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by solson 15y ago
I have 2 kids and I love them and yes they are an asset but at the same time they are expensive. My point is... Once you have kids, I guarantee you will be more risk averse. The best time to start a business is before you have kids or after
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by solson 15y ago
For someone with entrepreneurial aspirations, getting a corporate job is a great way to learn more about a business or a market. However, be aware it can be a trap. Getting married, getting a mortgage, having kids, may keep you trapped at
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by solson 15y ago
Having been poor (not 3rd world poor, poor by American standards) I found the most difficult thing is leaving the poverty stricken network. You don't feel like you've made it until you reject the entire mindset. Until then, you feel like yo
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by solson 15y ago
I'm the software development director here at Ergotron. We appreciate your feedback and I will forward this to product development. It will help us improve our product. About the study, we supplied the product used in the study, but it was
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by solson 15y ago
I'm the software development director here at Ergotron. The purpose of Juststand.org is to bring awareness to the benefits of standing and the risks of sitting too much. Will we benefit from that awareness? Yes, we hope so. But the purpose
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The Science Behind the Need to Stand - Results of Take-a-Stand Project(juststand.org)
10 points by solson 15y ago|8 comments
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by solson 16y ago
That's exactly why shouldn't have a "national education system" or standardization of schooling. We need education that fits the student not one size fits all factory schooling. As for meaningful ways for colleges and employers to measure c
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Detroit Grows Faster Than Silicon Valley in Tech Jobs(bloomberg.com)
2 points by solson 16y ago|0 comments
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by solson 16y ago
Yeah, I ain't Rockefeller. But the biggest reason I haven't done it is the city government. The above reasons not to invest in Detroit are clear - taxes, unknown assessments, liability. Allowing some of the land to go fallow or zoned agricu
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by solson 16y ago
I agree. In the long run Detroit has potential. But before they can make any economic strides they need to fix their bloated corrupt city government. If you want to make a real 100 year bet on Detroit, buy some real estate now, it has never
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by solson 16y ago
Talented creative people want to work on projects that matter. Steve jobs had the vision to create those projects. They also want to work with people who have ideas that are groundbreaking. Again Steve Jobs provided those ideas. Is Steve jo
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by solson 16y ago
I guess it depends on your definition of success. I've hated school since about the 2nd grade. I was forced into an "alternative" program in High School where I learned little or nothing but how to play backgammon and eat snickers bars and
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by solson 16y ago
There is. A kid left the frat and drowned in a river (it was a frat room not a dorm room). Drugs were suspected. I'm not sure why. They executed a warrant and took the money. BTW the autopsy found no drugs in the dead student's system. Anyw
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by solson 16y ago
It's only alarmist when it isn't happening to you or someone you love. It happened to my nephew, several thousand dollars in cash seized from his college dorm room (he was a bartender, but should it matter? it isn't illegal to have cash is
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by solson 16y ago
In the US if the authorities use civil forfeiture they can keep your property even when you aren't even charged with a crime and there is little you can do to get it back. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_forfeiture It is generally use
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by solson 16y ago
Are you looking for some universal value? How about, "We should not use violence or coercion against peaceful people, and we must intelligently and slowly begin to work toward that goal. Violence is not an acceptable answer to our problems.
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by solson 16y ago
You're asking for specific answerers to many complex questions. I'm not going to try to put them in a few words here. If you are honest about your desire to understand libertarian ideas read "Healing our World in an Age of Aggression" by Dr
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by solson 16y ago
It's a debate surrounding positive rights vs. negative rights - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_and_positive_rights Libertarianism generally supports negative rights arguing that the establishment of positive rights will always viol
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by solson 16y ago
Good Stuff. I had a chance to be early in on a startup that was spun off the company I was working for... Seemed too risky, too much work, besides i was comfortable. A few years later those early start up employees were all millionaires. Bi
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by solson 16y ago
The article is thought provoking. I'd say genius is a habit. The habit of thinking about things most people don't think about and thinking about them in ways most people won't think about them. But I believe anyone can acquire the habit wit
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by solson 16y ago
"Decent building codes don't necessarily stop economic growth." No, but they will slow growth, esp in developing nations. Almost all products can be made safer by increasing regulation. The question is... is it worth the price in both $$$ a
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by solson 16y ago
Yes, it just seems apparent to me (like an earlier commenter grouk said) that the underlying point of the article and the discussion around it appears to be about competing ideas of libertarian vs. interventionist market principles. I was a
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by solson 16y ago
So all the people voting for this title on Reddit and Hacker News aren't making any statement on strict government regulation, they merely find it interesting that the Japanese have learned from their history?
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by solson 16y ago
I'm not sure I understand the point here. Is it that strict government regulation saves lives? If so, yes I suppose that could be true. Fewer people would die in traffic accidents if we had a stoplight on every corner, we had to drive Sherm
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by solson 16y ago
I've been a procrastinator for as long as I can remember. In elementary school I recall being assigned the the task of writing a report on the composer Rossini. I had no interest and I still haven't done it 30+ years later. But for some rea
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Ask HN: Anyone know a good PC Tech in Minneapolis/St Paul?
1 points by solson 16y ago|0 comments
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by solson 16y ago
Watch out, I am going to generalize here... In my experience, in the US, EMPLOYEES in marketing, sales, management, finance, and operations do much better if they have high "life/social" skills even when their level of intelligence or knowl
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by solson 16y ago
I noticed this effect earlier this year when Facebook was facing scrutiny over privacy. I posted a few negative links and criticized facebook and it appeared that far fewer people saw anything I posted afterward. Pure anecdote, but it looke
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by solson 16y ago
I would go one step further than that. It seems to be a common response here that simply asking these questions indicates he has a problem. I've noticed that "treatment" types tend to have that response to all people asking questions about
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by solson 16y ago
I just want to say, I had this book when I was 9. I loved it. I spent hours and hours typing these programs into basic and then saving them to cassette. I'd change them and modify them and eventually learned to make my own programs. Thanks

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