are important, when you are really not. You are a tool getting a job done for your
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by gist 8y ago
Thanks for that link. On another note I am curious if you have an opinion or thought as to what the attorneys for Goldman Sachs will make as a result of a case like this? Not saying this is the type of work you do but just would like to kn
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by gist 8y ago
> it’s unlikely one can link Amazon’s decision to a single factor. It will never happen but imagine if when articles like this were written you had some understanding of how the article came about? In other words was it floated by Columb
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Clerked in a Federal Court however I stopped practicing law a few years after that for something more lucrative. [1] In any case the attorney (OP) says: > Some courts mandate certain fonts, font-sizing, spacing, and margin size. Let&#x27

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