rogerkirkness

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by rogerkirkness 8y ago
Can confirm. Born with no enamel, had a dozen or so cavities as a kid despite great dental care. Cut out wheat, life changing health benefits, one of which being no more cavities. That said, only 13% of people have the gene, and of those ma
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by rogerkirkness 8y ago
In a big enough company where software isn't the product that just means they know the tech that applies to that company. The CIO is probably a fearful late career IT politician and the CTO could have spent 40 years progressively learn
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by rogerkirkness 8y ago
Pointless cash grabs are an affordance. Would you rather have a competent government? That's only useful if you depend on them more than they depend on you.
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by rogerkirkness 8y ago
The cell phone company doesn't have guns or regulate my property rights. Your argument is weak. Turbotax is better than government software will ever be, and it's close enough to free that no one is out in the cold on it.
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by rogerkirkness 8y ago
Get rid of your TV and IP block the top five most interesting places you could watch videos online.
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by rogerkirkness 8y ago
The easier it is the file taxes, the closer you get to a direct link to your bank account where you "don't have to think about it". Affordances and friction can be good. And if you (actually) believe in equality, those afford
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by rogerkirkness 8y ago
For analogies, look to the craft beer industry. You get a sort of "we are going to start a very similar underpriced brand, or invest in you, or buy you outright, which do you prefer?" From the mega competitor.
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by rogerkirkness 8y ago
Most people are optimizing for some combination of current and future wealth. There is a valid argument that delaying current money can result in significantly more future money. So the short answer would be 1. When the future money is high
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by rogerkirkness 8y ago
Keep your personal and business expenses separate. Make sure you have a proper C Corp setup. If you ever intend to raise money, make it a Delaware C. Don't underestimate the mental health impact of the uncertainty and sheer weirdness.
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by rogerkirkness 8y ago
People are idealistic about their children. The studies consistently show that passive screen time is bad and active screentime can be good or neutral. It applies for anyone past the age of five where it becomes a net benefit to have active
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by rogerkirkness 8y ago
All review sites eventually learn who their real customers are.
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by rogerkirkness 8y ago
I agree with this. Compared to AWS, when Google says it's down, it's down, and that's rare. When they say it's up, it's up.
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by rogerkirkness 8y ago
2, 24 inch LCD monitors with constant blue light filter running, both vertically oriented about 2.5 feet away.