hobbs

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   by hobbs 19y ago

   This sounds like a good opportunity for a startup. You wouldn't even need to establish a counter at the airport. As a customer, you just check-in via Blackberry, iPhone, or even text message. The shuttle bus swings by to pick you up and you
2. 92.▲
   by hobbs 19y ago

   Just to clarify, I do find your original statement to be absolutely correct: "Anyone who's good at anything knows that there's an inverse correlation between talking about it and being good at it." The reason you have to explicitly say it,
3. 93.▲
   by hobbs 19y ago

   Well, you can't be a total phony. There are weighted values applied to skill and appearance in corporate HR. My experience has shown that the weighted value applied to appearance is roughly 2x the value applied to skill. (Assuming that the
4. 94.▲
   by hobbs 19y ago

   Speaking well instead of performing well will make you twice as likely to be hired by the average Megacorp, Inc. Quality provides satisfaction; appearance provides money.
5. 95.▲
   by hobbs 19y ago

   One thing that I hadn't fully realized until I was about 30 or so: Your grades and test scores only matter to "the first". That is, your high-school grades and SAT scores only matter to the first college that you enroll in. After about a ye
6. 96.▲
   by hobbs 19y ago

   Tried coLinux. Had to go back to VirtualBox. I'm not sure what the problem was, but running network-heavy apps in coLinux caused my wireless connection to drop out in the Windows host. Never had that problem before or since with other VM pr