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by zigzaggy 6y ago
As my college professor told me many years ago, "people do business with you because they LIKE you more than any other reason. Continue being likeable and you will be successful." I will say that this is true more for entrepreneur
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
I agree that mental illness is the primary issue. I have some very personal experience with homelessness, and it sounds to me like there is some mixture of mental illness, drugs/alcohol, and very poor coping skills / life skills.
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
Yes, you're probably right. I can only affect change on those around me that will listen. Fortunately since I'm "the computer guy" people do listen. But for most people it's just easier to buy cheap junk and replace
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
I'm not sure I would call this "American Crap." As I see it, the wealth of the American economy has driven the rest of the world to create a world of low quality goods to sell to us. I have made it a point to collect very lit
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
Thanks for the heads up, can’t quite understand why you’re getting downvoted. What kind of project are you using it on?
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Malware Committing Click Ad Fraud on Low-End Devices in Emerging Markets(upstreamsystems.com)
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
So in your opinion, someone can only commit violence against people? So outside of personal injury behavior cannot be violent? I'm sorry to say I disagree with you. (To be clear, this is not an endorsement for or against either "s
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
This is true of the US government too. We view mental and physical health as separate, and so many mental problems are treated as crime rather than medical issues. Its a tragedy that police are on the front lines of so many mental health cr
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
I've done something similar - working out 3 days a week in the evening during my commute time. I've gained a little bit of muscle and lost a couple of pounds since this madness started. I didn't start off this way though. At
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
Cool, just spent 30 minutes having fun on this one. Great stuff!
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
I'm replying because you're obviously being downvoted for the content of your comment, not the quality. It appears to me that you're contributing to the conversation in good faith with tough questions. What your questions tri
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
Yes, I have developed a risk management plan that address like bankroll management and risk of ruin. After the big drop in Dec 2018, I learned a whole lot about hedging and diversification. I’ve recently been learning to quantify that stuff
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
This follows the way my brain works too. Dog into the problem -> invert -> learn more about problem -> uninvert -> map problem in much greater detail -> reinvert -> discover truth -> solution
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
P.S. It’s not “luck” for a small time swing trader to make a little money. Its something you do every day, using math, psychology, and timing on companies carefully selected for their fundamentals. The market is a large, slow moving entity
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
I’ve had a good experience with RH too. I started out small, learned about stocks first. I gradually started into options and learned some strategies there. Then I started learning about volatility and other derivatives. And of course I’ve
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
Gratitude list! I started one a few years ago when life was very very tough and it ended up being one of the things that kept me going. I also made a timeline of my life with all the major events on it. Puts the whole thing in perspective.
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
This is a great idea / application for writing. Last year I took a senior manager position at a fairly large company. I am also building a side project (not competing, totally unrelated). Between those 2 things my mind is constantly fu
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
Good point, those are definitely different types of relationships. I agree completely that the shallow networking is a waste of time for everyone involved.
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
I’m compressing time a little for my story. This was last year before the lockdowns. He probably could have done it remotely. But we never missed an opportunity to talk about nerd stuff. He was definitely a talker.
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
Yeah. My security team would really have my hide if I tried that. The other day I had a visitor from security come in and scrub all my addons off of my Firefox installation because they hadn't been vetted through IT. They most certainl
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
I guess we can agree to disagree, because in my opinion people who are connected to a group, and participate in the "give and take" that goes with it, bring additional value to the job. I don't see how that wouldn't be g
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
I agree that priorities are important. But these things aren’t mutually exclusive, right? I was equal parts networker and learner in my early career and it definitely paid off. I remember being accused of being “too social” at times. And I’
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
Exactly. I can't understand why people don't just say the thing it is, especially a thing that's already bad. Wording it like this feels very dishonest / clickbaity.
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
Man this looks fun! I’m years behind you on this project but I’ve had similar ideas. Very informative post, I learned a lot. Inspiring...
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
I love my Thinkpads. And only one of them is new (I bought the AMD version and I love it). I should have clarified that I was speaking more about the non-tech's perspective on something that "just works" versus something tha
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
This makes me terribly sad to hear. I also want to integrate an iPad into my workflow, but it just doesn’t work. Everyone of my customers are HIGHLY dependent on MS Office products, to the point that every step of the job occurs on some MS
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
You’re being downvoted but this is probably more true than most people here want to admit. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a Thinkpadhead myself - I have “a few.” But time and again my 11 year old’s iPad “just works” while I’m hacking on my Linux a
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
Whoa. I haven't seen this game changer yet. What a cool product, I'm going to dig in and see what folks are saying. Thanks for sharing!
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
In order: 1. Print 2. Desktop monitor 3. e-ink reader No other options work for me.
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by zigzaggy 6y ago
I buy ebooks because I have intermittent low vision. Large print books worked ok, but the lighting is never right. The ereader has freed me up to read when and where I want to instead of under very specific conditions. I am also think I a

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