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by mattm 14y ago
I know this is outing myself but this is my personal experience. I won't post anonymously in case anyone wants to contact me. I came to the realization about 2 years that I am addicted to porn. For anyone out there struggling with the sa
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by mattm 14y ago
And yet the Premier League is one of the most successful leagues in the world...
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What I find incredibly interesting about sports "unions" is that the unions use the threat of disbanding as a labour tactic. In every other industry, if the labour union even hinted at disbanding, the owners would ask "How can we help you
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Japan's New Tech Generation(mobile.nytimes.com)
1 points by mattm 14y ago|1 comments
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It's nothing compared to those places.
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Actually it has. See Kellogg's 6 hour day
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I also really enjoy working with ZF 1. It's the best designed framework I've worked with. I've just had a quick look through v2 but it looks good from what I've seen. The namespaces really help to clean things up.
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Zend Framework 2.0.0 STABLE Released(framework.zend.com)
4 points by mattm 14y ago|2 comments
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Your Controllers need to lose weight(mattmccormick.ca)
2 points by mattm 14y ago|0 comments
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This is what I'm currently aiming for. I have about $100/month coming in from dividends and distributions and am looking to seriously ramp this up. I haven't really been paying that much attention until now. I figure if I take on side wo
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I think you're missing the point. The point is to spend just a few years building passive income through investments such that the dividends/distributions it throws off are enough to cover your living expenses. At that point you're free t
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While it's great to read about the success, this part gets me: > They put up a simple web site and announced that they were accepting applications. And soon enough they had more applications than they had spots. Methinks there is more t
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by mattm 14y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2471229 How much is student loan debt vs credit card debt? As I understand in the US, you may still have some of the student loan debt remain after a bankruptcy. I haven't started a successful business,
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by mattm 14y ago
Please try to give more notice next time. I can't make this one but would be interested in being notified for future ones - matt@mattmccormick.ca
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The highest priced items are that way mostly due to the marketing costs associated with selling high priced items and trying to create the illusion that it is better quality. Lifetime guarantees are pretty much worthless because most people
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by mattm 14y ago
Do you have any tests in place? (I'm assuming not). You've got to get tests in place before doing such a major refactoring. Read the book "Working Effectively With Legacy Code" for a good starting point.
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I liked double stealth mode
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by mattm 14y ago
> You've got a similar obligation if you rent. Rent or buy, you're still out on the street if you stop paying Not really because usually you just need to give one months notice to move out. So if you are facing hard times, it would be
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by mattm 14y ago
> they don't waste a lot of time making sure their inventory is extremely accurate. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this one of the reasons why Wal-Mart became so successful? They could track their inventory very accurately.
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I don't think houses were as little as $10k in the 70s. Maybe for grandparents, not parents. I hate it how people use absolute numbers when comparing house values now to the past as it completely distorts the changes. For example, a house
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by mattm 14y ago
Everyone is different yet everyone is the same
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Thanks a lot Jason. This is very useful. As someone who does not yet have the ability to converse well in Japanese, would this hinder my ability to sell to Japanese people even if they speak English (I am developing a product for the Engl
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> I'm not sure if you've actually read the book, but it's no snake oil. I would not be surprised if the parent hasn't read the book or tried it. Most of the complaints with his method seem to come from people who have never tried it.
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It took me three months at about 1-2 hours per day. I still review occasionally and can get about 75% recall. I think a lot of people completely miss the point with Heisig's books. The point is to just get you familiar with the kanji so t
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This could depend on the country. I highly doubt not having a degree would affect one in the US if they could deliver.
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If you have feedback, why don't you email them directly? Edit: Ok, I was downvoted for my comment. The reason I posted this is because the parent wrote a long comment about the product that has nothing to do with the content of the article
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by mattm 14y ago
> Deepak Chopra is widely considered to be a quack Can you explain this a bit more? I'm just curious as I've come across his stuff before but never opposing views.
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That's a great story. I went to Nairobi in 2004 and had the opportunity to stay with host families for three months. In 2004 there, slow Internet was available in Internet cafes for about $1/hr and some people had cell phones but mostly a
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What's your email?
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by mattm 15y ago
I'm learning Japanese now. Can I ask you some questions?

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