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by up_and_up 10y ago
After working at 4 different startups over the past 10 years I can tell you with a very high certainty that the only people who will make much $$$ from options are founders and investors. Early Employees generally are shafted. Don't th
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> I think most of it can be attributed to cellphone usage while driving. This. My car insurance went up 25% recently b/c of this trend. That's right, OTHER PEOPLES behavior is costing me money. I guess thats how insurance works
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by up_and_up 10y ago
Its tough to raise the price of an agricultural product to accommodate for higher wages. The market sets the price. Plus its literally backbreaking work. Illegals would rather hang drywall, paint houses or whatever and make 50% more.
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I have friends that have lived, worked and farmed in Watsonville, CA for a long time. My wife's grandfather has also farmed in MI for decades. The consensus is that farm-workers are getting harder and harder to come by. There is a labo
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by up_and_up 10y ago
Do you think peoples ability to behave/drive responsibly vs recklessly could be at all linked to their demographic profile? I am talking statistically, not looking for anecdotes...
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by up_and_up 10y ago
> I would love to see that footage. Different footage but a similar crazy feat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPJaPZCwZo4
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by up_and_up 10y ago
Smart enough to hunt on BOTH land and sea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar5WJrQik2o&feature=youtu.be... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFzpC_e44Tg
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by up_and_up 10y ago
Agreed. My parents gave me nothing. Had to pay for school and save up for home loan, car etc.
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by up_and_up 10y ago
> it's not necessary to make $100k+ a year to have a solid middle class life Depends on your circumstances. 100k with one salary?
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Indie Hackers has some great solo-founder stories: https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses?numFounders=Solo%20F...
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by up_and_up 10y ago
Do you have a daughter? Any concerns re early puberty? http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/10/05/hidden-hormones-can... All the excess hormones in some milks and meats can cause issues.
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> They are using no-till methods, the only input is compost and earth worms do the tilling work. Actually they do use tillers. They use walk-behind tillers like BCS which are common in Italy. These dont compact the soil as much as a full
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by up_and_up 10y ago
> Corporations don't have the ability to fund pensions any longer. Margins and benefits have thinned out. That's true. Interesting then that executive pay, golden parachutes etc keep climbing...
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by up_and_up 10y ago
If you charge $150/hr and work a 2 week blitz for 100 hours/week. It's possible.
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> only to have the projects scrapped because they weren't what the business needed. That is most definitely not the programmers fault whatsoever. Scope, feature set, product/market fit, and current status should be reviewed on
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by up_and_up 10y ago
Where are the buttons to `Buy Now` or `Customize`? Seems like a sales funnel mistake.
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I used to live on Apgar Street in North Oakland. I can confirm, at that time, the North Pole Gang was active. A shooting happened right in front of my house. Other than that, you would see people hustling but they didnt really bother me or
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by up_and_up 10y ago
Thats somewhat true. But my kids always build the themed project first, play with it, then bust it apart and the pieces are merged into the greater pool for general builds. My kids come up with some crazy uses for those specialized blocks!
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by up_and_up 10y ago
Self-taught web dev here. Just have a solid portfolio and solid github account. Focus on small and medium sized companies which will care less. Should not matter where you are. Two Lead guys at a former startup I was at, did not have degree
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by up_and_up 10y ago
Maybe they need to implement Super Blocks [1]. Focus traffic to specific streets, open up entire streets to pedestrians and bikes. I was recently in lower Manhattan and I was struck by the sheer number of sidestreets. [1] http://
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by up_and_up 10y ago
Its a 4 zeros business. Decent side income from freelancing. Monthly invoicing using Freshbooks. End of year accounting using TaxAct. If things got any bigger or I went at it fulltime I would prob setup an LLC. But keeping taxes simple at t
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by up_and_up 10y ago
> 1. Have you incorporated? No I operate as a sole proprietor. > 2. Do you pay quarterly taxes? Nope, I pay the penalty since my income and ability to shelter it vary from year to year. The penalty is something like 3% on the total ta
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Yeah I think China will see it as an opportunity to show leadership and it will play into their attempt to shift the balance of power away from the USA.
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It is literal: See "End Illegal Immigration Act" outlined here: https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/_landings/contract/O-TRU-102...
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> They realize, Thiel said, that Trump doesn’t really plan to build a wall. “What they hear is, ‘We’re going to have a saner, more sensible immigration policy.’ ” I totally disagree, they absolutely believe that he wants to build a wall
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Hourly? Yearly? Fulltime? Part-time?
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> I believe LinkedIn may have already reached its maximum potential and is on a downward trend. Hence why I closed my account a year ago. As an engineer it provides me with nothing but recruiter spam.
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by up_and_up 10y ago
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by up_and_up 10y ago
Hunt for a job here: https://remotebase.io/companies
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No One Saw Tesla’s Solar Roof Coming(bloomberg.com)
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