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by larrys 13y ago
My personal feeling is the 5% is to high for luxury or expensive cars. I have one right now that I will be selling (2012 Porsche) and my immediate reaction was a) I still have to prep and detail my car - I don't have to do that if I tr
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by larrys 13y ago
Tax benefit (in most states afaik) has nothing to do with whether the purchase is a new or used car. To explain (for anyone not familiar since the way you phrased it might be confusing): New car price: $30,000 Your trade in: $10,000 Net pri
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by larrys 13y ago
One point that your write up doesn't take into account is that a car dealer can get more for a car, the same, car, in general, than a private seller can. A car dealer can put a short or longer term warranty on a car that gives a buyer
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by larrys 13y ago
Good points (I like especially the fact that you incorporate real life experience). Although I've never worked retail I've had businesses where we've printed bar codes and had to use a scanner to test them for accuracy. Anywa
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by larrys 13y ago
" if you are at a friend's house eating something new you like you will likely have your phone on you" Nothing will prevent you from doing that also (I'm sure). Just like you can own a kindle but also read kindle books o
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by larrys 13y ago
"it would be faster" Friction is key. The example I typically use is "if the laser printer were in the basement vs. next to your desk how much would you use it?" A device that you can pick up, hit a button, and do your t
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by larrys 13y ago
I think it might be a good idea when you make your mod comments to include the fact that you are the mod. I wouldn't assume that people know that. In fact if I hadn't read that particular post on that day I wouldn't know th
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by larrys 13y ago
Edit: In retrospect this is probably what seems to have made people upset (from the comments below) "Gymnastics, nice, leads to ?" That said I'm appreciative for the other perspectives. I didn't mean to imply that there
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by larrys 13y ago
"Justice Byron White played...." He also drank milk. I mean there is no way you are seriously suggesting logic like this are you? "Gymnastics leads to becoming a well-rounded person" I agree that Harvard and Stanford wil
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by larrys 13y ago
"and it isn't fully in favor of short term happiness" Exactly. And see nobody wants to believe that. They want to think that things will just work out. I'm wondering about how many people downvoting or disagreeing are aw
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by larrys 13y ago
"so it can lead" Care to discuss the probability of that happening? I know someone who got an NCAA (or similar) scholarship for swimming. The rest of the team didn't.
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Teen accepted to every Ivy League school credits ‘helicopter parents’(nypost.com)
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This is the essay that got 1 student into all 8 Ivies(nypost.com)
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by larrys 13y ago
"she has 16 hours of gymnastics practice every week, which markedly improves the report from school and now she's in love with it so I can't talk her out of it. I've tried. So spring break would be ideal." This is g
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by larrys 13y ago
Or adopted.
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by larrys 13y ago
"> You have a growing problem with police corruption in your country ...." "Do we? I'm not sure." Actually I find the parent comment such a wide generalization that's it's almost laughable.
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by larrys 13y ago
I think it's actually something that will raise your anxiety level even if you are "pretty honest". Also there are some borderline issues with taxes (and/or self employment or small corp) that can give you problems.[1] (
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by larrys 13y ago
But they should be scared. Why? Because it could be the tip of the iceberg. If you are able to sufficiently answer the inquiry they are generally done with you. Otoh, depending on the inquiry, if you are not you then possibly open yourself
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by larrys 13y ago
Read this: http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&-Self-Employ... "An audit may be conducted by mail or through an in-person interview and review of the taxpayer's records." "You will b
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by larrys 13y ago
"informing the company is just about being a decent net citizen." With respect to this would you say that there is a bit of a buzz when the company acknowledges and pats you on that back and says "hey thanks good job" (l
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by larrys 13y ago
As someone who studies human nature I'd like to ask this question of the OP and anyone else who cares to answer. I'd seriously like to know this. Why do people spend extensive time [1] documenting security flaws like this [2] and
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by larrys 13y ago
"Long term sustainable value creation" What do you mean exactly by "long term sustainable value creation"? Examples?
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by larrys 13y ago
Understood. But likewise you should also realize that working long hours or "all the time" to some people is not really always work. I've had people do a "tisk tisk" he is working and I say "I like what I am do
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by larrys 13y ago
"Simply working more hours for the sake of bragging rights" I find it hard to believe that people are working more hours for bragging rights. (Because it doesn't seem to make sense that for whatever you get in return for thos
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by larrys 13y ago
Noting also that this was posted by the consulting services on Sunday on HN. And written first (which had to take time as well). Obviously not all of this is going to stick. And the consultant could be quite successful without going to the
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by larrys 13y ago
"I find the Work Smarter, Not Harder meme a little tiresome" Agree. Let's take it one step further. Let's say you want to win the game. And one of the ways you do so is to convince the other players of the game (and busi
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by larrys 13y ago
While I might tend to agree with this based on the less than approx. 2 years in my life that I worked for someone else, as an entrepreneur where you have to cover so many bases, and work hard to create opportunity, I don't agree based
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by larrys 13y ago
"so I have to carry the unwieldy 3 prong extension with me all the time" You can get one of those short 1 foot lightweight cord extenders (search amazon for "cord extender")
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by larrys 13y ago
Seems to be a rash of 1 star ratings in the past few months. Something doesn't seem right. While you could say that this is because of some manufacturing redesign or batch problem, something about the reviews and the way they are writt
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by larrys 13y ago
"elon musk has a high tolerance for calculated risk" And perhaps he will be the survivor that is referred to when stories about survivorship bias are passed around. Or maybe he will crash and burn with that calculated risk. &quot

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