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by mrbill 11y ago
>"I led the company to $10 million in annually recurring revenues before I departed." Wouldn't a more correct article title be "How I created a $10M Software Company..."? The $350M was after he left.
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by mrbill 11y ago
This article apparently presumes that the US "owns" the Internet and that laws passed here apply to people in other countries... As much as I despise Daesh, this is not the right way to do things.
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by mrbill 11y ago
I've had Comcast "Business Class" service (50/10, five statics, no caps or blocked ports) for almost five years now, after I had to move my colo box home when the ISP it was hosted at changed owners (lost a sweet discoun
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by mrbill 11y ago
I heard through the grapevine that one of my employers (who drug tested at time of hire, but not after that) said "I can't do random testing, I'd lose half my staff." Another one joked that "We used to drug test at
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by mrbill 11y ago
Being that guy before, and with family an 8-hour drive away, I've volunteered to do that more than once. Earns goodwill from the people with families, the boss has one less thing to worry about at end of year, and the holidays are usua
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Reminds me a lot of http://clientsfromhell.net/
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by mrbill 11y ago
Yeah, I have no intention of doing the Light until I know my condition won't be a problem or I won't be a hindrance to the rest of my team. Thanks for the link! I'll check it out.
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by mrbill 11y ago
I miss .info magazine. Still annoyed that it caved when I was still owed six issues on my subscription.
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by mrbill 11y ago
I've got to work my way up to the 5K and then to the Light; a Challenge/Tough (or Heavy) isn't on the radar right now due to some physical handicaps and limitations (google "subglottic stenosis").
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by mrbill 11y ago
I hope to be able to do a "Light" sometime in the next 24 months, myself. The Tough and Heavy are just too much. Gonna start out with a Kill That 5K.
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by mrbill 11y ago
All the major e-cig juice vendors have been reformulating their stuff over the past year or two to get rid of any flavors with diacetyl due to the possible risk. Here's the Reddit discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r&#x
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by mrbill 11y ago
> It's honestly baffling because I am sure there are hundreds of very smart people there who must realize this Everyone attends this school voluntarily, so it's not like someone was hit in the face their first day with the fact
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by mrbill 11y ago
When I inquired about a better chair, I wrote "I'm a big dude and the chair I have now won't last more than month or two with me on it. Do we have options for better chairs? No rush, whenever you have time." One of the
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by mrbill 11y ago
Looks like it's been fixed and the Kindle version is available for $9.99 now.
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by mrbill 11y ago
My post meant that the business class service has no data caps or measuring of use, versus the "consumer" level Comcast service.
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by mrbill 11y ago
Advantages of the business plan: - I can usually get directly to someone clued on the phone, who doesn't make me jump through hoops or silly scripts to debug a problem; they realize I've already done everything possible on my end
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by mrbill 11y ago
The title says "Kindle Version" on Amazon but the only purchase option is a $45 (!) paperback?
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by mrbill 11y ago
Same here, even after logging out and back in, no opt-in for the "new" UI yet.
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by mrbill 11y ago
Today the Das Keyboard 4C was waiting on my desk when I arrived (it was requested two days ago) and the big and tall office chair I requested was delivered (assembled) this afternoon. I feel so spoiled compared to places I've worked a
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by mrbill 11y ago
I'm in Houston and pay $150/month for Comcast 50/10 "business class" service with 5 static IPs (do all my hosting, email, etc from home). Can't wait for a faster alternative; the next step up is around $199&#x2
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by mrbill 11y ago
cPanel in Houston. Awesome people and work environment, so far.
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by mrbill 11y ago
I showed up at my first day at the new gig with my own keyboard (tenkeyless Cherry MX brown keyswitches) and mouse. Multiple people said "Hey, you don't have to bring your own stuff, just tell us what you want and we'll orde
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by mrbill 11y ago
I just started (two days ago) at a company that not only provides free drinks (soda, coffee, tea) and snacks ($10 credit per week for the vending machines), but they cater lunch from a local restaurant every day. If you don't want wha
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by mrbill 11y ago
Please! I'd love to switch from Crashplan for my Linux boxes back to rsync/rsnapshot to a cloud provider of some sort.
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by mrbill 11y ago
Why? Lots of us "techies" don't like Arch.
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by mrbill 11y ago
We tested out Storwize years ago before IBM bought them.. What a piece of garbage, in my experience. "Oh, it won't slow down access to the NetApp at all!"... riiiight. Had them sitting in front of the filers for two days bef
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by mrbill 11y ago
Anything short of full-auto or under 0.50 bore (more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_II_weapons ). Even then, certain categories (SBRs, AOWs) can be legally owned after paperwork and filing for a tax stamp ($
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This was at a point when most people already had broadband, and used dialup modems were dirt-cheap on eBay (e.g., that's why she had a stack of USR Courier V.Everything models instead of Sportsters). IIRC I got a few of them from toss
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by mrbill 11y ago
I was surprised that UPS will now do overnight delivery of Amazon orders to my mom's house in rural Oklahoma (she's at least a mile from her nearest neighbor), even though the truck originates from Lawton, OK - 50 miles away accor
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by mrbill 11y ago
Most companies will have a "reasonable personal use" clause (e.g., shopping Amazon on your lunch break, etc) with regards to company PCs. I never assumed that they weren't logging EVERYTHING, especially once everyone was for

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