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by raintrees 6y ago
A concept explored by Greg Bear in his book Slant: https://www.amazon.com/Slant-Novel-Greg-Bear/dp/0812524829
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by raintrees 6y ago
$65K for a 4 plex in Del Norte County, California, $10K for a single family in Lee County, Florida. Deals exist, it requires effort and action.
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by raintrees 6y ago
Or around $600K in down payments in cash flowing rental properties in the US... My wife and I spent around $75K to get approximately $1K a month in cash flow (5 doors, $200 each)...
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by raintrees 6y ago
I still have a wire recorder :) I expect to go through the electronics (old solid state components with leads soldered together since it was made prior to circuit boards) in some down time, which seems to keep getting postponed...
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by raintrees 6y ago
Seven things came up for me, reading this: Permaculture has a concept that it is the boundaries where interesting things happen - Where desirable life can be found. Between the forest and the meadow is where lies the life that may be desir
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by raintrees 6y ago
Loved these series, from the first release around the 70's on Ambrose video (checked them out from the Library), to purchasing Connections 2 from The Store of Knowledge in the San Jose area (long since closed), to the shorter version 3
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by raintrees 6y ago
The virtual version of Joel Spolsky's "Good managers move chairs out of the way to assist programmers getting work done" (heavily paraphrased from memory).
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by raintrees 6y ago
Although I played with DesqView, that was not the menuing system I used to use - It had some monumental name for the day, like SuperMenu or MenuGold 2000 or some such... Internet search not getting any hits that match. Oh well.
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by raintrees 6y ago
Ah, SideKick... TSR hell days... No, went and looked through my little 5 1/4 binder, not sure I still have the menu utility... But for those of you who were doing this back in 1991, here is a list of the utils I carried on 5 1/4&q
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by raintrees 6y ago
This reminds me of the DOS menuing system we used to install on clients' computers several decades ago. Cannot remember the name, may have to dig out my old 5 1/4" floppy collection binder I used to always carry with me if n
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by raintrees 6y ago
It would seem there are gaping holes here - No mention of size of government. No mention of government creating the very distortion of big companies mentioned (competition is stifled by regulation). No mention of what UBI will do to prici
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by raintrees 6y ago
Awesome, thank you. I am always looking for methods with the least friction to win people over to using Linux.
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by raintrees 6y ago
Set up a financial plan before you accept your first dollar, if you wish to be most efficient. Use percentages, such as saving 10% for long term wealth, and 5% for a fun account so you don't sabotage your financial plan. Learn enough o
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by raintrees 6y ago
Happy clients are the best branding. I built my business almost exclusively on referrals, which not only filters out clients that would not be a good fit, but also provides reputational policing for agreements: The option of a client consi
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by raintrees 7y ago
Much of Neal Stephenson's work provides me inspiration, similar to William Gibson's work. It envisions future tech/life that stirs me to see if I can create some of it.
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by raintrees 7y ago
Thanks, I will check the thread out...
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by raintrees 7y ago
Interesting... I did not see much politics when I went through it. Interesting how my mind works...
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Medium censoring an article on Covid-19
7 points by raintrees 7y ago|6 comments
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by raintrees 7y ago
The board game Cashflow is closer to reality than Monopoly, especially the 202 version, which provides for paper assets options, as well as loss of investment properties to acts of nature. A good way to learn basic investment evaluation us
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by raintrees 7y ago
And please understand this is not investment advice, you must exercise your own discretion :)
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by raintrees 7y ago
I agree. I think this signifies as the "biggest fool" flag. When we take a position that seems foolish from a fundamentals point of view, expecting to make our profit from a bigger fool. And "smart investors" frequentl
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by raintrees 7y ago
There are quite a few who would answer Commodity, not Currency. Something that will retain value if currencies do not.
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by raintrees 7y ago
There are a number of business apps cough QuickBooks cough where there is not a whole lot of choice about the OS, if one is using the Desktop version of said app...
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by raintrees 7y ago
"Allow"? I am not sure there is much of a choice with Windows 10. Microsoft seems to have done an end-run around the WSUS-managed networks I set up, as well... :( Disclaimer - I have not had the time to go back in and see if it
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by raintrees 7y ago
I went all the way to a fountain pen that I put a refillable cartridge into, currently a Cross silver beauty with Blue-Black ink from Japan - Gorgeous color. Originally I studied and trained as an Architect - A lettering sheet a week to pra
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by raintrees 7y ago
I am thinking the consistency is part of the value. I use paper and pen for my weekly ToDo lists, even while I play around with QtPy and MariaDB on Linux (most recent set of tech I am experimenting with) for an eventual electronic version.
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by raintrees 7y ago
If rates go up, I have also locked in a lower rate of financing using the banks money, typically 75% where I invest. And we hold our properties for the long term, as we get tax consideration for almost 3 decades. Depreciation is a powerfu
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by raintrees 7y ago
At risk of stating what I think is the obvious: Either when the faithful change their minds, or when the USD is no longer so devalued. Money is based on faith, as well as the value of other assets like real estate (including precious metal
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by raintrees 7y ago
Our ISP (Spectrum) refuses to work with customer-supplied equipment. Even when I have proven their equipment to be faulty - I still had to wait a day or two for a technician. And having a business account, at least it was that quick. My
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by raintrees 7y ago
Now I am wondering when we might see our first steampunk-inspired skyscraper... Someone with Bitcoin/Startup fu money expressing their taste. Maybe someone taking over a block and attempting to recreate a scene from Blade Runner? And

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