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by kerrsclyde 11y ago
I suspect professional sport actually discourages amateur participation. At the least there is wide spread confusion between sports fans and sports participants. We have some evidence of this in the UK in - participation in the wake of the
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by kerrsclyde 11y ago
I’ve lost 45lbs in the past 18 months, initially by eating more healthily and latterly by increased exercise. I’m a big user of MyFitnessPal app to record my daily calorie intake, scanning a barcode to record calories is brilliant and just
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by kerrsclyde 11y ago
Perhaps it is a bad thing that kids are never bored. As a kid I was often bored - playing outside with friends was the only interesting thing to do. My kids have unlimited YouTube/App's/Minecraft to enjoy. Some of my later in
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by kerrsclyde 11y ago
Can’t argue with the sales figures but I really hope not. As a IT professional I am happy to pay more for a significantly better product - with Windows based machines it seems to be an ongoing race to the bottom.
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by kerrsclyde 11y ago
I met Fred on numerous occasions before he died, his sons are members of the forum I run. Fred was a great storyteller, it was chance he was picked up by the BBC and over time he developed into a great TV orator of the British Victorian age
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by kerrsclyde 11y ago
This was in the dot com boom 1996 to 2002-ish, I was working then in ASP, SQL Server, IIS - web dev was a rare skill at that time. The excesses back then were frightening, I saw web site jobs for $50k which now wouldn't cost $500. The
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by kerrsclyde 11y ago
I saved a lot ($70k+) from contractor jobs in my 20's and invested in index funds, this was in the bull market of start 2000. Because the stock market has remained relatively flat since then the magic of compound interest has not mater
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by kerrsclyde 11y ago
Great observations. I’ve seen this with clients competitors, what may look terrible to me as a web site developer looks entirely different to a non-tech customer. Advertising is not 100% science and small businesses are not faced with the s
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Google Glass sales halted(bbc.co.uk)
444 points by kerrsclyde 12y ago|262 comments
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by kerrsclyde 12y ago
Moving to a different part of the country doesn't necessarily change as much as you think (and I thought it would change everything).
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by kerrsclyde 13y ago
Productivity can be measured in raw output but it can also be very subjective, it is easy to fall into the trap of thinking (or having your boss tell) you have not been productive during a day when actually you have. Productivity needs to b
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by kerrsclyde 13y ago
Just pick up a rock and put that on your desk, surely that would hold greater significance.
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by kerrsclyde 13y ago
I run a forum (historic vehicles) members donate to see additional content, mainly old posts and bigger images, this is the primary income. Our recurring income is in that range. Certainly not hi-tech but valuable to our membership and incr
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by kerrsclyde 13y ago
Speaking from a UK perspective I would lay much of the blame at the Governments door, both regional and national. Since the 1990's government has realised what an easy target the motorist is for revenue generating. Petrol is frightenin