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by rick888 15y ago
It can be done, but it's tough. I was laid off a couple of years ago and used that as an opportunity to start a business. You need to have the right balance of being hungry, which can be solved my having enough money in the bank for a year
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by rick888 15y ago
I had this same dilemma 5 years ago. I was right out of college and started a new job. I hated the project I was working on (it was one main project at a medium-sized company, so I didn't have much choice) and I dreaded waking up in the m
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by rick888 15y ago
It sounds like you aren't happy after 5 months..and your boss isn't doing you any favors. Can you imagine being in the same position for 5 years? I would look for another job.
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The gap can be filled by customer being a little more honest about what they purchase out of state.
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"Oh, that's a pretty silly comment then, it's where their store is. Given that people have to supply a card and/or delivery address when buying it's not going to be a massive pain for online retailers." So why can't it apply the same way to
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They also don't have huge drug cartels running the place.
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Not logical fallacies..logic (you should use it sometime). Just because I don't support your point doesn't mean i'm wrong. Take a look here: http://www.npr.org/2011/01/20/133086356/Mixed-Results-For-Po... Drug use, addiction, and drug-re
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by rick888 15y ago
"People don't have higher associated medical costs because of marijuana, LSD, mushrooms, etc. It's a completely unfounded" proof? You can't honestly tell me that that nobody has higher associated medical costs as a result of MJ, LSD, and sh
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by rick888 15y ago
"The last time I paid no income taxes, it was because I made so very little money. My understanding is that because I make so little it is understood that it is better for me to keep that money than to shuffle it around in government assist
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"So there must be some really enormous cartels engaged in alcohol bootlegging, and "legally partnering up with companies in the US" in the process. Right" The US isn't as corrupt as mexico. You don't have illegal alcohol cartels because th
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"That people who agree on one issue would all also agree on several other unrelated issues. Very convenient indeed." No, they are hypocritical to say that they want the government out of their lives and then also want increased in more gove
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"Second, addiction is a public health issue, not a law and order issue. Do you know how expensive it is to imprison someone vs sending them to a rehab program? Take a look at Portugal - treating addiction like the health issue it is works a
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"I really don't see this as the most likely scenario. Why would it follow that legalization of a drug would lead to more addicts? Cigarettes are legal and addictive and I don't smoke them" Many people do because they are easily available in
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"Does Anheuser-Busch engage in lethal turf warfare in the manner of Al Capone? Yes, I agree that the cartels would move into legal territory but quite frankly, as someone who spends a lot of time in Mexico, the country would be happy to see
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"Two of the biggest pot heads I know are starting a company and already have a dozen clients, and the others have 6 figure salaries waiting for them on the West coast." Again, why are people defending pot here like a second girlfriend?
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I see the drug overlords have again down-modded me for not being a troll and merely stating my opinion on the matter. "Your welcome to believe that it is bad for you and that you don't want to do it, but I disagree that that should translat
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by rick888 15y ago
"I've seen people nearly talk about marijuana as if it is the destroyer of worlds, which I don't think any reputable scientist has possibly ever endorsed" Are you denying the negative effects drugs have on many people? Pot may not have man
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"Illegal drug money is used to finance so much corruption and killing, that there seems to be little value in keeping them illegal, especially considering that everyone who wants to take drugs still does. If certain drugs do have harmful ef
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"These are people who are homeless or on the verge of losing their homes. These are people living paycheck to paycheck, despite having what we think of as stable or decent paying jobs. These are people struggling to put food on their tables
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I feel bad, but the only way to save these people is to wipe the oppressive government out.
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by rick888 15y ago
If you can go web app, do it. Over time, piracy is only going to get worse..and you can't pirate a web service. In addition to this, updates are much easier.
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by rick888 15y ago
This is what happens when you are just an employee. This is also why I don't work for startups. You work long hours, many times are under-paid, and after putting your life unto a project, get little to no money if it gets bought out or th
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by rick888 15y ago
"But I can definitely say that the mythos of the well-earning "self-made" IT man was a major blemish on the idea, not an asset." Yes.
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"The American Dream is that everyone should be able to get a full-time job and that if you're willing to work a full-time job, you'll be able to pay your bills." If this is what people think, they have been misled. The american dream has a
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by rick888 15y ago
"It sounds like your recommendation would be for everyone to chase money regardless of their passions." If you don't think about the money at some point, then don't complain when you can't find a job. It's not your job to chase money and i
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by rick888 15y ago
"But I can definitely say that the mythos of the well-earning "self-made" IT man was a major blemish on the idea, not an asset." That's right, there's no self-made anything. It's all luck.
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"You may not call it luck, and I don't know your specific situation, but I'm going to hypothesize that you had some help along the way. How did you educate yourself? " We could go very far with attributing luck to success. Einstein must hav
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"But I do not pretend that my good fortune some how means I work or harder or am smarter than other people in our society" What a defeatist attitude. I do work harder and smarter than other people in our society. My work and success refle
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"We are getting kicked out of our homes." ..and why is that? I want to see how many of these people protesting actually got kicked out of their homes and why. "We are forced to choose between groceries and rent." Do you have a cell phone?
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He is the ultimate "ideas guy". I believe his net worth is somewhere near $800 million. His value after Napster was his connections to venture capital companies. Even in high school, he got in trouble for "hacking", which was nothing more

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