stevenwiles

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by stevenwiles 10y ago
Whatever you want to call it
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by stevenwiles 10y ago
Who are you? Why do you think you can speak with such authority?
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by stevenwiles 10y ago
> "...and now I'm trying to make a living by submitting my blog posts to Hacker News so I can be rich and have an easy, awesome life by working as little as possible." Sorry, Jeanna, but you're going to have to get a
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by stevenwiles 10y ago
This person just oozes self-obsession. It's pretty discouraging that people like this are super rich and taking expensive vacations with their entire families. Is the only way for me to become rich like this person is just to become re
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by stevenwiles 10y ago
So you're saying that a person should not be able to profit off their original idea because they don't actually have an original idea? Because truly original ideas don't actually exist, they are merely extensions of the work
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by stevenwiles 10y ago
You "goaded" your department chair?
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by stevenwiles 10y ago
ELI5?
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by stevenwiles 10y ago
Are you saying that if I come up with a good idea, I don't have a right to protect that idea?
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by stevenwiles 10y ago
This is the only real takeaway here, as far as I can see - If you build an app that attempts to associate itself with another extremely popular app, then your app will probably be a little popular too. This is nothing new or insightful, but
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by stevenwiles 10y ago
Usually 7am to 8pm every day, including Saturdays (I only get Sundays off) I'm a really hard worker and I'm really smart so I like the long work hours. When I see people coming in before me and leaving after me, its a nice reminde
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by stevenwiles 10y ago
When you say you typically work 8am to 5pm, are you actually working for that entire 9 hours? Like, if I randomly popped in and checked on you in that window of time, how many times would I actually catch you in the middle of something? One
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by stevenwiles 10y ago
Same here, left to my own devices, I would probably work around 120 hours a week.
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by stevenwiles 10y ago
What is the easiest way to transition to 100% work from home?
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by stevenwiles 10y ago
Thank you for your well written responses and the time you spent writing them. You've given me lots to stew over.
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This is great, thank you for the response. How would someone go about finding a "coach" for this sort of thing? I have to imagine if anyone has knowledge to share about how to get rich doing a thing, that they would want to keep t
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by stevenwiles 10y ago
Yep, I'm just like you. About to turn 60, been a daily hardcore drug user for most of my life, and I've been picking up new languages and technologies every day, all while working 60 hours a week. I find it quite hurmorous indeed
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by stevenwiles 10y ago
Do you have any advice to someone who wants to be financially independent and own a lot of land/home investments? I would like to be able to afford any lifestyle I want without having to work hard for it and it seems like rental proper
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by stevenwiles 10y ago
Yes, some of the best programmers I've ever met had a hard time reading.