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by scottlilly 5y ago
The version of this I've always heard is, "Any problem that can be solved by writing a check you can afford to write, is not really a problem." So, if your car suddenly needs a $500 repair, and you have $2500 in emergency sav
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by scottlilly 10y ago
The same with me. Before, my problems were generally when USPS was making a Sunday delivery. They'd often leave the package outside the entrance to my apartment building - otherwise known as "the public sidewalk". The last fe
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by scottlilly 10y ago
I'm using mine right now, and love it. When I started experiencing forearm pain a few months ago, I bought several vertical mice from different manufacturers. The Anker was the clear winner for me. It fits the best in my hand and is sh
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by scottlilly 10y ago
"The Goal" - Started my interest in Lean principles, along with how to apply them to programming - imagining my programs as little data "factories", that need to be made efficient and efficiently. "How I Found Freed
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by scottlilly 10y ago
Checking the bathroom is a trick I learned a long time ago. If they're messy, that's almost certainly a sign that your potential co-workers and managers are disorganized, undisciplined, and/or don't care about their work
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by scottlilly 10y ago
I recently wrote a Greasemonkey script to do this - it changes the link text background to yellow and disables the click. If anyone is interested, the code is posted here: http://scottlilly.com/greasemonkey-block-links-to-an
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by scottlilly 10y ago
Outside of Houston, Texas, this former private bunker ( http://www.houstonbunker.com/about/ ) was turned into a secure data warehouse. I believe Continental Airlines used to use it for their data.
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by scottlilly 11y ago
I was going to add, "The Goal". I just received two more copies of it from Amazon today. I've given away more copies of that book that I can count (and will give away another one to a co-worker on Monday).
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by scottlilly 11y ago
Like many others here, I plan to finish some things I've started before. In particular: 1. Complete an open-source 2-D RPG engine in C# 2. Write a full-length science fiction novel 3. Increase the number of tutorials/training vide
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by scottlilly 11y ago
If you want to dig deeper into this, I suggest reading "The Clustering of America", by Michael J. Weiss. I think some of the key indicators it used were number of bowling alleys, liquor stores, and payphones (keep in mind, it was
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by scottlilly 12y ago
There is also the scenario where someone may not be able to open a bank account due to an extremely bad credit history, or not being able to meet minimum balance requirements (or have to incur relatively heavy 'service fees' to ma
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by scottlilly 12y ago
I think that one problem has been with some people promoting TDD by saying to write "the simplest thing possible to get the unit test to pass". I've seen "Uncle Bob" do his bowling game demo, without using the expec
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by scottlilly 12y ago
I wrote an ebook about a non-technical topic I had experience with. I spent 18 months doing all the things I was "supposed to do" to build traffic and sell copies of it - frequent blog posts, SEO (including some recommended grey-h
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by scottlilly 12y ago
I moved from the US to Uruguay for almost a year. Three years ago I moved to Paraguay, where I currently live. What has your experience been? - Mixed. There are good things and bad things. But, overall, I'm happier here and plan to sta
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by scottlilly 12y ago
Actually, you can renounce with only permanent residency. I personally know someone here in Paraguay who has done it. He's now stateless. The Embassy highly suggests that you have another citizenship. However, they will accept a renunc
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by scottlilly 12y ago
The day you renounce your US citizenship, you are no longer a US person (unless the State Department has a valid reason to deny your renunciation). It may take several months, or more than a year, for the State Department to issue you your
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by scottlilly 12y ago
I'll probably have a Part 2 (and maybe more). First, I want to see what direction people are interested in taking it; web-based version, add graphics, more game features, deeper coding skills, etc. Plus, it took a lot of time to write.
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by scottlilly 12y ago
Thank you. When looking through forums, I always saw, "I want to write a game, but I don't know how to program" posts. So I figured this might be more an interesting way to introduce someone to the basics.
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Show HN: Beginner's guide to C# – Build a simple RPG
14 points by scottlilly 12y ago|5 comments
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by scottlilly 12y ago
From a similar personal experience, definitely contact a tax lawyer or "Enrolled Agent". They know the system. An Enrolled Agent helped me get my situation resolved relatively quickly, which let me move on with my life.
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by scottlilly 12y ago
Niche ebooks seems the most common way I've seen to generates a little extra beer money (or more) from a development blog.
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Ask HN: Do you earn income from your developer blog?
16 points by scottlilly 12y ago|5 comments
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by scottlilly 13y ago
I lived in Uruguay for almost a year, before moving on to Paraguay. When I left Uruguay 2.5 years ago, applying for residency was changing a bit. Apparently, nowadays, you need to show you have "enough income to support yourself".
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by scottlilly 13y ago
You're right, user B could make incorrect (to me) ratings about other users. Similar to what you say about derived and produced information, I would have "personal" and "external" ratings. My personal rating for use
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by scottlilly 13y ago
I was thinking about doing something similar. One of the things I wanted to incorporate was an reputation ability (beyond just blocking). It would be similar to a referral engine in Netflix or Amazon. So, I'm user A. I mark user B as a
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by scottlilly 13y ago
Congratulations! I just released my first app on the Windows 8 App Store the other day, but went about it a little differently. I decided to build the absolute simplest app I could think of – the kind of app that really could be completed i
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by scottlilly 13y ago
I'll be able to apply for Paraguayan citizenship in about a year, and I plan to renounce my US citizenship immediately afterwards. I'm so much happier here in Paraguay (even with all the cultural differences), instead of the US. I
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by scottlilly 13y ago
Unfortunately, PayPal has limited capabilities in some countries. In fact, Costa Rica (where the company is moving) appears to be a country where you cannot withdraw money from your PayPal account into a local bank account. It also looks li
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by scottlilly 13y ago
One potential problem arises if a US company tries to pay someone with a bank account outside the US. Due to FATCA regulations, there may be a 30% withholding on bank wires sent to foreign financial institutions that aren't Qualified I
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by scottlilly 13y ago
I've actually been thinking about offering a code review service, since it would fit well with the way I like to work. Personally, I wouldn't want to do one-hour reviews, but would be very happy selling four hour blocks of my time

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