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by ydt 8y ago
I was just talking about this with a friend the other day. We both agreed that to date, it was the most fun either of us have had with a computer football game. Watching your fictional players develop,get hurt etc added an rpg-like element
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by ydt 8y ago
My experience was similar. I sold a 2006 to them that had major visible rust issues. The KBB was 1650, they gave me 1600. I was surprised they bought it at all to be honest.
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by ydt 9y ago
No one complained because they acquired user consent to use the data. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-p...
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by ydt 9y ago
Not to mention I find Spotify's discover weekly feature to be worth at least 50% of it's monthly cost. Every week it generates a 30-song playlist tailored to my tastes and I end up saving probably 10 of those songs on average to m
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by ydt 9y ago
Although I agree with you that many pension funds have been mismanaged, it's not 100% your fault if your 401k plan only offers poorly-performing, high fee funds as many do. I'm not sure either model is a good solution going forwar
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by ydt 9y ago
* I use hourly mostly because it is common and is met with the least resistance. Either way, raise your rate at least a little after each gig. Don't get complacent, just keep ratcheting it up. * I've actually been blessed with a g
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by ydt 9y ago
I've been doing contract work since 2004 * LLC with S-Corp designation. This is very tax-advantaged vs. Sole Proprietor. * Currently, I'm mostly on-site for one client. * 1-person shop. * I have an accountant. You want a good, sma
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by ydt 9y ago
I've been doing freelance/contract work since 2004. My advice would be to start by doing hourly contract work through agencies/recruiting firms. It's not glamorous, but it initially saves you from having to worry about s
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by ydt 9y ago
The definitions of most Americans doesn't matter in this case. What's in the proposed congressional bills matters.
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by ydt 9y ago
Why would you be shocked? There's all sorts of nasty things in these tax proposals for the less than wealthy. They are looking everywhere they can to find offsets to make the tax cuts for the donor class work under the budget rules.
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by ydt 9y ago
Agreed. I'm 47 and I get hit up every week for good positions. Today I make more than I ever have. When I was 27 I was working at a Big Corp that laid off a good portion of their 60+ year old COBOL programmers. The devs that couldn&#x2
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by ydt 9y ago
I briefly had a Facebook account years ago before deciding I didn't like it. I deleted/deactivated my account. About 6 months ago I received an email saying that 'someone' had reactivated my account and that if it wasn&#
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by ydt 9y ago
I have no evidence other than a person that works in claims for an insurance company looked at my claim, drafted a letter citing relevant statutes and the bill went away. I agree that an attorney only makes sense if you're facing a sig
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by ydt 9y ago
I had this same thing happen. My daughter was admitted via ER and it turned into a 6 day stay. At the end we received a bill for 40k for being out of network. Luckily I have friends in the industry and it turns out if they fail to inform yo
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by ydt 9y ago
I'm over 40 and have been doing contract/freelance work for 15 years. The very simple but unglamorous advice on getting started that you never see is to get a few initial gigs through agencies. You'll give up some of your rat
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by ydt 9y ago
Not heresy at all. Everyone I know that has used it, including myself, really likes it. Yet no one I know has ever used it a real production environment. I guess it has some traction in financial circles, but that's about it. Maybe .NE
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by ydt 9y ago
Why?
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by ydt 10y ago
Or Blackwater (Xe) mercenaries.
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by ydt 10y ago
I just started a new gig at a place that enforces a 35-hour work week. I get just as much done as I did working 40+ hours, but I'm way happier and just generally more relaxed. It's really amazing what walking out of the office at
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by ydt 10y ago
I totally agree. Capitalism should be the means for generating enough wealth for everyone to eventually no longer have to spend their lives toiling away. Unfortunately, it's been perverted (especially in the U.S.) into a religion of so
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by ydt 10y ago
I had one of their cards years ago when I was in college. It was as you describe. Years later I now have a personal and business card with them and the terms are good with a decent mileage program (and they have a real nice mobile app). Of
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by ydt 10y ago
Because our society supported you when you were a energy/water guzzling sprog.
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by ydt 10y ago
Not the OP, but I would have had Arkham Horror: The card game on this list. It came out fairly late and hasn't ended up on many best of 2016s, although Quinns from Shut up and Sit Down had it as his #1 this year. If you have any intere
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by ydt 10y ago
You're right. I didn't say it did. I was just trying to give some insight into how it works for people that have maybe never worked for tips. I am of two minds about tipping. As a customer it would be nice if these jobs provided
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by ydt 10y ago
Here's the thing. I worked in the restaurant business in various capacities all through college. As a cash transaction, it will come as no surprise that a lot of tips go unreported as income. From time to time the IRS will decide the r
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by ydt 10y ago
You're spot on. I'm old enough to remember Sports Center when it was Patrick and Olberman. It was smart and witty and done with subtlety and clever cultural references. Now ESPN is 90℅ loudmouth morons yelling at each other about
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by ydt 10y ago
I was worried about this when I was younger, but as I've reached my mid-40s I still get lots of great offers and have no problems finding contract/freelance gigs with good rates. Now, I'm in Denver so perhaps this is more of
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by ydt 10y ago
It can be to the benefit of both. The employer doesn't have to do all the onboarding until they figure out whether it's going to work. If they employee doesn't like it they have an easy out at 6 months that doesn't harm
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by ydt 10y ago
There's plenty of good advice in this thread, but ultimately you won't know until you work there. After 20 years in the business, what I've done and would advise people to do, is to negotiate a 6 month contract-to-hire arrang
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by ydt 10y ago
If you're a straight 1099 / sole proprietor as an individual you can set up a SEP IRA. If you establish an LLC you can create a simple-IRA. Both of these allow you contribute money tax deferred and are much easier to manage than a

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